Puppet Announces PuppetConf 2017 Keynote Speakers and IT Leader Track

Seventh-annual PuppetConf will feature inspirational keynotes from leaders at companies like Atlassian, Nutanix and Slack


PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Aug 3, 2017) - Puppet, the standard for automating the delivery and operation of the software that powers everything around us, today announced the keynote lineup and IT Leader track for PuppetConf 2017, happening Oct. 10-12 in downtown San Francisco. PuppetConf 2017 will feature more than 50 educational sessions and in-person technical training, empowering attendees to thrive in today's software-driven world.

Featured Keynote Speakers

  • Michael Lopp - randsinrepose.com author
  • Sanjay Mirchandani - CEO, Puppet
  • Omri Gazitt - Chief Product Officer, Puppet
  • Padmashree Koneti - Senior Director, Chief of Staff Products, Puppet

IT Leader Track
For the third consecutive year, the PuppetConf IT Leader track will bring together executives from some of the largest companies in the world who are working to achieve greater growth and success for their business. The leaders will come together to learn and collaborate about delivering better software, faster with Puppet.

Join IT managers, directors and executives on Wed., Oct. 11, from 10:45 a.m.-5:15 p.m. PT to hear how they are transforming their businesses with:

  • Widespread adoption of DevOps practices;
  • Approaches that ensure security and compliance without sacrificing agility;
  • Strategies for moving to cloud, achieving portability, and shifting to microservices;
  • Tactics for building high-performing teams.

Sponsors
Puppet will be joined at PuppetConf 2017 by its sponsors that include: Arista, Atlassian, CloudPassage, Column Technologies, CyberArk, Datadog, Dell EMC, example42 GmbH, F5, Fishtech, Nutanix, Onyx Point, PagerDuty, Praecipio Consulting, Presidio, Red Hat, Sensu Inc., Splunk, VictorOps, VMware, Zivra and more.

To see the full PuppetConf 2017 agenda visit: https://puppet.com/puppetconf/agenda

Community Give Back
As part of this year's PuppetConf, Puppet is sponsoring 38 students to attend iD Tech with full camp tuition. iD Tech, a Puppet customer, is partnering with Puppet to distribute camp tuition scholarships. 

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About Puppet
Puppet is driving the movement to a world of unconstrained software change. Its revolutionary platform is the industry standard for automating the delivery and operation of the software that powers everything around us. More than 37,000 companies -- including more than 75 percent of the Fortune 100 -- use Puppet's open source and commercial solutions to adopt DevOps practices, achieve situational awareness and drive software change with confidence. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Puppet is a privately held company with more than 500 employees around the world. Learn more at puppet.com.