Together with its international partners GitLab, Datadog, and Appdome, Epidata celebrated DevSecOps Day, a key event for leaders responsible for operations and security in software development.
Buenos Aires, September 2024 – Epidata, a leading company in innovation outsourcing and software development with a presence in Latin America, Spain, and the USA, in collaboration with GitLab, Datadog, and Appdome, held DevSecOps Day. This event was designed to explore and analyze the future of security and trends in best practices within the software development lifecycle, including AI.
The event gathered over 100 professionals, including CIOs, CISOs, Software Development Managers and Leaders, as well as DevOps and Digital Transformation Managers, at the 725 Continental Hotel in downtown Buenos Aires. It offered a full day of collaborative sessions and networking opportunities to deepen their understanding of the evolution towards DevSecOps.
During the event, participants had the chance to learn about the latest updates and best practices for integrating security into the software development lifecycle. Presentations from prominent experts covered topics such as the evolution of DevSecOps, security innovation through AI, and simplifying security teams’ tasks.
At the start of the day, Fernando Guerendiain, DevOps Business Delivery Manager at Epidata, highlighted the transition from DevOps to DevSecOps, which integrates security from the very beginning of the software development lifecycle. In this regard, Guerendiain emphasized: “With the emergence of AI-related technologies, IT security has grown significantly, and it is becoming increasingly important in Software and Application development processes.”
To present the trends comprehensively, Ricardo Amarilla, Solutions Architect at GitLab, was invited to explain how it’s possible to foster collaboration across all company teams while adhering to security policies without losing productivity. During a GitLab Duo DEMO, Amarilla demonstrated how AI is applied throughout the security process, not only during the development stage.
Next, Carlos Paz Soldán, Head of Enterprise Integration at Epidata, highlighted how Datadog’s observability enhances security within the application development lifecycle. He pointed out that “security observability must be viewed holistically.”
Accompanying Carlos was Tales Casagrande, Enterprise Security Sales Engineer at Datadog. During a live DEMO on Datadog ASM, Casagrande showcased the platform’s security layers. He explained that when discussing observability, we think of traces, metrics, and logs, all integrated with Datadog.
Rounding out the content lineup and focusing on security for developed applications, Enrique Nuñez, VP of Sales Latam at Appdome, joined to showcase the benefits of security integration with CI/CD. He revealed that “90% of business is happening through mobile applications,” adding, “users have become increasingly dependent on mobile devices,” underlining the importance of protecting transactions and data.
In closing, and adding depth to the presentations and demonstrations, invited clients shared their valuable experiences. These included Justo Roumieu and Rodrigo Milki (representing ICBC), Emanuel Moré (from Frávega), and Gastón Pereyra (from Epidata, representing Galeno), who shared the challenges and solutions achieved in DevSecOps while working with the innovation outsourcing company.
The event concluded with closing remarks from Adrián Anacleto, CEO & Founder of Epidata, who highlighted Epidata’s vision of supporting its clients. He emphasized, “With us, you can build a long-term relationship, and that’s all we care about because we build relationships that last.” He also noted, “Today, we are in nine countries with active clients and more than 650 ‘Epidaters’ working across LATAM. In Argentina, about 50% of our revenue comes from here, with the rest generated abroad (25% comes from the U.S. with American clients), making us currently rank third or fourth in size among Argentine companies in the field.”
The event wrapped up with a closing brunch and raffle, leaving attendees with new perspectives on the evolution of DevSecOps and the added value of innovation in the software development lifecycle offered by Epidata and its partners.
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About Epidata
Global privately-owned company specialized in innovation outsourcing, dedicated to providing software development and software design services, application modernization, RPA, machine learning and Big Data, among others. Its solutions transform businesses, optimizing operations and co-creating better digital experiences for customers and employees.
Epidata has alliances with leading innovation and knowledge companies such as Microsoft, GitLab, Mulesoft, Salesforce, Oracle, MariaDB, Red Hat, Datadog and UiPath. These partnerships help other companies to stay current.
Epidata operates in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and the United States (San Francisco, California), where it has a track record of successful support to multinational corporations such as Stanford Research Institute International, JP Morgan, Tenaris, Turner, Telecom, HSBC, Monsanto, Walmart, Asana, among others.
