The Goat Farm

The Goat Farm


Latest Episodes

Exploring Mapping and Enterprise Inertia – The Goat Farm – S2E2
May 16, 2018

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
May 07, 2018

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
June 16, 2016

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
May 20, 2016

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
March 19, 2016

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
February 13, 2016

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
September 03, 2015

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
July 31, 2015

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
June 25, 2015

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
April 25, 2015

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 &