Romano Roth

Today, companies are confronted with the challenge of necessary cost reductions while simultaneously increasing efficiency. Changes to products often take far too long to reach the end customers in the market. A consistent DevOps approach can provide a remedy. DevOps is a software engineering culture and practice that aims to unite software development (Dev) and software operations (Ops) in order to continuously improve a software product and create added value. DevOps is not only about bringing together Dev and Ops, but all the people involved. => DevOps brings people, technologies and processes together to create continuous added value. Performing a DevOps transformation is not magic. The important thing is to start small, choose the right people for the team and then constantly and continuously improve. Key Learnings: - What is DevOps? - How to DevOps? - Impact of a DevOps Transformation

Everyone wants to do DevOps. But only few understand what DevOps is and what it does with your company. When you want to introduce DevOps in a company you need to convince decision makers that it is worth to invest money / time / resources into the DevOps transformation. They will ask you about the business case and the return on investment of DevOps. In this talk I will show you how to convince the decision maker about the business case and the return on investment of DevOps, so that you get the money / time and resources for your DevOps transformation. Key Learnings: - How is value created? - Concept of time value of money - Return of investment with DevOps https://youtu.be/u_apBFUuMs0 https://vimeo.com/344516688

Old applications have a great value for the company. They were developed with a lot of passion and contain a great deal of knowledge about the company. This is often forgotten when the responsible persons have to face certain challenges like outdated technologies, technical debts, time pressure and completely new business wishes. There are four strategies to transform a legacy application into something sustainable and a structured approach ensures that the modernization process is reliable and expedient. Key Learnings: - Four strategies to transform a legacy application - Four step structured approach