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HIRED to power devopsy.kinsta.cloud jobs page

We are pleased to announce that we are partnering with HIRED to power our jobs page. It has always been our hope that with devopsy.kinsta.cloud’s presence we would serve as a great place for employers and employees to find each other. While we have had a jobs board up and running for a while now, it has not fulfilled the lofty goals we had for our jobs section. We believe partnering with HIRED will give our readers the jobs experience they are looking for. HIRED is growing rapidly because it gives both job seekers and employers a better way of doing what has been a painful experience for too many.

Check out the new page when you can. If you are looking for a new job or to hire a new engineer, developer or other tech worker, give the devopsy.kinsta.cloud job board powered by HIRED a try.

Here is the press release announcing the partnership and service:

devopsy.kinsta.cloud AND HIRED PARTNER TO OFFER A NEW WAY TO FIND YOUR DREAM DEVOPS JOB

Hired’s Disruptive Model of Matching Employers and Tech Talent Via Auction

Boca Raton, FL – March 10, 2015 – devopsy.kinsta.cloud, where the world meets DevOps and Hired today announced that they will partner with the result that Hired will power the Jobs section of devopsy.kinsta.cloud. The DevOps related job market is red hot and Hired’s model promises to make hiring, or getting hired, less painful and easy as possible.

Hired is the first two-sided marketplace created specifically for Engineers, Data Scientists, Designers and Product Managers who are overwhelmed with job opportunities.

“We believe recruiting should be transparent, unbiased, and that the talent should be in control. Our one week “auctions” provide upfront offers from vetted and funded companies, dedicated talent advocates, and a $2,000 signing bonus,”said Matt Mickiewicz, CEO of Hired.”Since we started Hired, DevOps has grown from a niche segment of engineering to one of our fastest growing job categories. We’re thrilled to partner with devopsy.kinsta.cloud and for the opportunity to connect their talented community with companies of all sizes and industries in eight major tech hubs around the globe.”

“Our vision has always been to use devopsy.kinsta.cloud’s big tent to offer a premier way for DevOps related workers and companies to find each other. Hired gives us a best-in-class solution” said Alan Shimel, Editor-in-Chief of devopsy.kinsta.cloud. “We hear from companies constantly that they cannot find qualified talent fast enough for their needs. Hired should help those companies and help people find their dream jobs.”

devopsy.kinsta.cloud job page is already up and running at https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud/jobs/ Both employers and perspective employees can register following the links on the page today.

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About devopsy.kinsta.cloud

devopsy.kinsta.cloud is where the world meets DevOps. With the most new original content around DevOps per month, it is the largest source of DevOps related news in the world. Additionally its community support and other DevOps information help DevOps community members the world over. Producers of the DevOps Connect series of conferences, devopsy.kinsta.cloud is bringing DevOps information and communication the world over

March 10, 2015
The DevOps Institute heralds the dawn of enterprise class DevOps training and certification

I am very proud to announce that today marks the launch of the DevOps Institute. Myself and the devopsy.kinsta.cloud team are partners in this joint venture with some very successful, experienced IT training professionals, Jayne Groll and Lisa Schwartz. The DevOps Institute (DOI) seeks to codify best practices in DevOps into repeatable training, education and certifications. We are launching with two classes, DevOps Foundation and Certified Agile Service Manager being offered. Several other courses including role and scheme based certifications and classes will be announced shortly. The press release is also available at the end of this article.

I know there is a segment of the DevOps community who view this as an apocalyptic event. While I obviously don’t agree with that view, I respect their opinion. As I have said all along the DevOps community is big and getting bigger. There is room for a wide spectrum of opinion. If you don’t think that DevOps needs formal education, training and certification, so be it. I and many folks I have spoken to believe that as DevOps continues to cross the chasm into mainstream enterprise IT, a formal training and certification program will be required. Whether it is from the DOI or some other entity is the only question.

My co-founders and I believe we are in the best position to bring quality, best practices based DevOps training to market. We have assembled a world-class Board of Regents (BOR) who will help guide the course of the DOI, plan and approve all of our courses and ensure we are training based on best practices as they evolve. You can see and read about the BOR here. We have leading lights of the DevOps community, the IT training world and general IT business leaders as members. Looking at some of the names on this list will show you the kind of people we are involved with and should speak volumes as to what our commitment to this will be.

We welcome those of you who would like to join us in this mission. Our mandate is to be inclusive. We invite all providers who are offering or planning to offer DevOps training to join with us. We will examine your curriculum, provide you our syllabus to develop your own courses, certify your courses and even allow you to license and teach our courses. You can find out more about this at the DOI website, DevOpsInstitute.com

If you are interested in DevOps training and would like to be involved with the Institute as a board member or in some other capacity, contact us.

The launch of the DevOps Institute represents the culmination of over 9 months of work and research. However if we are to succeed this is just the end of the beginning and the start of a great new ad-venture!

The DevOps Institute Brings Enterprise Class DevOps Training To Enterprise IT Market

THE RAPID ADOPTION OF DEVOPS NECESSITATES CERTIFIED TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR ENTERPRISE IT MARKET

Boca Raton, Fl February, 18, 2015– The DevOps Institute (DOI) launched today with the mission of serving as the premier source for aligning industry standard quality DevOps training and examination services for enterprise IT. The Institute is led by a Board of Regents who will oversee DOI’s offerings in an effort to codify and promote DevOps’ best practices and standards that enable enterprise IT to deliver more value faster to their customers.

The initial Board of Regents includes Gene Kim, Lori Macvittie, Sanjeev Sharma, Helen Beal, Rohit Antao, Gary Gruver, Lou Hunnebeck, Matthew Selheimer, Donna Knapp and JP Morgenthal. They join co-founders Jayne Groll, Lisa Schwartz and Alan Shimel in leading the DevOps Institute to fulfill its mission.

“The DevOps movement has matured rapidly over the last few years. We believe that the time is right to have established best practices training and certification”, said Lisa Schwartz, CEO of DevOps Institute. “DevOps training is a logical step in DevOps adoption by the enterprise IT market. The DevOps Institute’s mission is to codify emerging best practices in DevOps and translate them into the highest quality education and certified training courses. Working with leaders of the community, DOI will continue to develop and offer the finest in DevOps and associated programs and certifications.”, continued Schwartz.

“DevOps is transforming how technology work is done, for Development, Test and IT Operations. I support any effort that helps elevate the state of the practice, and bring consistency and quality to the training offered,” said Gene Kim, DevOps researcher and co-author of The Phoenix Project and the upcoming DevOps Cookbook.

The DevOps Institute’s initial courses including certification are DevOps Foundation and Certified Agile Service Manager (CASM). Additional certification courses will be announced in the coming weeks including role based schemes and certifications. DOI will offer courses directly and through a network of Registered Education Providers. Courses will be available both in person and virtually utilizing state-of-art virtual classrooms. First courses will begin in early March. More information can be found at DOI’s website: http://www.devopsinstitute.com

About DevOps Institute
The DevOps Institute is bringing enterprise class DevOps training and certification to the IT market. Working with thought leaders from the DevOps and IT Service Management communities, as well as the IT training market, the DevOps Institute is the standard in quality, enterprise grade DevOps education.

February 18, 2015
devopsy.kinsta.cloud and InnoTech Conferences Partner on DevOps Connect

We are very happy to announce that devopsy.kinsta.cloud is teaming up with the folks at InnoTech Conferences to bring DevOps Connect to San Antonio and Dallas this April! The press release is below with details. You can find out more at DevOpsConnect.com. Also if you are interested in presenting at DevOps Connect @ InnoTech you can contact to devopsconnect@devops.com. Please include which event you would like to speak at and we will respond with details. If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at DevOps Connect @InnoTech, please contact parker@devops.com.

devopsy.kinsta.cloud and InnoTech Conferences Partner on DevOps Connect

DevOps Conference Comes To Dallas and San Antonio at Popular Innotech Conferences With Full Day of DevOps Learning

Boca Raton, Fl, Febraury 12, 2015 – devopsy.kinsta.cloud, where the world meets DevOps and InnoTech Conferences today announced that they will team up to add DevOps Connect to the InnoTech Conferences in San Antonio and Dallas on April 9th and 16th, 2015 respectively. Both conferences will feature a full track of DevOps sessions in addition to sponsors and exhibits from the DevOps community.

InnoTech is an annual conference and exhibition built specifically for business and technology executives, highlighting the region’s innovation and technology development opportunities. InnoTech is designed to be the most comprehensive and collaborative regional technology event available in a one- or two-day format. Over 1,000 I.T. professionals will attend each InnoTech conference. Featuring over 25 breakout sessions on Security, Big Data, DevOps, Infrastructure, more, InnoTech offers an affordable educational opportunity for the I.T. community. This year, InnoTech is thrilled to partner with devopsy.kinsta.cloud to offer a full day track on DevOps in each of their conferences.

“Our attendees have been telling us they would like DevOps related content more and more over the past few years. Partnering to bring DevOps Connect to InnoTech allows us to provide them with premium DevOps content and opens our conferences to the DevOps community,” said Sean Lowery, CEO of InnoTech. “We look forward to a great lineup of sessions around DevOps at our next conferences in San Antonio and Dallas.”

The InnoTech Conferences are a perfect partner/venue for devopsy.kinsta.cloud to spread the word and increase awareness and knowledge about DevOps, said Alan Shimel, CEO of devopsy.kinsta.cloud. “DevOps Connect events work well in conjunction with a broader IT conference, so we think these will be great events.”

Registration, exhibit and sponsor information are available at http://www.innotechconferences.com/ and http://www.devopsconnect.com. You can also write to devopsconnect@devops.com for specific DevOps

sponsor and exhibitor information.

About devopsy.kinsta.cloud

devopsy.kinsta.cloud is where the world meets DevOps. With over 100 new original content articles per month, it is the largest source of DevOps related news in the world. Additionally its community support and other DevOps information help DevOps community members the world over.

About InnoTech Conference

In one focused day, InnoTech creates an environment where education, innovation, peer-to-peer networking and the latest technology and business solutions are all available specifically for IT professionals. InnoTech assembles the leading business and technology executives in the region for a day of answers to your IT issues, real world case studies and your best chance to see the latest products and solutions to support your business.

InnoTech is your best, local opportunity to meet and interact with those leaders driving the IT industry in the region.

February 12, 2015
DEVOPS CONNECT: SECOPS EDITION SPOTLIGHTS THE INTERSECTION OF DEVOPS AND INFORMATION SECURITY

A daylong event highlighting the rapid of ascent of DevOps and its intersection with information security on April 20 – 24, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco

Boca Raton, FL – January 14, 2015 – devopsy.kinsta.cloud, where the world meets DevOps, today announced DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition, a daylong event highlighting the rapid of ascent of DevOps and its intersection with information security. DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition will take place the Monday of RSA Conference 2015, April 20 – 24, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

The keynote and co-chairs for the DevOps Connect program are author and DevOps pioneer Gene Kim of IT Revolution Press and Joshua Corman, CTO of Sonatype and co-founder of RuggedSoftware.org and IamTheCavalry.org. Gene and Joshua first introduced “Rugged DevOps” at RSA 2012 and have been building collaborations and bridges between those worlds ever since.

In addition to the keynote, the daylong event will feature panels, discussions and sessions that highlight the advent of DevOps in high-performing IT organizations and how the information security community is interacting in it. A formal call for speakers will be announced shortly.

“DevOps is one of the fastest rising trends in technology with a tremendous impact on the information security landscape,” said Linda Gray, general manager, RSA Conference. “We are excited to hear the direction and insights speakers such as Gene Kim and Josh Corman will bring to this event and to our RSAC attendees.”

“The interest of the security community in DevOps has been growing rapidly for a few year now, as evidenced by some of the earlier panels and events we have held that received enthusiastic support,” said Mark Miller, leader of TheNexus Community Project. “We are happy to assist in bringing this important opportunity for learning and sharing to RSA Conference.”

The event is free to all RSA Conference 2015 attendees who pre-register for it at the time of RSA Conference registration, up to 600 people. So early registration is encouraged, as it is expected to fill up quickly. Following the sessions the second annual DevOps wining happy hour will be open to event attendees.

The Call for Papers to apply to speak at the event is now open. Submissions can be made at: https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud/features/cfp-devops-connect-devopssec-rsa-conference-now-open/

About devopsy.kinsta.cloud

devopsy.kinsta.cloud is where the world meets DevOps. devopsy.kinsta.cloud is the largest source of original DevOps related content, community support and other DevOps information helping DevOps community members the world over. DevOps Connect are a series of DevOps conferences being held the world over to further DevOps leaning and understanding.

Media Contact:

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ashimmy@devops.com

(516) 857-7409

February 10, 2015
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February 10, 2015
DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition @RSA Conference
We are very happy to announce that we will be hosting DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition at RSA Conference on Monday, April 20, 2015. It will take place at the Moscone Center and is sponsored by RSA Conference.

What is DevOps Connect? Great question. DevOps Connect is the new name for the Camp DevOps brand we have run here at devopsy.kinsta.cloud. We felt that Camp DevOps sounded too much … well, like a camp. DevOps Connect is so much more. We will hold DevOps Connect events at existing conferences such as this one at RSA Conference, as well as standalone events in cities around the globe.

DevOps Connect: SecOps edition will be focused on DevOps and security’s role in the software development lifecycle. The agenda, sessions and speakers will be chosen by our program committee. I am very happy to report that the committee is chaired by Josh Corman and Gene Kim, with the assistance of myself and Mark Miller, organizer of theNexus community. A formal call for speakers will be announced shortly.

We anticipate over 7 hours of sessions followed by the 2^nd annual DevOps wining, not whining happy hour brought to you by Sonatype, IT Revolution Press and devopsy.kinsta.cloud at a location to be announced.

Full details are on the DevOps Connect website, but there some bullet points:
1. Admission is free to all RSA badge holders, regardless of level. However you must pre-register for the event when you register for RSA Conference.
2. At the DevOps Connect website there is a code to save $100 dollars on an RSA Conference full conference pass.
3. We are limited to 600 attendees, so pre-registration is a must if you want to guarantee you are admitted. Attendance and registration is on and is on a first come first serve basis
4. Sessions will feature keynotes (Gene Kim will deliver one), panel discussions and multi-track topics.
5. DevOps Connect will be at Moscone West on Monday of RSA week.
6. Sessions and presentations will be focused on real world experiences from practitioners.
RSA Conference is where the premier infosec event in the world and we think a perfect venue for DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition. So if you are planning on attending RSA Conference you don’t want to miss what promises to be a great DevOps event!

If after visiting the DevOps Connect website you have any questions, please reach out to us at devopsconect@devops.com. We will update the website with more information as it becomes available.
December 8, 2014
DevOps Anonymous Salary Survey
DevOps certainly is a hyped word right now. There are no shortage of DevOps jobs either. But,
- What are the highest paying DevOps job titles?
- Which industries pay top dollars for DevOps skills?
- How is your salary compared to people with similar job titles in other companies?
- Does higher education mean higher pay?
- Do DevOps men earn more money than DevOps women?
We all need to know these answers. Take a few moments and complete the anonymous DevOps salary survey.

While email or contact info is not required, everyone who does fill in their email will get a copy of the results and 1 in 50 respondents will win a $50 Amazon gift card.
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December 3, 2014
CI and CD Across the Enterprise with Jenkins – CloudBees
We are happy to announce the next devopsy.kinsta.cloud Webinar, in partnership with CloudBees :

CI and CD Across the Enterprise with Jenkins

Delivering value to the business faster thanks to Continuous Delivery and DevOps is the new mantra of IT organizations. In this webinar, CloudBees will discuss how Jenkins, the most popular open source Continuous Integration tool, allows DevOps teams to implement Continuous Delivery.

You will learn how to:
- Orchestrate Continuous Delivery pipelines with the new workflow feature,
- Scale Jenkins horizontally in your organization using Jenkins Operations Center by CloudBees,
- Implement end to end traceability with Jenkins and Puppet and Chef.
Date: November 19th

Time: 1:00pm eastern, 10:00am pacific
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About the Speaker:

Cyrille Le Clerc is Director of Product Management at CloudBees with more than 15 years experience in Java. Prior to CloudBees, Cyrille was Chief Technology Officer at Xebia. As an early adopter of the “you build it you run it” model, he put it in place for a number of high volume web sites. He naturally embraced DevOps culture. He is also very active in the Java community, creator of the open source project “embedded jmxtrans” and a speaker at various conferences.
November 3, 2014
DevOps front and center at Interop NY

Reporting from Interop NY where DevOps has made it presence felt. There are a number of DevOps related sessions over the course of the conference this week. I wanted to highlight 4 that I am looking forward to:

The DevOps Pay Raise: Quantifying Your Value to Move Up the Ladder by Dustin Whittle, AppDynamics

Location:  Room E08, Level 1

Date:  Thursday, October 2

Time:  2:45pm-3:45pm

The official blurb for this session is: DevOps, when done right, usually goes unnoticed. It’s only when something breaks that all eyes turn to IT. If your boss only sees you when the app is down, however, that’s not really doing your career any favors. In this session we’ll talk about how to prove your value to the organization by looking at the positive side: that is, how much money you’ve saved your company. We’ll take a look at how you can use tools like Chef, Puppet, Sensu and Logstash to quantify your value to your company. After this session, you’ll be able to walk into a meeting with your boss ready to talk about your value to the company (and to ask for a raise).

I spoke to Dustin who occasionally writes for devopsy.kinsta.cloud about this session. Beyond getting a raise for your hard work, the session is about how you show the value of DevOps to your organization. Of course if you try to implement some DevOps type of processes and behavior and something goes wrong, it is easy to blame, but how do you show the benefit. No one notices when things are running right. How do you build on success to expand the rollout of DevOps to the rest of your organization? I have seen Dustin speak on this topic before and I am sure it will be an interesting session.

DevOps Gold: What the Olympics Teaches Us About Agile Development and Release by Dave Roberts, Sr. Director Solutions Marketing, Cloud, DevOps, and Data Center Automation, BMC Software

Location:  Room E15, Level 1

Date:  Thursday, October 2

Time:  4:30pm-4:50pm

The official blurb for this session is: At the recent winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, we saw athletes from all over the world striving for excellence. Some turned in the best performance of their lives and came home with a gold medal. Others, some favorites, struggled and saw their dreams slip away. In this session, we’ll see how DevOps done right is a lot like the Olympics. If you set reasonable goals, train hard, and execute well, you’ll reach DevOps Gold, too. But if you take your releases for granted, you may end up with failure. This session is for developers and operations personnel working toward implementing a DevOps process. You’ll learn best practices for achieving DevOps success and how to best implement them in your own company.

I spoke with Dave on this one as well. I love the idea of comparing DevOps to athletes training for the gold. Dave will talk about that there is no magic with DevOps success. It takes careful planning, reasonable goals and lots of preparation. You don’t just walk strap on skis and think you are a downhill Olympic champion. There is more to competing and winning than just showing up.

Dave is an accomplished speaker and this is a great topic. It should be a very interesting session. Note that this is part of the Cloud Connect Day 2 sessions and there are some other great sessions throughout the day there.

The next two already took place by the time you read this (thanks to my laptop crashing and this not being published earlier). They are both by Lori Macvittie, another devopsy.kinsta.cloud contributor.

Achieving Operational Excellence Through DevOps by Lori Macvittie, Principal Technical Evangelist, F5 Networks

Location:  Room E16, Level 1

Date:  Tuesday, September 30

Time:  9:00am-12:00pm

This is actually a day long workshop by a number of people with Lori kicking things off early and then chairing a panel at 10:45:

Panel: What Does DevOps do for the Network?
DevOps is to application deployment as SDN is to networking. They’re both ultimately about achieving operational excellence to improve time to market, reduce risks and costs associated with operational overhead. DevOps tends to focus on scripting and APIs as a means to achieve operational excellence, so how does that fit with the move to bring automation and orchestration to the network? We’ll explore questions that are on everyone’s minds such as: Do you have to have a soft network to take advantage of DevOps? Will network engineers need to become developers?

Interop Debate: Learn SDN vs. Traditional Certifications: What’s Better for Your Career? by Lori Macvittie, Principal Technical Evangelist, F5 Networks

Location:  Room E13, Level 1

Date:  Wednesday, October 1

Time:  2:45pm-3:45pm

This is another panel discussing: The networking industry views the CCIE certification as one of the most difficult and desirable titles to obtain. Many CCIEs enjoy extraordinary career opportunities as well as financial gain as a direct benefit of passing the notorious lab exam. Recently, the relevance of the CCIE certification has come into question by those who see a different future for networking. The big idea is this: if networking is headed in an automated, software-defined direction, is the CCIE still relevant? Or should networkers who want to be at the top of the industry differentiate themselves by learning the emerging tools and techniques of the SDN revolution? Our all-CCIE panel (including a former CCIE program manager) & CCIE moderator will discuss.

This panel will discuss what it the future of the CCIE certification in an age of SDN. With software eating the world and networks, is hardware relevant even anymore? Should be great discussion and promises some fireworks!

October 1, 2014
IBM Interconnect 2015 Call for Papers

IBM Interconnect is IBM’s premier event covering DevOps, mobile, cloud, security and more. With 300 sessions focused exclusively on DevOps, IBM Interconnect delivers a full 360 degree view of all aspects of DevOps, including best practices, technical implementations and management strategies.

IBM Interconnect offers breakout sessions, labs and hands on experimentation and learning at the dev@ experience. The dev@ experience is a zone built by developers for developers, to learn from developers. Tech Talk. Hands on. Straight forward.

The IBM InterConnect 2015 Call for Speakers is now open, and we want to hear from you on a variety of topics. Submit your paper today, deadline is October 10^th. Speaking at InterConnect will help raise your profile and expand your network with more than 20,000 peers, experts and influencers. All speakers are eligible for a complimentary conference pass, enabling them to experience this incredible value for free!

October 1, 2014