The Ultimate Guide to DevOps
A curated Irish edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for DevOps.
What to know about DevOps
DevOps represents a transformative approach in IT that combines software development and operations to deliver applications and services at high velocity. This methodology enables organisations to evolve and improve products faster than traditional software development processes, fostering greater agility, collaboration, and automation.
Exploring our recent stories will provide readers insight into the evolving landscape of DevOps, including cutting-edge automation, security integration (DevSecOps), AI-powered enhancements, container adoption, and challenges faced by enterprises globally. Readers will also discover how trusted companies are integrating DevOps practices to enhance digital transformation efforts, manage cloud and hybrid environments, and tackle cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Whether you are an IT professional seeking to stay current with DevOps trends, a manager aiming to implement DevOps in your organisation, or simply curious about modern software development practices, these stories offer valuable lessons on the cultural, technical, and strategic aspects that define successful DevOps adoption today.
Irish DevOps News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Irish IT teams under stress amid staff shortages & AI
Staff shortages, legacy systems and AI demands are leaving most IT decision-makers in Irish companies reporting stress and mental health issues.
Storm Technology names Conor Flanagan as Practise Director
The internal promotion comes as demand grows for ERP projects that join finance reporting, operations and AI-enabled automation on one platform.
AI shifts client expectations as fees face pressure
Fees are under pressure as two-thirds of service providers say clients want more for less and expect AI to cut costs.
Ireland data & AI workers resist job moves, survey finds
Most Irish data and AI professionals are staying put as employers prepare to expand teams and compete for scarce talent.
Why health IT projects fail at the data layer
Fragmented records and weak governance are making health IT roll-outs slower, costlier and less effective than budgets suggest.
Auxilion names Eleanor Dempsey Advisory Services Chief
Auxilion has promoted Eleanor Dempsey to lead its advisory services, expanding her remit as it targets growth in Ireland and the UK.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to DevOps
XM Cyber boosts identity access tools for hybrid firms
Software Improvement Group named Gartner leader on debt
Strike Graph launches Trust Chain for supplier risk
Kong launches Agent Gateway for multi-agent AI traffic
Thoughtworks: The inside line on AI software development from the company that created Agile
Featured News
Exclusive: Grafana Lab's Jen Villa on targeting the AI observability gap
The new tools aim to help firms spot faulty AI outputs and data risks sooner as production deployments outpace monitoring methods.
Exclusive: How Adobe showcases its innovation engine
Ideas from across Adobe are vetted live at Summit, and some have gone on to become products after further testing and hardening.
UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing
UiPath is pushing AI deeper into software testing, promising autonomous agents that transform quality assurance and developers' roles.
Grafana: Turning data chaos into developer efficiency and CFO savings
Grafana leans on AI-powered observability and Adaptive Telemetry to sharpen developer insight while slashing cloud bills by up to 50%.
Expert Columns
Why trust is the bottleneck for AI-driven operations
Why health IT projects fail at the data layer
Construction claims are shaped before disputes begin
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
How to navigate a career change into tech. As a woman. In your 40s
AI won't reduce construction disputes unless documentation improves
Women own the most underrated skill in tech: Translation
Building inclusively at scale: Empowering women in the data center boom
International Women's Day: Expanding access, accelerating progress
I didn't choose tech. Tech chose me
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent DevOps News
Equinix to invest USD $700 million in Dundalk plant
Equinix will invest up to USD $700 million in a new Dundalk plant with Hanley Energy, promising hundreds of skilled jobs and faster kit supply.
Amazon adds OpenAI models to Bedrock for AWS users
AWS customers can now run OpenAI's latest models in production without leaving Bedrock, with pricing and governance folded into existing commitments.
DevOps platform vulnerabilities rise in 2025 report
More than half of patched flaws in major DevOps tools were high or critical in 2025, putting software supply chains at greater risk.
Cloudflare builds Town Lake data platform with Skipper
Billing now accounts for most usage of Cloudflare's new internal platform, as staff query live data through Trino-backed Town Lake and Skipper.
Avrea raises USD $4.7 million to speed AI software delivery
AI-generated code is piling pressure on testing and release systems, and Avrea has new funding to help teams ship faster without changing workflows.
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.8 with broad gains
The update is being pitched as a broader step up for professional users, with gains reported in accuracy, speed and reliability across tasks.
CrowdStrike disrupts Glassworm botnet targeting developers
Developers using open-source tools face heightened supply-chain risk after the botnet lost all four of its command channels.
FPT launches Flezi Foundry for AI-led software delivery
Enterprises could see faster, more accountable software delivery as human oversight stays in place for AI agents handling coding and support.
Socket raises USD $60 million to tackle code risks
The round values the software supply chain security company at USD $1 billion as AI coding boosts the flow of third-party code into production.
Proxmox 9.2 adds dynamic load balancer & networking
Cluster operators gain automated workload balancing and broader networking controls in the latest release, reducing manual intervention during maintenance.
Squirro updates AI platform for regulated enterprises
The update aims to curb bad answers and compliance risk for banks and other regulated users as enterprise AI rolls out more widely.
ManageEngine rolls out autonomous AI agents across suite
The move gives IT teams autonomous agents for service desks, security and endpoint work, while ManageEngine says customer data stays private.
GitLab 19.0 adds secrets manager & AI workflow tools
The release gives security teams and developers new controls for credentials, merge requests and supply chain oversight as AI use grows.
Spring developers lack container security knowledge
Most Spring teams are exposed to container risks as 64% of respondents were unaware Dockerfile choices can affect security.
Selector launches AI multi-cloud observability for hybrids
It could cut outage times for hybrid IT teams by unifying cloud, network and infrastructure data across public, private and on-premises systems.
Valkey 9.1 cuts memory use & boosts security tools
Operators of large Valkey deployments could cut infrastructure costs as version 9.1 reduces per-key memory use by up to 10% and tightens access controls.
Cloudflare launches Claude agent environments with Anthropic
Businesses can now run Claude-powered agents in isolated Cloudflare sandboxes, with tighter controls for private data, audit trails and scaling.
LaunchDarkly launches AgentControl for AI agent operations
It gives software teams a way to change AI agent behaviour in production in under 200 milliseconds, reducing the risk of bad outputs reaching users.
Tricentis adds AI-generated testing to SAP ECT platform
SAP users could cut manual testing as Tricentis adds AI-generated test cases and self-healing tools to Enterprise Continuous Testing.
Software Improvement Group launches AI code governance
Many firms lack visibility over AI-written software, raising maintainability and security risks as adoption of coding assistants accelerates.