Event Details

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Don’t Touch That! Addressing Edge Infrastructure Management

Edge is NOT just lots of mini-clouds!  Let’s really talk about management because we cannot afford to fix operations later.  In this talk, we’ll do just that.

 

Edge infrastructure management has many unique challenges including restricted access, number of sites, limited connectivity and amount of available overhead for management infrastructure.  Each of these presents significant hurdles for running distributed sites and many operators face all of them.

 

We’re going to examine these and other Edge IT management challenges with an eye towards pragmatic solutions and industry parallels.  We’ll spend extra time looking at how cloud deployment approaches like immutable infrastructure, blue/green deployments and continuous integration can be applied at the edge.

 

Rob Hirschfeld & Mark Thiele brings their unique Edge perspective AND the opinions of their guests from “the latest shiny” and "IDCA: to infinity and beyond" podcasts.


What can I expect to learn?

There's a lot of hype about Edge and it's impossbile to tell fact from fiction. This session will present a range of view points in a summary form to identify places where people are focused on creating solutions.

Monday, April 29, 11:10am-11:50am (5:10pm - 5:50pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
RackN, CEO/Founder
Rob Hirschfeld has been involved in OpenStack since the earliest days with a focus on ops and building the infrastructure that powers cloud and storage.  He's hosting a podcast, L8istSh9y, focused on Edge, DevOps, Cloud and Open Source topics.  He's also deeply familar with open infrastructure from being co-Chair of the Kubernetes Cluster Ops and a four term OpenStack board member. The RackN... FULL PROFILE
IDCA Chair the Technical Standards Committee
Mark Thiele’s successful career in Information Technology spans 25 years and has focused on both operating roles and on driving cloud adoption across enterprises of all sizes. Thiele has deep industry experience and extensive knowledge of the requirements of policy-driven cloud computing and drives cross-functional strategic initiatives. A globally recognized speaker at leading industry... FULL PROFILE