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  • MEDIAOPS OFFERS CONFERENCE DISASTER PLANS AMID GROWING CORONAVIRUS CONCERNS

    Virtual Event Capabilities Allow Event Organizers to Afford Attendees, Speakers and Sponsors a Near Identical Experience to In-Person Physical Events

     

    BOCA RATON, Fla. — February 17, 2020 — Amid growing concerns over the spreading coronavirus, MediaOps, the leading global media platform for technical communities, is now offering a Conference Disaster Plan (CDP) aimed at providing conference organizers with a virtual event platform and capability that is nearly identical to the experience of an in-person physical event.

    MediaOps has produced more than 10 virtual events in the last 18 months that have offered dozens of concurrent sessions, multiple expo halls and thousands of attendees each. The platform can accommodate both live and recorded multi-track sessions in private virtual auditoriums, complete expo floor and booth capabilities, signage, chat, treasure hunt activities and more. The MediaOps platform provides all the capabilities of a live conference, including keynotes, panel sessions, Q&A, booths, attendee interaction, sponsorships and much more. Virtually anything possible at in-person events is available via the platform. Additionally, MediaOps has the personnel and expertise to produce events in a timely manner, which gives event organizers the ability to simulate a real-world setting without the travel.

    “We take this current situation very seriously; the health and well-being of our community is essential. So, for this CDP, we want to offer options that are safe and effective,” said Alan Shimel, CEO and founder of MediaOps. “Like it or not, this virus outbreak may be a tipping point in moving from the real world to virtual events. They offer comparable experiences without the travel, expense and loss of work time that physical events impose.”

    Additionally, MediaOps, through its new IT as Code community platform and along with analyst firm Accelerated Strategies Group, DevOps Institute and JumpCloud, will be conducting a survey to better understand the community’s thoughts and concerns about travel amid the current health crisis and possible implications for future events.

     

    About MediaOps, Inc.

    MediaOps is a premier global media platform for technical communities including DevOps, Security and Containerization. Its brands, which include DevOps.com, Container Journal, Security Boulevard and Digital Anarchist, attract and engage a thriving online community of technology professionals around the world. Resources include award-winning editorial, creation of high-quality custom content, multimedia production and distribution. As the leaders in these emerging segments, MediaOps’ properties include powerful, integrated marketing and communication platforms to help clients maximize their campaign ROI and paid media investments.

    For more information, visit https://mediaops.io

    Press Contacts:

    CDP@devops.com

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    Terri Douglas
    Catapult PR-IR
    303-581-7760
    tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

     

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  • Integrating IBM Z and LinuxONE into the Red Hat OpenShift developer ecosystem

    By Willie Tejada, GM & Chief Developer Advocate, IBM Cognitive Applications

    https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/willie-tejada-redhat-openshift-ibmz/

    My role at IBM is to make sure that we’re equipping developers with the tools and resources you need, along with the selection and guard rails you prefer, to help you focus your efforts entirely on innovation. Security is key to unlocking the true value of the cloud, and we want that to be one less thing you have to worry about when you’re building high-performance solutions. To that end, this week we announced a major milestone furthering Kubernetes support for Linux on IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE: The Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE is now generally available.
    Kubernetes has been available on Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE for some time and is detailed in this LinuxONE whitepaper. This has already enabled customers to start integrating Kubernetes-based microservices running on Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE into their infrastructures, as well as the vast ecosystem of projects surrounding Kubernetes itself.
    With this launch, developers can now access a platform with Kubernetes-based tooling, plus fast, built-in security and hardware-driven cryptography, high uptime and resiliency, fast access to your data, and everything else you’ve come to expect from Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE. This opens the door to easier integration with existing solutions that are already using OpenShift in hybrid and multi-cloud models — whether your infrastructure resides on public or private clouds, or a combination. It’s our latest enhancement to help you truly build once, deploy anywhere.
    Additionally, the IBM z/OS Cloud Broker allows OpenShift applications to easily interact with existing data and applications on z/OS. You will be able to use the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) that provides simplified infrastructure management of z/VM-based Linux virtual machines on Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE. OpenShift is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and container-as-a-service (CaaS) layer that requires an underlying IaaS layer, which the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center provides for IBM Z and LinuxONE.
    OpenShift availability on the Z architecture allows for easier development of applications that work across your infrastructure. Microservices-based workloads that you develop can be managed as you see fit. Plus, with the IBM Cloud Pak for Applications, you’ll have access to a collection of tooling to help drive modernization efforts by leveraging DevOps-related tooling like IBM UrbanCode and enterprise-level support for Java, Node.js, Spring, and other runtime environments. With this release, for the first time, Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) is available for the Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE platforms.
    We’re helping you build smart, and build secure.
    This release is primarily for evaluation, dev, and test, so we’re eager for you all to check it out. Get involved now to start testing your workloads in anticipation of production readiness, planned for later this year. Initially, you will need z/VM to implement OpenShift on the platform as virtual machines managed by IBM z/VM, with other options coming later. We’re also working on support for HiperSockets, SMC-D, Installer Provided Infrastructure (IPI), and persistent storage other than NFS, and you can expect support for all of these things down the line.
    I invite you to join our webinar on March 5 to learn how the agility of OpenShift, the security and scalability of IBM Z, and the containerized software of IBM Cloud Paks are enabling innovation.

  • Into the hybrid cloud future: Red Hat OpenShift is now available for IBM Z and LinuxONE

    By Ross Mauri, General Manager, IBM Z

    https://www.ibm.com/blogs/systems/red-hat-openshift-now-available-ibm-z-linuxone/

    Today we are pleased to announce that Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is generally available for IBM Z® and IBM LinuxONE™. Red Hat is a leader in hybrid cloud and enterprise Kubernetes, with more than 1,000 customers already using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. With the availability of OpenShift for IBM Z and LinuxONE, the agile cloud-native world of containers and Kubernetes is now reinforced by the security features, scalability and reliability of IBM’s enterprise servers.

    “Containers are the next generation of software-defined compute that enterprises will leverage to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives,” says Gary Chen, Research Director at IDC. “IDC estimates that 71% of organizations are in the process of implementing containers and orchestration or are already using them regularly, and IDC forecasts that the worldwide container infrastructure software opportunity is growing at a 63.9% 5- year CAGR and is predicted to reach over $1.5B by 2022.”

    The availability of OpenShift for Z and LinuxONE is a major milestone for both hybrid multicloud and for enterprise computing. OpenShift supports cloud-native applications being built once and deployed anywhere – and now extends this to on-premises enterprise servers such as IBM Z and LinuxONE. This offering is the result of the collaboration between the IBM and Red Hat development teams and discussions with early adopter clients.

    Build once

    Organizations today are looking to bring business innovation to market faster and more efficiently. Containers enable applications to be packaged together with their software dependencies, and Kubernetes adds powerful tools to manage large numbers of containers and orchestrate the full application lifecycle.

    OpenShift then brings together the core open source technologies of Linux, containers and Kubernetes, adds additional open source capabilities such developer tools and a registry, and hardens, tests and optimizes the software for enterprise production use.

    Working with IBM Hybrid Cloud, we have also developed a robust roadmap for bringing the ecosystem of enterprise software to the OpenShift platform. IBM Cloud Paks containerize key IBM and open source software components to help enable faster enterprise application development and delivery.

    Today we are also announcing that IBM Cloud Pak for Applicationsis available for IBM Z and LinuxONE – supporting modernization of existing apps and building new cloud-native apps. In addition, as announced last August, it is our intention to deliver additional Cloud Paks for IBM Z and LinuxONE.

    Learn more about developing applications for OpenShift in this blog post by Chief Developer Advocate Willie Tejada.

    Deploy anywhere

    By combining the agility and portability of Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Cloud Paks with the security features, scalability and reliability of IBM Z and LinuxONE, businesses will have the tools to build new cloud-native applications while also modernizing current applications. Deploying Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Cloud Paks on IBM Z and LinuxONE reinforces key strengths and offers additional benefits:

    ·        Vertical scalability enables existing large monolithic applications to be containerized, and horizontal scalability enables support for large numbers of containers in a single IBM Z or LinuxONE system
    ·        Designed to protect data from external attacks and insider threats, with pervasive encryption and tamper-responsive protection of encryption keys1
    ·        Designed for 99.999% and more availability to meet service levels and customer expectations
    ·        Integration and co-location of cloud-native applications on the same system as the data enables faster response times than depending on network access speeds

    IBM z/OS Cloud Brokerhelps enable OpenShift applications to interact with data and applications on IBM Z. IBM z/OS Cloud Broker is the first software product to provide access to z/OS services by the broader development community.

    Customers using OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE can also license IBM Cloud Infrastructure Centerto manage the underpinning cluster infrastructure. The Cloud Infrastructure Center is an infrastructure-as-a-service offering which provides simplified infrastructure management in support of z/VM based Linux virtual machines on IBM Z and LinuxONE.

    Stay tuned for more info

    To support this important release, IBM has organized a range of resources:

    ·        Two announcement webcasts, including speakers from IDC, Red Hat and IBM, on March 5 for IBM Z customers, and on March 17 for the wider Linux community
    ·        An IBM-sponsored IDC white paper: Transforming a Corporate Datacenter into a Modern Environment: Kubernetes as a Foundation for Hybrid Cloud
    ·        An IBM Systems Magazine article: Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Cloud Paks and more facilitate digital transformation

    Stay tuned for many more discussions about the enterprise hybrid multicloud with Red Hat OpenShiftand IBM Cloud Paksfor IBM Z and IBM LinuxONEat a series of events during the first half of 2020, including SHARE, Red Hat Summit, and IBM Think.

    We think this is an exciting time for both enterprise computing and hybrid multicloud as they come together with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z and LinuxONE.

  • Datical Names Dion Cornett as President, Closes 2019 with Continued Year-over-year Growth

    Former Red Hat and MariaDB Executive to Drive Investment in Open Source Community for Database Change; Company’s Sustained Growth Garners Funding, Fuels Launch of Liquibase Pro and Support for Cloud-native Databases

     

    AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Datical, the leading provider of database release automation solutions, today announced the appointment of seasoned open source executive Dion Cornett as president. The company also announced another year of significant growth in terms of new customers and recurring revenue. In addition, Datical’s open source offering, Liquibase, saw its seventh consecutive year of growth, with downloads increasing by over 100% between 2018 and 2019. Total Liquibase downloads exceeded 13 million in 2019.

    As president, Cornett brings over a decade of open source leadership experience at Red Hat and MariaDB. He previously served as CEO of ReachForce, a B2B marketing and sales software provider that was acquired by Leadspace. Previously, he was the vice president of global sales at MariaDB Corporation, one of the fastest growing open source database providers with more than 12 million users worldwide. Before that, he held multiple vice president roles at Red Hat for over eight years.

    “I’m truly excited to embark on my new role at Datical,” said Dion Cornett, president of Datical. “The company’s ongoing efforts to support the open source community, namely through Liquibase and Liquibase Pro, are changing the game when it comes to how organizations are bringing DevOps to the database. I’m looking forward to seeing what this year brings in terms of new products and updates that will leverage the power of open source to make deployments easier for everyone involved in the database release process.”

    In addition to this appointment, Datical’s successful market expansion continued in 2019. Its support for Liquibase, the leading open source solution enabling application teams to version, track, and deploy database schema changes, resulted in over 13 million community downloads in 2019 from users at leading companies such as Ericsson, JP Morgan Chase, Macys, and Oracle. In February 2019, the company announced $10 million in Series C funding led by River Cities Capital Funds, with participation from existing investors S3 Ventures and Mercury Fund. The funding was put toward expanding research and development, customer success capabilities, and sales and marketing functions.

    “As we reflect on the past year, we continue seeing large enterprises implement solutions for modernizing their database release processes,” said Derek Hutson, CEO of Datical. “In addition to empowering enterprises with tools to bolster their application delivery strategy, continued support of our open source initiative is another driving pillar for Datical, which is why we’re thrilled to welcome open source veteran Dion Cornett to the team. Looking forward, customers should stay tuned for new developments regarding Liquibase, as well as innovative product announcements this year.”

    Enterprises continue to see Database Release Automation as a must for increasing the speed of innovation. The 2019 State of Database Deployments in Application Delivery, commissioned by Dimensional Research, found that 80% of application stakeholders agree that deploying database code changes takes longer than deploying application code changes. Furthermore, 92% of respondents reported difficulties accelerating the deployment of database schema changes in an effort to match the pace at which they deploy application code changes. Based on these findings, the report underscores the value that can be gained from automating database deployments.

    Datical 2019 Corporate and Product Milestones

    Corporate Momentum

    • Another year of significant revenue growth with new customers like Intrado, NetJets, and Bancolombia; new government customers include the States of New York and Maryland
    • Secured $10 million in Series C funding led by River Cities Capital Funds, with participation from existing investors S3 Ventures and Mercury Fund
    • Revealed results of independent survey focused on challenges associated with accelerating database deployments, with over half of respondents coming from enterprises with 1,000+ employees
    • Announced winners of its inaugural Database DevOps Innovation Awards, recognizing organizations and individuals pioneering the use of IT automation

    Product Innovations

    • Introduced support for Liquibase 3.7 which included improvements for DB2 for z/OS and other enhancements that improved performance on database platforms such as MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, SQLServer, and Sybase
    • Announced expanded platform support for Amazon RDS for Oracle, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB Postgres, and PostgreSQL Community Edition
    • Received a U.S. patent for its Database Change Management Simulator, which prevents application downtime and security vulnerabilities by determining the impact of database changes before they are deployed

    Resources

    About Datical, Inc.
    Datical’s mission is to transform the way businesses build software so they can deliver better customer experiences faster. Datical solutions deliver the database release automation capabilities technology executives need to get the most out of their Agile, Cloud, DevOps and Continuous Delivery investments. With Datical database release automation, organizations can shorten the time it takes to bring applications to market while eliminating the security vulnerabilities, costly errors, data loss and downtime often associated with current database deployment methods. For more information, visit www.datical.com, call 737-402-7187 or connect via @datical.

  • Forescout Updates Platform to Empower Enterprises to Identify and Act on High-Risk Devices – Faster

     

    • New persona-based user interface for Forescout eyeSight provides actionable device context to pinpoint, prioritize and proactively mitigate risks across the extended enterprise
    • Forescout eyeExtend Connect gives customers and the partner community the ability to quickly build, deploy and share apps to integrate with the Forescout platform  
    • Enhanced platform includes Forescout eyeSegment to visualize traffic flows and more confidently enforce segmentation controls across the extended network
    • Forescout SilentDefense capabilities and integrations help better manage risk in OT and converged environments

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Forescout Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCT), the leader in device visibility and control, today announced new updates to its platform that will transform the way organizations secure devices at scale. Enterprises are under attack more than ever before and these updates give customers unparalleled ability to defend themselves by identifying and securing high-risk devices, including Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) systems.

    Forescout’s updated platform leverages the power of the Forescout Device Cloud, the largest knowledgebase of 11M+ enterprise devices. With new and improved classifications and features, the Forescout platform provides unparalleled scale and supports more than 2 million devices across IT, IoT and OT in a single implementation. This allows the largest companies in the world, which often have more than 1 million devices, to confidently identify what is on their network and act quickly to secure them.

    “Millions of devices are connecting to enterprise networks every day. Forescout can successfully secure the world’s largest and most complicated environments, from a few thousand devices to millions at a single organization,” said Pedro Abreu, chief product and strategy officer, Forescout Technologies. “The latest updates once again confirm our commitment to providing CIOs and CISOs with the right data, context and tools to quickly identify and secure high-risk devices at scale.”

    New capabilities and benefits include:

    • New eyeSight user interface: The new highly interactive, web-based interface enables organizations to more easily identify high-risk devices and proactively alert security teams in real-time and at scale. New capabilities also allow security teams to quickly drill down and isolate devices associated with an attack, then share those insights across the organization.
    • New eyeExtend Connect App ecosystem: The new eyeExtend Connect ecosystem allows customers and partners to extend the power of the Forescout platform with community-built apps. This crowdsourced approach will accelerate time-to-value and allow customers to quickly share data between the Forescout platform and all IT and security products for more effective policy enforcement and response automation.
    • New public cloud deployments: Customers now have the flexibility to deploy Forescout in AWS or Microsoft Azure public cloud environments enabling cloud-first organizations to gain the security benefits of the platform without the need for on-premise infrastructure. These new options expand upon the existing support for VMware, Hyper-V and KVM private cloud infrastructure.
    • Enterprise-wide macro segmentation: Forescout integrates these new capabilities with its first cloud native product, eyeSegment, which makes it easier to design and implement enterprise-wide segmentation policies across multiple network domains. Customers can now visualize traffic flows and more confidently enforce segmentation controls across diverse enforcement points in their extended network.
    • OT security and risk management: Forescout delivers the most comprehensive single pane of glass visibility across IT and OT networks. Additional SilentDefense updates include enhanced NERC CIP compliance reporting, selective and non-intrusive active inspection for deeper visibility, and an asset risk framework to aggregate multiple risk factors into impact-based scores.
    • Network access control in Arista environments: Organizations can now leverage direct integrations with Arista infrastructure to implement network access control in Arista as well as heterogenous environments. This enables enterprises to identify IT and IoT devices, provision network access and automate network response to mitigate risks without the need for agents or reliance on 802.1X.

    About Forescout

    Forescout Technologies, Inc. provides security at first sight. Our company delivers device visibility and control to enable enterprises and government agencies to gain complete situational awareness of their environment and orchestrate action. Learn more at www.forescout.com.

    © 2020 Forescout Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Forescout Technologies, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. A list of our trademarks and patents can be found at https://www.forescout.com/company/legal/intellectual-property-patents-trademarks. Other brands, products, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

  • Sauce Labs Appoints Justin Dolly as Chief Security Officer

    Industry Veteran to Develop and Enforce Strong Security Footprint for Continuous Testing Leader

    SAN FRANCISCO – February 11, 2020 – Sauce Labs Inc., provider of the world’s most comprehensive and trusted continuous testing cloud, today announced the appointment of Justin Dolly as chief security officer. A security industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, Dolly will develop, implement, and enforce the company’s long-term security strategy, ensuring its customers have the highest level of protection to support their digital goals. The hiring of Dolly follows the recent appointment of three new senior executives to the company’s leadership team in January.

    As organizations increasingly rely on continuous testing to accelerate their release cycles, drive application quality, and deliver digital confidence, security is of the utmost importance. As chief security officer, Dolly will be responsible for ensuring that Sauce Labs customers across the world have the necessary cybersecurity elements in place to confidently innovate across cloud computing environments and meet existing and emerging regulatory compliance requirements. Dolly will also work closely with the Sauce Labs product and engineering teams to explore opportunities to deliver security testing capabilities within the company’s continuous testing platform.

    “We are committed to ensuring that anyone who does business with Sauce Labs does so with the utmost confidence and that the highest level of security measures available are in place to safeguard their development teams against emerging threat vectors,” said Aled Miles, CEO at Sauce Labs. “Justin’s background and the breadth of his experience as a cybersecurity leader speaks for itself. We’re thrilled to add him to our executive team and look forward to putting his expertise to work for our customers.”

    Dolly is a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO) with extensive experience in building and implementing a culture of security within global organizations. Most recently, Dolly was the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Security Officer at SecureAuth, the secure identity company that enables secure access to systems, applications, and data for large organizations. Prior to this, Dolly was EVP, Chief Security Officer & CIO at Malwarebytes, a leading internet security company. His career also includes a stint as an advisor for CrowdStrike, as well as executive-level security leadership roles at ServiceNow, VMware, and Jawbone. In addition to this, he is an experienced board member and advisor at a number of security and technology companies.

    “In today’s world of digitally-driven business, testing and security are inextricably linked and must be delivered side-by-side to create the level of digital confidence both businesses and their customers need,” said Dolly. “I’m excited to be joining an organization that both understands and is committed to delivering on this core principle for its customers.”

    Dolly joins Sauce Labs at a time of significant company growth. The company now counts more than 700 enterprise customers, and nearly 3 million tests are run each day across its continuous testing cloud platform, which spans thousands of browser/OS, mobile emulator, simulator and real device combinations.

    About Sauce Labs

    Sauce Labs ensures the world’s leading apps and websites work flawlessly on every browser, OS and device. Its award-winning Continuous Testing Cloud provides development and quality teams with instant access to the test coverage, scalability, and analytics they need to rapidly deliver a flawless digital experience. Sauce Labs is a privately held company funded by Toba Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Centerview Capital Technology, IVP, Adams Street Partners and Riverwood Capital. For more information, please visit https://saucelabs.com.

     

  • IT Revolution Announces First Round of Speakers for DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2020

    IT transformation trailblazers, Jonathan Smart, Dominica Degrandis, Manuel Pais and more, to share experience reports on leadership, culture, DataOps, next-gen ops and more during immersive three-day event

    PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — IT Revolution, the industry leader for advancing DevOps, today announced the first round of speakers for DevOps Enterprise Summit London (https://events.itrevolution.com/eur). The event is hosted at the Intercontinental London – the O2 from 23-25 June. It is the premier conference for technology leaders at large, complex organizations that are implementing DevOps principles and practices in the UK and Continental Europe. Blind Bird registration is available until 17 February and offers a 37 percent savings off the full registration price.

    To take advantage of Blind Bird pricing for DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2020 visit: (https://events.itrevolution.com/eur/register/). Attendees are encouraged to register early, as the event has sold out in previous years.

    The first speakers announced for DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2020 are:
    ●    Chris Bergh, CEO and Head Chef, DataKitchen
    ●    Dominica DeGrandis, Principal Flow Advisor, Tasktop
    ●    Jeffrey Fredrick, Author, “Agile Conversations”
    ●    Courtney Kissler, VP, Global Technology, Nike
    ●    Manuel Pais, Author, “Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow”
    ●    Matthew Parker, Author, “Radically Collaborative Workplace”
    ●    Scott Prugh, Chief Architect and VP Software Development, CSG
    ●    Matthew Skelton, Author, “Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow”
    ●    Jonathan Smart, Partner, Enterprise Agility, Deloitte
    ●    Douglas Squirrel, Author, “Agile Conversations”
    ●    John Willis, Senior Director, Global Transformation Office, Red Hat
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    “This year, we will have our fifth DevOps Enterprise event in London. And, as always, the entire programming committee is working hard to create the best learning experience for technology leaders,” said Gene Kim, founder of IT Revolution, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Unicorn Project, and co-author of The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Handbook and Accelerate. “We always strive to ensure that the upcoming conferences are even better than our last — and I’m always excited by how leaders sharing their amazing achievements continue to inspire the entire community to reach even higher.”

    Interested in Speaking? Proposals to speak at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 will be accepted until 17 February. Submit here: (https://devopsenterprisesummits2020.busyconf.com/proposals/new)

    The programming committee is still looking for submissions related to the following topics:
    ●    Experience Reports from Top Global Brands
    ●    Spanning the Business and Technology Divide
    ●    Next-Generation Operations and Infrastructure
    ●    Overcoming Old Ways Of Working (e.g. Infosec, Compliance, ITIL, Project Management, Audit)
    ●    Transformational Leadership, Psychological Safety, Learning Organizations
    ●    Liberating Data and DataOps
    What is DevOps Enterprise Summit?

    DevOps Enterprise Summit is a conference for the technology leaders of large, complex organizations implementing DevOps principles and practices. The event programming emphasizes the evolving business, technical and architectural practices and the methods needed to successfully lead widespread change efforts in large organizations. The goal is to give leaders the tools and practices they need to develop and deploy software faster and to win in the marketplace.

    Entering its fifth year in Europe and seventh year in the United States, DevOps Enterprise provides keynotes, panels, breakouts, a community space for spontaneous gatherings, and an expo hall. Sessions will be led by leaders who are pioneering these practices in large and complex organizations across a wide range of industries. The keynotes will feature industry luminaries as well as speakers from well-known companies who will share the learnings from their enterprise DevOps initiatives.

    Share This: The 1st round of speakers at @DOES-EUR is out! Register at blind bird rates to see @dominicad, @ChrisBergh, @manupaisable, @ScottPrugh, @botchagalupe, @jonsmart @matthewpskelton, @chawklady and more. For more info, visit https://events.itrevolution.com/ | #DOES20

    About IT Revolution
    IT Revolution (https://itrevolution.com/) assembles technology leaders and practitioners through publishing, events, and research. Our goal is to elevate the state of technology work, quantify the economic and human costs associated with suboptimal IT performance, and to improve the lives of technology professionals.

  • Instana Releases First Commercial Continuous Profiler for Production Java Applications

    Company Leverages Acquisition of StackImpact to Create Integrated APM and Profiling Solution that is Always On Capturing Profiles in Real Time

    Chicago, IL – February 11, 2020 – Instana, the leader in automated application performance management solutions for microservice applications,   has broken through another performance management and optimization barrier with the introduction of the first commercial continuous production profiler for Java applications. Instana’s release of their AutoProfile™ feature delivers always-on production profiling free of charge with its APM solution.

    “Even as application platforms have evolved and new performance tools have emerged, the need to profile code to identify and eliminate bottlenecks and sub-optimal code has never disappeared,” said Chris Farrell, Instana Technical Director and APM Strategist. “Instana leveraged the technology from our StackImpact acquisition announced in December to create an integrated solution that has every profile needed for developers at any time.”

    The new profiling functionality, available to all Instana users in the latest release of the company’s SaaS APM solution, automatically captures profiles continuously in production without impacting application performance or resource overhead. Like other performance entities inside Instana’s solutions, profiles are available to the unbounded Analytics engine, allowing patterns across multiple profiles to be discovered and analyzed together.

    Unlike other APM solutions, Instana fully automates the entire lifecycle of application monitoring including application discovery and mapping, monitoring sensor and agent deployment, and application infrastructure health monitoring. Whenever an application or infrastructure change occurs within dynamic applications, Instana recognizes the change in real time, instantly adjusting its application service maps, monitoring thresholds and health dashboards.

    The profiling capabilities released today are similarly automated and always available. AutoProfile attaches itself to the running process automatically with no restarts or reconfiguration required. This allows all application stakeholders across development organizations to get the exact data they need to understand how their code impacts overall service performance and where the opportunities to optimize performance and scalability exist.

    Instana’s continuous production profiling, released as a Beta version today, is automatically available to all Instana users free of charge. The current release manages Java code, but profilers for other languages are planned for the near future. Learn more at https://instana.com/profiling.

  • DevOps Institute Launches Tiered Global Education Partner Program

    Training partners support the Skills, Knowledge, Ideas, and Learning (SKIL) Framework for advancing the ‘Humans of DevOps’ and millions of IT professionals around the world

    BOCA RATON, FL Feb. 6, 2020 — DevOps Institute, a global member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced its newly revamped Global Education Partner Program. Organized by tiers (Registered, Premier and Elite), DevOps Institute’s Global Education Partners optimize the accredited courses and programs that teach students about the most up-to-date patterns and practices for enterprise IT, DevOps, Agile, Security, Testing, Continuous Delivery and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Each course and program prepares IT professionals to pass DevOps Institute’s corresponding certification exams. For a full list of IT industry certifications provided by DevOps Institute, visit: (https://devopsinstitute.com/certifications/).

    Currently, DevOps Institute’s Global Education Partner Program includes 200 Partner organizations that represent more than 70 countries worldwide. This includes companies from consulting and professional services organizations, software and infrastructure providers, training companies and systems integrators.

    DevOps Institute equips its partners with more than 180 hours of learning materials – the most available, relevant and recognized training and certifications in the market today. By providing training at the local level, Global Registered Education Partners support DevOps Institute’s mission to advance the human elements of DevOps.

    For more information about DevOps Institute’s Global Education Partner Network, visit: (https://devopsinstitute.com/partners/find-a-education-partner/).

    The new Global Education Partner program segments partners into three tiers:

    Registered Partners are those organizations that offer the DevOps Institute training and certification portfolio.

    Premier Partners have embraced DevOps Institute’s curriculum and certification portfolio and have provided valuable feedback into the direction of service offerings and have further raised the awareness of DevOps in their respective regions.

    Elite Partners have gone above and beyond in further educating the market around DevOps with Skills, Knowledge, Ideas, Learning (SKIL) and are true advocates of the DevOps movement. Elite Partners include:

    DDLS Australia Australia
    ALC Training Australia
    Ahead Technology France/Canada
    Maxpert Germany
    NTUC LearningHub Singapore
    QA United Kingdom
    New Horizons United States
    ITSM Academy United States

     

    To learn more and become a Global Education Partner of DevOps Institute, visit: (https://devopsinstitute.com/partners/become-an-education-partner/).

    “We are delighted to announce our expanded Global Education Partner program and to recognize our Elite Partners in particular who have fully embraced the advancement of the Humans of DevOps through DevOps Institute’s SKIL Framework,” said Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. “We are dedicated to supporting and enabling our partners to help raise awareness and upskill IT professionals worldwide in the subject areas of DevOps, Agile and SRE. In the coming months, we will announce additional localization efforts to support the broader enterprise IT market as well.”

    “QA is delighted to be an Elite Partner of the DevOps Institute and support the market in the UK and other geographies to advance DevOps success and improve organisational efficiency,” said James Frost, Chief Marketing Officer at QA.

    About the DevOps Institute

    DevOps Institute is dedicated to advancing the human elements of DevOps success. As a global member-based association, DevOps Institute is the go-to learning hub connecting IT practitioners, education partners, consultants, talent acquisition and business executives to help pave the way to support digital transformation and the New IT.

    We help advance careers and support emerging practices within the DevOps community based on a human-centered SKIL framework, consisting of Skills, Knowledge, Ideas, and Learning.  All of our work, including accreditations, research, events, and continuous learning programs – is focused on providing the “human know-how” to modernize IT and make DevOps succeed.

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  • Okta Brings Aboard Cloud Platform Veteran Craig Weissman as Chief Architect

    Cloud pioneer brings more than 20 years of experience to leading identity provider

    SAN FRANCISCO — February 6, 2020 — Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today announced the hiring of Craig Weissman as Chief Architect, effective immediately. Weissman brings a proven track record of more than 20 years leading enterprise software development and cloud architecture, having played a pivotal role as Chief Technology Officer at Salesforce before co-founding cloud hospitality provider, Duetto. Weissman will join Okta’s engineering team, working alongside fellow Chief Architects Jon Todd and Karl McGuinness to further grow the most robust identity platform for enterprises.

    “The importance of an independent and neutral identity continues to grow rapidly for organizations adopting technology and building digital experiences for their customers,” said Todd McKinnon, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Okta. “Craig’s combination of technical expertise and industry experience is really one of a kind, and we’re thrilled to add a true pioneer in cloud architecture and development to the team. Craig is joining a strong group that will continue to evolve our platform today and spur innovation well into the future.”

    “What strikes me most about Okta is the broad potential to transform the relationship between users and technology through our identity platform,” said Weissman. “Okta has become an identity leader, with thousands of organizations and millions of users relying on its technology every day. But the opportunity in front of us is even larger as identity has become more and more inherent in the way we interact with technology, both in our personal and professional lives. I’m excited to contribute to a platform that will deliver on every identity use case.”

    About Craig Weissman

    Craig Weissman joins Okta from Duetto, the SaaS company he co-founded and advises to bring data-driven cloud technology to the hospitality industry. Prior to Duetto, Weissman worked at Salesforce for nine years, the last three as Chief Technology Officer, where he was instrumental in building the leading enterprise cloud platform. Weissman has more than 25 years of experience as a software architect and executive, with a long term focus on SaaS and cloud architectures.

    About Okta
    Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With over 6,500 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best technologies for their business. Over 7,400 organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.