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DevOps in the News Much like configuration management, you won’t hear Brian Williams talking about DevOps on the evening news or see Matt Lauer interviewing a DevOps expert on the couch of The Today Show. However, recently in IT-related news on the wire, DevOps is a huge story. |
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Post-it Teams Up with Evernote to Take Sticky Notes Digital Good news for people who still prefer to jot things down: 3M, the company behind the popular Post-it notes, announced a partnership with personal organization app Evernote to create software that will recognize photos of Post-its taken with a smartphone and let users read, store, and sort notes. |
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The Four Cs of Extending DevOps with Cloud Automation Combining DevOps with a hybrid cloud architecture breaks down the traditional barriers between development, QA, and IT operations organizations and removes the silos that constrain enterprise development. Sumit Mehrotra explains how this combination makes DevOps and the cloud even more powerful. |
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Usability's Growing Role in the Development Lifecycle Usability can no longer be looked at as a time-permitting exercise in the software development lifecycle. Mukesh Sharma explains how, with users so willing to share their experiences with usability, there is no reason for testers not to take that invaluable feedback seriously. |
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New FINDER Technology Can Detect a Heartbeat Buried in Rubble New radar-based technology developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has the potential to assist rescue workers to pinpoint the human heartbeat of victims buried in rubble—which can potentially save a lot of lives. |
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Why Developer Stack Ranking Is an Innovation Killer Many companies swear by stack ranking, citing retention of high performers and the ability to track performance as two of the biggest benefits. Despite these claims, stack ranking has numerous unintentional side effects that work against a culture of innovation. |
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Kids in Swaziland to Learn Computer Skills in Raspberry Pi Lab The low cost, versatility, and learning-centered approach of the Raspberry Pi microcomputer makes it an attractive choice for teaching computing skills in developing countries. Thanks to a fundraising campaign, a school in Swaziland is getting a lab full of them to help kids learn computing basics. |
