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Dear IT Operations: It’s Time To Get Serious About Security

Forrester IT

Okay, I'll apologize right away to the IT ops teams that are already security-savvy. But I suspect there are still a few that leave security to the CISO's team. On Friday, May 12, 2017, evil forces launched a ransomware pandemic, like a defibrillator blasting security into the heart of IT operations. cyber security.

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5 DevOps predictions for 2017

Tech Republic Data Center

DevOps saw a lot of container adoption by enterprises and more companies bolstering their offerings in 2016. Security improvements, containerization, and consolidation are on the horizon for next year.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in stock buybacks between 2017 and 2019. In 2017, Fast Company wrote that Southwest Airlines’ digital transformation “takes off” with an $800 million technology overhaul, but only $300 million was dedicated to new technology for operations. 31 what amounts to $428 million a year.

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14 essential book recommendations by and for IT leaders

CIO Business Intelligence

In The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win (IT Revolution Press, 2013 ) , Bill — an IT manager — takes over a critical project that’s over budget and behind schedule. The Phoenix Project, in particular, shed light on the DevOps movement that later became widely adopted in organizations.”

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American Airlines Adopts Public Cloud Computing

Cloud Musings

This critical failure has been highlighted by a number of newsworthy incidents including: · Delta, April 4, 2017 - Following storms that affected its Atlanta hub, Delta's crew-scheduling systems failed, causing days of operational issues for the airline. 23, 2017 - An outage at JetBlue forced the airline to check in passengers manually in Ft.

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Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

He’s also a big believer in the agile DevOps concept of “shifting left” when it comes to technology — performing testing and evaluation early in the development process, generally before code is written — and “shifting right” when it concerns talent, where his vision for eliminating Toyota’s service desk is an example. “As

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

Cloud Security Fundamentals — The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features. One thing often forgotten about during implementation is security. This course centers on introducing the prospective student to many of the cloud concepts and how to secure those through the use of tools available to them.

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