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The complete archive, 2022 to 2023.
DevOps
ArchiveNavigate the DevOps Journey: Dive into the DevOps Maturity Model
The DevOps Maturity Model I remember the days when DevOps was just a buzzword that people threw around in meetings. Fast forward to today, and it's a cornerstone of modern IT and software development. But here's the kicker—DevOps is not a…
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ArchiveScaling DevOps: Planning, Methods, and Best Practices
As companies increasingly rely on cloud development and delivery, the need to adopt scalable DevOps practices becomes paramount. But why? Implementing a scaled agile DevOps approach brings numerous benefits for enterprises and SMBs alike,…
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ArchiveDevOps Outsourcing: Benefits, Risks and Vendor Selection
DevOps outsourcing can fill skills gaps in cloud operations and software delivery. Learn how to weigh costs and risks, choose a vendor, and plan a pilot engagement.
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ArchiveSolving Enterprise Tech Challenges: IT Staff Augmentation vs Managed Services
IT Staff Augmentation vs Managed Services: Picking the Right Solution for Your Resource Constraints As an enterprise technology manager or director, you face numerous challenges in today's rapidly changing tech landscape. Among these…
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ArchiveFinding Top Talent: The Guide to IT Recruitment for Cloud and DevOps
Evolve your IT recruitment process Understanding the IT Recruitment Process for Cloud and DevOps Finding the proper people might be difficult as cloud computing and DevOps continue to change the IT landscape. Yet, attracting and hiring top…
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ArchiveIT Staff Augmentation Trends for Enterprise Companies: A Comprehensive Guide
What trends will be see with staff augmentation? Enterprise businesses must stay up to date on the newest staff augmentation trends to stay competitive as the business world is continuously changing. This is crucial in many areas, but IT…
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ArchiveHow IT Staff Augmentation Can Help Control Cost
The Cost-Effectiveness of IT Staff Augmentation Let's define IT staff augmentation initially and what it means to be cost-effective. This procedure entails bringing in outside experts to collaborate with your internal team for a set amount…
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ArchiveWhat are Staff Augmentation Services
Learn about staff augmentation services and how they can help you Technology moves fast, so fast that it makes it incredibly hard to keep your team up to speed on the ever-changing needs of the business. This is where staff augmentation…
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ArchiveHow to Choose the Right Staff Augmentation Partner
Choose a staff augmentation partner by checking technical skills, team fit, onboarding, costs, and handover. Use the same questions to compare each provider.
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ArchiveBenefits of Staff Augmentation: A Comprehensive Guide
What are the benefits of staff augmentation? So you’re looking to understand the benefits of staff augmentation to potentially add some flexibility to your team. Well, you’ve landed in the right place because that’s exactly what we’re going…
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ArchiveEffective IT Staff Augmentation in a Cloud Environment
When you’ve got a tight budget, running a cloud team can feel like bailing out a boat with a teaspoon. Have you thought about trying an IT staff augmentation bilge pump? Economies have constant ebbs and flows. Rolling from one roaring climb…
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ArchiveThe Comprehensive Guide to Hybrid Cloud Strategy
Is a hybrid cloud strategy right for your business? How do you get started?
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ArchiveBenefits of DevOps Managed Services
Is it worth bringing on DevOps managed services? What do I get out of it?
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ArchiveIntroduction to the Performance Efficiency Pillar
Getting the highest performance out of your workloads while balancing cost and efficiency? But how?
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ArchiveWhat Are the Benefits of a Multi-Cloud Strategy?
AWS? GCP? Azure? Why just one? For some businesses, a single cloud provider may not fit your business needs. Why not a multi-cloud strategy?
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ArchiveAWS Landing Zone Accelerator explained
Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS (LZA) is an open-source solution that automates security, networking, and logging across a multi-account AWS environment. It extends an AWS Control Tower landing zone or works with AWS Organizations.
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ArchiveHow to Choose a Cloud Managed Services Provider
Before you jump into a long-term cloud managed services commitment. Think about some of these things.
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ArchiveWhat makes up Cloud Managed Services?
Looking to leverage a cloud managed services partner? Learn what to expect in this article before jumping in.
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ArchiveCan a Multi-Cloud Strategy be Cost Effective?
Looking to make a move to multi-cloud? Learn about how this can impact costs and whether its a cost-effective strategy
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ArchiveAWS Operational Excellence: Principles and Best Practices
AWS Operational Excellence is the Well-Architected pillar for running and improving cloud workloads. It connects automation, operational metrics and failure reviews to business goals.
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ArchiveAn Unbiased View into the Best Cloud Cost Control Tools
There are so many cloud cost control tools out there. Which one is right for you and your team?
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ArchiveCloud Hidden Costs: Don’t Get Caught Out When the Budget Hammer Comes Down
Why is our cloud infra bill so high? Does it need to be? Tech leaders have a lot on their mind right now and the hidden costs of cloud may not be a the top of the list. Seeing your LinkedIn feed constantly flashing mass layoffs left and…
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ArchiveHow to Hire a DevOps Engineer the Right Way
This year was when I learned the hard way how to to hire a Devops engineer. It was the end of Q1 2022, I had spent 3 months of the new year sitting through 20 meetings with recruiters, read 50+ resumes, and chatted through 30 half-hour…
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ArchiveAWS Well-Architected Framework - Security Pillar
Part 6 - Security Pillar Intro We're onto Part 6 or our deep-dive into the AWS Well-Architected Framework. In this post, we will be taking a look at the AWS Security Pillar. If you haven’t checked out the earlier 5 parts to this series,…
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ArchiveAWS Well-Architected Framework- Introduction to Sustainability
When building in the cloud, do you have a proven blueprint for what you're constructing?
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ArchiveAWS Well-Architected Pillars
When building in the cloud, do you have a proven blueprint for what you're constructing?
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ArchiveThe Wisdom of a Million Brains for your AWS Cloud
When building in the cloud, do you have a proven blueprint for what you're constructing?
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ArchiveAutimo wins "Most Promising Canada Tech Services Company" award.
Autimo wins "Most Promising Tech Services Company 2022" award in the May edition of CIO Review magazine.
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ArchiveThe Wisdom of a Million Brains for your AWS Cloud
A Story of Cloud Maturity through the AWS Well-Architected Framework
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