Short Talks: A Conversation with Kelsey Hightower

Chris Short, Principal Technical Marketing Manager, OpenShift at Red Hat and CNCF Ambassador sits down with Staff Developer Advocate at Google, Kelsey Hightower to discuss Kubernetes. Download as MP3 or M4A Source: Short Talks: A Conversation with Kelsey Hightower - OpenShift Commons Briefing Here's a current list of ready to go CFPs and/or abstracts that I can speak to at a moments notice. If you're looking for OpenShift.tv live streams I hosted/produced/ran, search my name on OpenShift's YouTube....

December 18, 2019 · 1 min · Chris Short

DevNationFederal: DevOps is Not War

People think that DevOps, Cloud Native, Agile, GROWS, etc. are all rainbows and roses. You start small, work your way up or you decide as an organizational unit to change. These are two patterns associated with a Jedi-type maturation process of DevOps. Like in Star Wars, DevOps has a dark side. This talk by Chris Short of Red Hat provides examples of successful and failed DevOps transformations, as well as some lessons learned along the way....

October 23, 2019 · 1 min · Chris Short

DevOps is Not War - DevNation Federal 2018

Over the past 500 years, there have been 16 cases of a rising power threatening to displace a ruling power. 75% of those cases resulted in war. Although your organizational transformation probably won’t lead to war, it could be contentious. History can help prevent conflict when driving change. This talk will analyze human tendencies, historical data, and provide real-world examples of how to avoid conflict during your DevOps journey....

October 23, 2019 · 1 min · Chris Short

DevOps is Not War - DevOpsDays Detroit 2019

Over the past 500 years, there have been 16 cases of a rising power threatening to displace a ruling power. 75% of those cases resulted in war. Although your organizational transformation probably won’t lead to war, it could be contentious. History can help prevent conflict when driving change. This talk will analyze human tendencies, historical data, and provide real-world examples of how to avoid conflict during your DevOps journey....

October 23, 2019 · 1 min · Chris Short

Kubernetes Cron Jobs: Dreams Really Do Come True — DevOpsDays Columbus 2018

I worked for a large company with several hundred cron jobs running on two systems. Managing these jobs was cumbersome. Resource use during peak times brought things to a halt. Imagine what is was like when if systems were down! In this talk, we discuss Kubernetes’ killer feature: Cron Jobs. Slides: Kubernetes Cron Jobs: Dreams Really Do Come True — DevOpsDays Columbus 2018 Download as MP4 Source: Chris Short Ignite - Kubernetes Cron Jobs: Dreams Really Do Come True...

October 23, 2019 · 1 min · Chris Short