IBM Innovate schedule of sessions is out! I have four sessions I am presenting – one for each day. Here is the schedule of my sessions: Number Name Where When 1147A DevOps 101 Swan – Swan 3 Sun, 2/Jun, 02:45 PM – 03:45 PM 1574A Mobile DevOps – Challenges and Best Practices (with Leigh…
Chef for DevOps – an Introduction
Chef is a powerful tool from Opscode which makes Infrastructure as Code real! In the space of DevOps, where Continuous Delivery requires the ‘on-demand’ building, updating and management of Virtual Environments, technologies like Chef become essential. The slide deck attached is from a seminar I delivered recently. The session introduces Chef and its role in DevOps. The agenda of…
The State of DevOps (by PuppetLabs)
Puppet Labs just published the 2013 State of DevOps Report. They surveyed over 4,000 IT practitioners to get this report and I think it is an excellent snapshot in time of the current state of DevOps. I encourage all DevOps peeps (to use a technical term) to review this report. That being said, it is a…
My Slides from IBM Pulse 2013: DevOps for Mobile Apps
Leigh Williamson, IBM Distinguished Engineer for Mobile and I had the opportunity to present at IBM Pulse 2013. The conference, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas was huge. With over 8,000 attendees, it was one of the largest conferences I had ever presented at. Our session, officially titled: Agile and DevOps – the “Perfect Couple”…
Adopting DevOps – Part I: Begin with the Why
What does one mean when they say they want to ‘adopt’ or implement DevOps? What is a ‘DevOps Solution’? DevOps is not a product. It is not a process. It is a philosophy. A philosophy that includes principles and practices effecting People, Processes and Tools. Adopting DevOps hence, is not just about adopting a product…
