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Integrating Raft into JGroups

JGroups has many features that could be useful to a robust Raft consensus based implementation. In this article, Ugo Landini takes us through a project to implement a Raft consensus based algorithm on top of JGroups, which could be really a nice addition in many different use cases.

Ugo Landini
on Jul 14, 2015
The Most Common Reasons Why Software Projects Fail

Knowing the basics of software development can greatly improve the project outcome; however, that alone is not enough to prevent project failures. Projects can be categorized as failures because of cost overruns, late deliveries or poor quality, but the right estimation processes can increase the likelihood of project success.

Doug Putnam Taylor Putnam-Majarian
on Jul 13, 2015
Infrastructure as a Service and Cloud Technologies

In this article, authors examine the enterprise cloud market and technologies and provide guidance for choosing the right cloud solution. They also discuss the cloud computing best practices such as elastic architecture, design for failure, high availability, performance, security, and monitoring.

Josune Hernantes Gorka Gallardo Nicolas Serrano
on Jul 12, 2015
The World is One Family - Why That Matters for Software Corporations and Professionals

Rev. C. L. Gulati of Sant Nirankari Mission presented the opening keynote on the conference theme – Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam – The World is one family, at the Regional Scrum Gathering South Asia 2015. Kamlesh Ravlani, one of the volunteer event organizers, spoke with him about this philosophy, its implications for global organizations and why the software community should care about it.

Kamlesh Ravlani
on Jul 12, 2015
Programming with Semantic Profiles: In the Land of Magic Strings, the Profile-Aware is King

As this article’s author, Mark Foster, puts it, "Absent profiles, the API space will be relegated to blindly passing around 'magic strings, fooling ourselves into thinking we are passing reliable semantic information." Here, Foster — one of the editors of the ALPS specification — explains what semantic profiles are and how they can transform the way Web APIs are desgined and implemented.

Mark Foster
on Jul 11, 2015
Practices for DevOps and Continuous Delivery

DevOps is an attempt to break the barrier between development and operations teams, who are both required for the successful delivery of software says Danilo Sato. His book Devops in Practice: Reliable and automated software delivery provides a hands-on approach for implementing continuous delivery and DevOps practices.

Ben Linders
on Jul 10, 2015
Business, Design, and Engineering: Developing Collaboration-Culture

The collaboration of a company and its multidisciplinary units has never been more crucial than now. Everything we make today depends upon our ability to stay current, move nimbly, innovate, engage and delight. Those things are too difficult to achieve without cross-team collaboration.

Jaimee Newberry
on Jul 09, 2015
Implementing Agile Delivery for Non-Software IT Projects

Most organizations avoid using Agile for IT projects that do not involve software delivery (e.g. roadmap planning and architecture development). These projects deliver high value, but are often the most risky of all projects - and high risk demands Agile delivery. This paper discusses how Agile can be successfully adopted to deliver these projects by going back to the basics of Agile philosophy.

Dipanjan Munshi
on Jul 08, 2015
Article Series: Mobile-first in Africa

This series focuses on several African projects that are leveraging existing mobile technology to have a significant impact on people's lives, from education to banking, from health to conflict outburst handling, and more. Articles in this series not only cover the available technological ground of those projects but also try and explain their impact on African society.

Sergio De Simone
on Jul 08, 2015
Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon New York 2015

This article summarizes the key takeaways and highlights from QCon New York 2015 as blogged and tweeted by QCon's attendees. Over the course of the next 4 months, InfoQ will be publishing most of the conference sessions online, including video interviews that were recorded by the InfoQ editorial team.

Abel Avram
on Jul 07, 2015
Lessons Learned Adopting Microservices at Gilt, Hailo and nearForm

This article contains an extensive interview on the microservices adoption process, the technologies used, the benefits and difficulties of implementing microservices, with representatives from Gilt, Hailo and nearForm.

Abel Avram
on Jul 07, 2015
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SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa

SMS Uprising is a collection of essays that provides practical examples of how mobile technology is providing new ways for activists in Africa to organise and strive for social change.

Sergio De Simone
on Jul 07, 2015

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