TL;DR: I share everything I’ve learned about what makes my favorite conference experiences so great and meaningful, and try to understand which elements are universal, applying to both physical and virtual events, and which ones can be changed. I share the experiences of having run an incredible three-day virtual event for 50 people, and share why I’m now incredibly confident that we’ll be able to replicate the magic of the best conferences at the upcoming Virtual DevOps Enterprise Summit—our … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas Update: New Dates Announced!
IT Revolution places the highest priority on the well-being and safety of our attendees, partners and staff. With this in mind, we are pleased to announce that we have secured later dates for DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas, which will provide additional assurance that the event will go on as planned. The new dates are November 9-11, 2020. If you have already registered, your registration will automatically carry forward. However, if you cannot attend during the new dates, we will allow you … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit London is going virtual: A Letter from Gene
Hello, Everyone, Okay, at long last, we can finally announce our plans for DevOps Enterprise Summit London! Because of COVID-19, we will be conducting DevOps Enterprise Summit London as a virtual conference, held during the same dates (June 23-25, 2020), in the London timezone, closely matching the schedule of previous conferences. Speaking on behalf of the programming committee, our goal remains to create the best learning event for technology leaders, which includes bringing in the best … [Read more...]
Update on COVID-19 & DevOps Enterprise Summit
As COVID-19 continues to spread, IT Revolution has been monitoring the situation closely and is having ongoing conversations with the venue, our partners, attendees, vendors, and suppliers to determine the best and most responsible course of action for DevOps Enterprise Summit London. We must support the safety and well-being of our team and the entire community, while continuing the DevOps Enterprise Summit mission — therefore, we will continue to find the best possible speakers, experts and … [Read more...]
Bank on Open Source for DevOps Success
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDx627FRVg Open source has been one of the core elements in Capital One’s digital transformation journey over the past 6 years. In this presentation, Topo Pal and Jamie Specter, will explain why open source is a necessary part of the journey, the pain points they have experienced along the way, and how their engineers partner with Legal and Security to overcome those challenges. Topo Pal My name is Topo Pal. I'm Senior Director and Senior Distinguished … [Read more...]
Get Answers to Your Auditing Questions at DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas
As you plan your own agenda and schedule for DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas, we want to bring one session in particular to your attention. If you attended our London event in June, you may recall the session, DevOps from an Auditor’s Perspective. It provided such a positive response from attendees that we have decided to take a deeper dive and make it an extended workshop session with a follow-up speaker Q&A in Las Vegas. Representatives from the ‘Big Four’ auditing organizations … [Read more...]
DevOps: Enabling Business Transformation in Health Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5CllYwdOwM&t=31s As health care evolves to a more “consumer” centric model, software delivery teams in these organizations are finding new and innovative ways to work to support the speed and experimentation expected by their business partners. In this presentation, Alice Raia shares how Kaiser Permanente has built a DevOps practice to meet these needs, and is contributing to a larger transformation internally and externally with their members’ … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas 2019 Programming Highlights: What I’m Looking Forward To
I am so excited about the upcoming DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas. As a programming committee, we seek to make each event better than the last, as measured by how much we learn and how it helps enable the DevOps Enterprise community to achieve their goals. As a programming committee, we thought London 2019 was our best conference yet (almost unanimously), which poses a challenge of how we do could possibly do better — but I’ve found over the last several years that this is doable, mostly … [Read more...]
Top Enterprise Transformation Lessons Learned
This was an excerpt from a presentation by Ross Clanton, Executive Director, Technology Modernization, Formerly of Verizon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOWNXlxWBfA Today I’m going to tell stories of failure, a bit like ‘DevOps confessionals.’ I am a transformation executive. I've been doing this for a while now at a bunch of different companies, and I've had a lot of different roles. It's definitely broadened my perspective around what works and what doesn't when you're trying to … [Read more...]
Monoliths vs Microservices is Missing the Point—Start with Team Cognitive Load
https://youtu.be/haejb5rzKsM The “monoliths vs microservices” debate often focuses on technological aspects, ignoring strategy and team dynamics. Instead of technology, smart-thinking organizations are beginning with team cognitive load as the guiding principle for modern software. In this presentation, Matthew Skelton & Manuel Pais explain how and why, illustrated by real case studies. Matthew Skelton My name's Matthew Skelton, and this is Manuel Pais, and together, we are the … [Read more...]
