Get ready for modern DevOps – Danijel Malik - SSW TV - Learn from Professional Software Developers

Modern DevOps is a highway to greater business value and it works cross-platform.

Automated deployments solved a handover problem, Application Monitoring Platforms closed the feedback and crash reporting gap, and containers made the “works on my machine” stereotype real. Next mission: automated environments.

In this session, Danijel will start by identifying the common bad practices to give you some quick wins. His experience starts from the smallest businesses and extends to the largest businesses including some of the largest banks. You will learn why Zero Based
Infrastructure is the next step of a DevOps evolution, why Cloud is your best friend, and how to integrate this approach back into your deployment pipeline. You will walk away with a solid understanding of what Infrastructure as Code is and the main advantages, leaving you with nothing to worry about but your code.

About the speakers

Mr DevOps

Danijel is a DevOps mastermind with a broad range of technical skills and a deep desire to understand the client's business first. In his career, which includes more than 10 years of professional experience, he has built Desktop, Mobile & Web projects, many of them at the Enterprise level. With an eye on the bleeding edge technologies, he is always one step ahead and loves sharing his experience at user groups and conferences. In 2013, Danijel was awarded Microsoft MVP status for Visual Studio ALM (now Visual Studio and Development Technologies) for his contributions to the community, which he has maintained every year since.

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