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DevOpsDays 2024 | Call for Participation

von | Dez 19, 2023 |

About DevOpsDays

DevOpsDays is a global series of technical conferences that delve into software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them. Organized entirely by local volunteers, each event is a collaborative effort that brings together professionals and enthusiasts from the respective region. This year’s DevOpsDays in Berlin will take place on May 7 & 8. The event combines curated talks and self-organized open space content.

 

Speaking at DevOpsDays

The organizers are actively seeking speakers for their upcoming event in Berlin. The Call for Papers is open until January 31, 2024. If you have valuable insights to share, they encourage you to submit your talk. Presentations in English that focus on experiences and best practices related to the DevOps culture, along with topics covering automation, testing, security, and organizational culture are appreciated.

You have the option to choose from two different lecture formats:

  • 30-Minute Talk: Presented during the conference, typically in the morning.
  • Ignite Talk: A five-minute presentation with 20 slides that change every 15 seconds.

For those interested in leading a group discussion during the attendee-suggested Open Space breakout sessions, there’s no need to propose it ahead of time; you can contribute on-site.

 

Early Bird Tickets

Registration for the conference is already possible. Make sure to be an early bird and get one of the discounted tickets until January 31.

Let’s meet again at DevOpsDays Berlin!

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing
Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.
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3 Compelling Reasons to Join stackonf 2023!

von | Jul 25, 2023 |

Are you ready to take your IT knowledge to new heights? Look no further as stackconf is the must-attend conference for IT open source enthusiasts and professionals! stackconf promises to be an unforgettable event filled with cutting-edge insights, engaging discussions, and unparalleled networking opportunities.

Unlock a world of possibilities on September 13 – 14 as we bring together an exceptional lineup of open source experts from industry-leading companies! Craft your personalized conference schedule from our exciting agenda, tailored to your interests and goals. With a set of over 30 top-class speakers, including open source infrastructure specialists, CTOs, CIOs, SREs, and pioneers of the industry you will learn from the best!
Here is a sneak peek of what awaits you – innovation, insights, and connections that will take you to new horizons!

But wait, there is even more about stackconf…

Here are the three most compelling reasons why you should secure your ticket for stackconf today:

  • Embrace Cutting-Edge Trends
    Get ready for stackconf! This mind-blowing conference is the ultimate front row seat to the coolest trends and innovations in the IT industry. Whether it’s Kubernetes, GitLab, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Calico or Victoria Metrics – learn all about the best technologies in Cloud Native Infrastructure Solutions. Put yourself at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field!
  • Unite in a Bubbly Community
    Connect, network, and rub shoulders with a vibrant community of open source gurus and tech aficionados! Whether you’re an experienced pro or a tech rookie, stackconf offers the perfect stage to build lasting relationships and ignite future collaborations. The welcome dinner, interactive sessions, and the evening event will make forging connections an absolute blast!
  • Power Up Your Skills
    stackconf isn’t just another conference – it’s a turbo-charged opportunity for personal and professional growth! With industry experts from Google, Honeycomb, LinkedIn, SUSE, VMware, and more, prepare to elevate your knowledge to new heights. You will leave with a head buzzing with fresh insights and solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.

With an exceptional lineup of speakers, a diverse range of topics, and unparalleled networking opportunities, stackconf is the ultimate event to fuel your IT passion and accelerate your professional growth!

Access the full spectrum of cloud native infrastructure solutions with a single, all-inclusive ticket! Don’t miss out – secure your tickets today and join us on September 13 & 14 in Berlin for an unforgettable experience filled with learning, collaboration, and inspiration.

Let’s unleash the full potential of open source power together at stackconf!

Ingrida Leskova
Ingrida Leskova
Marketing Specialist
Ingrida ist seit Mai 2023 im NETWAYS Marketingteam tätig. Sie hat vor kurzem ihr Masterstudium in Marketing Management abgeschlossen und unterstützt uns als Marketing-Spezialistin mit ihrem Wissen in den Bereichen Marketing-Konzeption, Online-Marketing und Branding. Ingrida kann sich fließend in vier Sprachen unterhalten und in zwei weiteren Sprachen auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau. In ihrer Freizeit geht sie gerne schwimmen und bei schönem Wetter wandern oder Inline-Skates fahren. Sie liebt internationale Küche und probiert gern neue Rezepte aus.
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DOST 2023 | Ein Kongress, den Du nicht verpassen solltest!

von | Jun 7, 2023 |

Die  DOST (Deutschen Open Source Tage) ist eine herausragender deutscher Fachkongress rund um die Themen Cloud Computing, Container- und Software-Defined Storage Lösungen für alle Open-Source-Enthusiasten, Entwickler und IT-Profis. Die jährliche Konferenz bietet eine Fülle von Vorträgen, Workshops und Diskussionen zu verschiedenen Open-Source-Themen. Organisiert und ausgerichtet wird das Event von B1Systems.

Notiere Dir im Kalender:

27. – 29. November 2023 | Berlin  📆

 

Early Bird Tickets bis 30. Juni! 

Nutze die Chance, von einem exklusiven Rabatt zu profitieren! Die Early Bird Tickets für die DOST sind nur noch bis zum 30. Juni 2023 verfügbar. Du hast die Möglichkeit, aus drei verschiedenen Konferenzpaketen zu wählen, je nach Deinen Interessen und Anforderungen. Sichere Dir jetzt Dein Ticket und sei dabei!

 

Call for Papers: Teile Deine Erfahrungen! 

Die DOST lockt jedes Jahr renommierte und erfahrene Speaker an, die ihre Fachkenntnisse und Erfahrungen teilen. Hast Du selbst Erfahrungen und Einsichten über Cloud Computing, Container- oder Software-Defined Storage Lösungen zu teilen? Dann nutze die Möglichkeit, Dein Fachwissen zu präsentieren und Teil einer renommierten Konferenz zu werden. Es wird nach weiteren Speakern gesucht, die das Programm mit ihren Beiträgen bereichern.
Melde Dich bis zum 31. Juli 2023 an und reiche Deine Vortragsidee ein! 📢

Besuche die offizielle Website der Deutschen Open Source Tage, oder nimm Kontakt mit unserem Organisationsteam auf, um weitere Informationen zu erhalten! ℹ️

Ingrida Leskova
Ingrida Leskova
Marketing Specialist
Ingrida ist seit Mai 2023 im NETWAYS Marketingteam tätig. Sie hat vor kurzem ihr Masterstudium in Marketing Management abgeschlossen und unterstützt uns als Marketing-Spezialistin mit ihrem Wissen in den Bereichen Marketing-Konzeption, Online-Marketing und Branding. Ingrida kann sich fließend in vier Sprachen unterhalten und in zwei weiteren Sprachen auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau. In ihrer Freizeit geht sie gerne schwimmen und bei schönem Wetter wandern oder Inline-Skates fahren. Sie liebt internationale Küche und probiert gern neue Rezepte aus.
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stackconf 2022 | Behind the Scenes – Part 2/2

von | Jul 26, 2022 |

It was a blast! stackconf 2022 has been a full success and we’re more than happy about this outstanding onsite event last week. Let’s take a glance back and see what was going on behind the scenes during our two-day conference.

 

Our Crew

Teamwork makes the dream work! And it couldn’t have been better. The marketing ladies, Jessica and I, have managed the social media accounts during our conference to keep people up to date with what’s currently going on at stackconf.

Lukas and Markus are our main organizers. They always had an eye on everything: the check-in counter, the well-being of the participants, and the smooth program flow. Thanks for your amazing work before and during the conference!

 

If you would like to take a look what was happening you’re invited to follow our Twitter and Instagram account.

 

 

In the Mood for Food

As we all know, you will never go hungry at an event organized by NETWAYS. Inbetween our speaker talks everything took place in the break room, where attendees took the opportunity to engage with each other. Donuts, muffins, cake, and puff pastry have sweetened the already excellent atmosphere. I already miss the food…

 

 

 

Roll it!

Justin was one of our camera men at this year’s stackconf. It was his first NETWAYS conference and he got a trusted task right away: Recording our speaker talks. Thanks to him and our other hardworking camera men Yonas, Sukwinder and Martin we have lots of video material for our archives. Stay tuned about it.

 

Cuddle Time!

Let’s face it! Who of us would not like to have such a giant plush penguin? During our speaker talks I took the opportunity to grab the fluffy penguin. He belonged to one of our sponsors, B1 Systems, and beautified our networking room.

PS: I already miss him…

 

 

We ♡ Berlin

Besides lots of fun, exchange and inspiration at the conference itself, stackconf also provides the opportunity to take a walk in Germany’s capital city Berlin. Sightseeing is simply part of the experience when you’re already in Berlin. No matter if during the day or in the evening, Berlin is just always magical!

 

 

Thanks to everyone who made stackconf an unforgettable event this summer! We’re happy about lots of positive feedback from our attendees and speakers.

In a nutshell: it was a blast!

Katja Kotschenreuther
Katja Kotschenreuther
Manager Marketing
Katja ist seit Oktober 2020 Teil des Marketing Teams. Als Manager Marketing kümmert sie sich hauptsächlich um das Marketing für die Konferenzen stackconf und OSMC sowie unsere Trainings. Zudem unterstützt sie das Icinga Team mit verschiedenen Social Media Kampagnen und der Bewerbung der Icinga Camps. Sie ist SEO-Verantwortliche für all unsere Websites und sehr viel in unserem Blog unterwegs. In ihrer Freizeit reist sie gerne, bastelt, backt und engagiert sich bei Foodsharing. Im Sommer kümmert sie sich außerdem um ihren viel zu großen Gemüseanbau.
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stackconf 2022 | Recap Day 2

von | Jul 20, 2022 | ,

After a good conclusion of the first day of stackconf with lots of laughter, good food and indoor golf we started the second day of stackconf with a talk by Dewan Ahmed on „Do NOT click-ops your data infrastructure„. Here he explained why you shouldn’t just click-op your applications infrastructure, because this can easily get you in trouble when scaling up. He talked about the basics to keep in mind with infrastructure code, such as reproducibility, repeatability and consistency. He explained the challenges and concerns regarding infrastructure as a code approach for data infrastructure. Challenges were also highlighted, such as Configuration Drift or Security Issues in public modules. As a solution to standardize infra code he presented Terraform and showed a detailed demo where he also explained the code.

It’s not about the tools. It’s about change. It’s about the people

The second talk was by Kris Buytaert about the last 13 years of DevOps. In a humorous talk he presented how not everything in the DevOps culture has changed for the better. He started with how chaotic some requests were in the old days and how short the deadline was, and how the DevOps culture has evolved from then to now. However, he also talked about how some great ideas have been destroyed by the industry, how tools don’t help with the wrong culture, and how some big companies pretend to be agile but aren’t. Also a problem he sees is how the title DevOps is being softened by misrepresentation from recruits and too many companies are simply issuing DevOps certifications but not passing on the mindset. The gist of his talk was that DevOps is not about tools, it’s about the people involved. It’s not about the tools. It’s about change. It’s about the people.

Dotan Horvits‘ third talk was about better observability with open source. Today’s monitoring world has the problem that it has to deal with large containerized environments such as Amazon or Netflix, where you need to monitor hundreds or thousands of services. Or services that are constantly being started, rescaled or stopped. In his talk, he goes into what Observability is and how it is defined depending on the requirements. He then goes into the three pillars of observability: Metrics, Logs and Traces. Afterwards he spoke about the most popular tools for the respective pillars, tools like Prometheus, Elasticsearch and Jaeger. Since tomorrow’s systems will continue to grow in complexity, I thought the talk was good because it points out future problems regarding monitoring and provides solutions on how to keep track of things despite a flood of tools.

Built a serverless application?

You know when you’re supposed to build a service and end up realizing that you’ve built a serverless application? That’s the situation JJ Asghar of IBM had, which was to build out the IBM Cloud. In his talk, he goes into how he initially built the backend for the IBM Cloud using Bash, then Ansible. He humorously discusses the failures you have on the way to the goal, the technologies used and explained some internal code.

After lunch, Laura Ham continued with an introduction to Vector Search with Weaviate. There she presented how Weaviate delivers semantic results using keywords and machine learning. To do this, the data objects are stored in the database, along with a vector specification. This allows the data to be displayed in a 3D grid. With the help of APIs, one can interact with the data. It was also shown how a search pipeline is structured and how Weavite handles it. Finally, Laura showed a demonstration where she had searched for results based on keywords from the full data set of the English Wikipedia, as well as an image search.

These were just a few of the talks presented at stackconf today. As with all good things, stackconf did come to an end. But the time was filled with laughter, many new contacts and a lively exchange of knowledge and ideas. I thought it was great to see many customers of ours there in person as well. My personal thanks goes to the speakers and everyone who had helped organize so that the event could run smoothly. Hope to see you all next year for stackconf 2023!

 
Michael Kübler
Michael Kübler
Systems Engineer
Michael war jahrelang in der Gastronomie tätig, bevor er 2022 seine Umschulung als Fachinformatiker bei Netways abschloss. Seitdem unterstützt er unsere Kunden bei ihren Projekten als MyEngineer und sucht auch nebenbei kleinere Projekte, die er realisieren kann. Privat geht er gerne Campen und fährt Rad. Er genießt auch einen entspannten Abend daheim mit einem Buch und Whisky.
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