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  • DevOps Institute Declares December 10 as ‘Global SKILup Day’

    The world’s first non-stop, continuous learning virtual event dedicated to upskilling features unique ‘how-to’ DevOps sessions led by domain experts such as Gene Kim, John Willis, Helen Beal, Mirco Hering, Damon Edwards, Karen Ferris and more 

    BOCA RATON, Fla. – October 1, 2019 – DevOps Institute (https://devopsinstitute.com/), a member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, has declared December 10 as ‘Global SKILup Day’ — a day dedicated to getting upskilled, based on the S-K-I-L Framework: Skills, Knowledge, Ideas, and Learning.

    The world’s first annual Global SKILup Day features 18 hours of open and continuous virtual learning based on unique and actionable “how-to” sessions. Global SKILup Day will be streamed across different time zones and geographies to accommodate the global DevOps community.

    Global SKILup Day aligns with the pillars of DevOps Institute’s SKIL framework that engages the heart, mind, body, and soul of the DevOps practitioner by a holistic approach to Skills, Knowledge, Ideas and Learning. The Global SKILup Day agenda reflects the spirit of the SKIL framework by including presentations that focus on human, process and automation know-how.    

    DevOps Institute selected December 10 as Global SKILup Day as a day for the Humans of DevOps to both end the calendar strong and to start the new year fresh with new knowledge.

    Register to save your virtual seat for Global SKILup Day at https://devopsinstitute.com/globalskilupday/

    “Global SKILup Day is a unique opportunity for humans to come together as a global DevOps community, work together to bridge the skills gaps identified in the Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report, and inspire IT professionals for lifelong learning and career success,” said Jayne Groll, CEO at DevOps Institute. “We need to elevate human transformation to the forefront of the industry and enable critical skills advancements through expert ‘how-to’ sessions. The first annual Global SKILup Day features a globally available online event aimed at increasing domain expertise and empowering a highly skilled DevOps community.”

    These educational sessions will be led by some of the most experienced and well-known influencers from the DevOps, Agile, ITSM, Cloud and SRE communities. to deliver actionable knowledge in the new IT  world. 

    Keynote Speakers Include:

    • Helen Beal, DevOpsologist at Ranger4 – Europe
    • Dominica DeGrandis, Director of Digital Transformation at Tasktop – Americas
    • Damon Edwards, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Rundeck – Americas
    • Karen Ferris, DevOps Culturalist – APAC
    • Mirco Hering, Global DevOps Practice Lead at Accenture – APAC
    • Gene Kim, Founder of IT Revolution, Author of the upcoming book The Unicorn Project and co-author of The Phoenix Project, The DevOps Handbook and Accelerate – Americas
    • Andi Mann, Chief Technology Advocate at Splunk – Americas
    • Jennifer Petoff, Global Program Manager – SRE Education – Site Reliability Engineering at Google – Europe
    • Sanjeev Sharma, Vice President, Global Practice Director – Data Modernization and Strategy at Delphix – Americas
    • John Willis, Founder at Botchagalupe Technologies – Americas

    Additional Speakers will be announced as they are confirmed.

    For more information and to register, visit: https://devopsinstitute.com/globalskilupday/ 

    Share This: Calling all #HumansofDevOps! @DEVOPSINST has declared Dec. 10 Global SKILup Day. Save your virtual seat today for all-day access to non-stop continuous learning: https://devopsinstitute.com/globalskilupday/ #Upskilling #GetSkilled

    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.

    Web | https://devopsinstitute.com/

  • Take the 2020 DevOps Institute Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Survey

    Take the 2020 DevOps Institute Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Survey

    Everyone is talking about upskilling but how do you know which skills are considered a must-have, nice to have and not as important these days? What are the hiring trends within the industry including the most sought after roles and plans? With the vast array of tools, technologies, process frameworks and human/soft skills, it is daunting to try to establish a meaningful enterprise upskilling program or personal upskilling strategy.

    DevOps Institute published the first-ever “Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report” in 2019 based on a detailed global community survey completed by over 1600 respondents. The results were very deep and insightful. The 2019 Upskilling report provided the DevOps community with a solid benchmark on the state of DevOps skills across those categories. But once is not enough in a rapidly changing skills landscape. It’s time to do it again in order to analyze and validate the data year over year.

    The 2020 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report survey is active through December 20, 2019 and the second annual report will be published in early 2020. The new survey builds upon the 2019 report to help IT professionals understand the skills they need to become more T-shaped, by supplementing their depth of specific knowledge with a range of general knowledge. Further, it helps IT professionals understand the specific disciplines that will best fill the top of their “T.”

    We are once again honored to have organizations such as CloudBees, Continuous Delivery Foundation, Urban Code and others sponsoring and supporting this important project. The second annual Upskilling report will publish in February 2020. You can read the full press release here.

    Let’s never forget upskilling is a purely human endeavor. We need the help and support of enterprises, individuals, vendors, consultants and influencers. Please help DevOps Institute fulfill its mission to advance the human elements of DevOps by completing the survey and sharing the link with your friends, colleagues and community.

    Your effort will also go to a much need charitable cause. We’d like to do our part to help the under-served pockets of youth around the world and to that end, we’ve identified a global charity that aligns with our vision, Teach for All. We will contribute $1 for each completed survey and we are aiming for 5,000 participants.

    Teach for All tackles complex challenges facing children in disadvantaged communities as millions of children lack the education, support and opportunity they need to thrive. Teach for All is developing collective leadership to improve education and expand opportunities for all children, so they can shape a better future for themselves and the world around them.

    Every donation, no matter how small, can make a huge difference and we are happy to contribute on your behalf to thank you for your participation with the 2020 Upskilling Survey.

    Your participation is valued, and it helps support a great cause. Take the survey and share the link with your colleagues today!

    — Jayne Groll

  • DevOps Institute Opens ‘2020 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report’ Survey

    The second annual survey and resulting report are designed to help companies better understand both the current and future state of DevOps skilling and cross-skilling across the global IT community.

    Boca Raton, FL – August 20, 2019 – DevOps Institute, a global member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced the launch of the 2020 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report community survey. In collaboration with Gold Sponsor CloudBees and Community Sponsor Continuous Delivery (CD) Foundation, the 2020 Upskilling Report will measure trends and progress of DevOps skillset development building upon the 1,600-plus survey responses from the 2019 benchmark report.

    “In 2019 we found that all roles, from leaders to individual contributors, agreed that automation skills, process skills and soft skills are the most important must-have skill categories for a DevOps human,” said Eveline Oehrlich, former vice president and research director at Forrester and now chief research analyst at DevOps Institute. “Top must-have process skills were: familiarity with software development life cycle; understanding of process flow and analysis; Agile; experience with test-driven deployment concepts and methods and system thinking. The top three must-have soft skills included collaboration and cooperation, problem-solving, interpersonal skills and sharing and knowledge transfer. This second survey round will include the same skill categories, but we have added a few more next-level skill questions.”

    Click here to participate in the “2020 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report” survey. From DevOps practitioners and IT leaders to business and HR team members, and service provider team members, every role should have a voice in the survey.

    “The Upskilling Report is meant to help empower and advance human transformation by identifying the skills and knowledge that lead to ideas and learning for DevOps success,” said Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. “DevOps Institute looks forward to building on the SKIL Framework (Skill, Knowledge, Ideas, Learning) and the success of the 2019 benchmark report to offer new and updated insights on the trends in DevOps skills sets from a year-over-year perspective.”

    The 2019 Upskilling Report provided a benchmark upon which to measure future patterns and trends by identifying which skills are considered “must-have”, “nice to have” and “not important” across roles, region and perspectives. The 2019 Upskilling Report also demonstrated that the categories of process, automation and soft/human skills are equal in importance.

    The 2020 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report survey is active through December 20, 2019 and the second annual report will be published in early 2020. The new survey builds upon the 2019 report to help IT professionals understand the skills they need to become more T-shaped, by supplementing their depth of specific knowledge with a range of general knowledge. Further, it helps IT professionals understand the specific disciplines that will best fill the top of their “T.”

    To access the 2019 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report, download it here for free.

    “Last year’s Upskilling Report was instrumental in identifying the IT skills that are most needed for successful business transformation,” said Andre Pino, vice president of marketing at CloudBees. “This year’s report is invaluable to the IT community because it provides insight into the status of skills and practices that will ensure the Humans of DevOps advance alongside technology. We are honored to partner with DevOps Institute and sponsor the report for a second year to highlight the human DevOps skills that are critical to Enterprise IT organizations of all sizes.”

    “The DevOps community has a hunger for knowledge and a commitment to continuous learning that is unmatched,” said Tracy Miranda, director of open source community at CloudBees and member of the Governing Board of CD Foundation. “CD Foundation is thrilled to sponsor DevOps Institute’s Upskilling Report and is committed to advancing the state of the industry and particularly the human element. The report is an essential resource for up-and-coming DevOps professionals who want to understand the skills they need in order to play an irreplaceable role in business transformation. This year’s report is especially important because it will be compared to last year’s benchmarks to measure global DevOps skills progress.”

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    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.

    — Veronica Haggar

  • DevOps Institute Announces Ambassador Program to Advance the Humans of DevOps

    the Humans of DevOps

    The volunteer-based program connects passionate leaders with global DevOps Institute community members through the SKIL Framework.

    SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, 2019 – DevOps World | Jenkins World – DevOps Institute (https://devopsinstitute.com/), a  global member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced the introduction of its DevOps Institute Ambassador program. The program invites and acknowledges accomplished volunteers from across the globe who are committed to leading and empowering the DevOps Institute member community with the SKIL Framework to advance the Humans of DevOps with Skills, Knowledge, Ideas and Learning.

    To learn more about the DevOps Institute Ambassador program, visit: (https://devopsinstitute.com/become-a-community-member/devops-institute-ambassador/)

    “The DevOps Institute is committed to equipping the global and diverse DevOps community with skills and knowledge to confidently compete in today’s digital workforce, while nurturing connections and a sense of belonging,” said Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. “DevOps Institute Ambassadors are passionate DevOps visionaries who support our mission and are willing to serve as public-facing local, national and regional representatives to assist the Humans of DevOps in the global DevOps Institute community.”

    DevOps Institute Ambassadors are DevOps thought leaders and subject domain experts who will contribute to the DevOps Collective Body of Knowledge through local community engagement and visibility. Each Ambassador has the unique opportunity to realize their personal vision, establish connections and pursue new skills, all while mentoring and serving DevOps Institute community members. Ambassadors lead in several ways with contributed content, participation in forums and online groups, organizing local community events known as SKILups, and creating other avenues to engage learning pathways with the community.

    Current DevOps Institute Ambassadors Include:

    • Garima Bajpai, Executive Board Member, Capital Carbon Consulting (Canada)
    • Helen Beal, Devopsologist, Ranger4 (United Kingdom)
    • Enrique Carbonell, DevOps Advocate, DevOpsDays Cuba (Cuba, Ecuador)
    • Niladri Choudhuri, Founder and CEO, Xellentro (India)
    • Paul Colmer, Digital Coach/Architect, ALC Group (Australia)
    • Sean Davis, Chief Transformation Evangelist, Equifax (USA)
    • Rose Dyson, DevOps and ITIL Lead Instructor, DDLS (Australia)
    • Aymen El Amri, Founder and CEO, Era Labs (France)
    • Sam Fell, AVP Enterprise Marketing, CloudBees (USA)
    • Karen Ferris, Author, Speaker and Thought Leader (Australia)
    • Suresh GP, Managing Director, Taub Solutions (India)
    • Marudhamaran Gunasekaran, Senior Security Consultant, DevOn (Netherlands)
    • Forest Jing, DevOps Times Community Co-Founder, DevOpsDays China Co-Organizer,  Jenkins User Conference China Organizer, GreatOps (China)
    • Donna Knapp, Curriculum Development Manager,  ITSM Academy (USA)
    • Alex Lichtenberger, Founder, Impact Matters (Switzerland)
    • Amanda Mattos, DevOps/Software Consultant at ThoughtWorks (Brazil)
    • Daniel Oh, Principal Technical Product Marketing Manager, Red Hat (Korea)
    • Amanda Pinto, Co-Founder DevOps Bootcamp, DevOps Consultant and Agile Coach (Brazil)
    • Suman Saurav, VP – Security Architecture & Projects – Lazada Group, Co-organizer DevSecCon (Singapore)
    • DJ Schleen, DevSecOps Advocate – Sonatype (USA)
    • Sanjeev Sharma, Vice President, Global Practice Director – Data Modernization, Delphix (USA)
    • Diyaa Zebian, Co-Founder & CEO, Archinova (Dubai)

    DevOps Institute will continue to add more Ambassadors in the near future either by application or recognition.

    “We’ve got an amazing group of Ambassadors from every region across the world with common passion and willingness to contribute towards the Humans of DevOps community by DevOps Institute,” said Dheeraj Nayal, Global Community Ambassador at DevOps Institute. We are really excited that each Ambassador will be contributing significantly to advance our new and existing community members with relevant and broad skill sets, knowledge, ideas & learning with the human-centered SKIL Framework.”

    Share This: The @DEVOPSINST just announced the #DevOps Institute Ambassador program that gives passionate #leaders an opportunity to contribute and empower the #HumansofDevOps. Learn more at https://devopsinstitute.com/become-a-community-member/devops-institute-ambassador/

    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.

    Web | https://devopsinstitute.com/
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  • DevOps Institute Named Continuous Learning Track Sponsor of DevOps World | Jenkins World 2019

    DevOps Institute to help upskill attendees by offering DevOps Leader and DevSecOps Engineering certification courses and a panel session on the future IT workforce

    BOCA RATON, Fla. – July 16, 2019 – DevOps Institute (https://devopsinstitute.com/), a  global member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced its unique role as the Continuous Learning Track Sponsor of DevOps World | Jenkins World 2019 from August 12-15 in San Francisco. The DevOps Institute will host several learning and upskilling opportunities to attendees, including two certification courses led by Helen Beal and Sean Davis, and a panel discussion led by Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. Both certification courses from DevOps Institute — DevOps Leader and DevSecOps Engineering — will be held on August 12 and 13.

    Register to attend DevOps World | Jenkins World 2019 and reserve your spot for the DevOps Leader and/or DevSecOps Engineering certification courses. Use the code ‘DOI20’ to receive a 20 percent discount on registration for a limited time: (http://bit.ly/DOI20)

    “Our main goal is to help the humans of DevOps evolve skills, gain knowledge, and explore ideas within a vibrant, continuous learning community,” said Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. “We are thankful for the opportunity to collaborate with CloudBees and the DevOps World | Jenkins World conference attendees to help advance the IT workforce of the future. The certification courses offered will help DevOps practitioners gain the fundamental skills needed to confidently tackle emerging IT practices and business opportunities as T-shaped professionals”

    About the Certification Courses and Sessions at DevOps World | Jenkins World

    DevOps Leader Certification Course

    Led and facilitated by Helen Beal, DevOpsologist at Ranger4 Limited, the DevOps Leader Certification course was developed to extract real-life best practices in transformational leadership for DevOps initiatives. It includes key differences and emerging practices for cultural transformation in a fast-paced DevOps and Agile environment. Target audience for this course includes managers, directors, executives and any role that influences the culture and ways of working within an organization.  This certification course positions learners to successfully complete the DevOps Leader exam. Attendees who complete the entire class will receive a voucher to schedule their exam online.

    DevSecOps Engineering Course

    Led and facilitated by Sean Davis, Chief Transformation Evangelist at Equifax, the DevSecOps Engineering course is designed to teach practical steps on how to integrate security practices into DevOps initiatives so that security is “everyone’s responsibility.”  The course highlights how all IT professionals can use data and security science as the primary means of protecting the organization and customer. The target audience includes software engineers, operations professionals and security practitioners. This certification course positions learners to successfully complete the DevSecOps Engineering exam. Attendees who complete the entire class will receive a voucher to schedule their exam online.

    Panel Discussion: Upskilling DevOps

    Sam Fell of CloudBees will moderate a multi-perspective panel with industry experts Helen Beal, Sean Davis, Damon Edwards and Jayne Groll. Panelists will discuss the challenges and opportunities for the future IT workforce and insights for upskilling DevOps practitioners.

    “The courses DevOps Institute are offering at DevOps World | Jenkins World for the DevOps community are a real value-add for conference attendees,” said Anthony Palladino, senior vice president of worldwide field operations at CloudBees. “When we look at the organizations we work with every day, quality training such as this educates and equips DevOps practitioners to be leaders in their organization’s DevOps transformation, providing them the skills and best practices necessary to achieve success.”

    DevOps World | Jenkins World brings together DevOps thought leaders, IT executives, continuous delivery practitioners and the Jenkins community and ecosystem, providing attendees with the opportunity to learn, explore, network face-to-face and help shape the next evolution of Jenkins development and solutions for DevOps.

    Share This: The @DEVOPSINST is the Continuous Learning Track Sponsor of #DevOpsWorld | #JenkinsWorld. Register to get your #DevOps Leader or #DevSecOps Engineering Certifications at the event: http://bit.ly/DOI20

    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.

  • DevOps Institute Advances the Human Elements of DevOps with SKIL Framework

    DevOps Institute provides the skills, knowledge, ideas and learning needed to ensure the human elements of DevOps advance along with emerging processes and technologies

    DEVOPS ENTERPRISE SUMMIT – LONDON – June 25, 2019 — DevOps Institute (https://devopsinstitute.com/), today announced the SKIL Framework for advancing the human elements of DevOps. The SKIL Framework consists of 1) Skills to develop career growth; 2) Knowledge for DevOps understanding; 3) Ideas to spark innovation and, 4) Learning based on DevOps know-how. The pillars of ‘SKIL’ represents a holistic framework of knowledge, continuous learning and certification to advance professional careers, support IT transformations and meet the needs of the DevOps community.

    “We believe that DevOps success, for individuals, organizations and the industry at large, is based on human skills as much as it is technology,” explained Jayne Groll, CEO at DevOps Institute.

    “The SKIL Framework represents our holistic ecosystem of knowledge and learning that will continue to grow as we develop and curate the industry’s best thinking and make it readily available to the DevOps community. The thirst for DevOps skills and knowledge is incredibly strong.”

    DevOps Institute, together with practitioners, industry leaders and partners, has built a thriving community where members have access to the most innovative, inspirational and transformational DevOps content and certifications. Focused on both foundational and emerging DevOps practices and principles, it provides content and learning to advance professional careers, and inspire discussion, collaboration and transformation for the human elements of the DevOps success equation.

    As a global member-based association founded in 2015, DevOps Institute is the unifying force of an open and growing continuous learning community comprised of IT practitioners, education partners, consultants, talent acquisition and business executives. It helps advance professional careers and supports emerging practices within the DevOps community through accreditations, research, events and continuous learning programs. Its primary focus is providing the “human know-how” to modernize IT.

    The SKIL Framework includes four key elements for advancing the humans of DevOps:

    Skills: DevOps Institute has helped with the Upskilling of thousands of IT practitioners and professionals through enterprise-level and role-based accreditations and certifications curated by industry thought leaders. It rigorously researches and curates open-source values to help members build and navigate career paths and take advantage of exclusive job boards and opportunities.

    Certifications include: DevOps Foundation®, Certified Agile Service Manager (CASM)®, Certified Agile Process Owner (CAPO)®, DevOps Test Engineering (DTE)℠, Continuous Delivery Architecture (CDA)℠, DevOps Leader (DOL)℠, and DevSecOps Engineering (DSOE)℠ and are trademarks of the DevOps Institute, Inc.

    Knowledge: DevOps Institute helps guide organizations and members through research and premium thought-leadership content, videos, webinars, podcasts, eBooks, blogs and published articles. It is a trusted resource for all IT professionals interested in leveraging community-based principles to improve their personal and organizational performance. DevOps Institute led the research and analysis for the “2019 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report” (https://info.devopsinstitute.com/upskilling-report-2019) and will drive the overall research strategy for DevOps Institute’s future 2020 Upskilling Report. To access resources, visit (https://devopsinstitute.com/resources/).

    Ideas: DevOps Institute promotes dialogue and exploratory activities that illuminate the benefits of applying DevOps skills. It organizes idea-hackathons, peer-to-peer events and crowdsourcing to tap the next “big ideas” in DevOps. Members have access to relevant forums, LIVE & Virtual events and local MeetUps to network and foster ideas for success. DevOps Institute is launching local SKIL-Up events through its global ambassador program and will be hosting a Global SKIL-Up Day in October 2019. For more information, visit (https://devopsinstitute.com/devops-institute-skilup/).

    Learning: DevOps Institute promotes continuous learning and provides members with access to relevant content via webinars, online learning, podcasts, books, workshops and bite-size learning programs to support the continuous learning journey. DevOps Institute has unveiled is “Continuous Learning Minutes” to deliver a series of short “what is” videos by key industry leaders that provide definitions and explanations around some of the most commonly used terms and concepts associated with DevOps. To view the first series of Continuous Learning Minutes, visit: https://devopsinstitute.com/continuous-learning-minutes/

    Together, the SKIL framework provides the trusted resources needed to adopt and scale DevOps practices based on shared knowledge.

    For more information, visit www.devopsinstitute.com. To join as a free community member head over to https://devopsinstitute.com/become-a-community-member/

    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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  • DevOps Institute Strengthens Research Team with Addition of Digital Transformation Analyst, Eveline Oehrlich

    DevOps Institute continues to invest in upskilling the humans of DevOps by expanding research program to provide a comprehensive view of the critical digital transformation skill sets across the global enterprise IT community

    BOCA RATON, Fla., June 10, 2019 — DevOps Institute (https://devopsinstitute.com/), a member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced the addition of Chief Research Analyst, Eveline Oehrlich, to its growing global team. Oehrlich led the research and analysis for the “2019 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report” (https://hubs.ly/H0gJb190) and will drive the overall research strategy for DevOps Institute’s future 2020 Upskilling Report, among other projects. Oehrlich’s new role is to support the SKIL Framework, comprised of Skills, Knowledge, Ideas and Learning, by providing “Knowledge” in the form of research, case studies and other industry content.

    DevOps Institute is committed to advancing the human elements of DevOps success by providing IT practitioners and the DevOps community a holistic framework that’s needed to advance their careers and support their organization’s transformation. From accredited certifications and research to live events and continuous learning programs, DevOps Institute is 100 percent focused on providing the “know-how” to make DevOps possible.

    “We are building a powerhouse team to support and empower the successful skills transformation for the humans of DevOps,” said Jayne Groll, CEO at DevOps Institute. “Eveline will play a critical role in enhancing our continuous learning communities by researching and analyzing the IT skill sets that are in demand globally. Her expertise in digital transformation aligns closely with our vision and I look forward to the incredible value she brings to the DevOps Institute.”

    Oehrlich is an industry analyst, author, speaker and business advisor focused on digital transformation. Previously, she worked at Forrester Research as research director and principal analyst helping large and small IT organizations with challenges. Prior to Forrester Research, she worked for New Relic and Hewlett-Packard Software.

    “It is an important time for the IT community to upskill in order to both remain competitive in today’s job market, while also helping their organizations drive business transformation in the age of digital disruption,” said Oehrlich. “I am honored to join DevOps Institute and guide the direction of research that will help support IT professionals who are not only needed today, but are prepared to break through the technology and business challenges of tomorrow.”

    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.

     

  • DevOps Institute Brandjacking: When Imitation is Not the Sincerest Form of Flattery

    DevOps Institute Brandjacking: When Imitation is Not the Sincerest Form of Flattery

    “There can be only one”    ~ Duncan McCloud, Highlander

    They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Often it is absolutely true. But stealing, ripping off and/or trying to trade on the name of others crosses the line between right and wrong, legal and illegal. As a co-founder of the true, one and only DevOps Institute, I was appalled to see the efforts of another company, whose name I won’t even dignify in this article, trying to launch “the DevOps Institute.”

    If you told me that this company perhaps did not know that there was already a DevOps Institute (it’s not like we hide it), I would say OK, maybe it was an honest mistake. But no. In this case, the company in question actually reached out to DevOps Institute—us—and had several conversations/interactions regarding becoming a registered education partner of the DOI. What the company reps were actually doing was fishing for information as they sought to launch their own version of DevOps Institute. So this is certainly not a case of an innocent mistake; rather, it’s a deliberate attempt to misappropriate the name, assets and hard work of another. Where I come from, the streets of NYC, we call it stealing.

    You have to ask yourself: Knowing what we know of the situation, why would these people commit such an unethical, illegal act? I can only come up with a few reasons:

    1. They are seeking to deceive and confuse the public by literally trading on DevOps Institute’s—our—good name to make a quick buck.
    2. They are part of those in the world who do not respect intellectual property, seeking to sell out the back door anything they get their hands on from the front door.
    3. They are unscrupulous thieves who are incapable of building a business by themselves.

    No matter whether one or all of the above, none of the reasons are very good.

    In generally acceptable business practices worldwide, there are more than several acceptable ways for companies to imitate the business strategy and models of others. More power to them—after all, competition makes us all up our game.

    In the DevOps education training and education space, there is certainly no shortage of competitors. Just do a Google search of DevOps Institute and look at the companies buying that ad word or otherwise using SEO to get listed. Lots of competitors, for sure. Remember, this isn’t even a generic “DevOps training” search, but actually searching for DevOps Institute.

    Taking another’s name crosses the acceptable boundary. So now we have to lawyer up to protect our rights and property. No one likes to throw good money at lawyers to go after bad actors. But protecting one’s brand, reputation and IP is that important.

    For those of you familiar with the DevOps Institute, you know that the team has worked hard for more than four years now to lead the way in curating content for bringing DevOps training, education and certification to the market. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing. When DevOps Institute launched, we faced strong headwinds from those who thought a training/certification program around DevOps was wrong. We listened, we learned, we set up the feedback loops and we iterated (like good DevOps should). We have won over many of our critics; they saw the good work we were doing.

    More than that, they saw DevOps Institute try to be stewards of and active participants in the DevOps community. We are not in this for the fast buck or the quick hustle. The executive team has plowed our revenue back into the company and community, expanding the association’s offerings and reaching out to DevOps communities throughout the world. Today, DevOps Institute has ambassadors in Europe, South America, AsiaPac and of course here in North America. We go wherever DevOps goes.

    Recently DevOps Institute has tried to build a greater DevOps community based on the Humans of DevOps and our SKILS framework (Skills, Knowledge Ideas and Learning). We have worked with the leading names in the DevOps industry to do research and help bring greater understanding of DevOps. We have sponsored and spoken at many of the DevOps events you have attended. In fact, I am satisfied to rest on our laurels.

    If you are not familiar with the real DevOps Institute (and that is at https://devopsinstitute.com, btw) check it out for yourself. We have nearly 200 partners around the world who deliver training for our certifications. We have a healthy global community and active engagement with industry thought leaders. We obviously are doing something right.

    Finally, I wanted to speak to my entrepreneur friends in the audience: Those of you know who know me, know that this isn’t my first rodeo. I have founded and helped several venture-backed startups through IPO and exit. I have had my share of wins and my share of losses. I am not one to whine or back down from some good competition, but this kind of shadiness has no place in the business world.

    We put a good chunk of our own blood, sweat and tears into our businesses, and for someone to swoop in and steal the fruits of our labor is just plain wrong. Brandjacking is stealing. I started this article off with the quote from “Highlander.” So if you see me walking around with a severed head or sword in my hand, remember: There can be only one.

    — Alan Shimel

  • The DevOps Institute Has Been Brandjacked

    The DevOps Institute Has Been Brandjacked

    Sadly, another organization has decided to brandjack the DevOps Institute name. Quickstart, an e-learning organization based in Austin, Texas, recently approached DevOps Institute about becoming a channel e-learning partner. Instead of joining our partner community, Quickstart chose to stand up another “DevOps Institute.” Since they were in communication with the actual DevOps Institute as late as March 9, I can only assume that this was an intentional act to confuse the market into believing that they are somehow associated with (or are) the actual DevOps Institute.

    They are not.

    Since 2015, the DevOps Institute has spent countless hours, attended numerous conferences and invested significant resources in advancing the human elements of DevOps. We were the first stand up formal association to focus on DevOps learning and certification as DevOps was emerging in the enterprise space. We are known and respected by many of the key DevOps thought leaders and vendors. We recently fielded the “Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report” with the support of Electric Cloud, CloudBees and Lenovo. We not only talk the talk, but we also have demonstrated time and again that we are committed to walking the walk and are heavily invested in the goals of the DevOps community.

    To be clear, we have no issue with fair competition, particularly in a space that is growing as quickly as DevOps. That’s the nature and risk of running a business. Competing on products or offerings—that’s expected, and it ultimately helps the people within the industry succeed. Hiding behind another organization’s brand, though? That’s not only unethical, it defies every value that is at the heart of DevOps and established business practices.

    I thought long and hard about whether to give Quickstart and www.devopsinstitute.io visibility by exposing their actions. The easy way would be to stay quiet and let the lawyers sort this out (which they certainly will). However,  the real DevOps Institute stands by our moral obligation to the DevOps community and we, therefore, cannot let an imposter bully us into silence. The dictionary definition of an imposter is “someone who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others.” Quickstart is an e-learning company masquerading as a well-respected DevOps association, presumably for commercial gain. What do you think?

    Please do not be deceived by imposters that falsely attach their services to DevOps Institute in the hope of benefiting from the goodwill we have established with our brand in the DevOps community.  There is only one DEVOPS INSTITUTE (www.devopsinstitute.com) and we are wholly committed to advancing the human elements of DevOps through our SKIL (Skills, Knowledge, Ideas and Learning) framework.

    Buyer Beware!

    — Jayne Groll

  • DevOps Institute Expands Team to Support Global IT Community Demand for DevOps Skills Transformation

    As a member-based association, DevOps Institute is unifying an open continuous learning community comprised of IT professionals, education partners, consultants, talent acquisition and business executives

    BOCA RATON, Fla., April 8, 2019 — DevOps Institute (https://devopsinstitute.com/), a member-based association for advancing the human elements of DevOps, today announced its continued growth with the addition of several new team members and promotions. With more than 200 global Registered Education Partners, tens of thousands of certified professionals and a rapidly expanding worldwide member community, DevOps Institute expanded its team to further support its SKIL Framework of Skills, Knowledge, Ideas and Learning.

    DevOps Institute is committed to advancing the human elements of DevOps success by providing IT practitioners and the DevOps community a holistic framework that’s needed to advance their careers and support their organization’s transformation.  From accredited certifications and research to live events and continuous learning programs, DevOps Institute is 100 percent focused on providing the “know-how” to make DevOps possible.

    “The results of our recent Upskilling research outlines the growing need for T-shaped professionals* and the new skill sets that are sweeping the global enterprise IT community,” said Jayne Groll, CEO of DevOps Institute. “To support our members and partners, and grow our own SKIL framework, we’ve strengthened our organization with committed and passionate team members. We believe that passionate, skilled people are the critical success factor for DevOps success.”

    In addition to the team of Community Advocates now supporting the European and Latin America markets, additional team members of DevOps Institute include:

    • Rinku Sachdeva: Certification and Learning Program Manager

    Based in Toronto, Sachdeva has extensive experience in managing and marketing enterprise certification and learning programs – particularly products within the IT community. She will be invaluable in building and delivering continuous learning programs to partners and the community.

    • Arlene Hoffman: Global Marketing Director

    Based in South Florida, Hoffman brings a wide range of marketing expertise across multiple B2B vertical markets, including content management, digital creation, brand messaging and marketing automation. She will ensure the industry is aware of and has access to the growing body of SKIL framework knowledge.

    • Sean Bush: Event Management Specialist

    Based in South Florida, Bush, a graduate of Florida State University with a degree in marketing and entrepreneurship, comes to DevOps Institute from a translation software vendor. He will play an active role in the DevOps Institute’s growing events initiative for years to come.

    In addition, DevOps Institute is pleased to announce the following promotions:

    • Dheeraj Nayal has been promoted to Global Community Ambassador
    • Marc Halcrow has been promoted to Director of Development and Operations
    • Taylor Puleri has been promoted to Digital Marketing and Social Media Manager
    • Alice Acedia has been promoted to Account Manager to support existing partners

    To learn more about DevOps Institute and it’s SKIL framework for advancing the human elements of DevOps, please visit (https://devopsinstitute.com/). To receive a complimentary copy of the 2019 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report, please visit (https://hubs.ly/H0gJb190).

    About the DevOps Institute

    DevOps Institute is a membership association dedicated to advancing the human elements of DevOps success. We believe DevOps holds the greatest promise to help enterprises transform the entire IT paradigm into a competitive advantage that encompasses all facets of the organization. Our mission is based on a framework of skills, knowledge, ideas and learning (SKIL) that practitioners need to advance DevOps and their careers. All of its work, including accreditations, research, events, and continuous learning programs – is focused on providing the “know-how” to make DevOps possible.

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