TALK DESCRIPTION

Organizations keen to deliver innovative digital services are increasingly turning to cloud, virtualization, & automation tools. While these can lower technical barriers to rapidly delivering & evolving software, new practices & techniques are needed to make sure systems are secure, stable, & maintainable.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) brings tools & practices from agile software engineering to ensure that infrastructure can be continuously evolved with a rigorous focus on quality. This is possible because infrastructure has become abstracted from physical hardware, meaning it can be treated like a software system. Version control systems, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), & Continuous Delivery (CD) can now be applied to the realm of infrastructure.

BIO

Kief Morris leads the Cloud Technology Practice at ThoughtWorks UK, & wrote the O'Reilly book "Infrastructure as Code" ( http://oreil.ly/1JKIBVe ). He helps organizations to take advantage of emerging technologies & practices in infrastructure & platforms. Originally from Tennessee, Kief moved to London in the dot-com days & has been there ever since.

AGENDA

6:30 PM -- Doors open for refreshments & networking

7:00 - 7:45 PM -- TWer Kief Morris talks about Implementing Infrastructure as Code

7:45 - 8:00 PM -- Speaker Q&A

Light refreshments & snacks will be served.