We are excited to announce the October/2024 edition of the Cloud Native Linz meetup!
We'd like to thank Dynatrace for hosting the Meetup!

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Georg Pirklbauer

Georg Pirklbauer is a senior software engineer at Dynatrace. He leads the OpenTelemetry team there, which focuses on contributing to the OpenTelemetry project on GitHub. Georg has contributed to the OpenTelemetry project since early 2021 and was involved in expanding Dynatrace's support for OpenTelemetry. Georg is interested in Open Source, Observability, and Cloud Native development.

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Philipp Bergsmann

Philipp is part of the EMEA OpenShift Black Belt team at Red Hat, focusing on the managed cloud offerings. He has worked in the IT industry for about 20 years in various roles, from development to cloud infrastructure consulting. Over the last few years, Philipp has worked extensively on Kubernetes-related topics, planning and implementing Kubernetes platforms with various local and international companies.

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Georg Pirklbauer - OpenSource metrics primer: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and beyond

Metrics are a crucial yet often misunderstood part of every observability stack. Prometheus is a well-known standard for collecting and exporting metrics in the cloud-native world. The OpenTelemetry project has been working on a standard compatible with Prometheus but offers some additional capabilities. But why do we need another standard? And what parts of the standard are actually relevant when using metrics?

Join us in Linz and learn how to get started, what the different metric types are, and how you can export them using OpenTelemetry. We will also take a look at what other configuration options you have and how to most effectively use metrics in your application.

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Philipp Bergsmann - Beyond Kubernetes: Integrating Backstage for a Seamless Developer Experience

As Kubernetes has become the cornerstone of cloud-native infrastructure, the need for a unified developer experience has grown more critical than ever. In this talk, we’ll explore how Backstage, the open platform for building developer portals, complements Kubernetes to simplify service management, streamline onboarding, and bring visibility to complex systems. Backstage enables teams to centralize information, making developers more efficient and satisfied.

I’ll demonstrate various approaches for using Backstage to improve developer workflows, integrate with existing CNCF tools, and tackle common challenges in managing Kubernetes-based environments. We will also explore how Backstage can be leveraged to manage cloud services effectively, providing a unified interface for both Kubernetes and cloud resources.

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Dynatrace Lab Grünwinkel

Altenberger Str. 81

Linz, 4040

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If you would like to keep the discussion live after the event, join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/MgM5BGV