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The Staying Power of Legacy Systems
Mary E. Shacklett, Mary E. Shacklett
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Yes, there are good reasons for some companies to stick with their legacy systems, at least to a point.
By Mary E. Shacklett Mary E. Shacklett, 4/15/2019
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Fixes Windows Bugs Under Attack
Kelly Sheridan, Staff Editor, Dark Reading
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The April release of security updates patches 74 vulnerabilities, two of which are being exploited in the wild.
By Kelly Sheridan Staff Editor, Dark Reading, 4/9/2019
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10 Fixes for When Change Brings Your Systems to Their Knees
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
News
When your systems slow to a crawl it's easy to blame the technology, but some of the causes -- and fixes --may relate to how enterprises do business these days.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 4/1/2019
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Study: DevOps Outsourcing Can Cost You
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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The new report by DORA on the state of DevOps in 2018 found outsourcing to be the crutch of low software delivery performers.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 9/12/2018
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How to Ditch Operations Ticketing Systems
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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Damon Edwards, founder, Rundeck Inc. says ticketing systems are expensive and wasteful. Here's his advice for IT groups that want to ditch the old queue.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 9/10/2018
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Why IT Needs More Custom Software
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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Jeff Stovall, CIO for Charlotte, NC. explains the value of having more custom built software in government agencies (and enterprises in general).
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 9/4/2018
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Conquering Legacy IT: Top Projects in Detroit's Recovery
Susan Fogarty, Editor in Chief
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Detroit CIO Beth Niblock shares some highlights of her efforts rebuilding the city's crumbling and neglected IT infrastructure.
By Susan Fogarty Editor in Chief, 8/29/2018
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ITIL, DevOps, Whatever – The Labels Don’t Matter
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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If you think you’re enlightened because you’re a DevOps shop, here’s news for you: Whether you’re ITIL or DevOps, Agile or Lean, what you call your team won’t prevent failure.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 8/27/2018
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10 Free DevOps-Friendly Security Tools Developers Will Love
Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer, Dark Reading
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Start building an affordable DevSecOps automation toolchain with these free application security tools.
By Ericka Chickowski Contributing Writer, Dark Reading, 5/25/2018
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Experts from Across the IT Spectrum Share Insights from Interop ITX
InformationWeek,
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[VIDEO] IT leaders and experts, including keynote speaker, Beth Niblock, CIO, City of Detroit, share highlights from their presentations at Interop ITX 2018 along with insights about the future of IT.
By InformationWeek , 5/15/2018
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11 IT Leaders and Experts Share Highlights from Interop ITX
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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[VIDEO] If you missed Interop ITX or would like to relive it, we have you covered. We've compiled 11 interviews with IT leaders and experts who attended and spoke at Interop ITX 2018, including keynote speakers Sam Ramji, VP Product Management, Google Cloud and Joe Barkai, Consultant, Speaker, Author and Blogger.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 5/15/2018
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The State of the Cloud 2018
Joe Masters Emison, Co-Founder, BuildFax
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It's time to stop with the excuses and recognize why an organization needs to move to the cloud.
By Joe Masters Emison Co-Founder, BuildFax, 4/9/2018
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Define DevOps' Role in Application Security
John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author
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DevOps teams are challenged by hackers whose tools and practices have grown increasingly sophisticated. Here's how the good guys can gain the upper hand.
By John Edwards Technology Journalist & Author, 4/2/2018
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Does Your IT Department Have the Proper Cloud Skills?
Andrew Froehlich, President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks
Commentary
As cloud offerings evolve and enterprise organizations look to do more in the cloud, IT professionals need to add new cloud-related skills.
By Andrew Froehlich President & Lead Network Architect, West Gate Networks, 3/27/2018
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3 Myths About the Site Reliability Engineer, Debunked
Emily Johnson, Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek
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As automation becomes a fact of life, newer roles, such as site reliability engineer, emerge. For IT pros looking for their next move, here’s a little background about the role as well as some common misunderstandings about it.
By Emily Johnson Digital Content Editor, InformationWeek, 3/20/2018
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From Measurement to Insight: Put DevOps Metrics to Work
Anders Wallgren, CTO, Electric Cloud
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When you can measure the results of your DevOps program, that's where the magic happens.
By Anders Wallgren CTO, Electric Cloud, 3/14/2018
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Creating an Open Source Program for Your Company
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary
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An experienced open source expert offers some tips for how to succeed with open source software, starting with an open source project office.
By Chris Aniszczyk, COO, Cloud Native Computing Foundation , 3/12/2018
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How to Begin Integrating AI into Data Center Operations
John Edwards, Technology Journalist & Author
News
Data center automation is inevitable. Here's how to do it right from the beginning.
By John Edwards Technology Journalist & Author, 2/21/2018
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Technology Debt Crisis 2025
Lenny Liebmann, Founding Partner, Morgan Armstrong
Commentary
Consider all the code written over 50 years and all the places it’s running. Add to that all the code we will write in the coming years. That is technology debt.
By Lenny Liebmann Founding Partner, Morgan Armstrong, 2/12/2018
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Full-Stack Engineer: 3 Key Skills
Cynthia Harvey, Contributor, NetworkComputing
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Interop ITX expert Scott Lowe explains the growing demand for infrastructure generalists.
By Cynthia Harvey Contributor, NetworkComputing, 2/6/2018
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The Staying Power of Legacy Systems
Mary E. Shacklett, Mary E. Shacklett,  4/15/2019
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Q&A: Red Hat's Robert Kratky Discusses Essentials of Docs
Joao-Pierre S. Ruth, Senior Writer,  4/15/2019
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How Cloud Shifts Security Balance of Power to the Good Guys
Guest Commentary, Guest Commentary,  4/11/2019
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