Making infrastructure automation a success – Steady, stable, scalable. (Only German)

Infrastructure automation promises efficiency, agility and security—but implementation poses its own set of challenges. IT teams face the challenge of not only deploying complex infrastructures, but also keeping them up and running and developing them. In reality, however, there are often diverse system landscapes, processes that have developed by themselves, and poor communication between teams standing in the way. 

We’ll show how you can build automation incrementally—starting with analysing existing structures and modularly planned implementations all the way to stable operating models. Using the example of specific projects, you’ll learn which architecture concepts have stood the test of time, the typical pitfalls, and how you can tackle technological, organisational and cultural hurdles. You’ll also get well-founded insights into constructing resilient automation designs with the aim of creating sustainable structures that work for the daily grind. 

For everyone who doesn’t just design automation, but also technically implements it—and looking for concrete structures, practical solutions and real-world experiences. 

Sustainable automation requires technology, culture, and discipline. Christian Drefke is convinced of this, and he has been working on automation projects since 2003. Together with his team, he uses APIs to realise customer-specific solutions and automations. Over the past few years, he has been focussing intensively on how automation drives business and DevOps practices can be established in IT organisations.