Vienna DevOps and Security Meetup - New Year Edition

Join us in the heart of Vienna for the first enlightening evening where DevOps meets Security! Our Vienna DevOps and Security Meetup is the perfect place to connect with fellow tech enthusiasts, industry experts, and thought leaders. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting, this event is designed to provide valuable insights and networking opportunities.

Thanks to Sentry for sponsoring and hosting this event! This meetup will take place at the Sentry Office (Rothschildplatz 3/2/ab, 1020 Wien)

Also, a very warm thank you to Packt for sponsoring Books and e-books for this event.

Agenda:

• 17:00 - 17:30: Arrival and Networking
• 17:30 - 18:00: Talk 1
• 18:00 - 18:30: Break and Refreshments
• 18:30 - 19:00: Talk 2
• 19:00 - 19:15: Break and Refreshments
• 19:15 - 19:45: Talk 3
• 19:45 - : Networking

Sessions:
No hype, no FUD, no buzz. A pragmatic guide to OpenTelemetry - Daniel Khan
Everyone knows OpenTelemetry ... or at least talks about it.

Since its inception around 2019, there is a never-ending buzz of blog posts, keynotes, and plain marketing noise around the popular project and it's challenging to separate signal from noise.

No question, OpenTelemetry is re-shaping the observability space, and it's here to stay. But what does this mean to you? Is it time to toss your current observability stack or get started doing observability?

This talk is your pragmatic primer, based on knowledge gained by introducing OpenTelemetry at three observability vendors and conducting dozens of interviews with companies of all sizes.

We'll start by discussing where OpenTelemetry came from and why it exists. We'll cover the underlying technologies like distributed tracing before we look at tangible examples of how you can start using OpenTelemetry today, using solely Open Source tools.

Where there is light, there is also shadow, and you will also learn about possible problems you may encounter and how to guard yourself against them.

Daniel has over 20 years of experience as a software engineer, architect, strategist, and product manager.

Since 2015, he has been working in the observability space driving open standards like W3C Trace Context and OpenTelemetry at observability vendors like Dynatrace, Elastic, and Sentry.

Daniel is passionate about constant learning and teaching. In his spare time, he works as a course author at LinkedIn Learning.

Service Proxy, API Gateway, Service Mesh: What’s the Difference? What Do I Need? - Sonja Chevre
Navigating the world of cloud-native architectures can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to understanding the differences between service proxies, API gateways, and service meshes. What do you need and why?

Sonja is a Group Product Manager at Tyk Technologies, building an API Platform for cloud-native developers. With two decades of experience in the tech industry, she previously worked in the observability field. Sonja lives in Linz.

Karpenter: Kubernetes Scaling with Performance and Cost Efficiency - Martin Hauskrecht
This talk provides an overview of Karpenter and its advantages over the traditional Cluster Autoscaler in Kubernetes. We'll explore the fundamental differences in scaling principles and efficiency between Karpenter and Cluster Autoscaler. The session will highlight real-world performance improvements and cost savings experienced since adopting Karpenter and outline the key steps and considerations in migrating to Karpenter.

Martin's focus is on designing full-featured cloud infrastructures on AWS and Azure. Over the past couple of years, he gained experience building robust, auto-scaled, and highly-available cloud environments for many customers and applications, utilizing a large set of tools and technologies during the process, mainly revolving around Kubernetes and Serverless.

He likes to work on challenging tasks, and always want to learn something new.

RSVP: Don't miss out on this opportunity to elevate your skills and network with industry leaders. Seats are limited, so secure your spot today!