John Willis' lightning talk at devopsdays USA 2010, held 25th June 2010 in Mountain View, CA

1. A Simple Story of
How One
Company Spent
10 Million Dollars
and Saved
“Nothing”
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3. The Victim
What doesn't
kill you
defines you
Gloria
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4. The Hero
When you spend enough
time around the
chemistry of
desperation, you come
to recognize the smell.
Daryl Zero
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5. The Villain
No, no. For $10
million, you do it
Gregory Start
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8. Our Story Begins
Software
Analysis
Design
Implement
Cost $8,980,00
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9. Analysis 20K
Windows Dudes
AIX Dudes
Oracle Police
Security
Linux Folk
The HP Blokes
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10. Windows Dudes
“We already
got one”
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11. AIX Dudes
“Too Busy,
won’t call
back”
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12. The Oracle Police
“You are not
worthy”
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13. Security
“You want
freaking
Root”
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14. Linux Folk
“Hello, you
guys should
check out
Nagios”
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15. HP Dudes
“They Were
Interested”
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16. Insert New Character
Every Good Story
Needs a Bob
The CIO
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17. I Want My Damn
Dashboard
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18. Just Give Me a
Dashboard
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19. The Mother Ship
Steps in and
Decides to do and
end-to-end
Opertions
Analysis
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20. Final Cost:
Software $8,980,00
Consultants $20,000
Ops Analysis $1,000,000
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