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stackconf 2023 | It´s time to rebuild DevOps

by | Feb 27, 2024 |

Let’s dive into the memories of stackconf 2023 together, which provided us with numerous insights and first-class expert knowledge. As part of this blog series, we would like to introduce you to the featured speakers and their presentations. Today – Paul Stack and his talk “It’s time to rebuild DevOps” on how to inspire new tool development.

 

A short Summary

Paul’s approach emphasizes the need to redefine DevOps tools to meet the original goals of the movement by breaking down existing silos and improving communication. The featured systems initiative presents a modern, simulation-based workflow that enables real-time, multiplayer and multimodal collaboration to increase productivity in infrastructure management.

 

 

 

Watch Paul’s Talk

Take a deep dive into Paul’s reflection from his long journey through DevOps-lessons. Explore his presentation video and his slides.

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Stay tuned

Save the date for stackconf 2024, the first speakers are already online. Mark June 18 and 19 in your calendar. Secure your ticket and stay up to date by signing up for our newsletter!

Sebastian Zwing
Sebastian Zwing
Marketing Specialist
Sebastian verstärkt seit November 2023 unser Marketingteam. Als Marketing Specialist wird er die Kommunikation der NETWAYS GmbH weiter mit ausbauen und neue Ideen einbringen. Seine Freizeit verbringt Sebastian gerne auf Reisen, als Hobbykoch in der Küche oder am Grill, an der frischen Luft, an und auf dem Wasser, oder auf dem Zweirad.
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stackconf 2024 | Join as a Speaker!

by | Feb 13, 2024 |

Our Call for Papers runs out on March 31. That’s why we’re calling a last time for talk proposals. Do you have insights, innovations, or experiences to showcase in the realm of cloud native infrastructure solutions? If so, we invite you to submit your proposal and join us as a speaker at this year’s stackconf!

 

Why Speaking at stackconf?

As a speaker at stackconf, you have the opportunity to engage with a diverse audience of IT professionals, enthusiasts, and industry leaders. Whether you’re an experienced speaker or a first-timer, stackconf provides a supportive platform to share your knowledge and connect with fellow experts in the field. And, of course, your entire conference experience, including hotel accommodations, will be provided at no cost to you!

 

What We’re Looking For

We welcome submissions that provide valuable technical insights and practical knowledge to our attendees. Whether you’re sharing insights on emerging technologies, best practices, open-source projects, or hands-on tutorials, we’re interested in hearing from you. Our participants are eager to learn about new developments, gain technical skills, and explore innovative solutions to challenges in IT infrastructure and beyond.

Chose from the following three different options the one that suits you best:

IGNITE TALK | Five minutes to talk accompanied by 20 slides, 15 seconds each.

MEDIUM TALK | The short lecture format limited to 30 minutes, including a Q&A session.

FULL TALK | The long lecture format of 45 minutes, including a Q&A session.

 

What stackconf is all about

At stackconf we have a look at cloud native solutions for IT infrastructures based on open source that help with continuous integration, containers, hybrid setups, and cloud technologies. Experts from around the world will talk about how to link development, testing, and operations. The event will have talks on different topics related to the whole process of developing and running systems. You can learn about new and creative ways to use technology and what will shape the future.

 

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 2023 | Climbing high — getting started with cloud native security through open source

by | Feb 9, 2024 |

Let us once again immerse ourselves in the fascinating world of the past stackconf 2023, where we were able to experience numerous exciting insights into expert knowledge. In our blog series, we would like to introduce you to the keynote speakers and their captivating presentations. Today we would like to remember Anaïs Urlichs and her inspiring talk on “Climbing high – getting started with cloud native security through open source”.

 

Take a Glimpse inside:

Anaïs points out that security-specific tools often only come into focus when they are urgently needed or when something bad has happened. While larger companies establish safety teams, many smaller organizations and individuals are left without this resource. The first part of her presentation discusses the parallels between climbing and the need for a safety mindset. Without safety specialists on the team, it could be risky for most cluster administrators, similar to free climbing, which is more suited to experienced experts. In the second part, Anais shows how cloud native security tools such as Trivy can be integrated into existing processes and monitoring systems. The goal is to equip Kubernetes cluster administrators and engineers with the necessary tools and knowledge to ensure the security of their resources without having to be experts in the field themselves.

 

Let’s have a Look at her Talk:

Get insider knowledge through Anais and watch her presentation.

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Go Get Connected:

The date for stackconf 2024 is already fixed! Make a note of June 18 & 19. Early Bird Tickets are on sale and available until February 29. Secure yours now and don’t miss out. Sign up for our newsletter and stay up to date!

 

Sebastian Zwing
Sebastian Zwing
Marketing Specialist
Sebastian verstärkt seit November 2023 unser Marketingteam. Als Marketing Specialist wird er die Kommunikation der NETWAYS GmbH weiter mit ausbauen und neue Ideen einbringen. Seine Freizeit verbringt Sebastian gerne auf Reisen, als Hobbykoch in der Küche oder am Grill, an der frischen Luft, an und auf dem Wasser, oder auf dem Zweirad.
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OSMC 2023 | Journey to Observability: Tracking every Function Execution in Production

by | Jan 30, 2024 |

In his talk at OSMC 2023 Lucas Copi, Kubernetes Expert at IBM Cloud, tells us about their journey to observability in their modern cloud environment based on RedHat Openshift.

First of all, let’s look at the differences between observability and monitoring.

  • Monitoring means tracking things happening on your infrastructure. It helps you to detect issues as they occur and to take action in order to counter them.
  • Observability, on the other hand, involves the collection of data. By analyzing them, it allows you to get insights about the system’s overall state.

As Lucas and his team at IBM Cloud faced issues with their old infrastructure as a big monolithic, they decided to separate it into many smaller parts – you could call them microservices. They integrated tons of tests, like about 50k of regression cases, and refactored many parts of their infrastructure’s code for better unit tests. All of that made them learn one lesson: Testing in pre production environments is not always enough.

Not testing in prod is like not practicing with the full orchestra because your solo sounded fine at home.

Usually, even the best pre-prod environment is much smaller than the actual prod environment and therefore not suitable for certain tests. Testing in production does not mean only testing in production.
Another lesson they learned: It’s not always possible to fix issues in your environment, due to not having enough metrics and logs. There are 4 golden pillars for every operation: Latency, Throughput, Errors and Saturation. There are some existing solutions that are great at adding observability to the interactions between services. They include Grafana, OpenTelemetry, istio and honeycomb. But all these were not able to satisfy all needs of Lucas’ Team. As a solution, they made a custom tool in golang, called “The Observability context”. Basically, it provides consistency throughout execution flows and across the observability pillars. They are using the new tool for measuring code performance.

Observability changed their mindset. Now, it’s not only about features and “Runs everything?”, but more “How good is it working?”. Introducing observability actually decreased the number of problems customers are facing. This shift not only overcomes testing limitations but also minimizes customer-facing issues. Observability emerges as a key catalyst for continuous improvement and reliability in modern cloud environments.

Björn Berg
Björn Berg
Junior Consultant
Björn hat nach seinem Abitur 2019 Datenschutz und IT-Sicherheit in Ansbach studiert. Nach einigen Semestern entschied er sich auf eine Ausbildung zum Fachinformatiker für Systemintegration umzusteigen und fing im September 2021 bei NETWAYS Professional Services an. Auch in seiner Freizeit sitzt er viel vor seinem PC und hat Spaß mit diversen Spielen, experimentiert auch mit verschiedenen Linux-Distributionen herum und geht im Sommer gerne mal campen.
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OSCamp 2024 | Letzte Chance auf Early Bird Tickets

by | Jan 23, 2024 |

Jetzt Ticket sichern!

Unser Frühbucher-Angebot endet bald und unsere vergünstigten Early Bird Tickets fürs Open Source Camp für Kubernetes sind nur noch bis 31. Januar erhältlich. Im Ticketpreis sind nicht nur die Teilnahme an der Veranstaltung, sondern auch Frühstück, Mittagessen, Nachmittagskaffee und der exklusive Zugang zu unserem umfangreichen Online-Archiv enthalten. Sichere Dir jetzt Deinen Platz und sei beim nächsten Kubernetes Community-Event am 18. April mit am Start!

 

Call for Papers

Auch die Frist für unseren Call for Papers nähert sich. Bis 15. Februar kannst Du Deinen 30-minütigen Vortrag noch bei uns über das Formular auf der Website einreichen. Wir legen besonderen Wert auf Vorträge, die einen umfassenden technischen Einblick bieten. Die Teilnehmer sollen von neuen Themen, technischen Hintergründen, den neuesten Entwicklungen, Anleitungen, zukünftigen Trends und neuen Ansätzen im Bereich moderner Kubernetes Lösungen profitieren.

 

Dein Schlüssel zum Erfolg

In Zeiten, in denen Kenntnisse im Bereich Kubernetes so gefragt sind wie nie zuvor, bietet das Open Source Camp für Kubernetes eine einzigartige Gelegenheit, sich über den modernen Einsatz dieser Technologie in Unternehmensumgebungen zu informieren. Entdecke mit uns, wie durch geschickte Integration von Kubernetes und cloud-basierten Lösungen Unternehmen zu noch größerem Erfolg gelangen können. Das Camp findet am 18. April in Nürnberg statt. Sei dabei und vertiefe Deine Kenntnisse im Bereich Kubernetes – eine wertvolle Investition in die Zukunft Deines Unternehmens!

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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