Amin Astaneh is an SRE veteran with over 12 years of experience working at major tech companies such as Acquia and Meta. Now, Amin is spearheading his own venture, Certo Modo , a technology consultancy that helps tech companies reduce their operational costs, increase efficiency, and improve the customer experience using DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering. In this episode, you'll learn: 1. What makes the perfect Site Reliability Engineer? 2. The reasons for and benefits of a DevOps transfor...
Aug 15, 2023•51 min
Bijit Ghosh is the Global Cloud Engineering Lead and Head of Cloud Engineering at Deutsche Bank, the number-one financial institution leading the charge in DevSecOps and GDPR compliance. In this episode, Bijit talks about how he's improving the bank's tech stack, reducing tech apps, and enabling the bank to provide a seamless customer experience. What's in it for you: 1. Learn how and why to incorporate SRE into the early stages of system development 2. What is Observability-Driven Development? ...
May 16, 2023•39 min
Transitioning to the cloud can be as simple as switching to a new hosting provider. But this approach leaves countless benefits on the table. Instead, you should consider other cloud migration strategies like re-platforming, re-architecting and re-purchasing to get the most out of the process. In this episode, Director of Technology for Xebia Cloud US Laurens Baardman explains the differences between these strategies and their relevant payoffs. What's in it for you: 1. The difference between re-...
Apr 27, 2023•55 min
From Military Police Officer in the US Navy to Coffee Shop Owner, Marine Combat Instructor to IT Security Engineer, Neil's career path has been unconventional, to say the least. In this episode, Neil Cosson , Associate Director of Cloud Security Engineering at OneMain Financial , shares his remarkable story, and how his early experience in the military has shaped his career in IT Security. What's in it for you: 1. How Neil's career as a Marine Combat Instructor shaped his career in IT Security 2...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 11 min
There are 2 types of people in every large organization: Those who help you to implement change – and those who don't. In this episode, Juan Cercos , Senior DevOps Director at DAI , shares with Elias , how he's driving change at a multinational organization, and why he uses data to inform his decisions. What's in it for you: 1. How Juan is driving the change towards modern DevOps in a large organization 2. Why data is critical for identifying priorities and making decisions 3. The importance of ...
Jan 24, 2023•44 min
You acquired a company, and now you want to tackle successful system integration – but how? And what extra challenge do different size environments bring with them? Thomas Sweet , CIO of Industrial Refrigeration Pros , has done it all: From tackling IT at large enterprises like GM Financial, to building IT in smaller environments. Today, he shares with Elias how he does it, what role integration playbooks play for him, and how monitoring & observability play into the process. What's in it fo...
Jan 10, 2023•31 min
There's more to performance engineering than testing. You have to look at the whole picture. In today's episode, Scott Moore , Founder at Scott Moore Consulting LLC , sheds some light on parts of that big picture. He chats with Elias about the role of monitoring and observability in performance engineering today, and shares insights from his 30 years in IT and his work as a performance engineering consultant. What's in it for you: 1. How Scott defines Performance Engineering and how the various ...
Dec 13, 2022•53 min
Are containerized microservices always the best deployment approach? Kubernetes has quickly become the default system for managing containerized applications across multiple hosts, but its use often lacks nuance. Some are pointing out that Kubernetes can potentially add unnecessary complexity to your environment. In today’s episode, Ádám Márton Beke , DevOps Engineer at CGI , chats to Elias about the limits of automation in migrations, why he doesn’t always recommend K8s for deployment, and more...
Nov 25, 2022•23 min
Can High-Performance Computing (HPC) be containerized effectively? Containerized workflows are attractive to the research community for many reasons, but when it comes to classic HPC environments, there are many hurdles to overcome. In today’s episode, Jason Mcdonald , DevOps Team Lead at Harvard Medical School , talks to our host Elias about some of these challenges, his team’s approach, and why he believes Security should be an integral part of DevOps. What's in it for you: 1. The IT challenge...
Nov 15, 2022•44 min
The question of a recession is no longer if, but when. Markets are flashing signs that the global economy is teetering on a cliff’s edge, but there’s hope yet. With the help of AIOps, there’s plenty you can do to keep costs low. In today’s episode, Mohan Kompella , VP of product marketing at Big Panda , explains how AIOps can help to recession-proof the cost of ITOps. What's in it for you: 1. The three main avenues of AIOps 2. The challenges of monitoring and observability in hybrid infrastructu...
Oct 31, 2022•59 min
Head to the cloud or stay on the ground? Here’s a hint: When thinking about where to host your data, there’s much more to consider than just cost. In today’s episode, Edward Bezerra , VP of Infrastructure at K. Hovnanian Homes , lends his invaluable insight to the cloud computing debate by drawing from real-life examples of his prolific career. You’ll learn: 1. What to consider when deciding where to host your data 2. The benefits and challenges of using cloud services 3. How to make your busine...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min
ABB IT's main mission: Eliminating end user tickets. How do they work with data & technology to reach their goal – on a global scale? Dennis Vinciguerra , VP of IT at ABB , shares with Elias , how ABB handles global differences in data & systems, and still successfully manages to follow their mission. What's in it for you: 1. The most important data sources for ABB to help eliminate end user tickets 2. What technologies ABB uses to make sense of the collected data and extract valuable in...
Oct 03, 2022•48 min
Traditional DevOps is dead. But don’t let it be forgotten. Rather, let it evolve with Value Stream Management (VSM) to become a tool that lets you better measure the value your product is adding to your customers. In today’s episode, Helen Beal , Chief Ambassador at the DevOps Institute, shares her compelling case for rethinking traditional DevOps through the lens of VSM to help businesses build more customer-centric products. What's in it for you: 1. How to reframe DevOps to conquer the Wall of...
Sep 19, 2022•54 min
Blockchain technologies and NFT present unique monitoring and observability challenges. Andrew Burian , SRE Director at Dapper Labs , talks all things blockchain and observability with Elias , in today's episode of All Things Ops. What's in it for you: 1. How Andrew manages the challenges of flexibly scaling companies from an IT perspective 2. The observability challenges in tracking NFT transactions via the crypto wallets 3. How Dapper Labs built their observability system to provide external d...
Sep 06, 2022•52 min
The future is fully automated, thanks to AIOps – Right? Richard Whitehead , Chief Evangelist and CTO of Moogsoft , chats with Elias about all things AIOps & automation, and gives his insight on human workforce necessity in the future of AI technologies. What's in it for you: 1. The status quo of machine learning and AIOps on the way to autonomous operations 2. Why AI technologies were and are essential for ITOps 3. What organizations need to get started with AIOps & the potential of AIOp...
Aug 23, 2022•50 min
IT Ops needs more representation of women – and it has a long way to go. Today's guest Brenda Standridge , former Regional Director Data Center Operations at Google, chats to Elias about running data centers at “Google” scale, how IT could get more attractive for women, and more. What's in it for you: 1. How IT Ops is changing in regard to the under-representation of women 2. What companies can do to make technical operations teams and roles more attractive for women 3. Brenda’s day-to-day as a ...
Aug 09, 2022•38 min
Everyone's using the term AIOps – nobody really dives into what it means. Today, Sean McDermott, CEO of Windward Consulting , and Elias talk all things AIOps. What's in it for you: 1. How to define AIOps today – and where it's headed 2. The challenges companies face with AIOps 3. Best practices for getting started with AIOps 4. Which industries are at the forefront of operations today About Sean : Sean is President, CEO and Founder of Windward Consulting, an IT consulting firm specializing in IT...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Some products solve a huge issue for their users. But sometimes, it is this big innovation that stands in the way of users adopting newer features. The product falls victim to its own success. Philipp Krenn , EMEA Team Lead at Elastic , shares how they dealt with it, and talks with Elias about Elastic's experience. What's in it for you: 1. Why innovative products can fall victim to their own success 2. What changing licensing on Elastic and abandoning open source changed in Elastic’s community 3...
Jul 12, 2022•49 min
Challenges and solutions for intelligent incident alerting in IT Operations In this episode of “All Things Ops”, host Elias Voelker talks to Ronald Czachara from Derdack about follow-the-sun IT operations, strategies to minimize false alerts to let your on-call engineers sleep, and more. What's in it for you: 1. The four types of false alerts and how to avoid them 2. Advantages and challenges of follow-the-sun IT operations 3. How Covid forced On-Call management to modernize 4. Where dedicated a...
Jun 28, 2022•42 min
What are the challenges of Kubernetes Monitoring, and what's the next big leap in DevOps? In this episode of “All Things Ops”, our host Elias has a wide-ranging conversation with Logz.io CTO Jonah Kowall about the challenges of Kubernetes monitoring, the OpenTelemetry project, open source licensing, recent trends in DevOps and much more. What's in it for you: 1. Jonah’s views on recent DevOps trends 2. Why Kubernetes monitoring is so hard to get right 3. The promise of the OpenTelemetry project ...
Jun 14, 2022•53 min
From traditional system engineering to DevOps – Is GitOps the next step? In today's episode, Donald Lutz , Director and Enterprise Architect at taos , shares his insight with our host Elias Voelker . What's in it for you: 1. Donald’s views on Kubernetes as a “meta-layer across cloud platforms” 2. Whether GitOps is the next step in the transition from traditional system engineering to DevOps 3. Donald’s view on great automation tools from a software engineering perspective 4. The benefits of even...
May 31, 2022•40 min
How do you encourage continuous learning and integration in your tech teams to offer a holistic service to your clients? In today's episode, our host Elias Voelker talks to Yann Mulonda , Senior SRE and Team Lead for the "Run" team at ICF , and CIO of ITOT Africa . They talk about: 1. How global experiences shape tech leadership and benefit inclusion in your team 2. The importance of understanding concepts vs. knowing tools in IT operations 3. How working with clients’ different requirements for...
May 17, 2022•57 min
Uptime is what SRE is all about – or is it? Jeremy Proffitt , Director DevOps and SRE at Ally Financial , technology craftsman and problem solver, is today’s guest at the All Things Ops podcast, hosted by Elias Voelker . They talk about: 1. Different approaches to thinking about technical debt 2. Why 'uptime' may not be the best KPI out there 3. How to handle the trade-offs of having multiple observability systems 4. How Jeremy successfully uses runbooks with his teams About Jeremy Jeremy is Dir...
May 03, 2022•47 min
There's no modern IT without cloud computing. But what does it take to run a cloud provider's infrastructures efficiently and securely? In today's episode of “All Things Ops”, our host Elias talks to Jerry Bell , CISO of IBM's cloud division, veteran IT leader and host of “The Defensive Security” podcast. What's in it for you: 1. Why IT teams would benefit from more exposure to red teaming and to pen testing techniques 2. What ITOps and DevOps teams are missing to adequately design and run thing...
May 03, 2022•54 min
