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  • Predict 2019: Forecasting the Future at a Virtual Summit

    Predict 2019: Forecasting the Future at a Virtual Summit

    That time of year is drawing close: Sometime right after Halloween, heading into Thanksgiving, our thoughts turn to the holiday season. A new year is on the horizon. What will it bring? In the tech media world, we are swamped with folks who want to share predictions and thoughts on the new year and beyond. This year, we are wrapping all of these up into one great virtual summit called Predict 2019.

    Similar to the environment we created for the DevOps Experience, Predict 2019 will feature a virtual environment with a conference lobby, presentation theater, expo hall and more. More than a series of YouTube live presentations, it is truly a conference experience from the comfort of your desk.

    Predict2019Speakers

    The content at Predict will be first and foremost. To that end, we are lining up some great speakers. I am happy to announce that celebrated DevOps author and practitioner Mirco Herring will be keynoting the DevOps tracks. Securosis and DisruptOps co-founder Rich Mogull will be keynoting the DevSecOps tracks. Our third keynote on containers, security and DevOps is Batchagalupe himself, John Willis.

    Predict 2019 Keynote

    John Willis, Rich Mogull and Mirco Herring

    We have added another keynote speaker in addition to the three above to Predict 2019.  We are really proud to announce that Chenxi Wang will be presenting her predictions for 2019. For those of you not familiar, Chenxi is the founder of Rain Capital and a former VP at Forrester. She also held executive positions at Intel Security, Twistlock and Cyphercloud, and is a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as one of the most influential women in cybersecurity. Her keynote should not be missed.

    Chenxi Wang Predict 2019

    Chenxi Wang

    In addition to the keynotes, a CEO panel discussion on AIOps will be moderated by me. Plus, we’ll have several other panels on key topics for 2019 and individual presentations. All told there will be 15 sessions at Predict 2019.

    There will also be an exhibit hall where you can interact with other attendees and sponsors, watch videos and download more information. Just about everything you can do at a conference in the physical world, you will be be able to experience at Predict 2019—but without the airfare and hotel bill.

    It should be a great day of learning and networking right from the comfort of your own chair.

    Registration and Sponsor Info

    You can register now at https://predict2019.com. Attendance is free.

    If you are a interested in speaking or sponsoring Predict 2019, there are a limited amount of sponsorships available. Sponsor info can be obtained at sponsor@devops.com. Additionally, speakers can write us at predictspeakers@devops.com

    If you are curious about what the experts, pundits and luminaries think will be the big trends and stories of the coming year, mark your calendar and attend Predict 2019.

    — Alan Shimel

  • DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 San Francisco: Video Interviews, Day 2

    DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 San Francisco: Video Interviews, Day 2

    The recent DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 San Francisco conference offered a bevy of interesting conversations with folks from all corners of the DevOps space, from testing to automation to security and beyond. All of those conversations are available for viewing on DevOpsTV.

    My two days in the Broadcast Booth on the show floor at the conference was busy, busy, as a number of attendees stopped by for a quick chat with Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute, or me. Topics ranged from the growing influence of artificial intelligence to the importance of testing and DevSecOps. Below is a recap of the Day 2 video interviews (Day 1’s recap is available for viewing here):

    Contrast Security Discusses DevSecOps

    Mahesh Babu of Contrast Security stopped by to discuss his company’s technology, which helps an app protect itself through agents that constantly monitor the code to see in real time any problems within the application.

    Smart Bear Talks AI and Testing

    Daniel Giordano of SmartBear chatted with us about how his company is using artificial intelligence technology in its testing products to test things beyond objects such as images and charts.

    Perfecto’s Kinsbruner Debuts Continuous Testing Book

    Eran Kinsbruner of Perfecto talked with us about the launch of his book, “Continuous Testing for DevOps,” which he wrote in conjunction with CloudBees.

    JFrog Offers Take on DevOps Culture

    Baruch Sadogursky of JFrog discussed the challenges in DevOps with respect to culture and ways companies are finding ways to make the cultural change.

    Electric Cloud Offers Technology Update

    Electric Cloud’s Sam Fell stopped by the Broadcast Booth and offered up an update on the company’s technology stack and its potential impact on the development environment.

    IT Methods Talks Cloud Adoption

    Paul Goldman of ITMethods talked with us about the evolution from on-premises to cloud deployments and the various reasons why organizations are making the change.

    Go2Group Offers Service Provider Perspective

    Mike Maheu of services provider Go2Group discussed the trends his company is seeing regarding organizations that are undergoing DevOps adoption, including the tooling and practices.

    Services Provider Zivra Talks DevOps’ Global Impact

    JJ Alvarez of Zivra, CloudBees’ Partner of the Year, talked with us about the global expansion of DevOps and the recent surge of Latin American and South American countries adopting DevOps principles.

    SauceLabs Talks Testing and Security

    Clint Sprauve from SauceLabs stopped by to discuss the correlation between testing and security in DevOps as companies struggle to maintain quality in their application development process.

    Releasing the Gitcracken

    James Quigley of Gitcracken talked with us about the role of his company in helping developers improve their coding performance and productivity and increase the comfort level of less-experienced developers.

    Twistlock Talks Kubernetes

    Matthew Barker of Twistlock discussed the impact of Kubernetes on application development and trends he’s seeing in the Kubernetes space as a whole.

    Pivotal’s Approach to DevOps

    Pivotal’s Nima Badiey schooled me on his title and chatted about how his organization approaches DevOps with its customers, especially large enterprise companies that have legacy systems and mindsets.

    NowSecure Talks Mobile Development

    NowSecure Chief Mobility Officer Brian Reed discussed trends in the mobility space, including the use of mobile app projects as a “gateway to DevOps.”

    — Charlene O’Hanlon

  • DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 San Francisco: Video Interviews, Day 1

    DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 San Francisco: Video Interviews, Day 1

    DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 San Francisco has come and gone, but not without leaving a multitude of new connections and fascinating conversations in its wake. Case in point: the myriad video interviews now available on DevOps TV.

    During my two days at the conference, the broadcast booth in the exhibit hall was humming with folks from all over stopping in for a quick chat with Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute, or me. Topics ranged from the growing influence of artificial intelligence to the importance of testing and DevSecOps. Below is a recap of the Day 1 video interviews (Day 2’s recap will post next week):

    Twistlock Talks Container Security

    Keith Mokris of Twistlock kicked off the day’s conversations with a discussion about security in the DevOps and container space, including the challenges organizations have in creating and deploying cloud-native apps.

    Plutora Discusses Integration Challenges Among Companies

    Bob Davis of Plutora stopped by to talk about the struggles his company sees organizations having in integrating their legacy systems with newer technologies such as cloud, as well as scaling their DevOps initiatives enterprisewide.

    QA Symphony Recaps Tricentis Merger

    DJ Frank, sales engineer at QA Symphony, discusses his company’s recent merger with Tricentis and the role of automation in digital transformation, no matter how far along organizations are in their journey.

    AppliTools Talks Digital Transformation

    James Lamberti of AppliTools chatted with DevOps Institute’s Jayne Groll about the role his company plays in digital transformation, specifically how it solves the problem of broken UIs and their impact on the customer experience.

    KPMG Highlights Need for Right Toolchain in Transformation

    Mark Shank and Mike Wolf of KPMG discussed with Groll business transformation beyond tooling in determining the right approach to modern delivery and DevOps.

    American Express’ DevOps Journey

    Durga Dabberu of American Express and Groll discuss his company’s journey to DevOps and how Amex has transformed as a result.

    XebiaLabs Talks DevOps Beyond ‘Dev’

    Patrick Bishop of XebiaLabs chatted with Groll about trends in the DevOps space and cultural challenge many organizations face in adopting DevOps methodologies.

    WhiteSource Talks Security’s Role in Transformation

    Dan Gross of WhiteSource and Groll discussed his company’s role in helping organizations transform using open source technologies within the boundaries of security.

    Tricentis and the Evolution of Testing

    Wayne Ariola of Tricentis and Groll chatted about the transformation of testing as a competency across the DevOps spectrum.

    Red Hat Talks Cloud-Native, Kubernetes

    Red Hat’s Ari Livigni discussed with Groll the shift toward cloud-native Jenkins and using Kubernetes as their platform of choice and how Red Hat is adapting to this new paradigm.

    Infostretch and the Continuous Economy

    Infostretch CEO and co-founder Rutesh Shah discusses the “continuous economy” and his company’s role as a provider of continuous testing.

    DevOps from the Service Provider Perspective

    Harris Kirk of Walters Kluwer, a service provider focusing on the legal, tax, finance and healthcare industries, outlined how his company is using DevOps to help its clients work more effectively.

    So many conversations, so little time! Check back next week for a recap of the Day 2 video interviews.

    — Charlene O’Hanlon

  • DevOps India Summit Sets the Stage for DevOps’ Future in India

    DevOps India Summit Sets the Stage for DevOps’ Future in India

    DevOps India Summit 2018, India’s biggest DevOps conference, concluded with notable audiences and best in industry experts setting the tone for the future of DevOps in India. The summit was held Sept. 1 at the Marriott Hotel, Whitefield, Bengaluru with a pre-event workshop Aug. 31. Around 500 professionals, including corporate leaders and mid-level managers from across the country, who witnessed the best minds in DevOps sharing their valuable insights on all phases of DevOps transformation. The event was designed to create a platform where practitioners of DevOps in India can hear the stalwarts share their experience and share their own journey and experience through calls for papers.

    The world-class summit, organized by Xellentro in partnership with DevOps Institute, Crevise Technology, Confinity Consulting, GitLab, Datamato, Sumologic, Zoomcar, MongoDB, TechGig, The Entrepreneur and PEOPLECERT, focused on the future of DevOps in India. The attendees got an opportunity to connect with the industry pioneers and learned about some of the emerging DevOps practices they can apply in their own organization. Experts from the United States, France, Brazil and India gave a sneak preview of DevOps adoption and how those initiatives and technical practices can help organizations attain the highest levels of performance.

    The topics were well-chosen and balanced, starting from the keynote by John Willis on DevSecOps to Marc Hornbeek speaking about the Continuous Delivery Architecture, Aymen El Amri speaking about Cloud Native and Amanda Mattos sharing her DevOps journey in the organizations she has worked. We also had sessions on Container-based CI Solutions by Archana Joshi, director of Cognizant Technology Solutions; DevOps Assessment Framework by Dr. Shome from TCS; High-Speed DevOps from Zoomcar, the Importance and Use of Database by MongoDB; Gaming in DevOps by Wipro; Scaling DevOps by Padma; DevOps in Automotive Engineering by KPIT; and many more. There were 30 sessions and six lightning talks, all of which were received with great enthusiasm.

    There was a panel discussion with 10 speakers and various topics were discussed from various areas of DevOps including DevSecOps and the need to include DevOps in university curriculum.

    The participants expressed their happiness to be able to hear such varied topics on DevOps and the great learning they had in the event and expressed their desire to attend in future years.

    During the event, Xellentro also awarded the highest Tweeter with Amazon vouchers.

    The pre-event had workshops by Marc Hornbeek on Architecting Continuous Delivery and was attended by a large audience who found this session extremely useful.

    Niladri conducted the G2G3 DevOps Simulation and the participants were intensely involved in this great immersive experience, which taught them the basic principles of DevOps—a great way to start the DevOps transformation and helps in making the participants feel the difference practicing the principles.

    GitLab products were also shown by their representatives.

    “It was a great feeling to attend this summit, as we get to meet new people who have been in this industry for a while,” said John Willis, president, DevOps and Digital Practices at SJ Technologies. I have come across people who are smart, aggressive learners and are eager to know more that they put up questions that was never asked before, it took me a time to navigate to an answer.”

    Marc Hornbeek commented that the event had the feel of DOES Summit but at a more manageable scale, where speakers could mingle with the delegates and take part in more knowledge-sharing among each other.

    At the end of the event, prizes were awarded on behalf of Xellentro. PEOPLECERT announced awards for five participants who were given free examination vouchers for training through Xellentro. DevOps Institute also announced prize to the highest scorer in DevOps Practitioner certifications conducted through Xellentro.

    Thanking all the partners and participants at the event, Niladri Choudhuri, who conceptualized the event said: “It is very encouraging to see people coming together and working as team to promote the real essence of DevOps. I thank all the participants who brought their enthusiasm along and asked so many relevant questions. This is the first ever DevOps event in India in such large scale with prime focus on the core content and quality of speakers who bring value to organisation. This is a start to more such future initiatives and I thank everyone for their support.”

    DevOps India Summit is starting a community of DevOps practitioners to create a platform to share, learn and enjoy the DevOps journey and help each other in the journey. People interested, other than the delegates who are already members of this community, can join this community here.

    — Niladri Choudhuri

  • Microsoft Puts Upgrade Plan in DevOps Motion

    Microsoft Puts Upgrade Plan in DevOps Motion

    Microsoft this week at its Ignite 2018 conference made it clear DevOps teams will have their hands full upgrading both databases and operating systems this Fall.

    Erin Chapple, corporate vice president for Windows Server, announced Windows Server 2019 will become generally available next month. As is the case with Windows Server 2016, there are three editions: Standard, Data Center and Essentials. The latter offering is for small businesses.

    However, the suite of management tools the company provides for its operating systems will not be available until early next year.

    Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on Windows Server Software Defined (WSSD) 2019, which provides another approach to combining compute, storage and networking on top of a hyperconverged infrastructure platform. That offering is expected to come bundled on a wide variety of hardware platforms early next year. Organizations looking to shift from a legacy rack-based approach of managing their data centers to a more modern HCI approach will have to wait for WSSD 2019 to become available.

    The company is simultaneously pushing forward with a public preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2019. In addition to adding support for faster queries and persistent storage in memory, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 packages the Hadoop Distributed File System and Apache Spark in-memory computing framework with a relational database. Microsoft is also making it possible to run SQL Server 2019 on Kubernetes clusters running on either Linux or Windows deployed on-premises or in the cloud. While the company has broadly embraced Kubernetes, its support for Kubernetes on Windows Server is not expected to be generally available until 2019.

    Microsoft also announced that a General Purpose service tier for the Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is slated to become available next week. That capability gives DevOps teams the option to deploy SQL Server databases either in a public cloud or on-premises.

    Microsoft touts the ability to run Windows Server on-premises and in the cloud as a core element of its hybrid cloud computing strategy. Right now, however, the most widely employed platform running on the Azure cloud is Linux. The company is also pushing another approach to hybrid cloud computing based on Microsoft Azure Stack, an on-premises edition of the cloud framework the company employs to drive its public cloud. An edition of Kubernetes is available in beta on Microsoft Azure Stack as well.

    Microsoft earlier this month revamped its AzureOps tools to make it easier to manage all those variations on its public cloud. But those tools have yet to be extended to on-premises environments.

    Of course, there’s no requirement that says any approach to a hybrid cloud using Microsoft technologies requires Azure. Windows Server and SQL Server both are already widely deployed across multiple public clouds. The challenge DevOps teams will face is managing all the different versions of Microsoft operating systems and databases that potentially will be strewn across an extended enterprise. It’s unlikely any organizations will be able to upgrade operating systems and databases in one wholesale effort.

    — Mike Vizard

  • DevOps Experience: Agenda and Speakers Announced

    DevOps Experience: Agenda and Speakers Announced

    DevOps Experience is coming up quickly, offering up the best in DevOps knowledge and capabilities in a completely virtual environment. That means no traveling, no missed or cancelled flights due to hurricanes named Florence, no lumpy hotel mattress, no substandard conference food. All the of the learning, none of the hassle.

    MediaOps—the company behind devopsy.kinsta.cloud, Container Journal, Security Boulevard, DevOpsTV and more—and CA Technologies have teamed to present DevOps Experience, a free virtual summit chock full of information and education for the DevOps professional presented in a virtual reality environment. DevOps Experience is a true virtual conference, replete with theaters to view the keynotes and presentations, a conference lobby to chat and socialize and a virtual trade show floor with virtual exhibitor stands equipped with video, downloads and even schwag for attendees. And did I mention it’s free?

    This year’s event, happening Sept. 20, offers up presentations and content from the biggest names in DevOps—Gene Kim, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Kohsuke Kawaguchi and our own Alan Shimel—as well as speakers from well-known companies who’ll be sharing what they’ve gleaned from their DevOps initiatives.

    Besides the whole lumpy mattress thing, some of the benefits of DevOps Experience include:

    • Complete control and access over every aspect of your digital experience.
    • Live and on-demand viewing from your home or office.
    • On the device of your choice (laptop, smartphone and tablet).
    • Digital downloads and presentations for all the sessions.

    And, perhaps most importantly, you will have unlimited playback post-event! (This is for attendees who register by Sept. 20 only!)

    DevOps Experience is scheduled to take place Sept. 20 at a computer or mobile device near you. Visit the website for more information or to register for this daylong event. Registration—did we mention it’s free?—also includes access to the event on-demand. To register, click on the image below or this link.DevOps Experience will feature keynotes from a lineup of DevOps luminaries including:

    • Gene Kim, CTO, researcher and co-author of “The Phoenix Project” and “The DevOps Handbook,” and founder of IT Revolution
    • Nicole Forsgren, founder and CEO at DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA)
    • Alan Shimel, editor in chief and founder of devopsy.kinsta.cloud and Security Boulevard
    • Koshuke Kawaguchi, Create/lead developer of Jenkins, CTO, Cloudbees
    • Aruna Ravichandran, VP Collaborative Marketing, Cisco; Author of DevOps for Digital Leaders & The Kitty Hawk Venture

    In addition, DevOps Experience will include a number of Spotlight Sessions with topics designed to provide even greater value to attendees. Sessions include:

    • In the The Accelerate State of DevOps Report, Gene Kim and Dr. Nicole Forsgren will present early look at the results of the first Accelerate State of DevOps Report conducted in partnership with Google Cloud.
    • In the Superpowers Coming to Jenkins session, Kohsuke Kawaguchi will walk through Jenkins X projects, Jenkins Essentials and Configuration as Code and how they work together and how they make you even more productive.
    • Women in DevOps Panel will feature powerful line-up of women leaders in DevOps, working in consulting and financial industries, airlines, startups and large enterprises. Moderated by acclaimed DevOps author, Aruna Ravichandran.
    • DevSecOps Panel – Is Security the Gordian Knot? will feature an all-star panel led by Alan Shimel, founder and editor in chief of devopsy.kinsta.cloud and Security Boulevard.

    Register Today at https://devopsexperience.io/#join-us

    — saleem

  • Keynotes and Announcements at DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018

    Keynotes and Announcements at DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018

    Each year DevOps World | Jenkins World is bigger and better than the year before. This means the announcements at the show also continue to evolve to keep pace with the rate of innovation. With the tremendous growth in DevOps adoption, the event will highlight the contributions of industry leaders and provide insight for attendees to better optimize their DevOps transformations. This year’s conference, taking place Sept. 16-19 in San Francisco and aptly themed “TRANSFORM,” will showcase the ways organizations are transforming software delivery, adopting DevOps and returning business value to their organization from DevOps initiatives.

    CloudBees has already released two big pieces of news for DevOps World | Jenkins World: The first is the name change from simply Jenkins World to denote the inclusion of the larger software development industry, while the second is the addition of a conference in Nice, France, to reach the global community of DevOps practitioners.

    Although most news is top secret until the event, there will be plenty of exciting announcements coming out of DevOps World | Jenkins World from CloudBees, sponsors and the Jenkins community. Attendees will experience keynote presentations on Tuesday, Sept. 18, where all the latest from both CloudBees and the Jenkins project will be announced. This will include news around the growing trend of “as-code,” collaboration between CloudBees and the Jenkins community and serverless capabilities. All announcements will underscore how organizations can adopt modern technology and infrastructure automation processes for accelerated software delivery.

    Along with CloudBees-specific and industry announcements, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, co-founder, CEO and chief scientist at DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA), will keynote the conference in San Francisco this year. In addition to her keynote, “The Data Behind DevOps: What Does it Take to Be a High Performer?,” which will cover insights into the key leadership, technical, architectural and product capabilities that drive these outcomes, she will also be hosting a session, “Leading Through Change,” which explores the aspects of leadership that drive successful outcomes.

    Additionally, DevOps World | Jenkins World San Francisco will boast more than 100 sessions this year. With a variety of industry experts covering everything from security, pipeline automation and containers to DevOps adoption and continuous delivery best practices, here’s a few sessions you won’t want to miss:

    With DevOps World | Jenkins World only days away don’t miss your chance to sign up for 20 percent off the cost of registration with this special code just for devopsy.kinsta.cloud readers: JWDEVOPSCUST.

    — Heidi Gilmore

  • DevSecOps: Where DevOps and Security Meet

    DevSecOps: Where DevOps and Security Meet

    Catching up with three IT leaders on the role of security in the changing world of DevOps

    The DevOps methodology as a software and engineering culture goes back nearly 10 years—Patrick Debois coined the term when he named a Belgian software conference “devopsdays.” Since then, the movement has taken on a mind of its own, turning into the go-to strategy for enterprises the world over aiming to accelerate their development timelines and deliver better products faster.

    In the shifts and changes that have happened over the last decade, one has been the idea of “DevSecOps,” or the intersection where security practices and DevOps transformations meet. Recently, at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 (DOES18) event in London, several key players in the DevOps world sat down to take a deep dive into the world of DevSecOps. In the following article, we’ll review some of the key points discussed by Ilkka Turunen, head of Solutions Architecture at Sonatype; Zane Lackey, founder of Signal Sciences; and Margo Cronin, senior solution architect for Amazon Web Services during our panel discussion at DOES18.

    The first point of the discussion centered around the role of security in DevOps, and how the name “DevSecOps” should never make you think security is secondary.

    “I’ve never been crazy about the term DevSecOps, because it’s like ‘Sec’ is an afterthought,” said Turunen. “You know, we were squeezing it in between Dev and Ops, the last kid that got on the bus, and we’re like, go on, just sit in there. For all of us, security is the first priority, the top job—’job zero,’ we sometimes call it. And therefore, for DevOps, it actually understands that security is key, and is the first thing that you do.”

    Turunen pointed to recent changes brought on by GDPR that have made privacy one of the pillars of software development, and how this has brought about further emphasis on security in DevOps transformations. In this new world of GDPR regulations, it’s not limited to just data portability and data breech notifications, but truly goes into “privacy by design.” As such, security is paramount.

    Later, the conversation turned to the idea of how one can create a culture where everyone thinks of themselves as a security practitioner, a seemingly necessary step to having foolproof security practices. The answer lies in creating an organization where security is part of the fundamental culture—a similar cultural change as to what happened around testing.

    “So if you think about testing 10 years ago, it was literally people running from test execution plans, and gradually they changed from that to becoming writers of tests, people that write the automatic-execution, help people, help the floor become more efficient at testing for themselves,” said Turunen. “Teaching them unit testing, all these other frameworks. So I feel like we’re at the brink of a similar kind of change. I think it’s a mixture of both incentives and psychology, and just changing roles.”

    Lackey puts it even more simply—that good engineering just goes hand in hand with good security.

    “The best way I’ve ever seen, like the highest performing organizations view it, is security is a subset of good engineering. In the way that resiliency is, reliability is, quality is, performance is, is a subset of good engineering,” said Lackey.

    Finally, the conversation turned to the role of public cloud service providers and how they can help uplift security for software organizations. For Cronin, the idea of machine learning holds a lot of promise for increasing security.

    “You now have services that can scan your landscape and say do you know these large files contain client identifying data, do you know you have keys there?” said Cronin. “And then you have services where you can then change that behavior automatically. But I think that’s where we’re going to see cloud service providers become a lot more active. You know, using machine learning to harden your production landscape before you actually even go to the security operators.”

    While the world of DevOps is constantly evolving, growth in highly regulated and compliance-oriented industries—coupled with increased global concern over data privacy—have put increased emphasis on incorporating security throughout the software pipeline. To learn more about how these DevOps experts view DevSecOps, and how they are making security a bigger focus in their organizations, you can watch the entire discussion on DevOps TV.

    Bonus: You can also watch Cronin’s DOES18 presentation on “Security Automation at Scale” and Lackey’s presentation on “How You Can Use DevOps to Make You More Secure.”

    And be sure to join us next time at DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas, Oct. 22-24, 2018!

    — Alan Shimel

  • How to Convince Your Manager to Send You to DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018

    How to Convince Your Manager to Send You to DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018

    The largest gathering of Jenkins users and DevOps practitioners is less than a month away. DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018 will be held in two locations this year, Sept. 16-19 in San Francisco and Oct. 22-25 in Nice, France. With exciting keynotes from industry influencers including Dr. Nicole Forsgren, CEO and chief data scientist at DORA, and James Governor, analyst and co-founder of RedMonk, there will be tons of learning and networking opportunities. There will even be a “Westworld” themed party, making it an event you do not want to miss.

    So now that we’ve convinced you to attend, you need to convince your manager why they should send you to DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018. Don’t worry: There are lots of good reasons why attending would be beneficial to you and your company. Once you have successfully convinced your manager to attend DevOps World | Jenkins World, don’t forget to register! To sweeten the deal, you can enter the promotional code just for devopsy.kinsta.cloud readers: JWDEVOPSCUST. That code gets you 20 percent off your registration.

    Keep Learning

    With more than 70 sessions offered in San Francisco and 50 sessions in Nice, all presented by DevOps and Jenkins experts, DevOps World | Jenkins World provides a chance to learn from DevOps leaders. Be sure to emphasize to your manager the importance of learning from the very best in the DevOps community, in training and workshops and, of course, in the breakout sessions. From Jenkins founder Kohsuke Kawaguchi to CloudBees CEO Sacha Labourey and the aforementioned industry influencers, your manager will greatly appreciate the knowledge you bring back to the office from experienced industry experts.

    You should definitely take advantage of some outstanding training opportunities to enhance your continuous delivery, Jenkins and DevOps knowledge. Available training sessions include Jenkins Certification Training, Jenkins Fundamentals, DevOps Leader Certification Training, CloudBees Core Fundamentals, CloudBees Core on Kubernetes and Value Stream Mapping for DevOps. Additionally, you will receive a free Jenkins exam with the purchase of a full conference registration. That is a huge value-add for both your resume and your organization!

    Build Your Network

    DevOps World | Jenkins World brings together thousands of software development experts, thus providing numerous networking opportunities. The conference gives you the opportunity to learn of challenges other organizations in the industry have faced and how they’ve overcome them. If they have already solved a challenge you are just starting to tackle, you could walk away with knowledge that more than pays for the cost of the conference. Conference attendees can also share success stories that may inspire your organization’s next big win. Make it known to your manager that you will be exposed to people like you, who have similar business needs and challenges, whom you will be able to connect with and learn from.

    Invest in Your (and Your Company’s) Future

    As we previously mentioned, with the industry continuing to innovate and evolve, having the skill set to keep up with these changes help make you a valuable asset to your team. When convincing your manager to let you attend, make sure you also present how this knowledge will help push you and your team forward, ultimately propelling your entire organization forward. Highlighting the potential ROI of this opportunity will help your manager better justify the cost to send you to DevOps World | Jenkins World. Detail exactly how much airfare and lodging will cost, but also note what kind of impact it will have on the organization’s bottom line. The ROI will be evident—make that clear!

    We would like to think we have provided some pretty solid justifications for you, but if you still need an extra boost, we have also created an email template to use when sending all this over to your manager for review. Once your boss gives you the green light, go register!

    — Alan Shimel

  • A Certifiable Reason to Attend Training at DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018

    A Certifiable Reason to Attend Training at DevOps World | Jenkins World 2018

    There are many factors that make DevOps World | Jenkins World the essential DevOps event to attend each year. Whether it is the keynotes and speaker sessions from industry-leading DevOps experts, the expo where you can check out the latest and greatest from our friends in the software industry or the themed after-party, there are many reasons why year over year the conference grows. An added benefit that contributes to DevOps World | Jenkins World being the DevOps event of the year is the wealth of informative preconference training and certification. Think of them as the workout before the big game, providing you the tools and knowledge to make the most of the conference and beyond.

    The growth of attendance and variety of attendees of  the DevOps World | Jenkins World conference is one of the indicators that the industry is constantly innovating and evolving. Last year, Forrester declared 2018 as the “Year of DevOps,” with 50 percent of survey respondents reporting they had already implemented DevOps with plans to expand. For DevOps practitioners to keep up with the continuous pace of modern software development, there also has to be continuous learning. Training and certification at DevOps World | Jenkins World will cover relevant topics in software development, such as authorization and security, build management, instance administration and interfacing with cloud services, in addition to Jenkins and CloudBees Core fundamentals.

    Not only are all training sessions available to add on to your full conference sessions pass, but you also can receive a free Jenkins certification exam voucher—a $150 value—for the Certified Jenkins Engineer (CJE) and Certified CloudBees Jenkins Platform Engineer (CCJPE) exams. You can choose to sign up for an onsite exam at DevOps World | Jenkins World (first-come, first-serve) or use it at a later date. There are also several half-, one- and two-day courses that can be added during the event registration process.

    In addition to our recommendations below, check out the Training and Certification page to see what courses can help strengthen your software delivery pipeline skills.

    DevOps Leader Certification Training

    Successful implementation of DevOps requires leadership. Whether you are in a  tactical or strategic role, if you help design, influence, implement or motivate the cultural transformation in DevOps adoption, this course will take your DevOps leadership to the next level.

    Value Stream Mapping for DevOps

    If you’re looking to better understand DevOps, you are in the right place! Join Mike Orzen, a recognized and prominent Lean thought leader and author, to learn the ins and outs of DevOps value stream mapping, helping you identify inefficiencies in your current process, and optimize it to deliver more value to your customers.

    Jenkins Fundamentals

    It wouldn’t be Jenkins World without Jenkins! To prepare yourself for both the Certified Jenkins Engineer (CJE) or Certified CloudBees Jenkins Platform Engineer (CCJPE) certifications, Jenkins Fundamentals introduces you to the best practices for leveraging Jenkins to drive your continuous development life cycle with Jenkins.

    CloudBees Core Fundamentals

    As the foundation of CloudBees, once you’ve mastered Jenkins Fundamentals, CloudBees Core Fundamentals is the obvious next step. In this training, attendees will gain the skills needed to leverage the CloudBees Core product suite to successfully scale CD and DevOps in their organizations. The training includes an overview of the key proprietary features provided with CloudBees Core to enhance the capabilities of Jenkins.

    CloudBees Core on Kubernetes

    Kubernetes is seeing widespread adoption as the operating system for cloud native applications and the industry’s go-to container orchestration system. This course will provide attendees with the tools needs to run CloudBees Core on Kubernetes, and leverage public and private clouds to establish an elastic, scalable CD and DevOps platform. The course includes hands-on installation of CloudBees Core on Kubernetes. 

    Go to https://www.cloudbees.com/devops-world to learn more and to register. Additionally, use this special code just for devopsy.kinsta.cloud readers—JWDEVOPSCUST—at registration, and you’ll get a 20 percent discount.

    — Brian Dawson