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The Future of Operations: A Developer

Forrester IT

The management of your estate mandates that system administrators (sysadmins) quickly acquire skill sets common among Agile development and operations (DevOps) [ii] professionals. Back when I began in the industry, application code was opaque to computer operators (my original title, akin to modern-day systems administrators).

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Microsoft Defender update kills Start Menu shortcuts and program files on Windows

TechSpot

Last Friday was a rather unlucky day for Windows users and system administrators worldwide. According to multiple reports, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint turned into a shortcut and file "killer" that fateful day, after the security suite began to delete application shortcuts from the Windows Taskbar and Start Menu, sometimes even.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Information Technology

What are the key features in each major phase of your application? How quickly will we need to scale the application? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? If so, will you also have your own account system? Artificial Intelligence Does your application leverage AI in any way? What has been captured so far?

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Sysadmins: You're All Developers Now

Forrester IT

In a past life I was a system administrator, or "sysadmin" I enjoyed it, but even in those halcyon days of remoting into servers and driving to the office at 2 AM (hoping the server room wasn't on fire), I knew I had a limited shelf life. Application Development Methodologies. application management.

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10 hottest IT jobs for salary growth in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

There’s a strong need for workers with expertise in helping companies make sense of data, launch cloud strategies, build applications, and improve the overall user experience. Relevant skills for DevOps Engineers include automation, software development, system administration skills, and cloud computing.

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO Business Intelligence

But 86% of technology managers also said that it’s challenging to find skilled professionals in software and applications development, technology process automation, and cloud architecture and operations. Cloud engineers should have experience troubleshooting, analytical skills, and knowledge of SysOps, Azure, AWS, GCP, and CI/CD systems.

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Take your time testing these February Patch Tuesday updates

Computerworld Vertical IT

And, with this month's very light release from Microsoft, corporate security and systems administrators can take the time needed to test their applications and desktop/server builds. To read this article in full, please click here