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.

1. DevOps
Dr. Timothy Cockle
Business Manager – Applications and Development, Eduserv

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Welcome…
A little about me &
A little about you!

3. What is
DevOps?

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Change is good
Different mind-set
Different tools
Different objectives
Stability is good
vs

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DevOps is
A professional movement
Not a new team or position
But is removing silos
NB: Proceed with respect

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Why?

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

8. Getting Started!

9. In General…
Educate
Experiment
Learn

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

14. Questions
Comments
&
For reading list & notes feel free to e-mail
tim.cockle@eduserv.org.uk