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How Vanguard and Morgan Stanley are balancing dev and ops

Two financial services firms are taking a similar approach to transitioning to devops, landing on a shared responsibility model for developer teams, supported by centralized operations and SRE.

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Top technologists have job options: 5 tips for retention

IT leaders suggest getting to know each employee personally and customizing opportunities for flexibility, growth, and wellness.

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Sprint reviews and retrospectives in a hybrid work setting

When companies have a mix of employees at home and in the office, it’s vital that important agile ceremonies bring everyone together.

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Optimize your cloud career

Fine-tune your career satisfaction with positions that offer appreciation, growth opportunities, work flexibility, and money, too.

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The biggest obstacle to cloud is people

People and culture prevent many businesses from capturing the true value of cloud computing. Transforming organizational culture and revamping KPIs can help.

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Accessibility Insights makes code more accessible

Microsoft’s accessibility tool helps you build inclusive user experiences.

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The truth about VDI and cloud computing

Enterprises are looking to VDI to make secure remote work possible, hopefully without sacrificing productivity, cost, and security.

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How to manage software developers without micromanaging

Talented software developers bristle at the idea of being closely managed. Here are seven ways to align development teams and business objectives without making developers miserable.

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How to hire and retain developers in a hybrid working world

Seek diverse candidates, don’t overwork them, and offer growth. The advice isn’t new, but current conditions make it more important than ever.

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12 ways to make really bad technology decisions

So little time, so many ways technology decisions can go wrong. If you want to make wise technology choices, don’t let these decision-making anti-patterns get in the way.

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Real IT leadership: Selling the transformative dream

It's one thing to cook up a great new initiative, but making it happen requires powers of persuasion, solid partnerships, and access to genuine technical insight.

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Cloud costs not optimized? That’s on you

If your company's public cloud computing bills are out of control, it's time to establish some controls.

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Review: 6 top videoconferencing services put to the test

We compared Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex, Google Meet, BlueJeans, and GoToMeeting in real-world tests to see which videoconferencing platforms perform best for business users. Here’s how they stack up.

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Open source’s diversity problem

It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in tech, especially open source, but their contributions speak for themselves.

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CIO Think Tank: Reinventing IT

As companies accelerate out of pandemic disruption, how can IT meet increasing demands — and reap unprecedented benefits? In a series of virtual roundtables, dozens of IT leaders offered key insights about the road ahead.

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3 usability standards for web and mobile applications

Create applications that delight people with disabilities, customers in other countries, and real-world users.

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How to make better technology investments

6 steps IT departments can take to identify IT spend and optimize reinvestments in digital transformation initiatives.

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Hidden figures: 7 Black programmers you should know

These African-American software pioneers were part of a largely unheralded history of key software innovators.

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The future of work: Coming sooner than you think

What will your worklife be like years from now? Today's work-from-home world has given us a glimpse of the future, as these five articles from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World illustrate.

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What IT leadership looks like in 2021

As IT leaders meet the challenges of the COVID era, only one thing is assured – more change is coming sooner than you think.