Build Systems that Drive Business
30–31 Oct 2018: Training
31 Oct–2 Nov 2018: Tutorials & Conference
London, UK

Things you can’t cloud your way out of

Jessica Brown (Fastly)
11:20–12:00 Thursday, 1 November 2018
Location: Blenheim Room - Palace Suite
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What you'll learn

  • Learn how to provide core data center features using modern cloud-native techniques and more importantly, a cloud-native mindset

Description

The cloud has become a tool that most engineers rely on daily. It’s a trusty technology that we’ve incorporated into our arsenal of ways to get our ideas and solutions working.

When Jessica Brown moved to Fastly (and its primarily hardware-based environment), she could no longer use the cloud-based tools she had grown so accustomed to. What was a girl to do? Over the last year at Fastly, she’s learned many things, such as the fact that building an edge for the cloud means that you can’t rely on the cloud. In order to support the cloud, you need to work with traditional components. However, the old ways of working won’t provide the velocity needed. Jessica explains how to provide core data center features using modern cloud-native techniques and more importantly, a cloud-native mindset.

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Jessica Brown

Fastly

Jessica Brown is an SRE for fleet engineering at Fastly, where she spends her time automating and perfecting the processes behind how Fastly quickly and efficiently deploys new software to thousands of nodes across 50 data centers so the company’s customers have the latest and greatest features. Jessica enjoys working on multinational teams and navigating the difficulties of communicating complexity across organizations.