Adam Mikeal

DevOps is a cultural phenomenon that has gained rapid acceptance in our industry in the last decade, and for good reasons. DevOps advocates a set of practices that address long-standing inefficiencies in IT shops — breaking down silos between groups, encouraging shared accountability, prioritizing the customer and focusing on business value. DevOps promises to break the cycle of perpetual fire-fighting in which we so often find ourselves. In this presentation, I will examine seven paradoxes of… Show more

DevOps is a cultural phenomenon that has gained rapid acceptance in our industry in the last decade, and for good reasons. DevOps advocates a set of practices that address long-standing inefficiencies in IT shops — breaking down silos between groups, encouraging shared accountability, prioritizing the customer and focusing on business value. DevOps promises to break the cycle of perpetual fire-fighting in which we so often find ourselves. In this presentation, I will examine seven paradoxes of DevOps, and we will discover together why acceptance of the self-contradictory is a prerequisite for DevOps enlightenment. Show less

In the midst of WWII the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation formed a secret, highly-productive engineering team that came to be called “Skunk Works”. Over the next four decades, this group was responsible for the design, construction, and delivery of some of the most influential fighter aircraft in history, including the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117 Nighthawk. From its inception in 1943 until his retirement in 1975, the Skunk Works division was lead by aerospace engineer “Kelly” Johnson, and… Show more

In the midst of WWII the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation formed a secret, highly-productive engineering team that came to be called “Skunk Works”. Over the next four decades, this group was responsible for the design, construction, and delivery of some of the most influential fighter aircraft in history, including the U-2, SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117 Nighthawk. From its inception in 1943 until his retirement in 1975, the Skunk Works division was lead by aerospace engineer “Kelly” Johnson, and under his leadership the group was known for delivering products on-time and on-budget. He famously ran Skunk Works by a set of operating principles he called “Kelly’s 14 Rules”. In this session we will explore how those 14 simple rules bear remarkable similarities to practices that are common in effective DevOps teams, and discuss what IT professionals can learn from Kelly Johnson in order to “be quick, be quiet, and be on time”. Show less

Information security is practiced at many levels—sometimes it is close to the end user, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes malware and computer threats are personal, but sometimes they affect an entire population. Sometimes in order to manage a cybersecurity threat, it is necessary to step back and look at data that spans traditional organizational silos; to make connections that would otherwise remain hidden. I propose using the model of public health as a way to understand how to address… Show more

Information security is practiced at many levels—sometimes it is close to the end user, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes malware and computer threats are personal, but sometimes they affect an entire population. Sometimes in order to manage a cybersecurity threat, it is necessary to step back and look at data that spans traditional organizational silos; to make connections that would otherwise remain hidden. I propose using the model of public health as a way to understand how to address cybersecurity threats. Just as public health officials have different priorities than a doctor engaged in individual clinical care, information security officials at a university must necessarily be concerned with different priorities than an IT professional at a college or department. Frustration arises when those competing priorities seem to produce conflicting goals. Understanding the differences between these two approaches—and also the points of connection—is necessary to increase the ability for these groups to effectively communicate, and ultimately collaborate. Show less

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Online webinar conducted jointly with Chef engineers.

In 2013, Texas A&M's College of Architecture began a significant transformation of IT service delivery around the concept of "DevOps." After exploring this new world, this session will discuss the challenges we faced, and some of the surprises we encountered along the way. We conclude with an interactive conversation about DevOps and its applicability to higher ed IT.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on a devised method of collection organisation within a DSpace repository using a Manakin theme and descriptive metadata.

Design/methodology/approach – Using a Manakin theme, a user interface for a repository collection containing the contents of a serial was created to divide the collection into individual issues and serve the user a table of contents.

We describe the implementation of a statewide system for managing and preserving electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) from Texas universities. We further explain the theoretical, technical and political issues that arose during the implementation of this system. These issues range from technical components developed by TDL 'such as a customized workflow management application and adding OAI-ORE capabilities to DSpace' to human-centered issues such as stakeholder engagement and… Show more

We describe the implementation of a statewide system for managing and preserving electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) from Texas universities. We further explain the theoretical, technical and political issues that arose during the implementation of this system. These issues range from technical components developed by TDL 'such as a customized workflow management application and adding OAI-ORE capabilities to DSpace' to human-centered issues such as stakeholder engagement and participation. Our experiences reflect the challenges, expected and unexpected, that others will face when attempting to build digital library applications to scale. Show less

The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is a consortium of public and private educational institutions from across the state of Texas. Founded in 2005, TDL exists to promote the scholarly activities of its members. One such activity is the collection and dissemination of ETDs. A federated collection of ETDs from multiple institutions was created in 2006, and has since grown into an all-encompassing ETD Repository project that is partially supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library… Show more

The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is a consortium of public and private educational institutions from across the state of Texas. Founded in 2005, TDL exists to promote the scholarly activities of its members. One such activity is the collection and dissemination of ETDs. A federated collection of ETDs from multiple institutions was created in 2006, and has since grown into an all-encompassing ETD Repository project that is partially supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS). This project seeks to address the full life-cycle of ETDs, providing tools and services from the point of ingestion, through the review process, and finally to dissemination in the centrally federated repository. Show less

The Web 2.0 trend has placed a renewed emphasis on interoperability and cooperation between systems and people. The digital libraries community is familiar with interoperability through technologies like OAI-PMH, but is disconnected from the general Web 2.0 community. This disconnect prevents the digital library from taking advantage of the rich network of data, services and interfaces offered by that community. This paper presents a case study of a collection within the Texas A&M Repository… Show more

The Web 2.0 trend has placed a renewed emphasis on interoperability and cooperation between systems and people. The digital libraries community is familiar with interoperability through technologies like OAI-PMH, but is disconnected from the general Web 2.0 community. This disconnect prevents the digital library from taking advantage of the rich network of data, services and interfaces offered by that community. This paper presents a case study of a collection within the Texas A&M Repository that was improved by adopting the principles of cooperation embodied by the term Web 2.0. Show less

The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is a consortium of public and private institutions from across the state of Texas; a major project in TDL is the development of a state-wide repository for managing the entire life-cycle of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The Texas ETD Repository is a large effort that span multiple independent initiatives, all of which interact to support the overall task of managing ETDs in Texas. This presentation will describe Vireo, the customized submission and… Show more

The Texas Digital Library (TDL) is a consortium of public and private institutions from across the state of Texas; a major project in TDL is the development of a state-wide repository for managing the entire life-cycle of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The Texas ETD Repository is a large effort that span multiple independent initiatives, all of which interact to support the overall task of managing ETDs in Texas. This presentation will describe Vireo, the customized submission and workflow management application that TDL developed for DSpace, and it's role within the Texas ETD Repository. We will describe its current implementation as a Manakin aspect and theme, and discuss the future plans for the application, including its release to the repository community under an open source license. Show less