Is software quality a concern? If yes, you are not alone.

​We know that many teams adopting a DevOps approach to software development are often tripped up by a variety of bottlenecks that prevent them from reaching maximum efficiency. Some of these bottlenecks are ineffective collaboration, manual deployments, incomplete test labs, lack of test automation, and slow hand-offs.

​To help we have put together several roundtable and networking events. This is a chance for you to talk about DevOps approaches with experts from IBM, partners, and customers. Our goal is to share how you can remove these bottlenecks and deliver innovation continuously.

​​So what do we cover at these events? Here are the highlights:

• Building the business case for DevOps transformation including Hybrid Cloud
• Best practices to help you advance on your DevOps journey
• Cultural challenges which can stifle an organization’s DevOps transformation
• Continuous testing in production-like test environments

• Automating application deployment and release management
• Real customer case studies, including people, process and product implications
• Demos showing how to define, wire, and automate continuous application delivery

 
And here is what one of our attendees had to say about these events:
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I attended the DevOps Networking Event in Portland, OR, and it blew my mind. I enjoyed the opportunity to network with local colleagues that are also focused on DevOps. This is the future of IT!”

-Nick Wylde, DevOps Specialist, Daimler
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​A typical agenda starts with a breakfast and networking, followed by an introduction to DevOps, a case study, a subject matter expert point of view, open discussion, lunch, a demonstration, and wrap up.
 
As a client advocate and someone passionate about all things testing, I know you won’t want to miss these events. 
 
By the way, we keep adding new events so be sure to bookmark this post and check back often. 

2017 Upcoming Events

• 29 Aug, Buenos Aires
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• 31 Aug, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • ibm.biz/PortoAlegreDevOps
• 12 Sept, Copenhagen
  • Coming soon
• 14 Sept, Stockholm
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• 20 Sept, NYC
  
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• 21 Sept, Boston
  
  • Coming soon

​Marianne Hollier
Client Advocacy Manager for Testing
Connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn

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Marianne Hollier is an Open Group Master Certified IT specialist in application development. She has strong, practical expertise in measurably improving the software development lifecycle and driving the necessary cultural changes to make it work. Marianne is instrumental in architecting, tailoring, and deploying best practices and appropriate software development tools on many types of projects—from large to small, long to fast-track, agile to traditional. Marianne is passionate about all things testing—process, tools, culture, and automation. Her experience is broad-based, spanning both custom projects and standard software packages that apply to pharmaceutical, refining, telecommunications, healthcare, financial, automotive, government, and retail industries.