D2DO258: How System Initiative Rethinks Infrastructure as Code
aka, DevOps is a multiplayer game
Day Two DevOps
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Summary
System Initiative is a new product that aims to improve on Infrastructure as Code (IaC). On today’s episode we talk with System Initiative creator Adam Jacob to find out why he wanted to improve on IaC, how System Initiative works, how it compares to other platforms in the market, how it handles key features such as reusability, how it manages secrets, and more.
Episode Guest: Adam Jacob, CEO, System Initiative
Adam Jacob is currently CEO of System Initiative. He is an engineering and product innovator, with decades of experience designing, building, and managing large production systems. Adam previously co-founded Chef Software, was the original author of Chef, served as CTO, and was on the board of directors.
AdSpot Sponsor: Kentik
Kentik is the network observability company. Our platform is a must-have for the network front line, whether digital business, corporate IT, or service provider. Network professionals turn to the Kentik Network Observability Platform to plan, run, and fix any network, relying on our infinite granularity, AI-driven insights, and ridiculously fast search. Kentik makes sense of network, cloud, host and container flow, internet routing, performance tests, and network metrics. We show network pros what they need to know about their network performance, health, and security to make their business-critical services shine. Networks power the world’s most valuable companies, and those companies trust Kentik.
Episode Links:
System Initiative is the Future – Blog
System Initiative Revolutionizes DevOps with New Platform that Replaces Infrastructure As Code – Business Wire
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Thanks all! Good luck out there.
kyler