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Need Another Reason to Consider DevOps?

Automation is a critical component of eliminating waste. A large part of the DevOps movement is centered on automating the infrastructure tasks that take away from delivering value. In addition to the obvious cost savings of automation, it can also breed innovation.

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Jacob Orshalick
Cloud Predictions for 2013

Writers worldwide are making their predictions for just how large the cloud will grow in the new year, and Noel Wurst has read them all. If history prevails, as it often does, the growth of the cloud will be bigger this year than ever before. See which predictions were most commonly made.

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Noel Wurst
Google’s Eighteen Minutes of Downtime—Security Fears Remain

Google's Chrome and Gmail crash lasted only eighteen minutes on Monday, but what kind of damage do these repeated, albeit brief, downtimes cause those who are already skeptical of moving their data to the cloud? One way to stop the bleeding is to quickly let customers know what went wrong.

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Noel Wurst
Agility Trumps Chaos at Amazon during the Holidays

How does Amazon get through the chaos of the holiday season year after year? By incorporating the Agile Manifesto in nearly everything they do. With eighty fulfillment centers worldwide, learn how the shipping giant is constantly improving processes to leave their customers thrilled.

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Noel Wurst
Prices Drop as Cloud Storage Wars Heat Up

Amazon and Google are racing to grab cloud customers, and headlines, in the great cloud war. By consistently lowering prices and offering advanced services, both giants want nothing more than to be the world's cloud storage leader. But is either of them making a profit?

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Noel Wurst
Black Friday Fatigue? Load Testing Can Save Your Cyber Monday

More shoppers turned online, and to their mobile devices, to find holiday deals this Black Friday than in any previous year. As the number of people growing weary of the enormous crowds and long lines grows, will online retailers be able to handle the load of online and mobile app shopping?

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Noel Wurst
What You Need to Know about Creating Kindle Fire Apps

The Kindle Fire is one of the most popular tablets on the market. But like all devices, it has its own set of development and testing challenges. Here’s what you need to know to create a successful Kindle app.

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Jamie Saine
How Software Leans toward Agility and Experimentation

Agility depends on learning and experimentation. You make decisions, execute, and then re-evaluate. Steve Berczuk explores why software development is a natural medium for experimentation and agility, because, in a physical sense, software is relatively easy to manipulate.

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Steve Berczuk