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

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Alexander Höllwart

Lead Strategy Advisor and Managing Director at cloudXcelerate

With more than 15 years of experience in IT and digitalization solutions, Alexander has dedicated the last few years to providing hands-on consulting. He has broad technical and business background, experience in various customer situations and challenges, and is fascinated by innovation and new trends. He is one of the founders of cloudXcelerate and has set himself the goal of bringing new, cloud-native technologies to companies to give them a real speed advantage.

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Michael Obernberger

Lead Cloud Solutions Architect and Managing Director at CloudXcelerate

Michael is a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect and Managing Director of CloudXcelerate and has more than 20 years of experience in IT. Right now focus is fully on Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code (primarily with Terraform and Packer)

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Sebastian Poxhofer

Sebastian is a seasoned Open Source maintainer and boasts a rich portfolio of projects including Renovate, TargetAllocator of the OpenTelemetry Operator, and more. With a that experience, he spearheads the development of Internal Developer Platforms in his daily endeavors.

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Alexander Höllwart & Michael Obernberger - From IT Ops to Cloud-Native Harmony (Spoiler: Developers aren't the enemies!)

In this session, we will explore how organizations can bridge the traditional divide between IT operations and software development by adopting platform engineering principles. Attendees will learn how to build and manage scalable, efficient, and reliable platforms that support seamless DevOps workflows and embrace cloud-native technologies. We'll delve into real-world case studies, best practices, and tool recommendations that empower IT teams to collaborate effectively with developers, ultimately driving innovation and achieving operational excellence. This session is perfect for IT professionals, SREs, developers, and anyone interested in fostering a culture of collaboration and technological harmony within their organization. Bonus CNCF Linz: Live-Demo of an End2End Provisioning in our SaaS Engineering Platform

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Backstage Techdocs: the good, the bad and the ugly

Documentation often becomes fragmented, scattered across multiple platforms, and difficult to maintain. Backstage TechDocs, a core plugin of Backstage ( CNCF Internal Developer Portal), offers a centralised solution for managing technical documentation. In this talk, we will explore how Backstage TechDocs helps streamline the documentation process by providing a single source of truth, improving discoverability with search capabilities.

We'll also dive into practical tips and tricks for enhancing documentation with custom plugins and automations, making it easier for developers to create, maintain, and access relevant content. Whether you're new to Backstage or looking to optimize your existing setup, this talk will equip you new ideas how to improve documentation in your organisation.

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CANCOM Austria

Kornstraße 16

4060 

Leonding

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