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In this episode of the ThoughtWorks Podcast, Neal Ford explains to Johannes Thönes what architectural considerations can be derived from the DevOps movement. 

This episode is a quick introduction to what Microservices are, what kind of architectural principles can be used to implement them, what a good test strategy for microservices can can look like. We also explain why you should have a continuous delivery practice running before starting to develop Microservices.  

DevOps and Microservices: Architectural Considerations

O'Reilly's Mac Slocum talks with Neal Ford, a software architect and meme wrangler at ThoughtWorks, about software architecture, its relationship with DevOps, and the growing influence of microservices.

How The DevOps Revolution Informs Software Architecture

DevOps is all the rage these days, and enterprises everywhere, of all sizes, want to eek the most efficiency from their people and infrastructure.  The DevOps mentality is one way to help.  DevOps strives to increase efficiency by focusing on communication, collaboration, automation, and shared responsibility between development and operations organizations. This week’s episode features Garrett Mueller, Technical Director, as we discuss DevOps and continuous integration at NetApp.

Episode 6 - DevOps and Continuous Integration at NetApp

I sat down with Sam Guckenheimer of Microsoft to talk about how he led the transformation of Microsoft Visual Studio to Visual Studio Online, a SaaS based offering. Along the way Sam and his team developed the 7 habits of successful DevOps, based on their experiences.

The 7 Habits of Successful DevOps

This week we bring Wyatt Bennett onto the podcast to talk about the new FlexPod offering. Bennett  talks about the automation behind the scenes, and why this solution should be compelling for anyone considering a ROBO (Remote Office/Branch Office) deployment. He also shares his palpable excitement for reducing the complexity associated with converged infrastructure deployments and his not-so-lofty aspirations to make all converged infrastructure deployments deployable by anyone.

Episode 31: FlexPod with Infrastructure Automation

This week, John Spinks (@jbspinks), aka Mr. SnapCenter, joins us in the studio to discuss the new features in SnapCenter 1.1. We talk about backups, restores, and Oracle, as well as Justin’s visit to Storage Field Day at NetApp headquarters.

Episode 32: SnapCenter 1.1

QoS is more than just preventing bullies, and the NetApp IT team, commonly referred to as Customer 1, is living the proof of that. For our episode this week we bring back Evan Miller, Enterprise Architect for NetApp, Eduardo Rivera, Storage Architect for NetApp, and Stetson Webster, Storage Architect for NetApp, to talk about the result of their storage service implementation.  

Episode 33: The Return of Storage Service Design

OpenStack continues to become more and more popular for deploying private and hybrid cloud at many organizations. This week we welcome John Griffith, Principle Software Engineer for NetApp, Rob Esker, Product Manager for NetApp, Kelly Boeckman, Product Marketing Manager for NetApp, and Brendan Wolfe, Senior Marketing Manager for NetApp. These four represent the portfolio investment that NetApp, including SolidFire, Data ONTAP, and E-Series, has made in the OpenStack community and are with us to discuss the presence at OpenStack Summit.  NetApp’s largest OpenStack Summit presence to date includes multiple sessions, a demo theater presentation, and some fun activities scheduled for the festival Tuesday night on Rainey Street.

Episode 34: OpenStack Summit Austin Preview

Earlier this week, Mesosphere announced the open source Datacenter Operating System, and NetApp is extremely excited to be a launch partner with them. Built on Mesos, the DC/OS uses open source technology fostered by Mesosphere to provide an environment for running containerized applications with ease. It provides a platform which current and next-generation applications can take advantage of—whether the application is built with microservices through and through, or uses big data analytics. This week we welcome a large crowd to the podcast to talk about the DC/OS launch. 

Episode 35: Mesosphere DC/OS

Each week, the Tech ONTAP Podcast dives into all-things NetApp, including storage, public & private cloud, and much more. The team will also be interviewing subject-matter experts from across the industry and detailing various best practices for getting the most out of your datacenter.