Supporting Open Source At MindPoint Group we recognize the value that open source software provides and we work to support it in several ways. First, we support open source software by making our own contributions to the community. Much of the software we write is open, available for use, and published in our GitHub organization.
Ansible today is more powerful than it has ever been. Over the past few years it has taken the IT automation world by storm. For sure there are other automation technologies that are ‘better’ or more ‘performant’ within certain niches. But as a general-purpose, one-size-fits-most automation solution, Ansible is the dominant technology. One area where Ansible
All, in just a week I am going to be at AnsibleFest in Austin, TX to give a talk and see what others are doing. As part of Fest this year, Ansible wants people to share their automation stories. I wanted to give a quick look at mine as a way of introducing the VMWare
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This coming Thursday, September 7th, MindPoint Group VP for Information Security and Privacy Matt Shepherd will be presenting “Where to Start with Automation” at Ansible Fest San Francisco. Here is a brief synopsis of his talk: AWS and OpenStack get a lot of attention as the cool platforms to build on, and with good reason.