DevOps Paradox: The truth about DevOps by the people on the front line

Discover DevOps secrets from leading experts. Viktor Farcic interviews DevOps industries voices including Mike Kail, Greg Bledsoe, Jeff Sussna, James Turnbull, Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Liz Keogh, and more. Key Features Leading DevOps experts share their insights into modern DevOps practice Engage with the real-world challenges of putting DevOps to work Strengthen your DevOps practices now and prepare for future DevOps trends Book Description
DevOps promises to break down silos, uniting organizations to deliver high quality output in a cross-functional way. In reality it often results in confusion and new silos: pockets of DevOps practitioners fight the status quo, senior decision-makers demand DevOps paint jobs without committing to true change. Even a clear definition of what DevOps is remains elusive.
In DevOps Paradox, top DevOps consultants, industry leaders, and founders reveal their own approaches to all aspects of DevOps implementation and operation. Surround yourself with expert DevOps advisors. Viktor Farcic draws on experts from across the industry to discuss how to introduce DevOps to chaotic organizations, align incentives between teams, and make use of the latest tools and techniques.
With each expert offering their own opinions on what DevOps is and how to make it work, you will be able to form your own informed view of the importance and value of DevOps as we enter a new decade. If you want to see how real DevOps experts address the challenges and resolve the paradoxes, this book is for you. What you will learn
Expert opinions on: Introducing DevOps into real-world, chaotic business environments Deciding between adopting cutting edge tools or sticking with tried-and-tested methods Initiating necessary business change without positional power Managing and overcoming fear of change in DevOps implementations Anticipating future trends in DevOps and how to prepare for them Getting the most from Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, Chef, and Ansible Creating the right incentives for DevOps success across an organization The impact of new techniques, such as Lambda, serverless, and schedulers, on DevOps practice Who this book is for
Anybody interested in DevOps will gain a lot from this book. If you want to get beyond the simplistic ideals and engage with the deep challenges of putting DevOps to work in the real world, this book is for you. Table of Contents Jeff Sussna - Founder and CEO, Sussna Associates Damien Duportal - Tr�fik's Developer Advocate Kevin Behr - IT Strategist; Chief Scientific Officer, PraxisFlow Mike Kail - Chief Technology Officer, Everest.org James Turnbull - Chairman, Rethink Robotics Liz Keogh - Tech consultant Julian Simpson - Global IT Manager, Neo4j Andy Clemenko - Senior Solutions Engineer at Docker Chris Riley - Author and DevOps Analyst Adam Sandor - Cloud technology consultant Julia Biro - Site Reliability Engineer, Contentful Damon Edwards - Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Rundeck, Inc Kohsuke Kawaguchi - Chief Technology Officer, CloudBees Sean Hull - Cloud Architect Bret Fischer - Docker Captain, and Cloud SysAdmin Nirmal Mehta - Technology Consultant Greg Bledsoe - Agile Lean & DevOps Consultant Wian Vos - Solutions Architect, Red Hat