Skytap, Inc.,
the leading provider of on-demand Environments as a Service (EaaS),
today announced one of its top executives will sit on a special panel
discussion on "Inspiring Innovation through Collaboration" at the
Cloud World Forum
on June 24-25, 2015 in London, UK. Skytap's Vice President of IT
Operations, Paul Farrall will take the stage at the forum's first ever
DevOps & Containerisation Theatre alongside industry experts to provide insights on DevOps' role in a changing culture.
Enterprises
are increasingly looking to adopt a DevOps approach in order align both
development and IT operations teams around eliminating constraints that
can cause software releases to be delivered late, or with poor quality
in production. This year's Cloud World Forum will focus on this shift,
and is designed to help educate IT decision makers on how to make the
transition to DevOps. To succeed, organizations must overcome numerous
organizational, cultural, and process challenges such as cultural
resistance to change, lack of executive understanding and support, and
acquiring the right skills and tool sets. In his presentation, Farrall
will share best practices with attendees for easing the path to DevOps.
His insights come from expertise in heading IT operations at Skytap, and
his past experience leading a DevOps transformation initiative at Big
Fish Games.
Panel Discussion: Inspiring Innovation through Collaboration
Who:
Paul Farrall, Vice President of Operations at Skytap; Matt Smith,
Operations Manager at British Gas; Simon Parkes, IT Infrastructure
Architect at Ordnance Survey; and Len Padilla, Vice President Product
Strategy at NTT Communications
What: The panel will deliberate over questions around DevOps implementation including:
- How can organizations align the different priorities of Operations and Development teams?
- What does breaking down the ‘cultural shift' really mean within organizations?
- What should IT leaders know about their role in simplifying the DevOps collaboration process?
- How does DevOps speed up application delivery?
When: Wed., Jun 24, at 2:30 p.m.
Where: Olympia Grand, London, UK
Attendees
can also stop by Skytap's stand, #B95, to hear more about the company's
DevOps Consulting Practice and professional services offerings, which
help guide IT organizations and empower customers as they begin their
DevOps journey. To learn more about how Skytap and DevOps fit, please
visit:
https://skytap.com/solutions.