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Inner Source—Adopting Open Source Development Practices in Organizations
Although inner source offers numerous benefits, many practitioners are unclear about what it is and how to adopt it. When adopting inner source, organizations should consider nine factors pertaining to product, process, and organization.
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The Practice and Future of Release Engineering
This article features highlights from interviews with release engineers on the state of the practice and challenges in release engineering space. The interview questions cover topics like release engineering metrics, continuous delivery's benefits and limitations.
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Software Development Tooling: Information, Opinion, Guidelines, and Tools
In this article, authors summarize the information published in "Tools of the Trade" column series in IEEE Software magazine for last ten years. Tools and best practices are organized into categories like design, developing code, tooling, builds, and operations.
Embedding Reflection and Learning into Agile Software Development
In this article, authors discuss the Reflective Agile Learning Model (REALM) that embeds reflective practice into the iterative and agile software engineering development cycle.
Cindy Walker on Data Management Best Practices and Data Analytics Center of Excellence
Cindy Walker spoke at Enterprise Data World Conference about using semantic approaches to augment data management practices. InfoQ spoke with her about these best practices and data analytics.
Preparing for Your First MongoDB Deployment: Backup and Security
This article we focuses on the database backup tools and security policies when deploying MongoDB NoSQL databases. Cloud backup with MongoDB Management Service (MMS) is covered. 2
Spreading CMMI Practices among Agile Teams in Big Organizations
Agile and CMMI complement each other well. Big organizations with self-organized teams can achieve technical maturity levels, by using a common metalanguage and a good-practices catalog. 1
Interview and Book Review: Chef Infrastructure Automation Cookbook
Matthias Marschall contributes powerful tactical information for all users of Opscode Chef, from the beginner up to expert, in his recently published book "Chef Infrastructure Automation Cookbook".
Preparing for Your First MongoDB Deployment: Capacity Planning and Monitoring
In this article, author Mat Keep discusses the deployment best practices of MongoDB databases with focus on capacity planning & monitoring aspects. He explains hardware selection, metrics & sharding.
How to Make Your In-memory NoSQL Datastores Enterprise-Ready
In this article, author Yiftach Schoolman outlines how to overcome the top seven challenges associated with managing the in-memory NoSQL datastores in the cloud. 3
Interview and Book Review: DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux® Server Best Practices
Kyle Rankin delivers practical advice and techniques for team oriented troubleshooting of Linux servers in a DevOps culture. The book includes Linux Server Best Practices in common problem areas.
Virtual Panel: Security Considerations in Accessing NoSQL Databases
NoSQL databases have been getting lot of attention lately but NoSQL data security is not given much emphasis. This article focuses on the security considerations in accessing NoSQL databases. 2
