Publications

Since 2024 Tektit Consulting

Date Topic Where Links
December 2024 Quality assurance for contingency plans — The No Restore Solution GiantSwarm Event 🇺🇸 Slides  🇺🇸 Video
November 2024 Compliance-Kosten in den Griff bekommen — Entwickler glücklich und produktiv machen Continuous Lifecycle 2024, Mannheim 🇺🇸 Slides
November 2019 Immer diese verflixten Passwörter: Es geht auch anders! Continuous Lifecycle 2024, Mannheim 🇺🇸 Slides  🇩🇪Video
September 2024 Cloud & Offline Secrets Management — Managing operational secrets with SOPS Code.Talks 2024, Hamburg 🇺🇸 Slides  🇺🇸Video
June 2024 Cloud & Offline Secrets Management — Managing operational secrets with SOPS DevOpsCon 2024, Berlin 🇺🇸Slides 🇺🇸Video
June 2024 Relax and Recover (ReaR) — Automated Linux Recovery & Open Source Project stackconf 2024, Berlin 🇺🇸Slides 🇺🇸Video
May 2024 The DevOps Driving School — Explaining DevOps in 5 Minutes BLN DevOps Meetup May edition #46 🇺🇸Slides 🇺🇸Video
May 2024 Lifting the Curse of Static Credentials DevOpsDays 2024, Berlin 🇺🇸Slides 🇺🇸Video
May 2024 Betriebliche Geheimnisse in der Cloud und offline verwalten Secure Linux Administration Conference 2024, Berlin 🇺🇸Slides 🇩🇪Video (from November 2023)
March 2024 Why is there no new Release? Nobody pays for the basics :-( FOSS Backstage 2024, Berlin 🇺🇸Slides 🇺🇸Video

2021 - 2024 Forto

Date Topic Where Links
November 2023 Cloud & Offline Secrets Management — Managing operational secrets with SOPS Continuous Lifecycle 2023, Mannheim 🇺🇸Slides 🇩🇪Video
June 2023 IT Security & Compliance Essentials for (Jewish) Non-Profit Organistions (in Germany) Limmud Festival 2023 🇺🇸Slides
September 2022 The Role of GitOps in IT Strategy v2
The DevOps Driving School (Ignite) 		DevOpsDays 2022, Berlin 🇺🇸 Slides 🇺🇸 Slides (Ignite)
July 2022 The Role of GitOps in IT Strategy v2 stackconf 2022, Berlin 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪Video
April 2022 Researching Google Workspace Disaster Recovery Tools Google Workspace Meetup 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪 Video
November 2021 The GitOps Journey Berlin DevOps Meetup 2021-11 🇺🇸 Slides
November 2021 Die Rolle von GitOps in der IT-Strategie Continuous Lifecycle 2021 🇺🇸 Slides

2017 - 2021 Deutsche Bahn / DB Systel

Date Topic Where Links
September 2021 Why I like to use the proprietary Cloud services without further abstractions Cloud Native Battle 🇺🇸 Slides
June 2021 The Role of GitOps in IT Strategy Enterprise Code Berlin 2021 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪 Video
Mai 2021 The GitOps Journey GitOpsCon EU 2021 🇺🇸 Slides 🇺🇸 Video 🇺🇸 The GitOps Journey Article
March 2021 Finger Weg - GitOps läutet die Ära des automatisierten IT-Betriebs ein iX 4/2021 S. 42 🇩🇪 Artikel 🇺🇸 How did GitOps get started? An interview with Alexis Richardson Article
March 2021 Suche Digitalisierung, habe Cloud (Want Digitalization, have Cloud) DevSecOps Day 2021 🇺🇸 Slides
November 2019 Automatisierte Governance Continuous Lifecycle 2019 Mannheim 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪 Video
🇺🇸 Video from AllDayDevOps 2020
November 2019 10 Jahre DevOps: Wie groß du doch geworden bist! Heise Developer 🇩🇪 Artikel
June 2019 DevOps ist normal DevOps Essentials 2019 Darmstadt 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪 Video
March 2019 The DevOps Driving School - Elevator Pitch (Why DevOps is normal) DevOps Gathering 2019 Bochum 🇺🇸 Slides 🇺🇸 Video
Februar 2019 The Open Source Contribution Policy at DB Systel BITKOM Arbeitskreis Open Source 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪 Open Source Policies
November 2018 Fünf Grundsätze, mit denen sich der Erfolg von DevOps messen lässt iX 12/2018 S. 104 🇩🇪 Artikel
October 2018 Compliant by Default - Continuous Delivery at DB Systel Continuous Lifecycle 2018 Mannheim 🇺🇸 Slides 🇩🇪 Video
September 2018 Compliance DevOps DevOpsDays Berlin 2018 🇺🇸 Slides
June 2018 DevOps + Continuous Delivery + Cloud: The Three Drivers of Enterprise Agility AWS Summit Berlin 2018 🇺🇸 Slides 🇺🇸 Cloud means DevOps - No Cloud without DevOps Article
March 2018 Kubernetes - Shifting the mindset from servers to containers microxchg 2018 Berlin 🇺🇸 Slides 🇺🇸 Video

2016 - 2017 Zalando

Date Topic Where Link Download Other
October 2017 Root For All - Measuring DevOps Adoption devopsdays Berlin 2017 Conference Archive Slides Blog Article & Video
May 2017 DevOps für Jedermann Secure Linux Administration Conference 2017 Konferenz Archiv Folien Paper: A Workplace Strategy for the Digital Age
March 2017 DevOps for Everyone GUUG-Frühjahrsfachgespräch 2017 Conference Archive Slides Paper: A Workplace Strategy for the Digital Age
October 2016 WARNING is a waste of my time // Lifting the curse of static credentials // Communication & Collaboration - The future of Email LinuxCon + ContainerCon Europe 2016 Conference Archive Slides

2008 - 2016 ImmobilienScout24

Date Topic Where Link Download Other
April 2016 Hybrid Cloud - A Cloud Migration Strategy Open Source Data Center Conference 2016 Download Slides Watch Video
October 2015 Gut Verzahnt - DevOps führt Systemverwalter und Softwareentwickler zusammen iX 11/2015 Artikel im Archiv
October 2015 WARNING is a waste of my time DevOpsDays Berlin 2015 Conference Archive Download Slides Watch Video
March 2015 SD Karten für Raspberry Pis in Serie betanken Linux Magazin 05/15 Artikel Archiv
March 2015 DevOps Risk Mitigation - Test Driven Infrastructure Software Engineering & Management 2015 Conference Archive Slides
March 2015 Open Source, Agile und DevOps bei ImmobilienScout24 CeBIT 2015 Folien
March 2015 SSH Umgebungen ausrollen Linux Magazin 04/15 Heftarchiv
October 2014 Gegen den Zertifizierungswahn - Unterwegs auf den DevOpsDays Berlin 2014 heise Developer Online Artikel
October 2014 ImmobilienScout24 and the Cloud DevOpsDays Berlin 2014 Blog Article Konferenz Bericht Watch Video
July 2014 DevOps Risk Mitigation - Test Driven Infrastructure EuroPython 2014 Conference Archive Download Slides 🇺🇸Watch Video
July 2014 YAML Reader — Modularized Configuration Made Easy (Lightning Talk) EuroPython 2014 Conference Download Slides 🇺🇸Watch Video (starts at 11:16)
July 2014 Open Source Sponsoring — How to Convince Your Boss EuroPython 2014 Conference Download Slides 🇺🇸Watch Video
May 2014 iPXE - The Versatile Boot Loader LinuxTag 2014 Conference Archive Download Slides 🇺🇸Watch Video
April 2014 International - Konferenzbericht zur OSDC 2014 iX Magazin 05/2014 Heftarchiv
April 2014 Test Driven Infrastructure - DevOps Risk Mitigation Open Source Data Center Conference 2014 Download Slides 🇺🇸 Watch Video
October 2013 Test Driven Infrastructure (Lightning Talk) PyConDE 2013, Köln Folien Video Anschauen
October 2013 Open Source Sponsoring und damit den Chef überzeugen PyConDE 2013, Köln Folien Video Anschauen
October 2013 Distributed Monitoring Configuration (Lightning Talk) PyConDE 2013, Köln Vortragsfolien Video anschauen
July 2013 Automatisierte Schlüsselverifikation Linux Magazin 8/2013 Artikel
June 2013 Viele Server - Wenig Arbeit: Betriebsautomation bei ImmobilienScout24 Secure Linux Administration Conference 2013 Konferenz Archiv Folien Video Anschauen
May 2013 Relax and Recover: Disaster Recovery for UEFI Systems LinuxTag 2013, Berlin Conference Archive Slides Watch Video
May 2013 Data Center Automation with YADT LinuxTag 2013, Berlin Conference Archive Slides
May 2013 Open Source Sponsoring und damit den Chef überzeugen LinuxTag 2013, Berlin Conference Archive Folien
April 2013 Configuration Management and Linux Packages Open Source Data Center Conference 2013, Nürnberg Slides Watch Video
October 2012 Practical DevOps PyCon 2012, Leipzig Slides Video Anschauen
October 2012 Veranstaltungsbericht - Software-Design und Continuous Delivery im 21. Jahrhundert heise Developer Artikel lesen Veranstaltung
August 2012 IT-Slam: Finding A New Home - ImmobilienScout24 Campus Party Europe 2012 Event Archive Slides
July 2012 Velocity 2012: Branchentreff der Web-Community heise Developer Artikel
July 2012 Velocity-Konferenz als Branchentreff und Jobbörse - Anhaltend - Konferenzbericht zur Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference 2012 ix Magazin 08/2012 Seite 12 Artikel Archiv
June 2012 Web ops and performance questions with Schlomo Schapiro. O'Reilly Velocity Profile O'Reilly Radar interview
May 2012 DevOps mal ganz praktisch LinuxTag 2012 Conference Archive Slides
May 2012 Schlomo Schapiro on continuous delivery platforms O'Reiily podcast interview O'Reilly Radar podcast Podcast video
February 2012 Silicon Berlin 5th Berlin DevOps Meetup Meetup Website Slides Blog article
December 2011 Artikel über DevOps "Mauern einreißen" ix Developer - Programmierung heute Artikel Archiv
December 2011 DevOps: Neue Arbeitsweise und Selbstverständnis in der IT Secure Linux Administration Conference 2011, Berlin Conference Archive Slides
November 2011 DevOps mal ganz praktisch Deutsche Telekom DeveloperGarden Techtalk, Berlin Event Archiv Slides Video Anschauen
November 2011 Be Fast or Stay Behind - Building a Continuous Delivery Platform Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference Europe 2011, Berlin Conference Archive Slides Open Source Project "yadt" Homepage
November 2011 Velocity Europe Birds of a Feather Berlin Event Site
October 2011 Offene Arbeitsumgebung – Der agile Desktop für IT-Profis Ubucon 2011, Leipzig Conference Archive Slides Konferenz Bericht
August 2011 Doppelgipfel - Konferenzbericht über den Desktop Summit 2011 in Berlin iX 9/2011, S. 10 Heftarchiv
July 2011 SSDs für Alle - Konferenzbericht zur Velocity Web Performance and Operations Conference 2011 in Santa Clara iX 8/2011, S. 10 Heftarchiv Arthur Bergman talks about SSDs at the Velocity Conference Conference Archive
June 2011 Volle Konzentration - Konferenzbericht zur Mailserver Konferenz 2011 in Berlin iX 7/2011, S. 18 Heftarchiv Webseite der Konferenz
May 2011 Zusammenspiel - Konferenzbericht zum Subversion Day 2011 in Berlin heise Developer Artikel lesen Conference Homepage
May 2011 Configuration Management with SVN and RPM Subversion Day Berlin 2011 Conference Site Slides Open Source Project "yadt" Homepage
May 2011 LinuxTag 2011 Lab Manager Light - Self Service Virtualization as a Private Cloud LinuxTag 2011, Berlin Conference Archive Slides Open Source Project "lml" Homepage
April 2011 1st Berlin DevOps Meetup Berlin BerlinDevOps Group Slides
November 2010 Dreierpack - Samba CTDB Cluster Teil 3 iX 12/2010, S. 137 Heftarchiv
November 2010 Agil arbeiten - Konferenzbericht von den devopsdays 2010 in Hamburg iX 12/2010, S. 17 Heftarchiv Conference Fun Video Conference Archive
October 2010 Drei zugleich - Samba CTDB Cluster Teil 2 iX 11/2010, S. 136 Heftarchiv
September 2010 Alle zugleich - Samba CTDB Cluster Teil 1 iX 10/2010, S. 119 Heftarchiv
June 2010 Rundum erneuert - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 iX 7/2010, S. 35 Heftarchiv SLES11 SP1 Release Notes
June 2010 Advanced Software Management with RPM LinuxTag 2010, Berlin Conference Archive Slides Open Source Project "yadt" Homepage
April 2010 Neuauflage - Konferenzbericht zur BrainShare 2010 in Salt Lake City iX 5/2010, S. 11 Heft Archiv
March 2010 Linux Disaster Recovery Made Easy / Relax and Recover in SLES11 SP1 Novell BrainShare 2010, Salt Lake City Slides Open Source Project "ReaR" Homepage
January 2010 Konferenzbericht zur Secure Linux Administration Conference 2009 "Aber sicher!" Linux Magazin Artikel
December 2009 Business Continuity mal ganz pragmatisch - Das Business Continuity Vizualization Toolkit Secure Linux Administration Konference 2009, Berlin Conference Archive Slides Open Source Project Homepage
February 2009 VMware Business Continuity und Disaster Recovery Lösungen: NO RESTORE SOLUTION Kundenveranstaltung Fritz und Macziol Slides Open Source Project "easyVCB" Homepage

2005 - 2008 pro|business Berlin

Date Topic Where Link Download Other
December 2008 Mit SUSE Linux glücklich werden Secure Linux Administration Conference 2008, Berlin Conference Archive Slides
December 2008 RPM-Pakete selber bauen Secure Linux Administration Conference 2008, Berlin Conference Archive Slides
May 2008 Virtualisierte Cold-Standby Server mit Linux (Erweiterte und deutsche Version vom sambaXP Vortrag) LinuxTag 2008, Berlin Conference Archive Slides
April 2008 The Simple High Available Linux File Server samba eXPerience 2008, Göttingen Download Slides Sound Track
March 2008 Virtualisierte Cold-Standby-Server für Linux iX Magazin, 4/2008, Seite 142 Artikel im iX Heftarchiv
January 2008 Linux Disaster Recovery - Relax and Recover Open Source Meets Business 2008, Nürnberg Conference Archive Open Source Project "ReaR" Homepage
December 2007 Secure Linux Disaster Recovery Secure Linux Admdinistration Conference 2007, Berlin Conference Archive Slides with Sound Track Open Source Project "ReaR" Homepage
June 2007 RadioTux Interview LinuxTag 2007, Berlin Radio Tux Sound Track
June 2007 Linux im Bundesministerium des Inneren bei der Fußball WM 2006 LinuxTag 2007, Berlin Talk page Download Slides
April 2007 Digital Map Making - A Linux Desktop Migration beyond Gnome & KDE samba eXPerience 2007, Göttingen Conference Website Download Slides Sound Track
January 2007 Handreichungen - Konferenzbericht zur Secure Linux Administration Conference 2006 in Berlin iX 2/2007, S. 13 Heftarchiv Conference Archive
December 2006 Linux Disaster Recovery mit ReaR Live Demo Secure Linux Administration Conference, Berlin Konferenzarchiv Download Slides Open Source Project "ReaR" Homepage
November 2006 Vortrag über Linux Disaster Recovery mit Relax and Recover COMTEC 2006 Download Slides Open Source Project "ReaR" Homepage
April 2006 Presentation about Seamless Samba 2.2 → 3.0 migration samba eXPerience 2006, Göttingen Conference Archive Download Slides Sound Track
October 2005 Presentation about Linux disaster recovery methods and tools BERLINUX, Berlin Download Slides Open Source Project "ReaR" Homepage
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