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Recent Corporate Acquisitions Highlight Growth of DevOps With the popularity of DevOps continuing to grow in the software industry, we’re seeing more and more news in the tech media about companies adopting the methodology. This week adds to that trend with some big corporate acquisitions. |
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Three Tips to Help Form a Highly Productive Agile Team The dynamic of working in a team is vastly different from working on your own. But if a team is assembled well, it can accomplish more than the individuals could have separately. These suggestions will help you form a team that will work together well and be greater than the sum of its parts. |
