Cascadeo CTO Jared Reimer Presents at CHEFCONF 2017

Jared Reimer discusses how to operationalize other people’s poorly deployed cloud deployments at CHEFCON. He starts by talking about his experience doing enterprise cloud migrations and systems architecture projects over the years. He then talks about the challenges of inheriting someone else’s environment and how to take control of it and have some sense of predictability around it. He also talks about the importance of documentation and the need to have a good understanding of the environment before making any changes.

Reimer then goes on to talk about the different approaches that can be taken to operationalizing other people’s cloud deployments. He discusses the pros and cons of each approach and makes a recommendation for the best approach to take in most cases.

Finally, the presentation concludes by talking about the future of cloud deployments and how he sees the role of automation changing in the years to come. He also talks about the importance of open source software and how it can be used to make cloud deployments more manageable.

Here are some key takeaways from the talk:

• It is important to have a good understanding of the environment before making any changes.
• Documentation is important for operationalizing other people’s cloud deployments.
• There are a number of different approaches that can be taken to operationalizing other people’s cloud deployments.
• The best approach to take in most cases is to use a combination of automation and manual intervention.
• Open source software can be used to make cloud deployments more manageable.