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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO

Why not pick up a book that will inspire you to be a more effective leader, help you spot challenges and pitfalls in your IT strategies and processes, or prepare for the future of information technology? And this group of CIOs, CTOs, and technical CEOs have strong favorites — books they turn to again and again for inspiration.

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Top 10 DevOps Books That You Must Read

Dzone - DevOps

To help you master DevOps and the key concepts in software delivery, we created this list of Top 10 must-read DevOps books. If you are a beginner or a veteran of DevOps, there is a book for you! 1) The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win.

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Don’t Do Agile and DevOps by the Book

DevOps.com

In software development, we talk a lot about the importance of Agile and DevOps. DevOps extends it by introducing cross-functional team collaboration and automation, enabling teams to always have a stable […]. The post Don’t Do Agile and DevOps by the Book appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Agile Book Club: DevOps (with Jessica Kerr)

James Shore

The fundamental idea behind DevOps is simple: by including people with operations and security skills as part of the team, we make it possible to build operability and security into the software, rather than adding it as an afterthought. DevOps chapter intro. ?? Discussion prompts: What does DevOps mean to you? Reading: ??

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Applying Automation to DevOps

DevOps.com

In the book, “Life and the Art of Engineering,” author Haresh Sippy said, “Automation is cost-cutting by tightening the corners, not cutting them.” The post Applying Automation to DevOps appeared first on DevOps.com. Automation has emerged as the natural answer as it addresses these issues while […].

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Book review: Accelerate

Henrik Warne

The book Accelerate details the findings of four years of research on how DevOps affects various outcomes, such as software delivery tempo and stability, as well as the organizations’ profitability and market share. It is quite clear that DevOps practices bring lots of benefits to organizations adopting them. Methodology.

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Continuous Delivery != DevOps

Dzone - DevOps

Continuous Delivery and DevOps are interdependent, not equivalent. Since the publication of Dave Farley and Jez Humble’s seminal book on Continuous Delivery in 2010, its rise within the IT industry has been paralleled by the growth of the DevOps movement.