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Exploring Mapping and Enterprise Inertia – The Goat Farm – S2E2
In this episode of The Goat Farm we are in wonderful Copenhagen, Denmark for Kubecon/CloudNativeCon EU 2018 where we sat down with three guests to talk about organizational inertia and overcoming that inertia. First we talk to Simon Wardley. Simon …
DevOps in a Cloud Native & Serverless World – The Goat Farm – S2E1
The Goat Farm is back with what we’re dubbing “Season 2”. In Season 2 we are going to focus on the challenges of inertia in organizations, how organizations are adopting the practices of Cloud Native and Serverless, and the intersection
Measuring Success at Capital One – The Goat Farm – S1E13
We all think DevOps is a better way to work, but how can you begin to measure aspects of your DevOps transformation. In this episode we talk to Adam Auerbach and Topo Pal of Capital One, and learn more about … Continue reading →
DevOps When Startups Become Enterprises – The Goat Farm – S1E12
In this episode we talk to Andy Domeier of SPS Commerce. As startups grow into larger companies, they face the same scaling challenges that larger enterprises tend to encounter. Andy gives us his 11 years of experience of watching SPS Commerce grow from a
DevOps at Asurion – The Goat Farm – S1E11
Asurion is definitely one of those companies that you didn’t know existed until you needed to use them. Like that time you dropped your phone in the toilet by accident. In this episode, we speak to Jon Klein of Asurion to … Continue reading &#
Vendors: Frenemies Or Friends? – The Goat Farm – S1E10
In this episode we team up with Arrested DevOps to talk about our experiences working for vendors and being on the customer side of the table. We discuss how modern software sales have changed, especially with the advent of open … Continue reading &
DevOps at IBM – The Goat Farm – Episode 9
How does IBM manage to run web sites for some the World’s largest sporting and television events? With the practices of DevOps of course! In this episode, Ross and Michael talk to Brian O’Connell of IBM. Brian tells us of … Continue read
Adrian Cockcroft of Battery Ventures – The Goat Farm – Episode 8
In this episode we talk to the famous (or infamous) Adrian Cockcroft of Battery Ventures. Adrian is known for his work at Netflix and his work to migrate them to a Cloud first strategy, then before that for his book on Sun … Continue reading →
The Goat Farm – Episode 7 – Continuous Improvement at Nordstrom
We are back with a great episode. Ross and I talk to Courtney Kissler and Jason Josephy about Nordstrom’s Continuous Improvements practices. We touch on ideas such as DevOps and Mainframes, Lean principles, the envelope game, and incremental vs disr
DevOps at Standard Bank – The Goat Farm – S1E6
It’s been awhile since the last episode, but we are back with a bang! In this episode we talk to Standard Bank, the largest bank in Africa, about the challenges they faced in taking a DevOps approach in their organization. … Continue reading &