{"id":47021,"date":"2019-10-08T22:55:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T19:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=47021"},"modified":"2020-02-12T23:17:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T20:17:25","slug":"winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner Spotlight: 10 Tips to Get the Most of the Pivotal Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#The_Customer_Collaboration_award\" >The Customer Collaboration award<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#1_Engage_a_control_plane\" >1. Engage a control plane<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#2_Enable_automation\" >2. Enable automation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#3_Automate_upgrades\" >3. Automate upgrades<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#4_Use_the_platforms_self-service_features\" >4. Use the platform\u2019s self-service features<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#5_Ensure_security\" >5. Ensure security<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#6_Stick_to_best_practices\" >6. Stick to best practices<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#7_Enable_proactive_monitoring\" >7. Enable proactive monitoring<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#8_Be_agile\" >8. Be agile<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#9_Build_a_dedicated_team\" >9. Build a dedicated team<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#10_Perform_timely_backups\" >10. Perform timely backups<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/winner-spotlight-10-tips-to-get-the-most-of-the-pivotal-platform\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Customer_Collaboration_award\"><\/span>The Customer Collaboration award<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Today, Altoros is honored to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/altoros-receives-the-systems-integrator-award-for-customer-collaboration-from-pivotal-300934656.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announce<\/a> it has received Pivotal&#8217;s Systems Integrator Award for Customer Collaboration for the Americas region. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20191007005181\/en\/Pivotal-Announces-Winners-2019-Partner-Awards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recognition<\/a> was given at Pivotal\u2019s Partner Summit during the SpringOne Platform conference in Austin, TX. For many years, Altoros has been assisting the users of the Pivotal Platform with seamless adoption, enablement, operations, and training.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAt Altoros, we value the results achieved due to the strategic relationship with Pivotal. Over the years, we have delivered 30+ Fortune 500 deployments together, helping enterprises to fast-track their digital transformation journeys with the Pivotal platform. With about 100 customer engagements in total, this allowed tens of thousands of legacy app instances get hosted in new Pivotal Platform foundations, enjoying the benefits of CI\/CD, microservices, and software deliveries within days and weeks\u2014instead of months and years.\u201d \u2014Andrei Yurkevich, CTO, Altoros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altoros-getting-a-system-integrator-award-from-pivotal.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altoros-getting-a-system-integrator-award-from-pivotal-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-47126\" \/><\/a><small>George Allen Smith, Andrei Yurkevich, Mike Jacobi, Igor Aksinin,<br \/>\nJason Nitta, Steven Beaver, and Pavel Orda of Altoros<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>While obtaining a platform is an important step for cloud-native transformation, it is just the beginning, since the adoption of a new technology comes with its own set of challenges. While things such as autoscaling or high-level monitoring may come out-of-the-box, the organization still needs to integrate the platform with its internal systems and facilitate user adoption. On top of that, the migration of legacy software (e.g., monoliths to microservices) or setting up continuous integration \/ delivery pipelines may take time, prolonging the results expected.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, we&#8217;ve caught up with our team and asked them to share some recommendations, tips, insights, and best practices on how to efficiently maintain a Pivotal Platform deployment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Engage_a_control_plane\"><\/span>1. Engage a control plane<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47031\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Yauheni-Kisialiou.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Yauheni-Kisialiou.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47031\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Yauheni Kisialiou<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Yauheni Kisialiou<\/b>, Cloud Solutions Architect at Altoros, recommends to use a control plane. As he puts it, employing a separate OpsManager deployment to manage business workload foundations will reduce a blast radius and simplify foundations management. Furthermore, it will help to improve security by providing more granular roles and more segmentation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA control plane can also be utilized to install monitoring\/logging\/alerting software to achieve visibility across production workload foundations in a single place. Pay your attention to control plane deployment topologies, which address your security needs.\u201d \u2014Yauheni Kisialiou, Altoros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yauheni also points out that by following a Pivotal <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.pivotal.io\/ops-manager\/2-7\/refarch\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reference architecture<\/a> in terms of networking and load balancing, you will avoid many of the issues in the future. It is also important to upgrade in a timely manner (<code style=\"color: #222222; background-color: #e6e6e6; padding: 1px 2px;\">n<\/code> or <code style=\"color: #222222; background-color: #e6e6e6; padding: 1px 2px;\">n-1<\/code>, it\u2019s up to you) and use modern stem cells, stacks, and buildpacks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Enable_automation\"><\/span>2. Enable automation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yauheni urges to remember that automation is code. In this regard, he suggests using a version control system to manage automation, as well as select one of the patterns and a strategy to manage the repository (or repos) where your automation is located. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEmploy branches, pull requests, releases in a way your developers are familiar and comfortable with. Remember about refactoring and code review.\u201d \u2014Yauheni Kisialiou<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Elaborating automation repository structure in advance is essential, so mind the number of foundation types, the number of foundations per type, as well as secret and nonsecret variables. Try to follow common software development patterns related to avoiding duplication. You can use one of the reference repo structures, like this <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/calebwashburn\/platform-automation-reference\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">platform automation reference<\/a>, provided by Pivotal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Automate_upgrades\"><\/span>3. Automate upgrades<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ensure platform management automation. Build a culture of continuous iteration by adopting the practice of small, repetitive platform updates. According to Yauheni, this is one of the best ways to simplify the process of platform upgrades. In addition, such an approach helps to  significantly reduce risks, increase stability, as well as save time and effort. He recommends to build pipelines to manage PAS\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/kubernetes-on-pcf-pivotal-container-service-pks-from-different-perspectives\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PKS<\/a> foundations, spin them up faster, enable disaster recovery, and avoid human mistakes. Update patch versions of PAS in an automated or semi-automated way. <\/p>\n<p>When performing upgrades, use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.pivotal.io\/application-service\/2-7\/devguide\/deploy-apps\/blue-green.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">blue-green<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.pivotal.io\/application-service\/2-7\/devguide\/deploy-apps\/rolling-deploy.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rolling<\/a> deployments to achieve zero downtime at the application level.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Use_the_platforms_self-service_features\"><\/span>4. Use the platform\u2019s self-service features<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The Pivotal Platform provides significant self-service features, such as database provisioning or message queues, which Yauheni considers truly worth using. Invest some time to teach developers to get the services they need and use them without the involvement of a DevOps team. Provide developers with access to a dev foundation to use such self-service features of the Pivotal Platform as services, buildpacks, etc. <\/p>\n<p>To achieve visibility across overall platform health and capacity, he advised to collect metrics and employ sophisticated thresholds. By properly defining quotas, you will avoid competition for resources between teams. Provide access to continuous integration pipelines only in production to prevent credentials leaks.<\/p>\n<p>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-ecosystem-of-pcf-tiles-easier-deployment-and-upgrades\/\">platform add-ons<\/a> to provide services where it is possible. This way, there is a possibility to have a common management strategy, pipelines, and up-to-date versions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Ensure_security\"><\/span>5. Ensure security<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yauheni warns against using an internal blobstore and a database for a production PAS deployment. He also recommended to employ SSL\/TLS everywhere, specifically in a load balancer tier, as the Pivotal Platform is ready for it and expects it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Stick_to_best_practices\"><\/span>6. Stick to best practices<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>During migration to the Pivotal Platform, Yauheni recommends to use the lift-and-shift approach at the proof of concept stage, because it significantly saves time and effort.<\/p>\n<p>According to best practices, it is better to deploy an application to at least three instances, so you will retain access to data in case of a system failure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Enable_proactive_monitoring\"><\/span>7. Enable proactive monitoring<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47024\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mariah-Jenkins.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mariah-Jenkins-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-47024\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Mariah Jenkins<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Mariah Jenkins<\/b>, Cloud Solutions Architect, provides some considerations around establishing sufficient monitoring. She recommends to integrate and configure alerting for your CI\/CD pipelines across failures and capacity\/utilization of your foundation resources (e.g., CPU, memory, disk). <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs your foundations scale, revisit and adjust these thresholds as needed to prevent noisy alerts from triggering.\u201d \u2014Mariah Jenkins, Altoros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For those who are using BOSH add-ons (e.g, IPSec or ClamAV) in the Pivotal Platform\u2019s foundations, Mariah suggests creating\/writing BOSH runtime configurations into named configurations. This will allow you to uniquely identify a specific BOSH add-on and introduce changes to it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Be_agile\"><\/span>8. Be agile<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47033\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dzmitryi-Rudkouski.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Dzmitryi-Rudkouski.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47033\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Dzmitryi Rudkouski<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Talking about project management, Mariah notes the perks of establishing well-balanced, weekly or bi-weekly Agile meetings\u2014e.g., daily standups, retrospectives, demos, or iteration planning meetings. This way, all members of the platform team will have the same vision about the scope of work to be prioritized and completed next.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dzmitryi Rudkouski<\/b>, Cloud Solutions Architect, adds that it is necessary to consider and plan team availability, network issues, security checks, and project time estimation at each project step. This will help you to correctly distribute the workload across all project participants, as well as to prevent any blockers and delays.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Build_a_dedicated_team\"><\/span>9. Build a dedicated team<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yauheni and Dzmitryi then point out the importance of building a dedicated platform team with a product owner. Yauheni highlights the necessity to establish efficient cooperation across the platform, security, and infrastructure teams.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to his own experience, Dzmitryi notes that often there are various kinds of questions and problems associated with installing, configuring, and testing the platform. By assigning a responsible point of contact, you will address the issues in an efficient manner and save time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Perform_timely_backups\"><\/span>10. Perform timely backups<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_47035\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Siarhei-Khudzinski.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Siarhei-Khudzinski.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47035\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Siarhei Khudzinski<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mariah encourages to enable and perform backups for your Credentials Management Store (e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/credhub-discussed-at-the-initial-cloud-foundry-extensions-meeting\/\">CredHub<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/research-papers\/reference-architecture-multi-datacenter-cloud-foundry-with-concourse-and-vault\/\">Vault<\/a>). Store these backup artifacts into an S3-compatible object store that supports versioning, such as Amazon S3 or Minio. Validate your backups by performing a restore to ensure that all secrets have been restored successfully.<\/p>\n<p>To create backups of the core Pivotal Platform components, <b>Siarhei Khudzinski<\/b>, Cloud Solutions Architect, suggests using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/cloud-foundry-advisory-board-meeting-may-2017-kubo-unik-and-bbr\/\">BOSH Backup and Restore<\/a>. This will help to recover the platform, apps, and data in case of a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congrats to our team on getting the award! We hope these recommendations will help enterprises during their cloud-native journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altoros-pivotal-system-integrator-partner-award-springone-2019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altoros-pivotal-system-integrator-partner-award-springone-2019-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-47133\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-ecosystem-of-pcf-tiles-easier-deployment-and-upgrades\/\">The Ecosystem of PCF Tiles: Easier Deployment and Upgrades<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/kubernetes-on-pcf-pivotal-container-service-pks-from-different-perspectives\/\">K8s Meets PCF: Pivotal Container Service from Different Perspectives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/automating-deployment-of-pivotal-container-service-on-aws\/\">Automating Deployment of Pivotal Container Service on AWS<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>This article was prepared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/sophie-turol\/\">Sophia Turol<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a> with assistance from<br \/>\nIgor Aksinin, Yauheni Kisialiou, Mariah Jenkins, Dzmitryi Rudkouski, and Siarhei Khudzinski.<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Customer Collaboration award<\/p>\n<p>Today, Altoros is honored to announce it has received Pivotal&#8217;s Systems Integrator Award for Customer Collaboration for the Americas region. The recognition was given at Pivotal\u2019s Partner Summit during the SpringOne Platform conference in Austin, TX. 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