How Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Accelerated Infrastructure Delivery with Apache Mesos and Aurora

Discover how Houghton Mifflin Harcourt revolutionized their infrastructure delivery process in this 42-minute conference talk. Learn about the company's journey from facing months-long delays to achieving rapid infrastructure deployment within minutes. Explore the implementation of Apache Mesos and Apache Aurora, which not only enabled agile application development but also resulted in significant annual cost savings. Gain insights into empowering engineers to focus on innovative products rather than infrastructure management. Delve into topics such as continuous delivery, behavioral design, cloud formation, and the challenges faced in the education industry. Benefit from the speaker's 20+ years of experience in technology as he shares valuable lessons on modernizing infrastructure for educational needs.

Introduction
Research
The Problem
Continuous Delivery
The Catch
TheGrassroots
Behavioral Design
Mesa Aurora
Cloud Formation
Jenkins
Behavior Design
Time for Questions
Management Change
Persistence
Database
Education
The disconnect
Challenges