Everything is Awesome: DevOps in a Polyglot World

Are you in an agile DevOps shop? Does everything work fabulously all of the time? Or do you list "it's complicated" on your resume?

This session will be a panel discussion of DevOps topics as they relate to project success in the real world. In preparing for this panel we interviewed a DevOps victim, er Data Scientist. Here are some of her comments about DevOps:

Apparently it's a world where testing is for losers
People just throw in changes willy, nilly
Basically the data is not broken until someone proves it's broken
And they will deny, deny, deny
Until you hit them multiple times with overwhelming evidence
And then they won't fix it historically because the whole data set takes too long to process
So every one that we have to fix in we start from ground zero for historical data
Then people build their own silos
And report to the execs their numbers from their silos
And inevitably no one's silo matches anyone else's

In this session you will learn about the myths, realities and real best practices for trying to maintain data quality in a rapidly changing word.

Joseph D'Antoni is an Senior Architect and SQL Server MVP with over a decade of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is a Principal Architect for Denny Cherry and Associates and lives in Malvern, PA. He is a frequent speaker at major tech events, and blogger about all topics technology. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University, and is the co-author of the Microsoft white paper "Using Power BI in a Hybrid Environment".

Karen Lopez is a Senior Project Manager and Architect at InfoAdvisors. She has 20+ years of experience in project and data management on large, multi-project programs. Karen is a popular speaker known for her highly interactive, practical and sometimes irreverent presentation style. She is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, a Dun and Bradstreet MVP, an advisory committee member at Zachman International and an Advisory Board member of DAMA International. She wants you to love your data.