Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Conquering the Wild West of Gemini Test Automation Gemini is Yahoo's native and search advertising platform. To ensure the quality of a complex distributed system that spans multiple products and components and across various desktop websites and mobile app and web experiences - both Yahoo owned and operated and third-party syndication (supply), with complex interaction with more than a billion users and numerous advertisers globally (demand) - it becomes imperative to automate a set of end-to-end tests 24x7 to detect bugs and regression. Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here In their session at 21st Cloud Expo, Jenny Hung, E2E Engineer Manager at Yahoo Gemini, Haoran Zhao, Software Engineer at Oath Gemini, and Lin Zhang, Software Engineer at Oath (Yahoo), described the technical challenges and the principles they fol... (more)

Using DEM to Avoid Common Ecommerce Pitfalls | @CloudExpo #Cloud #DigitalTransformation

Using DEM to Avoid Common Ecommerce Pitfalls By Kameerath Kareem Digital experience monitoring plays a vital role in the ecommerce economy. The industry is booming with millions of websites selling everything imaginable. Online stores are expected to be super fast and easy to navigate; users are quick to assess website performance and if said perceived performance is below expectations, they will quickly move on to competitor’s website. Marketing strategies will bring users to your website but the conversion of users into customers is what determines a successful business. This requires a website to be optimized for performance and to deliver an unparalleled digital experience. It is not enough to host a website according to ecommerce best practices; the site should be able to handle common ecommerce challenges without compromising performance. An ecommerce website... (more)

How Access Management Protects Today’s No-Perimeter Network | #SDN #Cloud #Security

How Access Management Protects Today's No-Perimeter Network The rule of thumb for network security today is that there is no perimeter anymore. An outsider can easily become an insider once perimeter security is breached. Every day, attackers find new ways to breach enterprise perimeter security through ransomware, malware or phishing through social engineering. This is not to suggest that all is lost. Rather, organizations can defeat cybercriminals, in part, by better managing what has already been put in place. As an example of what can go wrong if that doesn't happen, consider the following story. On the way in to his office one day, Chris, the CSO of Big Deal Company, runs into Kate from cryptography, who comments that their IT admin, Tim, has been hard at work since about 5:00 a.m. This seems odd, since Tim is not known to be a morning person. Kate says Tim requ... (more)

What to Automate and What Not to Automate | @DevOpsSummit #DevOps #Automation

What to Automate and What Not to Automate By Ron Gidron The benefits of automation are well documented; it increases productivity, cuts cost and minimizes errors. It eliminates repetitive manual tasks, freeing us up to be more innovative. By that logic, surely, we should automate everything possible, right? So, is attempting to automate everything a sensible - even feasible - goal? In a word: no. Consider this your short guide as to what to automate and what not to automate. What to Automate As we know, automation is the driving force behind continuous delivery and agile practices. It's helped change our digital landscape and is shaping businesses into the Modern Software Factories the application era requires. Automation's benefits can be applied to just about any department within an enterprise; from HR to Accounts, Dev to Ops - even the mailroom. However, certain... (more)

Java Virtual Machine | @CloudExpo @Stackify #DX #JVM #Java #Virtualization

A Deep Dive into the Core Metrics of the Java Virtual Machine By Eugen Paraschiv Overview of JVM Metrics In this article, we'll cover how you can monitor an application that runs on the Java Virtual Machine by going over some of the critical metrics you need to track. And, as a monitoring tool, we'll use Stackify Retrace, a full APM solution. The application we'll monitor to exemplify these metrics is a real-world Java web application built using the Spring framework. Users can register, login, connect their Reddit account and schedule their posts to Reddit. How JVM Memory Works There are two important types of JVM memory to watch: heap and non-heap memory, each of these with its own purpose. The heap memory is where the JVM stores runtime data represented by allocated instances. This is where memory for new objects comes from, and is released when the Garbage Colle... (more)

[slides] Enterprise-Wide Agile Transformation | @CloudExpo #DX #Agile #DigitalTransformation

Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Download Slide Deck: ▸ Here Digital Transformation Requires Enterprise-Wide Agile Transformation Agile has finally jumped the technology shark, expanding outside the software world. Enterprises are now increasingly adopting Agile practices across their organizations in order to successfully navigate the disruptive waters that threaten to drown them. In our quest for establishing change as a core competency in our organizations, this business-centric notion of Agile is an essential component of Agile Digital Transformation. In the years since the publication of the Agile Manifesto, the connection between building better software and business agility has been a tenuous one at best. But now that Agile is maturing and Digital Transformation is driving change across enterprises large and small, companies are realizing that their best bet for ... (more)

Java 9 Language Features | @CloudExpo #Java #APM #Monitoring

Java 9 Language Features By Philipp Lengauer Java 9 ships with some minor—yet awesome—new language features that make developing easier and cleaner. In this post, we’ll take a look at three of these new features. Private interface methods You probably remember interface methods, which were introduced in Java 8. These are required so that Java itself, as well as framework vendors, can add new methods to interfaces without breaking pre-existing implementations. As these methods can become rather complex, Java now enables you to declare interface methods as private. This allows for extracting common code from interface methods while hiding the code from external use. public interface DeepThought { abstract int foo(); abstract int bar(); default int fooDecorated() { return decorate(foo()); } default int barDecorated() { return decorate(bar()); } private int decorate(int valu... (more)

Announcing 2018 Agenda | @CloudExpo @ExpoDX #IoT #AI #DevOps #SmartCities #DigitalTransformation

CloudExpo | DXWorldEXPO have announced the conference tracks for Cloud Expo 2018, introducing DXWorldEXPO. DXWordEXPO, colocated with Cloud Expo will be held June 5-7, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, and November 6-8, 2018, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. Digital Transformation (DX) is a major focus with the introduction of DXWorld Expo within the program. Successful transformation requires a laser focus on being data-driven and on using all the tools available that enable transformation if they plan to survive over the long term. A total of 88% of Fortune 500 companies from a generation ago are now out of business. Only 12% still survive. Similar percentages are found throughout enterprises of all sizes. Cloud Expo | DXWorldEXPO 2018 New York  (June 5-7, 2018, Javits Center, Manhattan) Cloud Expo | DXWorldEXPO 2018 Silicon Valley... (more)

Keynote By @Google and @CocaCola | @CloudExpo #AI #ML #DL #DX #IoT

Why Connected Companies Win: Your Roadmap to Cloud Success Coca-Cola's Google powered digital signage system lays the groundwork for a more valuable connection between Coke and its customers. Digital signs pair software with high-resolution displays so that a message can be changed instantly based on what the operator wants to communicate or sell. In their Day 3 Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, Greg Chambers, Global Group Director, Digital Innovation, Coca-Cola, and Vidya Nagarajan, a Senior Product Manager at Google, will discuss how from store operations and optimization to employee training and insights, all ultimately create the best customer experience both online and in-store. Speaker Bios Vidya Nagarajan is a Senior Product Manager at Google. She leads Chrome and Android efforts that are purpose built solutions, including Chromebox for meetings, Digital Signage, Ge... (more)

Opening Keynote at @CloudExpo by @_Considine | @IBMcloud‏ #Cognitive #DX #DigitalTransformation

Cloud Evolution In his Opening Keynote at 21st Cloud Expo, John Considine, General Manager of IBM Cloud Infrastructure, will lead you through the exciting evolution of the cloud. He'll look at this major disruption from the perspective of technology, business models, and what this means for enterprises of all sizes. Speaker Bio John Considine is General Manager of Cloud Infrastructure Services at IBM. In that role he is responsible for leading IBM's public cloud infrastructure including strategy, development, and offering management. To date, IBM has launched more than 50 cloud data centers that span the globe. He has been building advanced technology, delivering "as a service" solutions, and managing infrastructure services for the past 20 years. John joined IBM in 2015 as the Vice President of the IBM Cloud Innovation Lab where he was responsible for the archit... (more)

Sanjeev Sharma Joins @DevOpsSummit Faculty | @IBMDevOps @SD_Architect #DevOps #SRE #GoogleSRE

Sanjeev Sharma Joins June 5-7, 2018 @DevOpsSummit at @Cloud Expo New York Faculty. Sanjeev Sharma is an internationally known DevOps and Cloud Transformation thought leader, technology executive, and author. Sanjeev's industry experience includes tenures as CTO, Technical Sales leader, and Cloud Architect leader. As an IBM Distinguished Engineer, Sanjeev is recognized at the highest levels of IBM's core of technical leaders. Sanjeev provides leadership to drive the adoption of cutting edge solutions, architectures and strategies for Cloud and DevOps transformations, and advises C-level and senior technical executives leading these transformations. Sanjeev just published his 2nd book ‘DevOps Adoption Playbook'. He regularly blogs and podcasts on DevOps and Cloud adoption on his popular blog http://sdarchitect.blog. From Apollo 13 to Google SRE: When DevOps met SRE... (more)