Engineering the Future of Software
29–31 Oct 2018: Tutorials & Conference
31 Oct–1 Nov 2018: Training
London, UK

Schedule: Devops sessions

13:15–14:05 Monday, 29 October 2018
Architecting for TV
Location: Blenheim Room - Palace Suite
Secondary topics:  Case Study
David Buckhurst (BBC), Ross Wilson (BBC)
Average rating: **...
(2.50, 2 ratings)
Launched 10 years ago, the BBC's iPlayer on TV has become the largest iPlayer platform. David Buckhurst and Ross Wilson explore the evolution of the BBC's TV application architecture, from the early days courting different native technologies to the development of an open source library and standards-based platform that supports multiple BBC applications across thousands of TVs. Read more.
13:15–14:05 Tuesday, 30 October 2018
All the world's a staging server
Location: Buckingham Room - Palace Suite
Secondary topics:  Best Practice
Heidi Waterhouse (LaunchDarkly)
Average rating: ***..
(3.00, 2 ratings)
Here's some sad news: staging is a lie and will never be identical to production, because production is unknowable. But here's the good news: production can contain multitudes, including features you aren’t ready to turn on or activate yet. Join Heidi Waterhouse for an exploration of the ways that you might be able to kill staging and perform better. Read more.
15:50–16:40 Tuesday, 30 October 2018
An architect’s guide to leveraging your incumbency
Location: Buckingham Room - Palace Suite
Secondary topics:  Best Practice, Overview
Brad Topol (IBM)
Average rating: ****.
(4.00, 1 rating)
Continuous delivery for 12-factor microservices works by design. When you can architect a solution for continuous delivery, you control all the angles. But what do you do when you don’t have that luxury? Brad Topol explains how modernizing existing IT infrastructure with containers enables you to manage change through continuous delivery and reduce ongoing operational costs. Read more.