2018 in review - Portfolio Architecture and storytelling

Every year ends and every year it's always good to look back on the times we have shared, the trips taken and what's been accomplished.

This year I transitioned into a new team focused on the entire Portfolio, specifically generating solution architecture blueprints.

While I continue to function as a Global Technology Evangelist, I've also been tasked with creating generic architectural blueprints of real customer based solutions that make use of the open technology portfolio at Red Hat. Watch for more of this in my publishing, social media, and talks in 2019.

I am now approaching ten years at Red Hat and we're living in interesting times. With that in mind, here's my review activities from 2018.

Integration Key to Customer Experience - Storage Services

Part 6 - storage services

In my previous article from this series we looked in to details that determine how your integration becomes the key to transforming your customer experience.

It started with laying out the process of how I've approached the use case by researching successful customer portfolio solutions as the basis for a generic architecture.

Now it's time to cover various architectural details.

This article covers the final elements in the architecture storage services, which are fundamental to the generic architectural overview.

Integration Key to Customer Experience - Container Platform Essentials

Part 5 - container platform details

In my previous article from this series we looked in to details that determine how your integration becomes the key to transforming your customer experience.

It started with laying out the process of how I've approached the use case by researching successful customer portfolio solutions as the basis for a generic architecture. Now it's time to cover various architecture details.

This article has reached the core elements in the architecture (container platform and microservices), which are crucial to the generic architectural overview.

Integration Key to Customer Experience - API Management Details

Part 4 - API gateway details

In my previous article from this series we started diving into the details that determine how your integration becomes the key to transforming your customer experience.

It started with laying out the process of how I've approached the use case by researching successful customer portfolio solutions as the basis for a generic architecture. Now it's time to cover various architectural details.

This article takes you deeper in to specific elements (API management and reverse proxy) from the generic architectural overview.

All Things Open 2018 - Lightning Talk on How To Jump Start a Career in Open Source (video)

Last October I was in Raleigh, North Carolina speaking at All Things Open.

I gave a lightning talk on how to jump start a career in open source, in just 6 minutes.

The topic is near and dear to my heart, so as a lightning talk it was fun to promote the full session I gave earlier this Summer in one of the most amazing venues I've ever spoken at.

The talk includes links to the recording of that venue and the complete story I told. After the talk I posted the slides, but we've been waiting on the video recording of the session and it's arrived!

Modern Process Integration Tooling Workshop - Lab 1 Installing Process Automation Manager

Click to start workshop

Recently I've started updating my free online rules and process automation workshops that showcase how to get started using modern business logic tooling.

These updates start with moving from JBoss BPM  to Red Hat Decision Manager and from JBoss BPM Suite to Red Hat Process Automation Manager.

This article highlights the first lab update for Red Hat Process Automation Manager, where you learn to install the Process Automation Manager on your laptop.

Let's take a look at the lab shall we?