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Alyssa Tong

Member of the Jenkins Advocacy and Outreach SIG. Alyssa drives and manages Jenkins participation in community events and conferences like FOSDEM, SCaLE, cdCON, and KubeCon. She is also responsible for Marketing & Community Programs at CloudBees, Inc.

5 tips for improving your Jenkins World 2018 talk proposals

You’ve marked your calendar to alert you weeks in advance of the CFP deadline. You’ve spent your nights and weekends to skillfully craft your abstract and you are convinced this is THE one. You confidently clicked the 'submit' button only to find out weeks later you’ve received an automated declined email. On top of feeling disappointed, you probably wondered why your proposal was...

Alyssa Tong March 5, 2018
Jenkins World 2018: Call for Papers is Open

Happy 2018! The Jenkins World train is ready to take off once again. As usual, the sign of festivities looming begins with the Call for Papers. Those who attended Jenkins World 2017 know that Jenkins World 2018 is coming back to San Francisco. But what they did not know is that Jenkins World will also be coming to Europe....

Alyssa Tong January 17, 2018
Jenkins User Conference China Recap

This is a guest post by Forest Jing, who runs the Shanghai Jenkins Area Meetup The first Jenkins User Conference China was held on November 19, 2017 in Shanghai, China. It was an amazing conference for Jenkins users in China. There were almost 450 attendees to enjoy a lovely day with Jenkins creator, Kohsuke Kawaguchi. There were 12 wonderful presentations, 1 workshop and 1 open...

Alyssa Tong December 4, 2017
Jenkins User Conference China

This is a guest post by Forest Jing, who runs the Shanghai Jenkins Area Meetup I am excited to announce the inaugural Jenkins User Conference China will be taking place on November 19, 2017 in Shanghai, China. The theme of JUC China is “Jenkins Driven CD and DevOps”. Much like in the US, CD and DevOps are big topics of interest in China. We are honored to...

Alyssa Tong October 25, 2017
Jenkins World 2017 Session Videos are Available

This is a guest post by Alyssa Tong, who runs the Jenkins Area Meetup program and is also responsible for Marketing & Community Programs at CloudBees, Inc. Jenkins World 2017 keynotes and breakout session videos are now available HERE. Photos from the conference can be seen HERE. Save the date for Jenkins World 2018: Conference dates are September 16-19, 2018 in San Francisco. Registration will open...

Alyssa Tong October 16, 2017
Jenkins Contributors Awarded Top Honors at Jenkins World 2017

This is a guest post by Alyssa Tong, who runs the Jenkins Area Meetup program and is also responsible for Marketing & Community Programs at CloudBees, Inc. For the first time at Jenkins World, the Jenkins project honored the achievement of three Jenkins contributors in the areas of Most Valuable Contributor, Jenkins Security MVP, and most Valuable Advocate. These three individuals has consistently demonstrated excellence and...

Alyssa Tong September 29, 2017
Demos at Jenkins World 2017

This is a guest post by Alyssa Tong, who runs the Jenkins Area Meetup program and is also responsible for Marketing & Community Programs at CloudBees, Inc. Jenkins World 2017 is a week away. Like last year, we are bringing back the lunch-time demos in the Jenkins project’s booth. These are quick 15 minute How-to demos by Jenkins experts. These demos will not be live streamed, nor recorded,...

Alyssa Tong August 21, 2017
Ask the Experts at Jenkins World 2017

This is a guest post by Alyssa Tong, who runs the Jenkins Area Meetup program and is also responsible for Marketing & Community Programs at CloudBees, Inc. There are less than four weeks left until Jenkins World 2017. As usual, Jenkins World would not be complete without the Jenkins projects' "Ask the Experts". If you are new to Jenkins World, the Jenkins project booth will...

Alyssa Tong August 3, 2017
Continuous Integration for C/C++ Projects with Jenkins and Conan

This is a guest post by Luis Martínez de Bartolomé, Conan Co-Founder C and C++ are present in very important industries today, including Operating Systems, embedded systems, finances, research, automotive, robotics, gaming, and many more. The main reason for this is performance, which is critical to many of these industries, and cannot be compared to any other technology. As a counterpart, the C/C++...

Alyssa Tong July 7, 2017