I am writing this on my flight to IBM Innovate in Orlando, FL. Innovate is always exciting as IBM Rational’s flagship Users Conference it is the place to be to learn where Rational is headed and meet all the experts, both Rational Employees and customers. This year is going to especially exciting with the even greater focus on DevOps than last year. The recent UrbanCode acquisition has changed the game for IBM and made it the premier DevOps player in the industry. Innovate is almost the world stage debut for UrbanCode as it becomes front and center in IBM’s DevOps strategy.

I will be focussing on the DevOps track myself. I am presenting three DevOps sessions myself. The sessions I recommend to anyone interested in DevOps are as follows:

And of course, there are my own three sessions:

  

See you all there. If you are a blog reader or Twitter follower and at Innovate, please come bye to one of my sessions and say Hi. If you are not there, I will be tweeting (almost) constantly from Innovate. Keep in touch via Twitter (@sd_architect).