Automating the Business of Automation
Details
**For virtual attendance**
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Ansible NOVA returns to IN-PERSON events with this latest meetup, Thursday, Feb 9th at the Red Hat Tysons Corner office!
Automating the Business of Automation
From infrastructure provisioning and maintenance automation to pipeline automation, Ansible, Terraform, and GitLab are the bedrock of modern automation initiatives. Skills in these tools are in high demand and the business impact of having expertise in these tools is significant. Companies that can predictably and efficiently deliver to public sector customers get automation contracts.
The catch is that everyone caught on at the same time and now the scramble is on. It is getting harder to find and keep the breadth of skills and people to design, maintain, and scale early automation initiatives. Turnover of key talent can leave a program stranded with ungoverned or poorly understood automation. To address this risk, Fierce is championing an effort to automate the business of automation. We are bringing together the core enablers of DevSecOps Automation to focus on the cross-product workflows needed to enable enterprises to more consistently and efficiently deliver and scale their automation initiatives.
Join Fierce Software at Ansible NOVA to hear from Red Hat, HashiCorp, and GitLab on how they approach the business and technical challenges of getting the tools and practices to deliver a more significant impact with fewer people.
Why attend in person?
- It's fun! Masks and spacing procedures are welcome and provided.
- SWAG! All attendees will receive a Fierce goodie bag with cool stuff from our partners at Red Hat, Hashicorp, and GitLab
- Hotdogs and beer! Catering from The Vienna Inn will be provided at the event
Physical Location Information
- Address: 1600 International Drive, McLean, VA 22102
- Suite 800 (Red Hat)
- Please use Daily Parking on the P4 level of the garage, accessible from Greensboro Drive.
- Please check in at Red Hat reception on Floor 8 upon arrival.
Speakers for the event:
Alex Jacocks
Principal Ansible Specialist, Red Hat
Alex has been working with Linux since 1992 and Red Hat Linux since 1996. He has spent his life working with, and contributing to, open source projects. Alex is the principal solution architect for the ecosystem Ansible team, and assists Red Hat partners with learning, building, and selling Ansible solutions.
Josh Swann
Federal Solutions Architect, GitLab
Josh is a Federal Solutions Architect supporting Treasury, Legislative and Federal System Integrators across the Public Sector. Josh has spent over 20 years developing and designing software solutions for the federal government. Josh has a strong background with software development, application modernization and scalable architectures using cloud solutions and technologies.
Gerald Dykeman
Solutions Engineer, HashiCorp
Gerald is a Cloud Operating Model Architect at HashiCorp focused on IaC, Security, Service Mesh, and Zero Trust.
Automating the Business of Automation