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Interview with CFEngine Founder & CTO Mark Burgess

CFEngine on O'Reilly Radar
USENIX Blog, January 2012

In 1993, Mark Burgess wrote the first version of the open source IT automation software CFEngine, and in 2008 he released CFEngine 3 and founded CFEngine AS, an Oslo-based software and services company...
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CFEngine takes agile configuration and automation to sysadmins, enterprise

CFEngine on O'Reilly Radar
451 Group Research, November 2011

Newer server configuration and automation frameworks may be getting more attention, but CFEngine is unique in its datacenter history and maturity...
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What's New in CFEngine 3: Making System Administration Even More Powerful

CFEngine on O'Reilly Radar
O'Reilly Radar, October 2011

CFEngine is both the oldest and the newest of the popular tools for automating site administration. Mark Burgess invented it as a free software project in 1993, and years later...
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Norwegian startup CFEngine moves HQ to Palo Alto

CFEngine on Silicon Valley BizBlog
Silicon Valley BizBlog, October 2011

Norwegian firm CFEngine is setting up shop in Palo Alto. The three-year-old software company unveiled a new U.S. headquarters at 251 High St. this week...
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An Open Source Approach to IT Automation

CTO Edge
CTO Edge, October 2011

An open source tool for automating the management of IT systems that is fairly well known in Europe is now coming to the U.S...
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Upcoming Events

CFEngine 3 Training (One-Day Class, NYC)

February 27

Designed for System Administrators and Architects, this class will present an in-depth overview of how to use CFEngine 3 to automate and manage large-scale IT infrastructure. The course will be presented by Joe Netzel, Systems Engineer  @CFEngine.

Share Conference - Atlanta, GA

March 12

Aleksey Tsalolikhin will present the session "Introduction to Automating Linux System Administration using Cfengine 3" at the IBM Mainframe professionals user group conference.

Free Webinar - Managing Modern IT Infrastructure: Security & Compliance

March 14

This free 40-minute executive presentation will cover the business benefits of implementing an agile, efficient and scalable IT Operations Management (ITOM) platform. 

Cascadia IT -- Seattle, WA

March 24

Cascadia 2012 is a regional IT conference for all types of system administrators – computer, database, network, SAN, VMware, etc. We will be doing a 90 minute presentation of CFEngine 3.

CFEngine 3 Training in Chicago (Three-Day Training)

March 26

You will gain a thorough grounding in automating system administration using Cfengine 3 and the ability to implement configuration policies on your systems. The course will be presented by Aleksey Tsalolikhin, Vertical Sysadmin, Inc., authorized CFEngine trainer.