There’s a lot of noise in the market about what DevOps is and how to do it. Some might say that it’s more easily defined by what hasn’t been said about it. If you’re not interested in arbitrary definitions or doing something just for the sake of doing it, this webinar is for you.

You have critical business goals to achieve: to ship software faster without breaking things in the process. But manual, error-prone infrastructure and environments, plus an increasingly complex end-to-end process of getting code from development to production, present serious challenges.

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Which of the following best describes how you currently monitor and manage systems across your hybrid cloud environment?(Required)

Multiple separate tools for different environments

Multiple separate tools for different monitoring and management functions

Single consolidated dashboard

Custom built monitoring and management solution

No full monitoring and management solution

Don’t know

How valuable would it be for your monitoring and management solution to incorporate predictive analytics to help you identify and address system issues that are critical and not waste time or effort working through all the data and “noise” that is not critical?(Required)

Extremely valuable

Moderately valuable

Somewhat valuable

Slightly valuable

Not valuable

How do you most typically address potential system issues BEFORE they impact your operations?(Required)

Automated workflows and playbooks to remediate potential issues as soon as they are detected

An orchestrated response process that leverages automation, AI, and human expertise to rapidly respond to potential issues

Advanced monitoring tools such as predictive analytics and anomaly detection to proactively identify and address potential issues

Respond to issues as they arise, using manual processes and troubleshooting techniques

A combination of automated remediation, orchestrated response, and/or proactive monitoring to address potential system issues

Don’t know

Other

What methods does your organization use to control and monitor cloud/IT spending?(Required)

Centralized procurement processes

Pre-approved budget thresholds

Automated cost monitoring tools

Department-level spending controls

Regular cost audits and reviews

Cloud cost optimization platform

Approval workflows for resource provisioning

Native financial operations tools provided by the cloud provider

No formal controls in place

Don’t know

Other

Please specify:

Which methods do you rely on most to detect security vulnerabilities in your systems?(Required)

Automated scanning tools

Manual assessments

Vendor notifications

Threat modeling (for early detection)

None of these

Don’t know

Other

Please specify:

What are the TWO most common ways you prioritize vulnerabilities to address within your environment?(Required)

Based on potential impact

Based on exploitability

Regulatory compliance requirements

Based on CVSS scores

Risk-based analysis of multiple factors

First-in-first-out approach

No formal prioritization process

Don’t know

How do you typically handle system updates and security patches?(Required)

Automated updates and patches

Manually review and apply updates and patches on a regular schedule

A combination of automation and manual review

Apply updates and patches on an as-needed basis.

Outsourced update and patch management

No defined process

Don’t know

Other

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Join SaltStack and XebiaLabs on May 21^st, 1pm EST for a 45-minute session that will examine these challenges and show how the combination of XL Release, XL Test and Salt accelerates software cycles. Learn how XL Release, XL Test and SaltStack deliver advanced automation capabilities, enable data-driven improvement and provide continuous insight into your end-to-end software release process in a way other tools simply cannot.

Event Recorded Tuesday, May 21st, 2015

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Your Host:

 Alan Shimel, Editor-in-Chief staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud, An often-cited personality in the security and technology community and a sought-after speaker at industry and government events, Alan has helped build several successful technology companies by combining a strong business background with a deep knowledge of technology.

About Panelists:

Andrew Phillips heads up product management at XebiaLabs. Andrew is an evangelist and thought leader in the DevOps, Cloud and Continuous Delivery space. He sits on the management team and drives product direction, positioning and planning.

Matt Meservey, Director, Product Management, SaltStack

Matt began his career in information technology as a systems and support engineer for Legato. With hands-on experience managing large-scale IT infrastructures, Matt transitioned to product management overseeing the development of systems management products for Altiris and Symantec. Matt brings more than 15 years of experience to SaltStack where he is responsible for all SaltStack Enterprise product management functions. Matt works with the SaltStack engineering team and the massive Salt developer community to deliver next-generation systems management software.