Making of the SRE Omelette

Episode 5 - Recipe for Innovation

Innovation is core to organizational success and SRE. Steven Astorino, IBM VP of Development for Data & AI and the IBM Canada Lab Director describes the journey he took to accelerate innovation at IBM - Area 631. Steven shares the problems he observed, how he solved them and highlights the success from the program. The program started in IBM Toronto lab and has since grown to 8 other IBM lab locations. Steven also gives an innovation shout out to Site Reliability Engineers and recipe to accelerate innovation at the enterprise.Timestamps:[00:19 - 01:14] Intro to episode[01:24 - 04:22] What Are 631 is, and what problems hoping for Are 631 to solve[04:39 - 05:58] Some successes that have come out of Area 631[07:58 - 09:29] The value of Area 631 from a business and tech perspective[10:09 - 11:06] Steven shares his thoughts on the next set of innovations needed by SRE[11:37 - 13:02] Steven's ingredient and recipe to foster innovation at the workplace

Episode 4 - AIOps

Rama Akkiraju, IBM Fellow and CTO of IBM AIOps takes the audience through how AIOps can help companies achieve the SRE outcome of meeting SLO and having reliable services. Rama shares the recipe for companies to embrace SRE and gives us a glimpse into the future of SRE with AIOps.Timestamps:[00:26 - 00:51] Intro to the episode[01:01 - 01:47] What AIOps is[02:08 - 04:44] The benefits of AIOps, and the relationship between AIOps and SRE[05:12 - 13:26] Challenges customers face that prevented them from getting out of reactive mode[14:10 - 20:58] Where AIOps needs to be moving forward[23:58 - 28:30] Words of wisdom for when you are looking to embrace SRE and AIOps

Episode 3 - The Origin Story of the Omelette

Kareem Yusuf, GM of IBM AI Applications and Blockchain tells the story behind the SRE Omelette. He gives the audience insights into why SRE is essential in delivering meaningful services to customers and describes how he measures ROI (Return on Investment) for SRE. Kareem also shares his thoughts on challenges SRE need to tackle next and gives us his recipe for the SRE Omelette.Timestamps:[02:30 - 03:58] The Omelette[04:24 - 06:35] What SRE means to Kareem and his customers[07:02 - 11:07] Kareem on prioritization[13:11 - 17:34] Measuring the ROI in SRE[19:05 - 23:36] What does our future hold?[23:53 - 28:54] Kareems ingredient and recipe for the SRE omelette

Episode 2 - Art of Automation

Jerry Cuomo, IBM Fellow, CTO of IBM Automation and host of The Art of Automation podcast takes the audience through the evolution of automation and how it relates to SRE. Jerry shares with the audience of what SRE means to him, touches on the ROI of SRE and ingredient to the SRE omelette. Jerry also has a shout out to all Site Reliability Engineers, past, current and future on innovation in this space.Timestamps:[00:02 - 01:41] Intro to the episode[02:04 - 03:41] What automation is, and how it helps us[04:42 - 07:12] Overcoming a lack of trust in automation[08:57 - 11:51] Jerry's experience achieving the 50/50 standard[12:49 - 13:44] What SRE means to Jerry[14:17 - 20:16] Advice to the next gen of SRE: How to innovate the space[22:09 - 25:26] Drive the prioritization of SRE through ROI[25:50 - 27:17] Where is SRE going?

Episode 1 - IBM SRE Profession

Ingo Averdunk, IBM Distinguished Engineer and SRE Profession leader takes the audience through the journey and motivation to establish SRE as a job family in IBM. Ingo also captures the SRE mindset and what practitioners (new or experienced) can take to practice SRE.Timestamps:[00:02 - 01:47] Intro to the episode[02:07 - 03:15] What SRE means to Ingo, as a practice and as a profession[03:45 - 06:29] The significance of IBM formally defining SRE as a job family[07:34 - 08:30] The evolution of balancing the rules of development and operations[08:56 - 11:03] The motivation to drive SRE[11:53 - 13:52] Ingo's experience around qualifying the ROI for SRE[14:36 - 15:38] Motivation for those in different roles to look at SRE[16:01 - 19:06] Advice for those who may want to explore the SRE profession[19:38 - 21:36] Where is SRE going?[22:04 - 23:26] Ingo's ingredient and recipe for the SRE Omelette

Episode 0 - Making of the SRE Omelette

An introduction to Making of the SRE Omelette Podcast. Kevin shares the motivation behind the show, explains what Omelette has to do with SRE and gives a preview of what to come.

Podcast Trailer

Trailer for the Making of the SRE Omelette Podcast - A podcast that discusses the ingredients and path for achieving meaningful outcome for Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).