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5 Steps That Helped Me Turn a $15M Loss Into Successful Software Delivery

OverOps

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Facebook’s Julie Zhuo on Navigating the Leap From Individual Contributor to Force Multiplier

Gitprime

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How to Overcome Resistance to DevOps Implementation

DevOps.com

The number of businesses adopting DevOps to make software releases happen faster without compromising on software quality continues to grow. Within the next five years, the DevOps market is expected to reach almost $13 billion. If you are among those who’ve decided to make a shift to DevOps, you are likely to experience resistance coming […]. The post How to Overcome Resistance to DevOps Implementation appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Using CD4ML to evolve without bias

Martin Fowler

Danilo, Arif and Christoph finish their article on Continuous Delivery for Machine Learning with a peek at the future of platform thinking and how we might use CD4ML to help evolve intelligent systems without bias. more….

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Five quality patterns in Agile development

Xebia

In this blog series, I’ll discuss five quality patterns in Agile development to deliver the right software with great quality. For years now companies have been adopting Agile ways of working and mostly the Scrum framework as their way to develop software. Scrum is all about working in dedicated teams on small increments of working […]. The post Five quality patterns in Agile development appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Why regression testing should be a shared responsibility

TechBeacon

Regression testing should be shared, either within the delivery team as a whole or between development and QA. But in too many companies, this testing is still seen as primarily QA’s problem.

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Data Versioning and Pipelines in CD4ML

Martin Fowler

My colleagues continue their article on Continuous Delivery for Machine Learning by looking at the future, considering what further work needs to be done in Data Versioning and Data Pipelines. more….

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Leaders Stop Trying to Be Efficient

N2Growth Blog

Let’s cut right to the chase; stop focusing on being efficient – it’s a waste of time. Nobody other than perhaps you really cares how efficient you are, but everyone cares how effective you are. Not only do they care how effective you are, but they also care about the effectiveness of those whom you lead. It’s important to remember leadership is a people business, and people are messy.

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Using metrics to find the pain points in a legacy codebase

Xebia

When you are new to a codebase, you may realise that it’s new for you, but not new to the world. It’s code that has been around for ages and is hard to change, it’s hard to maintain. This is legacy code by definition, and it’s your job to work with it. Even if code […]. The post Using metrics to find the pain points in a legacy codebase appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Why DevOps is Like Football

DevOps.com

When it’s done right, DevOps is an impressive feat. You have groups of professionals all melding together as one large team working toward a common goal. The groups–and the individuals themselves–perform their roles and hand off tasks to each other at just the right times. They follow pre-designed plans, but they constantly tweak those plans, […].

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How to Lead in a Caustic Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

To lead in a caustic culture, focus on your influence It’s a question we hear after every keynote we deliver: “I want to build a Courageous Culture, but I don’t know if it will work at my company. It’s not a healthy […]. The post How to Lead in a Caustic Culture appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.

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Things You Have to Pay Attention to When Choosing a Cloud Storage Provider

The Crazy Programmer

Storing files in the cloud is more popular than ever. Whether it’s using iCloud for our Photos, OneNote for our MS Word documents, or Dropbox for large files, cloud computing has become an integral part of our professional and personal lives. These days, there’s no shortage of providers, but each has its own particular strengths and weaknesses. So be sure to pay attention to these key details when choosing which service you’re going to trust your data with.

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How to Bust Silos and Work as One Team

Change Starts Here

Silos form in organizations as a result of a rigid classification system that comes naturally to humans. We form ourselves into groups and separate people into “us” vs. “them.” As a result, silos cause problems in organizations: Silos can hinder collaboration, because groups don’t communicate or share information.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Why your COBOL code isn't going anywhere

TechBeacon

Over time, applications become stale and clunky, and perhaps just stop working altogether. So it's amazing that, 60 years after the COBOL programming language first came on the scene, many COBOL applications are still with us. That's an incredible testament to the resilience of the language.

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Encouragement that Gets Results

Let's Grow Leaders

You know you should encourage your team – but how do you encourage people in a way that’s authentic and builds results? In this episode, David shares three ways to guarantee your encouragement builds momentum and helps your team achieve results. The post Encouragement that Gets Results appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. You know you should encourage your team – but how do you encourage people in a way that’s authentic and builds results?

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An Inside Look at GitOps

DevOps.com

At a time when variations on DevOps abound, get ready for the latest: GitOps. This new term promises to bring some order to what can be operational chaos and empower operational teams to leverage best practices learned from their developer counterparts. It’s early days yet for GitOps, but here’s what we think you need to […]. The post An Inside Look at GitOps appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Leaders Stop Trying to Be Efficient

N2Growth Blog

Let’s cut right to the chase; stop focusing on being efficient – it’s a waste of time. Nobody other than perhaps you really cares how efficient you are, but everyone cares how effective you are. Not only do they care how effective you are, but they also care about the effectiveness of those whom you lead. It’s important to remember leadership is a people business, and people are messy.

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Revolutionizing Contact Centers: Next-Gen Tech for Enhanced CX

Speaker: Liran Meir Frenkel, Performance Management and RPA Sr Product Marketing Manager at NICE; Harpreet Makan, Practice Director at Everest Group; & Santhosh Kumar, Practice Director at Everest Group

As contact centers navigate the challenges of delivering excellence within budget constraints and adapting to evolving employee expectations, optimizing agent tasks becomes crucial. Discover a holistic approach across three pillars - people, process, and technology - that is essential to excel in this dynamic landscape, and explore how next-gen technologies such as generative AI, performance analytics, and process intelligence play a pivotal role in transforming contact centers into advanced CX

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Top tips to prepare for software engineering interviews

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

This is a blog is guest contribution from Pathrise.com. When you are looking for a job as an engineer, whether it is your first job out of school or a new role after years in the industry (or something in between!), interviewing is a hurdle you will have to overcome. Unfortunately, a lot of the job search, especially when it comes to interviewing, is shrouded in mystery.

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The History Making Quantum Computing News We Have Been Anticipating Was Just Announced

CTOvision

Months ago we began to formulate an assessment that a history-making announcement in quantum computing was about to be made. For years the big players in quantum research, including IBM, Microsoft and Google, have been pursuing different methods of using quantum effects to do new calculations. Google had even made announcements indicating they thought they […].

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IoT Security Concerns

DevOps.com

The Internet of Things (IoT) is being hailed as the next step in our technological development. It’s hard to argue with that. The abilities it provides are as captivating as they are numerous: smart cars and homes, automatized agriculture, advancements in medicine that help with after-stroke recovery and the list goes on. However, while the […].

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Kubernetes’s explosive growth has come with attention paid to security and stability

DXC

You may have noticed I write a lot about Kubernetes, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) sponsored open-source container orchestration program. That’s because I have no choice in the matter. Just like Docker turned containers into the way to run server applications, Kubernetes quickly overcame its rivals and became the way to manage containers.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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How to stack your test automation's deck

TechBeacon

Arranging the playing cards in a deck to be in one's favor is called "stacking the deck." Outside of card playing, people use the term more generally to mean arranging a situation to increase your chances of a favorable outcome.

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How Businesses Can Get The Most Value From Artificial Intelligence

CTOvision

Gosh the short answer to this question is to read the OODA Loop. But here read Nicholas Fearn as he gives a roadmap for businesses to implement artificial intelligence on Forbes : Many businesses are experimenting with artificial intelligence but lack an understanding of the use cases that deliver real business value. That’s according to a […].

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5 Key Skills Developers Need to Master in Order to Thrive

DevOps.com

The promise of the cloud, in its essence, allows the IT department to focus on generating business value rather than spinning cycles fixing and managing infrastructure. However, the cloud is not a one-size-fits-all proposition, and many early adopters are finding it challenging to move to the cloud. There are well-documented cases of huge budget overruns, […].

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Recruiting Software Developers – Checking Out a Company

Henrik Warne

I often get contacted by recruiters asking if I am interested in changing company. Even if I am happy where I am, I briefly check out companies I have not heard of before. One reason is that you never know, maybe the new company is a fantastic opportunity that really is interesting to me. Another reason is that I don’t know how things will change – maybe I will want to change in a year’s time or so.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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The Benefits of DevOps by Role

Flexagon

Businesses face rapid changes and high demands every day. Modern consumers have ever-changing demands and higher expectations for businesses than their predecessors. Increasing competition means companies have to act quickly and intelligently to hold their share of the market. Organizations are constantly battling with their rivals, striving to provide the best product for their customers.

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Artificial Intelligence Confronts a ‘Reproducibility’ Crisis

CTOvision

Read why Gregory Barber says that AI researchers are beginning to acknowledge and confront the “reproducibility” crisis, which makes it hard for others to replicate the results of AI systems on Wired : A few years ago, Joelle Pineau, a computer science professor at McGill, was helping her students design a new algorithm when they […].

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Why Integration Must Be Hybrid

DevOps.com

Integration is the central piece that ties your enterprise together. The need to integrate has only increased with the proliferation of SaaS applications, IoT sensors and devices, B2B e-commerce supply chains and mobile app development in addition to the vast number of applications that still reside in on-premises data centers which also host mainframe, legacy […].

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