Author:
Lucas Welch
Former Chef Employee
Chef in the Clouds Part II: IBM SmartCloud @ #ChefConf
By Lucas Welch
We’ve talked previously about our ongoing collaboration with IBM and we continue to make some real goodness happen. Today, Chef integrates with IBM SmartCloud to automate configuration management and application delivery in IBM’s OpenStack-powered cloud.
Read moreChef Delivers DevOps Automation for Windows and Microsoft Azure
By Lucas Welch
Integration of Enterprise Chef with Windows PowerShell and Microsoft Azure Enables Developers to Automate Workloads and Accelerate Migration to the Azure Cloud SEATTLE – April 3, 2014 – From the Microsoft Build Conference, Chef™, the leader in web-scale IT automation, today announced new Windows and Microsoft Azure automation capabilities, empowering developers to accelerate software and […]
Read more#ChefConf Talk Spotlight: “Hunting the DevOps Whale in Large Enterprises” by Justin Arbuckle of GE Capital
By Lucas Welch
We’re now two weeks away from #ChefConf 2014 and super excited to see so many Awesome Chefs come together. Continuing our spotlight on #ChefConf talks, this post profiles a very special look into a segment of one of the world’s largest companies.
Read moreDevOps for developers w/Chef [Part V] (Guest Blog Series)
By Lucas Welch
We’re continuing Michael Hüttermann’s guest blog series on DevOps and its ability to streamline software development and delivery. Part Five details setting up infrastructure with Chef. Setting up infrastructures, with Chef and friends Setup and maintenance of infrastructure were automated even before the rise of Agile software development and the DevOps movement.
Read moreChef in the Clouds Part I: AWS @ #ChefConf
By Lucas Welch
As many of you know, AWS uses Chef as the default automation engine for its application management solution AWS Opsworks. We think that’s very cool and nice validation for Chef. Chef is also the exclusive DevOps solution for Amazon’s Activate program.
Read more#ChefConf Talk Spotlight: “Pursuing New Ideas in a Large Enterprise” by Target’s Jeff Einhorn
By Lucas Welch
The steady march to #ChefConf (April 15-17 in San Francisco) continues with another spotlight on one of the many tremendous presentations that will go down at our third annual shindig.
Read moreDevOps for developers w/Chef [Part IV] (Guest Blog Series)
By Lucas Welch
We’re continuing Michael Hüttermann’s guest blog series on DevOps and its ability to streamline software development and delivery. Part Four covers DevOps misunderstandings. Some DevOps misunderstandings There are some common misunderstandings about DevOps. Some people think DevOps strives for new organizational units or teams (“another silo will solve it”). That’s not true.
Read moreParty on (and on and on) @ #ChefConf!
By Lucas Welch
We’ve already lined up a tremendous group of speakers and trainings for #ChefConf 2014 in San Francisco, April 15-17, and we’re looking forward to seeing the whole Chef Community out in force. Of course, keynotes, sessions, trainings, and such are all gravy, but what’s happening once the sun goes down?
Read more#ChefConf Talk Spotlight: “Chef @ Scale – Patterns for Success” from Yahoo
By Lucas Welch
The countdown to #ChefConf continues as we spotlight the many Awesome Chefs presenting at the show, which takes place April 15-17 in San Francisco. Today we’re highlighting a presentation that focuses on something we hear a lot in association with Chef – scale.
Read moreWindows + Chef: New Azure Demo, #ChefConf Talks, and More
By Lucas Welch
Here at Chef we’re working closely with Microsoft and the wider Windows Community to make Windows a first-class Chef experience. Microsoft is a big supporter of Chef and we’re continuing to add functionality and build out our joint engineering road map together.
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