That required somebody with real expertise. There were enough knobs and levers that needed turning to getting everything working correctly. McKay could see their clients would need support to take advantage: Over the next couple of years, we realized that the automation capabilities on the AWS platform were so powerful. Once it was on our radar, we start looking more carefully at it. A lot of our competitors were thinking the same.īut as Logicworks transitioned to AWS, the potential of automation took hold: At the time, we were looking at it as a threat. I remember attending the Linux Plumber's Conference in Portland, Oregon and being very surprised at the number of mentions of Amazon Web Services at that point.

So how did Logicworks get from DevOps skeptics to pros? The story goes back to 2009, when McKay's team perceived AWS as a potential threat:įor us, it was mostly prompted by the shift to Amazon Web Services as a platform of choice. You can't become a DevOps shop overnight. The impact of DevOps - from threat to core competency I asked McKay to share his tips on how they hire the best DevOps talent. Now that DevOps has gone from hard sell to must-have, the question of skills moves to the forefront. When I talked with McKay, he was transparent about their own DevOps forays, and why he thinks DevOps has reached critical mass. Logicworks has been around 22 years they discovered the value of DevOps after initial resistance. Of course, these automation services are steeped in an internal DevOps culture.īut it wasn't always that way. One key part of their niche? Helping companies in heavily-regulated industries automate cloud processes.

Logicworks' aim is to build cloud automation tools that help companies get more out-of-the-box cloud benefits without getting lost in the technical weeds. Logicworks sees itself as addressing a key problem: the cloud, for all its touted benefits, is not auto-configured to meet every business requirement. But then, that's the whole point of DevOps: automate the mundane and get cool stuff done faster. Since I last talked with Jason McKay, SVP and CTO, they've already launched two new tools: an AWS cloud security automation framework, and an AWS cost management solution.

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