Track Overview
Resilient Architectures
What does it take to build systems which really embrace resiliency - i.e. the ability to recover when it all goes a bit wrong?
In this track we will explore why architecting for resilience is important and what it takes to do this well. We will be looking at this from both a technology perspective and well as a human one, diving into some specific technologies and approaches which can help like continuous verification, but also exploring how good patterns, approaches and retrospective reflections can help to move towards systems that resist falling over, can recover gracefully when they do, or if it really goes wrong, help you learn from it and adapt for the future.
Nicki Watt
CTO/CEO @OpenCredoFrom this track
Resiliency Superpowers with eBPF
Wednesday May 18 / 09:00AM EDT
eBPF is a powerful technology that allows us to run custom programs in the kernel. It’s enabling a whole new generation of tools for networking, security and observability. Let’s explore how it can help us build resilient architectures. This talk - with demos - considers...
Liz Rice
Chief Open Source Officer @Isovalent
Resilient Real-Time Data Streaming Across the Edge and Hybrid Cloud
Wednesday May 18 / 10:10AM EDT
Hybrid cloud architectures are the new black for most companies. A cloud-first strategy is evident for many new enterprise architectures, but some use cases require resiliency across edge sites and multiple cloud regions. Data streaming with the Apache Kafka ecosystem is a perfect technology for...
Kai Waehner
Field CTO @Confluentinc
How to Test Your Fault Isolation Boundaries in the Cloud
Wednesday May 18 / 11:20AM EDT
Will my system keep working when a server fails? When a data center goes offline? When a service dependency is unavailable?Availability calculations for redundant components require that those components are independent and autonomous of each other. But modern day systems are complex, exhibiting...
Jason Barto
Principal Solutions Architect @AWS
The Scientific Method for Testing System Resilience
Wednesday May 18 / 12:30PM EDT
Do you remember the Scientific Method from elementary school science class? It's time to dust off that knowledge and use it to your advantage to test your IT systems! In this session, you'll be re-introduced to the Scientific Method, and learn how Vanguard's software engineers and IT...
Christina Yakomin
Senior Site Reliability Engineering Specialist @Vanguard_Group
Speakers from this track
Liz Rice
Chief Open Source Officer @Isovalent
Liz Rice is Chief Open Source Officer with cloud native networking and security specialists Isovalent, creators of the Cilium eBPF-based networking project. She is chair of the CNCF's Technical Oversight Committee, and was Co-Chair of KubeCon...
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Kai Waehner
Field CTO @Confluentinc
Kai Waehner is Field CTO at Confluent. He works with customers across the globe and with internal teams like engineering and marketing. Kai’s main area of expertise lies within the fields of Data Streaming, Analytics, Hybrid Cloud Architectures, Internet of Things, and Blockchain. Kai is a...
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Jason Barto
Principal Solutions Architect @AWS
Jason is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS where he works with customers to design resilient system architectures and develop chaos engineering practices. Prior to joining AWS Jason was designing and building distributed systems for complex event processing and real-time telemetry...
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Christina Yakomin
Senior Site Reliability Engineering Specialist @Vanguard_Group
Christina is a Senior Site Reliability Engineering Specialist in Vanguard's Chief Technology Office. She has worked at the company's Malvern, PA headquarters since graduating from Villanova University with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science. Throughout her career, she...
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Nicki Watt
CTO/CEO @OpenCredo
Track Host
Nicki Watt
CTO/CEO @OpenCredo
Nicki Watt currently serves as OpenCredo’s CTO and CEO, a pragmatic hands on software consultancy with specialisms in data engineering, ML & cloud native solutions. Her career has seen her wear many hats from Engineer, Systems & Technical Architects to Consultant and now CTO and...
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