DevOps SIG – Feb 29 – Coping with Tightly Coupled Components in a Continuous Deploy / Delivery Environmen

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The DevOps SIG February meeting will be on Leap Day (February 29th).  While no exotic celebrations are planned for this unique confluence of schedules, we will have a lively discussion on the ever-popular problem of how to deal with tightly coupled components while trying to speed your delivery processes.  Loosely coupled components, that can be changed at least somewhat independently of each other, is an assumption/goal in many DevOps models, but the reality in many shops is that there are barriers and gaps to getting to this situation.  And waiting until it is things are re-architected really isn’t an option in many cases, either.  Please come prepared to discuss your ideas and experiences for dealing with these situations.

Eventbrite link is here:  http://devopssig_feb2011.eventbrite.com/

MEETING LOGISTICS

Food and Drink

Our new host Bazaarvoice has graciously offered to provide lunch in addition to a much larger room!

Please Register on Eventbrite (link above) so they can place the correct size order.

Informal Directions and Parking Info

*********************NEW LOCATION – BAZAARVOICE********************************

Bazaarvoice is located in the San Clemente office complex/development on the West site of 360 directy across the highway from Davenport Village.

• Coming North on 360, turn left (West) at the light at Westlake Drive.  The first right will take you into the office complex.
• Coming South on 360, there is an entrance to San Clemente accessible on the right between the light at Cedar and the light at Westlake.  If you miss it, just make a right on Westlake and then take the first right into the complex.

The address is:

3900 N. Capital of TX Hwy.
Austin, TX 78746

The main lobby is on the 3rd floor.  Go there first and you can get to the room from there.

Seating is limited!

Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us! These sessions are valuable to both beginners and experienced alike, and folks from all disciplines are welcome.

January DevOps SIG Meeting 1/25

Welcome to 2011!

The DevOps SIG resumes this month on Wednesday, January 25th with a discussion of the role of monitoring and DevOps.  Come prepared to discuss both monitoring in its traditional role as well as its value back up the chain as a tool for developers to hone the quality, performance, and maintainability of their code.  This is an undervalued resource in many shops, yet could be a terrifically powerful tool for testing.  This might be a good opportunity for QA SIG members to come stimulate some good cross-discipline discussion!

Eventbrite link is here:  http://agileaustindevopssigjan2012.eventbrite.com/

MEETING LOGISTICS

Food and Drink

Pizza and drinks will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin.

Informal Directions and Parking Info

Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.

• Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.
• Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.

You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.

Seating is limited!

Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us! These sessions are valuable to both beginners and experienced alike, and folks from all disciplines are welcome.

Nov 30 – DevOps SIG Meeting

MEETING TOPIC

“DevOps Anti-patterns A-GoGo”

Community discussion of common anti-patterns / problems that show up in trying to get DevOps going in their environmenrts.  We’ll have a top 5 list to stimulate conversation / discussion.  Come prepared to share thoughts, ideas, learnings, and commiserations .

EVENTBRITE LINK

http://agileaustindevopsnov2011.eventbrite.com/

MEETING LOGISTICS

Food and Drink

Pizza and drinks will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin.

Informal Directions and Parking Info

Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.

Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.

Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.

You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.

Seating is limited!

Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us! These sessions are valuable to both beginners and experienced alike, and folks from all disciplines are welcome.

ABOUT THE AGILE AUSTIN DEVOPS SIG

The focus of this SIG will be to discuss the challenges of and solutions for creating a functioning end-to-end, cross-functional agile lifecycle that gets our solutions in use and creating value as quickly as possible. In other words, getting Dev and Ops to tear down the traditional walls between them and start behaving like a unified team.

October 26th – DevOps SIG Meeting

MEETING TOPIC

DevOps Deployment at National Instruments

Ernest Mueller from NI will lead a discussion about how NI uses DevOps to support their SaaS product environments.

EVENTBRITE SIGN-UP LINK

http://agileaustindevopsoctober.eventbrite.com/

ABOUT THE AGILE AUSTIN DEVOPS SIG

The focus of this SIG will be to discuss the challenges of and solutions for creating a functioning end-to-end, cross-functional agile lifecycle that gets our solutions in use and creating value as quickly as possible. In other words, getting Dev and Ops to tear down the traditional walls between them and start behaving like a unified team.

MEETING LOGISTICS

Location

Hyperformix, Inc. – a CA Technologies Company
5001 Plaza on the Lake
Suite 102 (first floor)
Austin, TX 78746

Food and Drink

Pizza and drinks will be provided courtesy of Agile Austin.

Informal Directions and Parking Info

Hyperformix is on the south side of Lake Austin at the 360 Pennybacker bridge.

Coming down 360 from the north, turn right into the first driveway (immediately) after the bridge.

Coming up 360 from the south, exit right before the bridge, take the turnaround under the bridge and then turn right into first driveway.

You can park in the open lots or any of the garages that aren’t indicated as reserved. The meeting will be held on the first floor.

Seating is limited!

Please make sure you are able to attend this session. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. We want to give everyone the opportunity to attend, so please only sign-up if you are committed to attending and have an interest in the topic. Meetings are held on a monthly basis, and topics vary, so don’t worry if the topic for this month does not interest you–there will be plenty of chances to attend future events. If you have an idea for a future discussion, please tell us! These sessions are valuable to both beginners and experienced alike, and folks from all disciplines are welcome.

DevOps SIG – Link to Slides from 9/28 Meeting

Just a quick post to provide a link to Matt Ray’s slides from Wednesday’s AgileAustin DevOps SIG meeting.

Click here for the slides.