A talk delivered by Dr Timothy Cockle at Cloud Control: Implementing Cloud Computing 2014, a seminar hosted by Civil Service World and Eduserv. Topics covered include what is DevOps and how you can get started.
7. Cloud enables change
Evolution of IT: Cost centre, enabler, how we deliver
Digital Transformation
Paradox: Change and stability
Requires tighter integration
Cloud flexibility
Get more from your kit – additional environments at
reduced costs
11. A good place to get people going…
Deployment Automation
A mix of low-level tools and full-on frameworks
Configuration Management
Infrastructure as code and keeping change managers happy
Monitoring
Improve development and support – become more proactive
Scheduling & Documentation
Joined up working, joint ownership
12. Leadership…
When is it lacking & what does it provide?
Vision and direction
Highlighting important matters – securing support for change?
Who can be a leader …
and can leadership manifest through a process
13. “We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is not an act
but a habit.”
Aristotle