Israel Gat - Rapid Development

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Get inside the mind of one of today's great thought leaders in research and development, Israel Gat, Vice President of R&D for Infrastructure Management at BMC Software. Israel discusses the difference between the traditional software development methodology and Scrum, which is being used at BMC to enable rapid software development. This agile approach, combined with a "craftsmanship" mentality, has paid off in more ways than one. What is agentless technology and how will the agile approach help you? Download this conversation now and get the whole story.

Israel talks about the "good old days" of software development, but believes the future includes the revival of craftsmanship. He shares how the previous generation of technology and the new generation of technology will converge and reveals the number one obstacle to agile thinking .... the illusion of control. Make bold steps and take risks, Israel advises. It's appropriate. You might fail at one point along the way, but over the course of the software development journey, the willingness to take a few risks will pay off ... beautifully.

Resources

Meeting Customer Demand for Agentless Technology (PDF)

Agile Software Development: Meeting Customer Demands for Agentless and Hybrid Technology

Infrastructure and Application Management at BMC Software

Thought Leadership at BMC Software

BMC Performance Manager - The Next Generation of PATROL®

Bio

Israel Gat is Vice President of R&D for Infrastructure Management at BMC Software and is responsible for the BMC Performance Manager (a.k.a. PATROL), as well as the SmartDBA and Recovery suites of distributed systems products. Israel has been an executive for some of the world's top technology companies, including Microsoft, IBM, Digital, and EMC.

Production Credits

Ynema Mangum, Producer
Dana Farver, Communities Editor-in-Chief
Tom Parish, Audio Producer, Show Host
Kimberly Stone, Web Development Manager
Scott Ebner, Web Developer

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