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DevOps Unbound is an award-winning biweekly video/podcast series with a companion monthly roundtable. DevOps Unbound focuses on DevOps, automation, CI/CD, and testing, featuring leaders in these areas as we explore the challenges and issues that software delivery and IT teams face every day. How do we go faster, smarter, with better quality? DevOps Unbound!

DevOps Unbound Special Edition from KubeCon Paris 2024 – DevOps Unbound EP 44

During this special KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 edition of DevOps Unbound , Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined

Infrastructure As Code (IaC) – Transforming Development, Test, and DevOps

In this insightful webinar, we will explore the transformative impact of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on DevOps practices and software testing. IaC is revolutionizing how we manage and automate infrastructure, leading to faster development and deployment cycles. Our expert panel will discuss how IaC introduces consistency and accuracy in dynamic and constantly evolving environments, making it easier to track and set up configurations reliably. This session will also delve into the profound benefits IaC brings to software testing, such as facilitating consistent test environments, reducing discrepancies between development, staging, and production, and supporting test teams in managing multiple software versions effectively.

Join us as our panel of experts shares their knowledge, experiences, and insights on this critical topic. The roundtable format will ensure an engaging and interactive discussion, allowing attendees to gain valuable perspectives and practical tips on implementing IaC in their organizations.

 

What You Will Learn:

  • The core principles and benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for modern development practices.
  • How IaC can accelerate development and deployment cycles by automating infrastructure management.
  • The role of IaC in enhancing software testing by providing consistent and reliable test environments.
  • Practical strategies for integrating IaC into your DevOps workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy.

DevOps Unbound: Bi-Weekly Series

DevOps Unbound Special Edition from KubeCon Paris 2024 – DevOps Unbound EP 44

During this special KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 edition of DevOps Unbound , Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined

EP 43: DevOps Building Blocks Part 6 – Day 2 DevOps, Operations and SRE

Day Two DevOps is a phase in the SDLC that focuses on enhancing, optimizing and continuously improving the software development

EP 42: DevOps Building Blocks Part 5: Flow, Bottlenecks and Continuous Improvement

In part five of this series, hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley are joined by Bryan Cole (Tricentis), Ixchel Ruiz

EP 41: DevOps Building Blocks, Part 4 – Making the “Ops” in DevSecOps Happen

Many organizations still make the mistake of treating security as an afterthought instead of considering it a top priority from

EP 40: DevOps Building Blocks Part 3 – Making the “Sec” in DevSecOps Happen

Many organizations still make the mistake of treating security as an afterthought instead of considering it a top priority from

DevOps Unbound: Monthly Roundtable

Infrastructure As Code (IaC) – Transforming Development, Test, and DevOps

In this insightful webinar, we will explore the transformative impact of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on DevOps practices and software testing. IaC is revolutionizing how we manage and automate infrastructure, leading to faster development and deployment cycles. Our expert panel will discuss how IaC introduces consistency and accuracy in dynamic and constantly evolving environments, making it easier to track and set up configurations reliably. This session will also delve into the profound benefits IaC brings to software testing, such as facilitating consistent test environments, reducing discrepancies between development, staging, and production, and supporting test teams in managing multiple software versions effectively.

Join us as our panel of experts shares their knowledge, experiences, and insights on this critical topic. The roundtable format will ensure an engaging and interactive discussion, allowing attendees to gain valuable perspectives and practical tips on implementing IaC in their organizations.

 

What You Will Learn:

  • The core principles and benefits of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for modern development practices.
  • How IaC can accelerate development and deployment cycles by automating infrastructure management.
  • The role of IaC in enhancing software testing by providing consistent and reliable test environments.
  • Practical strategies for integrating IaC into your DevOps workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Adopting a DevOps Culture for Cloud Migration Success

 

The integration of a DevOps culture into cloud migration and application modernization initiatives is not just advantageous; it’s essential. This webinar delves into why embracing a DevOps mindset is critical for organizations looking to leverage cloud technologies effectively. We’ll explore the transformative impact of DevOps practices in enhancing collaboration, increasing automation, and improving deployment frequencies, which are pivotal for the dynamic demands of modern cloud environments.

Join our roundtable of DevOps, cloud and modernization experts as they share their insights, experiences, and practical advice through engaging and interactive dialogue. Our panelists bring a wealth of knowledge from various successful enterprises, providing you with real-world examples of DevOps principles in action.

Attendees will leave the webinar with a deeper understanding of:

  • The fundamental principles of DevOps and how they align with cloud migration strategies.
  • Practical steps to foster a DevOps culture within your organization to support cloud initiatives.
  • The role of test automation in ensuring the reliability of migrated functionality.
  • Metrics and tools to measure the success of DevOps practices in your cloud migration efforts.

This webinar is ideal for IT professionals, project managers, software developers, and technical leaders who are involved in or planning cloud migration and application modernization projects. Whether you’re just beginning your cloud journey or looking to enhance existing processes, this session will provide valuable insights to help you succeed.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to transform your cloud migration and modernization strategies with DevOps insights. Register now to watch this informative session and take your projects to the next level!

AI, DevOps and The Future of Testing Centers of Excellence

Testing Centers of Excellence (TCoE) stand at the forefront of fostering innovation, ensuring quality, and driving efficiency in software testing and quality assurance practices. As DevOps practices are increasingly mainstream, integrating continuous testing, deployment, and delivery into the software lifecycle, the role and relevance of TCoEs are more pivotal than ever. Yet, the pressing question remains: How do TCoEs fit into this new paradigm, especially with the advent of cutting-edge technologies like AI? This live roundtable delves into the future of TCoEs, exploring their potential evolution and enduring effectiveness in the age of AI and extensive DevOps pipeline and workflow automation.

Join Us for an Insightful Roundtable Discussion

We invite you to be part of this engaging roundtable discussion, where industry experts will unravel the complexities and provide forward-thinking perspectives on the future of Testing Centers of Excellence. This session is an invaluable opportunity for professionals seeking to navigate the changing landscape of software testing and quality assurance with the rise of DevOps and AI technologies.

Key Takeaways Include:

  • Evolution of TCoEs with DevOps
  • Impact of Emerging Technologies on TCoEs
  • Strategies for Future-Proofing TCoEs

Why I Love DevOps – From Tools to Teams

Join Our Expert Panel for an Insightful Journey into how DevOps has significantly evolved since its inception. Initially characterized by a heavy emphasis on tools and culture, now we are seeing the next generation of DevOps tools. This webinar explores the roots of DevOps, its journey from a culture and tool-centric approach to its current state, where culture, automation, approaches like GitOps, and new technologies such as AI are taking center stage.

What You Will Learn:

  • The Origins of DevOps: Understanding how we got here.
  • Next-generation DevOps tools and how they empower delivery of secure, reliable and resilient software.
  • Why top-performing IT teams must embrace DevOps for success.
  • The importance of a collaborative culture and cross-functional teams.
  • Expert insights from our panel of seasoned DevOps professionals about the future trajectory of DevOps.
  • Don’t Miss Out on This Opportunity to Reshape Your Understanding of DevOps!

Adopting Observability in Development and Testing

Observability has typically been associated with site reliability engineering (SRE) to help IT maintain reliability and uptime and to more quickly get to the root cause of IT issues and prevent outages. But observability also has a role to play in software development and in testing.

In this episode of DevOps Unbound, we’ll explore the growing trend of developers and test engineers integrating observability tools into the software development life cycle (SDLC). Adopting observability, typically considered the purview of operations and security, helps developers design more operable software and testers enhance efficiency and accuracy. We’ll delve into practical strategies and examples demonstrating how observability tools can identify issues and streamline bug diagnosis, leading to more robust, operable and reliable software solutions.

In this episode of DevOps Unbound, you learn from our panel of observability experts about:

  • The significant benefits observability brings to developers and testers.
  • Observability-driven design
  • Observability as a development tool
  • Observability’s impact on problem and bug investigation
  • How observability can benefit software operability

Responsible AI and DevOps – Regulators On The Horizon

In the dynamic landscape of AI and DevOps, the addition of generative AI presents exciting possibilities, new safety and ethical questions and emerging efforts to impose guardrails and regulation. Responsible AI is now part of the software development lexicon, but what is responsible AI and what actions are needed by DevOps, software and AI teams? Meanwhile, government and regulatory leaders are calling for greater transparency in AI safety testing, the development of standards, tools and tests to ensure AI systems are secure, safe and trustworthy, using AI for better cybersecurity, and protections from AI’s use in fraud and deception (to name just a few class for action.)

Our panel of AI, software, and security experts will offer guidance on implementing AI responsibly and safely within DevOps and security frameworks. We will explore how to keep up with the pace of AI innovation and maintain awareness of the evolving legal and regulatory landscape surrounding AI.

 

  • The principles of responsible AI in a DevOps context
  • Strategies for embedding ethics and safety into AI
  • The emerging legal and regulatory landscape of AI
  • Practical steps you can take now to maintain ethical and safe AI
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Cloud-Native Testing, Containers and Microservices

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, are your testing tools keeping pace with the speed of the application development efforts? Whether you’re transitioning to a cloud-native environment or already immersed in it, investing in the right strategies and tools to match the speed of DevOps is imperative.

In this program, we’ll discuss what you need for an effective cloud-native testing strategy and how automated testing frameworks and tools can supercharge your testing efforts, leading to faster release cycles, reduced time-to-market and improved quality.

Join us to learn how you can accelerate cloud-native testing in your organization to meet high customer demands and deliver flawless software faster and with ease.

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Improving Application Quality Through Test Data

If your application users encounter any glitches during their interactions, it could drive away your potential customers and result in revenue losses. Application testing plays a crucial role in ensuring your software runs smoothly.

In this roundtable discussion, we delve into the advantages of data-driven testing and how AI is revolutionizing testing by enabling data-driven analysis and predictive insights, ultimately leading to more reliable and high-performing applications.

We explore innovative approaches to harnessing test data, moving beyond traditional pass/fail metrics to gain valuable insights that guide continuous improvement.

Join us to learn:

  • How to leverage test data for holistic quality assessment
  • How to leverage AI in testing for enhanced accuracy and efficiency
  • Data analysis techniques for actionable insights
  • Strategies for iterative quality improvement across application releases
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Mastering Mobile Excellence: Strategies for Seamless App Experiences and User Retention

Mobile applications have become an essential tool for business growth. Building and delivering high-quality mobile applications can be challenging, but the end results are well worth the effort: A larger user base, satisfied customers and better long-term user retention. As more organizations depend on mobile apps to drive their business and generate revenue, testing is critical to ensure quality and provide a seamless user experience.

Join us for a roundtable discussion about mobile application development, testing and how to deliver a superior mobile experience.

You’ll learn about:

  • How to build and deliver high-quality mobile applications at scale
  • How to integrate mobile application testing into your broader testing strategy
  • Why mobile testing requires a different approach from desktop application testing
  • Emerging mobile testing challenges and how to address them
  • Strategies to increase long-term user retention
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AI and the Future of Software Development

AI tools increase developer productivity and accelerate software development by automating repetitive tasks and tests, allowing developers to focus on critical and more complex work. While there are many benefits to using these tools, AI also introduces legal and ethical issues. What measures should be implemented to address potential risks? Are there any guidelines and regulations? How do we determine ownership of the AI-generated code?

Accessibility in Software Development and Testing

As the popularity of hybrid and remote work continues to grow, workers who live with a disability and work from home increasingly need accessible software and technology tools to support their quality of life. Software accessibility is crucial to enable all users to access and use technology effectively, regardless of their physical abilities, also it’s also a legal requirement in many countries. So, how do you build accessible software? And how do you make sure your software meets accessibility requirements and standards?

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DevOps Building Blocks: Building on the Shoulders of DevOps Giants

Are you new to DevOps or an experienced practitioner looking to expand your knowledge on current trends and best practices? Our panel of DevOps giants is here to share their real-world experiences and insights to help you accelerate and succeed on your DevOps journey. Join us as four DevOps leaders discuss the latest DevOps trends, best practices, processes and tools that will empower you to deliver high-quality software faster and increase business value.

In this program you’ll learn about the benefits of adopting a DevOps mindset, common challenges and the essential skills you’ll need to become a successful DevOps engineer.

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Buckle Up! Implementing Modern Testing Strategies to Accelerate Software Delivery

Our panel of experts talk about the different types of testing CIOs need to consider when migrating to the cloud, how to perform parallel testing and why enterprises must implement modern testing strategies to accelerate software delivery and achieve true digital transformation.

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The Testing Diaries: Confessions of an Application Tester

Software testing is one of the most critical aspects of the software development life cycle, but it’s often poorly understood. Because they’re so often the bearers of bad news (highlighting bugs, glitches and areas where user experience is poor), testers are often perceived as bottlenecks, but they are just doing their job to ensure that applications are bug-free and functioning correctly. Testers may feel overwhelmed and frustrated when they are left out of early design and development conversations, have their role denigrated or have to deal with poorly written code and lack of resources. Despite all the frustrations that testers have to deal with, most are happy with their jobs and enjoy their application testing career.

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Who Needs Release Management, Anyway?

Release management has changed drastically in a world where some combination of DevOps, continuous deployment, feature flags and continuous integration are practiced. Since DevOps automates and streamlines development and CI/CD on a continual basis, is there still a role for release management? Someone (or some kind of automation) needs to set clear criteria for release content, dependencies, testing and quality.

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Goin’ Mobile in DevOps Workflows

Join our panel of elite DevOps, software and QA experts as they tackle the complex challenges of incorporating mobile apps testing into their DevOps workflow pipelines and toolchains.

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Quality Engineering: The Future of Software Testing

Our panel of experts discuss the differences between quality assurance and quality engineering, how quality engineers help deliver superior customer experiences, how quality engineering enables digital transformation and why 2023 will be the year quality engineering takes off.

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Cloud-Native Requires DevOps—Or Does It?

Join co-hosts CEO Alan Shimel and CTO Mitch Ashley of Techstrong Group with their panel of crazy-smart experts to answer these questions and more.

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Open Sourcery: Vanquish Your Open Source Testing Silos

In the magical world of open source, there is always room for collaboration, innovation, transparency and limitless customization. Some of the largest and most security-focused enterprises are fully embracing open source testing tools as a crucial part of their product strategy. However, some are still hesitant to adopt open source in their projects.

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DevOps Unbound: Report on AI-Augmented DevOps

Do DevOps teams see AI’s potential in their development pipelines? If so, where do they expect the most significant impact? Are there differences in value expectations from AI-infused DevOps based on DevOps maturity level or geographic region? Those questions and more are part of a new study from Techstrong Research: AI-Augmented DevOps: The Next Frontier. Co-hosts Mitch Ashley and Mike Rothman are joined by a panel of experts to dive into these latest research findings, discover how AI is making an impact on DevOps and share where it holds the most promise.

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Living at the Intersection Between Testing and Observability

Organizations have practiced application performance management and monitoring for as long as there’s been software. Over the years it has evolved and changed to accommodate different methodologies like Agile, but traditional monitoring and testing can’t keep up with the new paradigms necessary for cloud-native applications built using containers and with microservices. That’s where observability comes in. As software architectures become more complex, observability has become an essential part of the testing environment to help identify and resolve issues early on in the development life cycle. Ultimately, testing and observability share the same goal: To make sure systems are running smoothly.

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Creating Positive Digital Experiences Through Testing

In this panel discussion moderated by the hosts of Techstrong TV, we’ll get answers to that question from a variety of perspectives, including quality champions who have risen through the ranks to drive positive change and DevOps leaders who have experienced the profound impact of a quality-centric approach firsthand.

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Building High-Performing DevOps Teams

To improve software delivery performance, the first thing organizations need to do is improve their DevOps teams’ expertise. DevOps doesn’t deliver code by itself; it takes a great team to do it. So, how can we help our DevOps team become high performers and foster innovation? What makes an effective DevOps team? What does the future hold for DevOps engineers?

Can Automation and AI/ML Solve Our DevOps Hiring Problems?

Join our panel of software and DevOps experts as we explore if the need for software developers is outpacing the supply of talent, growing role of automation in the software creation process, and how much automation and  AI/ML can play a role in meeting the needs for creation more software, faster.

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DevOps Unbound: Strategies for Performance Testing in the Cloud

DevOps teams work hard to fulfill customers’ demands and, at the end of the day, all that matters to the customer is the performance level of the product. Cloud performance testing can help identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks that might occur within an application before it’s deployed. Performance testing allows DevOps teams to check the speed, scalability and stability of apps to ensure that everything is working as planned under the designated workload. An effective cloud performance testing strategy can help identify and resolve issues in your application during the development process so you can deliver high-quality software faster.

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DevOps Mythbusters

DevOps has grown in popularity over the past few years, but a lot of questions, misconceptions and myths have taken root alongside its rapid rise. What is DevOps really about? Do DevOps teams actually care about security? What DevOps best practices are most helpful? Is DevOps only for the cloud? Is it only for unicorns? Does shifting left mean that DevOps teams will handle everything related to security and compliance? Does DevOps eliminate the need for testing? In this DevOps Unbound roundtable, our panel of experts will answer these questions and more, including the most important one: How can we distinguish between DevOps myths and realities?

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Has DevOps Hit a Wall? And How Do We Push Through It?

DevOps is a continuously evolving process. Organizations should approach DevOps as a constant journey of development and IT operations integration and optimization instead of a static goal or a final destination. While it is well-known that the main benefit of DevOps is breaking down silos between development and operations and faster delivery of software with much-improved quality, there are also many challenges you may encounter along the way.

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DevOps and Compliance Synergy: Reality or Fiction?

Roundtable 15: Achieving compliance might be challenging when embracing DevOps due to the rapid pace of development. However, the agility and automation associated with DevOps might actually simplify compliance. When integrating compliance into the SDLC, DevOps teams may have to use different tools or slightly modify part of their processes to adapt to specific requirements.

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Testing in a DevOps World

Roundtable 14: Across all industries, software is vital for companies’ interactions with their customers, suppliers, partners, and employees. The imperative for software quality is taking on even greater importance with the movement to cloud computing, requiring more modular and dynamic approaches to software development and deployment. Increasingly, organizations are building cloud-native applications utilizing microservices and containers. But is testing still considered the bottleneck to delivering software in the era of DevOps?

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DevOps and SRE

Roundtable 13: Site reliability engineering (SRE) and DevOps have a unified goal of combining development and IT operations teams to introduce visibility and to create scalable and highly reliable software systems. While DevOps focuses on what needs to be done, SRE looks for ways to accomplish it.

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DevOps in Highly Regulated Environments

Roundtable 12: Healthcare, financial and governmental organizations are common targets for cyberattacks, making proper security guardrails and implementing the right compliance strategies critical for these highly regulated industries. Entities functioning in highly regulated environments can benefit from implementing DevOps while also adopting strategies that help them meet challenging regulations and policies.

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The Future of CI/CD

Roundtable 11: Continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) are scalable software development practices for automation and shortening feedback times. With a CI/CD pipeline you can identify vulnerabilities and errors earlier in the SDLC, reduce the amount of potential risk and improve the quality of your software. However, as the tech landscape is constantly and rapidly changing, it’s difficult to keep up with the constant evolution around CI/CD.

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The Future of Cloud Testing

Roundtable 10: As part of their digital transformation, businesses have been adopting cloud-native technologies to drive innovation, resilience and agility. Cloud-native application development has helped organizations stay ahead by delivering faster time to market, achieving greater flexibility, scalability and cost effectiveness. However, the growth in cloud computing has also presented new testing challenges for DevOps teams. Traditional testing methodologies aren’t enough to address security holistically for cloud-native apps.

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Digital Transformation – Escaping the Event Horizon

Roundtable 9: Every period of significant economic, market or technology disruption creates winners and losers, but the reality for businesses is more nuanced than those binary outcomes. Those who survive, and even thrive, successfully escape the event horizon of disruption, creating innovative new business, product and operational models. They also leverage and harness technology in new and innovative ways through digital transformation. Not escaping the event horizon leaves companies who languish in survival mode, or worse.

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The Human Side of DevOps – Upskilling for the Digital Transformation

Roundtable 8: DevOps is all about people, process and tools. People, or humans, are critical to DevOps success. Just as we invest in tools and build processes, software leaders recognize it is vital to invest in DevOps skills for their people and software teams.

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Is GitOps Replacing DevOps?

Roundtable 7: Much of what we think of as DevOps is happening now within GitOps. Example: Testing happening from GitOps then directly deploying with Kubernetes, vs the typical DevOps CI/CD pipeline workflow. Is GitOps the next stepping stone from DevOps? Will organizations go directly to GitOps? What does this mean for organizations working to implement CI/CD? Our panel of experts explore GitOps and its impact on DevOps.

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Avoiding SolarWinds-Like Threats: The Impact Across DevOps Teams

Roundtable 6: The SolarWinds and FireEye compromise demonstrated the devastating effectiveness of a supply chain cybersecurity attack leading to the infiltration of government and corporate networks by a nation-state actor. It’s not “just” a security issue. The impact and response will alter application delivery far beyond the traditional boundaries of security.

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Day 2 DevOps

Roundtable 5:  Most enterprises are either contemplating or have already begun their DevOps adoption/digital transformation, but once started, the next logical question is “What’s next?” DevOps success begins with success on a few software teams, expanding to more teams, leading to dreams of adoption by the larger organization. Welcome to Day 2 DevOps, now…what’s next?

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The Reality of Testing in DevOps

Roundtable 4: Testing is routinely cited as the number one source of DevOps delays — and defects are still a major issue for 48% of DevOps teams. Are we approaching testing the wrong way? Have we failed to scale and/or accelerate it properly for enterprise DevOps? Do we need to rethink our overall testing objectives, or do we just need to find better ways of achieving them?

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Defeating DevOps Demons and Haunted Systems

Roundtable 3:  Anyone who’s frightened by the ghouls, goblins and demons of Halloween has obviously never been in the depths of a DevOps initiative. Even the most successful projects can’t escape the scares that inevitably arise when you fundamentally transform—and continuously optimize—culture, processes and technologies. The troubles terrorizing new and less mature DevOps initiatives can be downright ghastly.

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Fitting SAP Into a DevOps World

Roundtable 2: SAP and DevOps were born of distinctly different worlds, but those two worlds have now collided. The SAP core, an organization’s SAP customizations, and all the connected applications are growing inextricably intertwined as SAP plays a larger role in digital transformation. What’s needed to make SAP a successful—and integral—part of the DevOps culture and CI/CD pipelines?

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DevEverythingOps: Tackling the Top Challenges Together

Roundtable 1: We won’t bore you with all the reasons DevOps requires alignment across business, development, testing, security, and of course operations. That’s established. But the real question is how to coordinate all these elements at the enterprise level—beyond the high-performing DevOps native teams and across the ones with vastly different cultures, application stacks, and compliance requirements.