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  • DevOps/Cloud-Native Live Boston: Get Certified, Network and Grow Your Career

    DevOps/Cloud-Native Live Boston: Get Certified, Network and Grow Your Career

    DevOps and cloud-native technologies are changing the application development landscape, accelerating the pace of innovation and transforming the way organizations develop, deploy and employ modern software. The DevOps/Cloud-Native Live! event is coming to Boston on May 25 to provide attendees with all the knowledge and tools they need to succeed in the world of DevOps and cloud-native computing.

    This in-person event will bring together DevOps luminaries and cloud-native experts to discuss some of the hottest topics in the industry today, share valuable insights and offer hands-on training to all attendees to help them future-proof their careers and stay ahead of the competition.

    DevOps/Cloud-Native Live! Boston features a stellar lineup of speakers, including:

    • Tracy Bannon, software architect and DevOps advisor at Mitre Corporation
    • Andi Mann, CTO at Qumu
    • Joshua Corman, former chief strategist, CISA COVID-19 task force and founder of I am the Cavalry
    • Elizabeth Lawler, founder and CEO at AppLand
    • David Owczarek, former SRE manager at Adobe Sign
    • Daniel (Dan) Kirsch, managing director and principal analyst at Techstrong Research

    At the conference, attendees will have the opportunity to meet these leaders and speakers, exchange ideas and information with like-minded peers, attend educational sessions and get certified by completing upskilling sessions. These upskilling sessions are designed to help both new and seasoned engineers hone their skills, adapt for future growth and improve operational efficiency.

    Joshua Mazgelis, cloud architect and senior sales engineer at Progress will be conducting a hands-on training session on “Cloud Agility with Chef.” In this session, attendees will learn how they can improve cloud security and compliance without sacrificing agility and how to use Chef software to detect, correct and automate remediation of security vulnerabilities across the infrastructure.

    Check out our interview with Joshua Mazgelis below for a sneak peek of what to expect from the “Cloud Agility with Chef” upskilling session.

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    The agenda for DevOps/Cloud-Native Live! Boston features a mix of topics, including technical sessions, lively discussions and case studies covering digital transformation, DevOps principles, Kubernetes, cloud-native tools, DevSecOps, API security, monitoring and observability, ITIL v4 and more.

    There will also be two amazing onsite giveaways:

    • Attendees will have a chance to win a pair of tickets to a Red Sox versus Yankees game (Terms and conditions apply).
    • Attendees will get a chance to snag free tickets to a pre-release private viewing of “Top Gun: Maverick” (First come, first served).

    By visiting the expo hall, attendees will also be able to interact with sponsors and receive valuable content. Breakfast, lunch and coffee will be offered to all attendees as well.

    To see the full agenda and to register, please visit the DevOps/Cloud-Native Live! Boston website.

  • 6 Virtual DevOps Conferences You Can’t Afford to Miss in June 2020

    6 Virtual DevOps Conferences You Can’t Afford to Miss in June 2020

    Conferences and events make up to a trillion-dollar industry and have been playing a major role in connecting people from different parts of the world and exchange ideas. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the first major tech conference that got canceled due to health and safety concerns was the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the annual gathering of electronics makers.

    Along the way, similarly, Facebook also canceled all physical conferences and events through June 2021, including the major F8 Developer Conference and the most awaited Oculus Connect 7 virtual reality event that was supposed to be held in San Jose, CA.

    Even Microsoft, the giant, has announced all of its events are going digital-only until July 2021, including its flagship Microsoft Build and the prestigious Microsoft Ignite 2020.

    At the beginning of April, more than 30,000 people were expected to attend the prestigious Google Cloud Next ’20 conference, all set to happen in San Francisco. But, as the coronavirus crisis intensified all over the world, keeping the attendees’ and employees’ safety in mind, Google decided to move the entire event online.

    Today, we will see six virtual DevOps conferences you can’t afford to miss in June.

    TechStrong Con

    Date: June 4

    Cost: Free

    TechStrong Con is a virtual summit dedicated to and celebrating all things tech. The event, hosted by MediaOps, brings together some of the most prestigious industry leaders for 12 hours of immersive learning and networking. The sessions are divided into three tracks: Emerging Technologies, Security/DevSecOps and Digital Transformation. Attendees will have access to downloadable resources and will have the chance to interact with tech leaders and fellow DevOps practitioners.

    You can also be a part of the #TechStrongCon Challenge, which consists in sharing a photo of your work-from-home space during COVID-19 on LinkedIn for a chance to win either an iPad Pro or a DJI Maxic Drone.

    A portion of the proceeds raised from the event will be donated to charities dedicated to fighting COVID-19. For more information on the event and the challenge visit the TechStrong Con website.

    Agile + DevOps

    Date: June 8–11

    Free Pass: $0

    Conference Pass: $499

    All-Access Pass: $999

    The theme of the event is “accelerating software delivery with the power of Agile and DevOps.” This is an event by TechWell, and this time it is happening fully virtual. From the comfort of your own digital device, sitting at your home, or wherever you are, you will have access to all of the great content and experts the Agile + DevOps conference is known for. This time, the event will be streaming over 90+ talks—including five keynotes, 25 tutorials, more than 50 sessions and 14+ Industry Technical Presentations. All this is happening over an engaging and interactive premium virtual atmosphere. You can select the conference package that fits your needs and your budget.

    DevSecCon 24 

    Date: June 15 -16

    Cost: Free

    This virtual conference focuses mainly on the security aspect in development and operations and tackles the impact of development operations and security “run by practitioners, for practitioners.” 

    The aim here is to show attendees how DevOps and security can work together seamlessly to make continuously secure development a reality.

    This virtual expo allows for interaction with different vendors and companies. Check their website for updated details.

    swampUP

    Date: June 23-24

    Cost: $20 (all goes to charity)

    swampUP is JFrog’s annual DevOps conference, and this time it is happening in a virtual format with two full days of action-packed DevOps talks and training. The conference has a remarkable set of visionary keynotes and thought‑provoking DevOps sessions delivered by industry experts. 

    Leap into DevOps, DevSecOps and cloud-native best practices with practical training by experts delivered virtually. Sessions are experimented and thoroughly designed for developers, administrators and managers. This is regarded as one of the industry-recognized conferences of all time.

    DevOps Enterprise Summit London

    Date: June 23-25

    Cost: $240 – $480

    Gene Kim’s IT Revolution hosts this event. DevOps Enterprise Summit has great speakers and exciting courses provided by experts. It is a place for exchanging DevOps success stories and best practices. 

    Some of the big brands such as Adidas, Walmart, John Deere, Capital One and many others are participating. Attendees will get three days of immersive learning and interaction with fellow technology leaders.

    Cloud Foundry Summit

    June 24-25

    Attendee Registration: $50

    Academic Registration: $35

    Cloud Foundry Summit is where developers, architects, operators, CIOs and other IT professionals meet to share the best software and IT practices and innovate together. Simplifying developer experience is the theme of the conference where both days are filled with interesting sessions and hands-on labs. 

    This is where you will learn how to automate, scale, and manage cloud apps throughout their lifecycle. 

    It looks like virtual is the new normal for the events industry and for the companies looking to host future events. The upsides of the virtual format of the conferences are many: It is easy to attend, saves a lot of money we used to spend on travel, stay, food, etc. and eliminates the effort and fatigue that used to happen while attending a physical conference happening in some other city or country. Well, thinking positively about any situation makes you feel good, and I hope we will get out of this COVID pandemic as soon as possible.

  • DevOps Days returns to London

    DevOps Days returns to London

    On April 19, after a break of nearly two and a half years, the DevOps Days conference is returning to London. Expect great things: All DevOps Days events are extremely interactive, making use of the Open Space format, and this year’s event includes a world-class set of presenters ready to share their experiences and guidance.

    The emphasis of the conference is on DevOps in the Enterprise, with specific reference to the financial services industry. That said, the event is open to any delegate, and participation is encouraged for enterprises that may be finding DevOps to be a struggle.

    The conference kicks off with a talk from Joanne Molesky a global expert in improving IT at large enterprises and co-author of, “Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovated at Scale.” Molesky’s talk, “We Are Great at DevOps but the Enterprise is Failing,” will include legacy management practices in finance, IT governance and procurement, and how they inhibit our ability to extend the benefits. She will offer up many real-world examples challenge us to apply Lean thinking and principles to break down these management barricades and deliver even more value to our customers.

    Kris Saxton, organizer of the London Infracoders meetup group, is slated to present a discussion with the provocative title, “Bimodal IT and other Snake Oil.” Saxton will draw on experience from five projects (four within large retail or investment banks and one with a large re-insurer) to challenge the idea that reforming legacy estates while continuing to innovate shouldn’t be attempted. Saxton hopes to convince you that this thinking is a flawed oversimplification which, when adopted, results in lost opportunities, delays crucial decisions and ultimately cripples innovation.

    Expert in everything from platform-as-a-service to people and culture to Perl—with the proud claim that modern Macs still ship with some of his Perl code, Casey West plans to discuss platform applications. He will play close attention to the operations, and, in particular, the operability end of DevOps. In fact, he won’t just be talking about it: Instead using 100 percent open source software, he will be performing a demo on stage in what he promises to be an “interactive live explosion” of a modern platform that will highlight quite how accessible in 2016 they are now.

    Day two kicks off with Gene Kim, award-winning CTO, researcher and author of, “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win.” With all his immense dedication to DevOps operations and IT security, when Gene offers to share, “My Top Five Lessons Learned: DevOps In Large, Complex Organizations,” you know it’s going to be extremely valuable. In Gene’s own words: “I can’t wait to share with the DevOpsDays community what I’ve learned, share the problem road map that’s been verbalized, and some of the things we’ve been working on to help people overcome those problems!”

    Gareth Rushgrove is perhaps most well-known for writing the Devops Weekly newsletter, which is now more than 5 years old, but his talents don’t stop there. He is also a senior software engineer at Puppet Labs; a former infrastructure, operations and information security specialist for the UK government; and an established conference speaker. In his talk, “Rate of Change, (Un)opinionated Platforms and Devops Coevolution,” he will share insights on how the adoption of practices such as DevOps, microservices and tools such as platform-as-a-service are interconnected. He will explore the power of co-evolution, which makes cause and effect bi-directional, making it possible to leverage what you do and how you do it to improve your organization as a whole. Be prepared!

    Philippe Guenet is an expert in DevOps, in particular transforming banks toward continuous delivery. With his talk, “From Lean in Automative to Lean IT,” Guenet plans to draw heavily from what other industries learned in the 20th century dating back to Henry Ford and, of course, Toyota. He will revisit fundamental Lean concepts and principles applicable to IT and explore how they can be applied to improve organizations. The topics will include Total Quality Management, organization optimization, simplification and improved time-to-market.

    This is of course all just a taster. Slated also are talks from Thiago Almeida (Microsoft), Michael Coté (Pivotal), Jeromy Carriere (Google), Clair Agutter, Benjamin Wooton, Oliver Wood and John Clapham. In addition a panel is scheduled that will include at least one chief operations and technology officer. Last but not least, on top of all of the great interaction in breaks and Open Spaces and great presenters, we promise a great social event the evening of April 19, including a few surprises.

    The last few tickets are available here, so get one before they are gone!

    See you there!

    About the Author/Mark Rendell

    me_profileMark is a DevOps and continuous delivery specialist at Accenture with 11+ years of experience in development, configuration management, infrastructure as code, continuous delivery, environment management, build, deployment and testing automation as well as tooling. Currently, he runs a team specializing in implementing continuous delivery for large-scale, transformation deliveries across multiple industries.  He is also a proud contributor to the DevOps Platform.

    Blog: https://markosrendell.wordpress.com/

    Twitter: @markosrendell

     

  • Survey Says: Positives and Negatives of DevOps are Two Sides of the Same Coin

    Survey Says: Positives and Negatives of DevOps are Two Sides of the Same Coin

    Isn’t that the way it always works? A person’s strength can also be their weakness. A company’s killer product becomes their Achilles heel as the market shifts. As more and more companies make the shift to DevOps, it’s interesting to learn what’s working, what the opportunities are, and what the impediments are. As many of you know, my company, JumpCloud, along with SoftLayer hosted the 2013 DevOps Conference in Boulder, CO. We had over 200 amazing people in the room – developers, ops folks, managers, execs, CEOs, and founders. Really, the whole gamut was represented in some way. It was an intense day full of presentations and panels, but with lots of time for discussion – with the audience even participating numerous times during talks!

    As part of the conference, we surveyed the audience on a number of topics related to DevOps. The results of the survey are here and the press release announcing the results with some analysis is here as well. As I sat back to take in the data, the most significant learning for me was that the movement to DevOps is constrained by time, first and foremost, and one of the opportunities of DevOps is automation. Let me say that again a different way: the very thing that companies are trying to solve – moving faster, is the thing that is preventing them from getting there.

    Lack of time is nothing new for IT people. We have been hearing that for decades. For some reason, the IT organization has always been crushed with the amount of work that they have and the resources available. Perhaps it is that they are involved in just about everything going on in an organization, or as is the case today in many businesses, the IT organization is the business. As a result, it is even harder for organizations to find the time to do the very things that will make them more efficient. Unfortunately, the cycle becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy and as organizations get more busy, they find less and less time to ‘fix’ their business.

    The survey data from the DevOps conference showed that there are any number of opportunities to automate tasks. The group gravitated to a few – deployment, patching, user management, and log analysis – but there were many more. Each organization has their list of tasks that need to be automated that they never get to. The lost productivity from those missed opportunities is likely staggering. Automation is hard and painful. Especially when you are trying to run the day-to-day business. As one of my marketing friends liked to say, we are rebuilding the car while it’s going 60 MPH.

    It’s easy to say that the solution to this is just to spend some time automating. Allocate more hours to it and put it into each sprint. Yes, that is easy to say. Unfortunately, that rarely works. The pressures of the business take over and move automation back down the list very quickly. After all, features need to be built, bugs need to be fixed, and performance issues need to be resolved. All higher priority items than automation when you are in the crucible.

    The focus on automation has to come culturally to work long-term. There needs to be recognition from all levels of the organization that automation will take precedence over other tasks. Without that perspective, automation will almost always be pushed down the priority stack. Automation is a long-term play, not a short-term gain. Band aid fixes are quick and get you back to your task list. Automation takes deliberate time, effort, and focus to happen, and then the benefits are only seen afterward. Of course, the benefits are subsumed by other tasks until they too are automated, so it’s hard to see them for long, but they are there. And, in fact, as more and more becomes automated, a company starts to see their velocity increase dramatically. They’re not focused on manual tasks, they’re focused on driving new innovative features.

    The DevOps survey really said it all – organizations that can figure out how to get off the hamster wheel of manual tasks, will automate and build high-velocity organizations. Unfortunately, that is easier said than done.