Microservices, Containers, DevOps and Cloud Q2 2019

We’re happy to invite you to our first MeetUp this year co-organized with our newest sponsor - Softchoice.

We'll be using this session to:

• Discuss proven approaches and best practices to support a scalable DevOps implementation in the enterprise setting,
• share ideas and experiences on how to make DevOps successfully part of organizations culture while operating between inter-dependant and related systems where software and teams rely on each other,
• explore Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform and its orchestration potential.

Presentation #1 - Enterprise DevOps

The challenges we encounter in enterprise environments like security, compliance and governance requirements can potentially influence DevOps initiatives in a negative way. In this presentation, we will talk about managing common DevOps adoption challenges in large enterprise. We will discuss best practices to maneuvre around the departmental silos and showcase the value of this movement for enterprise wide adoption, making DevOps a core value in the organization’s culture.

Samir Saad
Principal Consultant @Opticca; DevOps evangelist with 12+ years’ experience helping organizations architect, design and deliver applications at enterprise levels. Passionate about Application Architecture, Integration, SOA, Microservices, Automation, and DevOps.

Presentation #2 - Kubernetes: Platform for workers and builders.

In this overview of cloud native development and operations, I will give a taste of powerful scaling in Google Cloud where more builds occur with automation and less troubleshooting.

Almond Au
Almond works with Google Cloud clients & partners to design, deploy, and scale applications in the cloud. He has also helped deliver a number of technical events with Google like Code Jam (Google's coding competition) and Google Cloud Relay - a coast to coast Canadian cloud hackathon. Prior to Google, Almond held senior systems engineering roles at Commvault and Seagate, and held a number of technical roles at IBM where he worked in architecture, database, and networking. Almond holds a master of engineering degree from Ryerson University in Toronto

As always, we look forward to networking, sharing ideas and collaborating with the community. We'll be serving food and drinks for your convenience.

A huge thank you to our sponsors for supporting this event:

Softchoice - www.softchoice.com
Opticca - www.opticca.com
Google - www.google.com
RedHat - www.redhat.com
Opticca Security - www.opticcasecurity.com