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Alan Shimel

Alan Shimel is founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Techstrong Group, a Futurum company, and a member of Futurum's executive leadership team. A technology entrepreneur, media executive and industry commentator, Shimel has spent more than three decades building businesses, communities and media platforms serving enterprise technology professionals, including co-founding StillSecure, a network security company, and the DevOps Institute, a DevOps certification and training body. At Techstrong, he leads a portfolio of media brands including DevOps.com, Security Boulevard, Cloud Native Now, Techstrong AI, Techstrong IT, Digital CxO, Platform Engineering, Techstrong Semi and Techstrong TV, along with a growing portfolio of events, educational programs and digital communities. With more than 25 years of experience in cybersecurity, Shimel is a familiar voice in the space and was an early advocate of the DevOps movement, helping bring DevOps practices into mainstream enterprise technology. His work today spans cybersecurity, DevOps, cloud-native technologies, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and digital transformation, and he hosts popular programs including Techstrong Gang, Shimmy Says and Still Cyber, After All These Years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Politics from St. John's University and a Juris Doctor from New York Law School.

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DevOps at IBM

5 best things going on at InterConnect 2015

With IBM InterConnect 2015 less than a month away, here is a quick guide to the 5 Best Things Going on at InterConnect 2015 [seoslides embed_id=”70823b380482″ script_src=”https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud/embed-script/5-best-things-going-interconnect-2015/3998/” overview_src=”https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud/slides/5-best-things-going-interconnect-2015/” site_src=”https://devopsy.kinsta.cloud” site_title=”devopsy.kinsta.cloud” title=”5 Best things going on at Interconnect 2015″ /] You can stay up to date with the latest InterConnect news by following #ibminterconnect devopsy.kinsta.cloud will […]

Alan Shimel · Jan 28, 2015
Latest News Releases

CloudBees Raises $23.5 Million

Funding round to fuel the continuous delivery leader’s significant expansion in 2015 LOS ALTOS, CA. – January 27, 2015 – CloudBees, Inc., the Enterprise Jenkins Company and continuous delivery leader, today announced a $23.5 million financing round, led by longtime CloudBees investor Lightspeed Venture Partners. Existing investors Matrix Partners, Verizon Ventures and Blue Cloud Ventures also […]

Alan Shimel · Jan 27, 2015
Events

CFP for DevOps Connect: DevOpsSec @RSA Conference is now open

The world comes to talk security at RSA Conference. Every year in San Francisco the RSA Conference is the biggest information themed security conference in the world. This year there is a new addition to RSA Conference. DevOps Connect: DevOpsSec will be held on the Monday of RSA week at the Moscone Center. Attendance […]

Alan Shimel · Jan 26, 2015
Blogs

Chuck Norris doesn’t need DevOps Contest

I think just about everyone on the Internet knows that Chuck Norris is one bad ass dude. But did you know he is so bad ass that he doesn’t need DevOps? Why doesn’t Chuck Norris need DevOps? In doing our year end review of our metrics we discovered that due to an article I wrote […]

Alan Shimel · Jan 16, 2015
Features

What are the most critical DevOps Tools?

What are the most critical DevOps tools categories? According to the results of a new survey by CA Technologies the answers may be surprising. That is just one of the insights reported on. The survey results and report are chock full of other great insights about DevOps usage as well. The survey shows that a […]

Alan Shimel · Jan 16, 2015
Blogs

Breaking Builds II – The Butler did it

As editor-in-chief here at devopsy.kinsta.cloud and writing for several other publications I see more than my share of contests, promotions and other marketing campaigns (not to mention pitches from PR agencies), but I came across one this week that I really wanted to share with you. My friends at CloudBees, the Jenkins company are once […]

Alan Shimel · Dec 18, 2014
Features

Organic engineering team a must for long term DevOps success

Last month I was out in Las Vegas at CA World. While there I had a chance for a one-on-one meeting with CA CEO, Michael Gregoire. In our discussion Gregoire told me that one of the things he is most proud of in his time at CA is the fact that he has instilled a […]

Alan Shimel · Dec 11, 2014
Blogs

DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition @RSA Conference

We are very happy to announce that we will be hosting DevOps Connect: SecOps Edition at RSA Conference on Monday, April 20, 2015. It will take place at the Moscone Center and is sponsored by RSA Conference. What is DevOps Connect? Great question. DevOps Connect is the new name for the Camp DevOps brand we have […]

Alan Shimel · Dec 8, 2014
Blogs

DevOps Anonymous Salary Survey

DevOps certainly is a hyped word right now. There are no shortage of DevOps jobs either. But, What are the highest paying DevOps job titles? Which industries pay top dollars for DevOps skills? How is your salary compared to people with similar job titles in other companies? Does higher education mean higher pay? Do DevOps […]

Alan Shimel · Dec 3, 2014
Blogs

CI and CD Across the Enterprise with Jenkins November 19th

We recently held another webinar in our continuing series at devopsy.kinsta.cloud. We partnered with the good people at CloudBees on CI and CD across the enterprise with Jenkins. The webinar featured: Cyrille Le Clerc is Director of Product Management at CloudBees with more than 15 years experience in Java. Prior to CloudBees, Cyrille was Chief Technology […]

Alan Shimel · Nov 26, 2014
Blogs

Enterprise DevOps: same medicine, different dose

I am presenting at the DevOps Summit in Santa Clara early next month. The title of my presentation is “Enterprise DevOps: Same medicine, different dose.” I will be attempting to tackle the sometimes sticky subject of whether Enterprise DevOps is a unique species or is there just DevOps for organizations big and small. My personal […]

Alan Shimel · Oct 11, 2014
Business of DevOps

Webinar: DevOps in the Modern Enterprise

We are happy to announce the next devopsy.kinsta.cloud webinar. In partnership with AppDynamics and Citrix : DevOps in the Modern Enterprise DevOps has been embraced by companies ranging from small e-commerce providers to large fortune 100 institutions. As the rate of adoption continues to grow there is still much confusion about how to successfully transition […]

Alan Shimel · Oct 7, 2014
Blogs

DevOps front and center at Interop NY

Reporting from Interop NY where DevOps has made it presence felt. There are a number of DevOps related sessions over the course of the conference this week. I wanted to highlight 4 that I am looking forward to: The DevOps Pay Raise: Quantifying Your Value to Move Up the Ladder by Dustin Whittle, AppDynamics Location: Room […]

Alan Shimel · Oct 1, 2014
Events

IBM Interconnect 2015 Call for Papers

IBM Interconnect is IBM’s premier event covering DevOps, mobile, cloud, security and more. With 300 sessions focused exclusively on DevOps, IBM Interconnect delivers a full 360 degree view of all aspects of DevOps, including best practices, technical implementations and management strategies. IBM Interconnect offers breakout sessions, labs and hands on experimentation and learning at the […]

Alan Shimel · Oct 1, 2014
Blogs

CloudBees nurtures the Jenkins community to new highs

One of the linchpins in the DevOps tools box is Jenkins. Just about everyone knows Jenkins. For those few not familiar with Jenkins, here is an excerpt from the “What is Jenkins” page: What is Jenkins? Jenkins is an award-winning application that monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by […]

Alan Shimel · Sep 26, 2014
Blogs

IBM and Rackspace join as premier sponsors of Camp DevOps Houston, tickets now only $5

We are very happy to report that IBM and Rackspace have signed on as a premier sponsors of Camp DevOps Houston on October 28, 2014. They join CA Technologies ITInvolve and JumpCloud as premier sponsors of this event. Additional sponsors of Camp DevOps Houston include BlueMeric, CloudBees, PagerDuty, VictorOps, Automic, Qwinix and Incapsula. We are […]

Alan Shimel · Sep 23, 2014
Blogs

JumpCloud Introduces Directory-as-a-Service

First Cloud-based Directory Service Builds upon the Company’s Strong User Management, Orchestration, and Security Foundation BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–JumpCloud today announced the availability of the industry’s first Directory-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution. Through a SaaS-based offering, organizations can move the last vestiges of their legacy, on-premise IT systems to a fully-managed cloud service, providing an alternative to solutions such […]

Alan Shimel · Sep 22, 2014
Blogs

PagerDuty goes beyond alerting to advanced analytics of incident resolution

PagerDuty has made a major move from simply alerting team members to potential issues via pager or web to actually becoming an advanced analytics platform to measure team and system performance regarding incident response. They announced their new functionality today (release below). This is really a big step up for PagerDuty which also recently announced […]

Alan Shimel · Sep 16, 2014
Blogs

Docker closes C round for $40m

An old adage of business is if someone offers you money, take it. Another is strike when the iron is hot. Few things in tech are hotter than Docker and they have taken in another round of investment. This one is their biggest to date, $40m led by Sequoia. The release is below. Some additional […]

Alan Shimel · Sep 16, 2014
Blogs

Achieving business agility: a webinar with Chef and Rally Software

We recently hosted our first devopsy.kinsta.cloud webinar with Chef and Rally Software. Using DevOps to Achieve Business Agility In today’s digital economy, leading companies are turning to software to deliver new services in response to customer demand and competition. Technology can enable and expedite innovation, but it requires business leaders, software developers and IT operations […]

Alan Shimel · Sep 11, 2014
Features

SoftLayer Bare Metal Servers: Does the Cloud have to be virtual?

SoftLayer announced new service level and features to their Bare Metal Servers today. Continuing their march towards delivering dedicated servers at virtual server pricing and service levels, SoftLayer announced that they will now offer setup in under 30 minutes and hourly billing options. The 30 minute set up is available on a variety of pre-configured […]

Alan Shimel · Aug 26, 2014
Events

Using DevOps to Achieve Business Agility – A Webinar with Rally Software and Chef

We are kicking off our devopsy.kinsta.cloud webinars with a real blockbuster! Join Colin Campbell of Chef and Jonathan Chauncey and Jeff Smith of Rally Software as they discuss: Using DevOps to Achieve Business Agility In today’s digital economy, leading companies are turning to software to deliver new services in response to customer demand and competition. Technology can enable […]

Alan Shimel · Aug 21, 2014