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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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Hollywood Hackers vs. Real-Life Hackers The Hollywood version of a hacker is usually a troubled genius who saves the day from some sort of powerful corporate or political dictatorship. While many larger-than-life hackers do exist, when it comes to reality, their lives can be more tragic than what Hollywood lets us know. |
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Cultivating a Great Workplace The prevailing way of justifying workplace benefits is to paint them as a vital tool to attract and retain staff in a competitive marketplace. If we look at things more holistically though, we can view these benefits as one component of building a company where people actually like to work. |
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Six More Habits of Indispensable IT Pros Continuing from my previous list, here are six more effective habits of indispensable IT pros. These effective habits center on embracing big data, taking thankless jobs, playing nice with others, and making yourself valuable to internal and external groups. |
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How Lean Is Your Development Platform? Businesses are now realizing the value of a lean approach to development, thereby working to eliminate any and all wasteful activity. Software development teams must ensure that their development platform abides by lean guiding principles, which enable their development process. |
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Quantifying the Value of Your Testing Can you put a dollar figure on the value of your testing? While it may be difficult for you to do so, Bonnie Bailey maintains it is important to be able to quantify your worth—no matter how squeamish it makes you feel to put a number on your contributions. |
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Generation Y's Upcoming Impact on IT Much has been said about Generation Y regarding their work ethic and lack of enthusiasm for IT. Joe Townsend explains why we need Generation Y to be excited about IT in order to fill the positions left empty by retiring baby boomers. |
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The Tricky Business of Merging Financial Technology Systems Merging two complex financial technology systems can be a tricky business. Consider BMO Harris Bank, a Chicago-based bank that experienced application deployment problems while trying to integrate the technology of Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Corporation. |
