In 2017, I wrote this post (Getting Your Presentation Submission Accepted For DevOps Enterprise Summit In 2017) with some tips on getting your DevOps Enterprise Summit presentation proposal accepted. In that video, there is a link to a fantastic one-hour video that I did with fellow programming committee member Damon Edwards (co-founder of Rundeck), and Margo Cronin, whose submission we had accepted in 2016 when she was Head of Technology Architecture at Zurich Insurance (and now at AWS!). In … [Read more...]
DevOps: Enabling Business Transformation in Health Care
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’ experience. Alice Raia Today I want to share with you the story of … [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...]
Understanding Job Burnout
The following is an excerpt from a presentation by Dr. Christina Maslach, Professor of Psychology (Emerita) and a researcher at the University of California (Berkeley,) titled "Understanding Job Burnout." You can watch the video of the presentation, which was originally delivered at the 2018 DevOps Enterprise Summit in Las Vegas. About 20 years ago, some colleagues and I were called by Sweden. They said, "We're having this crisis in some of our workplaces. Please come over and help us … [Read more...]
A Recent Discussion With DevOps Leaders
The excitement for the DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas (#DOES18) continues to build as October draws closer! Recently, the amazing DOES18 community came together for a live CrowdChat. During the hour-long discussion, DOES18 speakers, programming committee members, and others from the software delivery community covered topics from leadership, modern infrastructure, popular resources and favorite experiences from DevOps Enterprise Summits past. Hosts of this discussion included: Cornelia … [Read more...]
Insights for Spanning the Divide Between Business And Technology
The DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 conference may have come and gone, but the wealth of information springing forth from before, during, and immediately after the show continues to flow. Indeed, while the conference itself is an absolute treasure trove of knowledge-sharing and collaboration, one of the most amazing outcomes of DevOps Enterprise is its ability to inspire and facilitate discussions of important industry topics for years to come. One of the hot topics surrounding the … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 – Day 1 Recap
The DevOps Enterprise Summit London opened to another sell-out crowd today at The InterContinental - The O2. A record 1,000 people filed into the main ballroom to hear Gene Kim welcome them to the third annual Summit in Europe. All of the presenters and organizations involved are helping to pioneer the practices and identify the patters that will soon be commonplace in businesses across the globe. In addition, Day 2 sessions will be showcasing some amazing experience reports from the leaders of … [Read more...]
Why I’m Excited for DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018
Holy Cow! We’re only a few weeks away from DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 and I can’t begin to describe just how excited I am for our third event in Europe. I never learn as much in short period of time as I do during my days spent at DevOps Enterprise. It's the place where some of the most courageous and exciting transformation stories I have ever seen take place, and this year’s conference is going to be no different! So many of the presenters and organizations involved are pioneering … [Read more...]
Recapping the #DOES18 CrowdChat – Tapping into Transformations
We recently teamed up with several members of the DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 (DOES18) community to host a #DOES18 CrowdChat. This CrowdChat gave members of the DevOps transformation community a chance to interact and connect with leading experts and practitioners before the event this June. During the hour-long social conversation, we posed several topics - from top learning resources to favorite DevOps meme - for the DOES18 community to illuminate the latest trends in DevOps, … [Read more...]
Day 3 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017
That’s a wrap! The third and final day of the DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco was a huge success. Special thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, partners, and attendees for making DevOps Enterprise Summit a reality! We heard amazing stories across a spectrum of industries, including telecom (Verizon) to retail (Nike) to financial services (Nationwide and Barclays) and more. Despite the different marketplaces, the common thread amongst all presenters was DevOps has grown beyond its initial … [Read more...]
