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Cory von Wallenstein

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Cory von Wallenstein

Cory von Wallenstein is the Chief Technologist of Dyn where he is the voice of the company’s technical vision and preeminent solution architect for customers. He works with all departments within engineering to set and promote the strategy, innovation and development of all Internet Performance solutions for Traffic Management, Message Management and Performance Assurance. He is a leading voice on cloud computing having spoken on the topic at Interop, Velocity, Structure, CloudCamp, and DevOps Days and written on the subject for Wired, Datacentre Solutions Europe, and PandoDaily. Additionally, Cory co-chairs the Cloud & SaaS Cluster of the Mass Technology Leadership Council and mentors at the Harvard Innovation Lab and TechStars Boston.

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Dev + Ops + ???

If there’s one thing the DevOps cultural and professional movement taught us, it’s to question the status quo for the betterment of our customers, businesses, and ultimately, our teams. The combination of improved tooling, questioning structural barriers between teams, and a “shared outcome” culture have been powerful forces to date. Granted, we’ve seen the most […]

Jun 3, 2014 · 3 min

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DevOps resilience: going active-active with an existing application

What does it take to run an active-active architecture? It boils down to data, and how you interact with it. The most common disaster recovery strategies I encounter with folks are either “hope and pray” on a single location for running an application, or “we have a backup facility we can switch to in a […]

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How to Evolve to DevOps

What is DevOps, and how do we do it? It’s a question I’m often asked, with confusion around job titles, team structures, tooling, personnel responsibilities, office layout and more as potential ingredients for a successful devops recipe. The first step in evolving an existing organization to a devops mentality is to take a step back, […]

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Zen and The Art Of Infrastructure Maintenance

There’s a famous passage I’ve quoted from time to time when I see someone “stuck” with a problem, flailing potential fixes and solutions wildly in hope that one of them does the trick. “Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.” Just like that. Improper grammar and all, quoted verbatim from Robert Pirsig’s philosophical […]

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You Can’t Sell DevOps

A few days ago, I made an introduction for colleague Jason Dixon (@obfuscurity) over email, and described Jason as “a leading supporter of the DevOps movement”. A mere 17 minutes later, Jason replies to me, “Are you trolling me?”. I was aghast. Granted, I haven’t known Jason terribly long (measured in months), but I’ve been […]

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