Welcome to Agile Austin

February Agile Austin Meeting

Event: Agile Austin Meeting

Date: February 2nd, 2010

Time: 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Location: Microsoft Technology Center; Stonebridge Plaza One; 9606 North Mopac, Suite 200, Austin TX, 78759

Speaker: Michael Cote, RedMonk Analyst

Title: Agile Infrastructure, or, The Silver Bullet du jour, or, Mutual Hatred Between Development and Operations

Description

Technologies used by public web companies and now cloud computing are looking to offer a new way to deliver applications by addressing deployment and provisioning concerns. Agile software development has sped up the actual development of software, and now the bottle-neck is in operations who’re not always able to deploy software at the same velocity that Agile teams ship code. What do these technologies look like, are they realistic, and how might they effect your organization?

Speaker Bios

Coté is analyst at RedMonk covering primarily enterprise software, specializing in open source, cloud computing, IT management, software development, collaborative, the web, emerging technologies, new media, and social/collaborative software. He is RedMonk’s IT Management Lead. His blog is available at http://www.PeopleOverProcess.com and he produces the RedMonk podcast as well as the video podcast RedMonkTV.

Before joining RedMonk, Coté worked at BMC developing the BMC Performance Manager family of enterprise systems management products. Prior to BMC, Cote’ worked at a wide variety of tech companies and startups such as The Cobalt Group, Coral Technologies, and one of the first, and still thriving, online banking companies, FundsXpress. He also produces the popular code monkey podcast, DrunkAndRetired.com.

Coté was selected for the Texas Social Media Awards in 2009. Technobabble 2.0, a popular blog about analyst relations, ranked Coté’s blog #14 in its ranking of the top 400 analyst blogs (in 2008, he was ranked #8 of the “Top 100 analyst blogs”). He was recently named the 3rd most regarded analyst in the U.S. and 5th globally by the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations. (Thanks!) He talks with and is quoted by the tech press frequently (recent, archives).

Additional Information

Cost: Free

Map & Directions: From South of Hwy 183: Travel North on Mopac (Loop 1) exiting at Capitol of Texas Hwy. Make a U-turn before the traffic light. Go one block on the access road.  Stonebridge Plaza One is to the right, with an entrance between the two towers.  Building One is on the right as you enter.  (map)

More Info: info@AgileAustin.org

Agenda:                       Sign-in and Networking 6:00 – 6:30 PM

Announcements, Presentation 6:30 – 8:00 PM

Q&A and Networking 8:00 – 8:15 PM

SIG Open Space 8:15 – 9:00 PM

Proof of Attendance forms will be provided for PMI (PDU), ASQ (RU) and PDMA (PDH) re-certifications