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Why DevOps needs a change from a 'me' to a 'we' mindset

Chris Yates is a Senior Vice President, Managing Director at Republic Bank, one of the most innovative and forward looking banks in the US. For the last five years and more, he and the bank have been working to introduce DevOps to their database development process. Along the way he has had the opportunity to be joined on his DevOps journey by several of his colleagues who have played an instrumental part in enabling cross collaboration among the development teams.

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The Business Case for Docker Adoption

Container technology is considered one of the most rapidly evolving in the software industry's recent history. There has been a seismic shift towards more and more organizations adopting containerization for their applications. Containers offer a lightweight, portable, and more efficient alternative to virtual machines and help us run software securely and reliably across different server environments.

How managed service provider CTAC onboards customers at lightning speed

As a managed service provider, CTAC provides all kinds of IT services for its clients. Efficient monitoring is crucial for them: that way, they can stay on top of performance issues within their customer's IT environments and, eventually, keep their customers happy. However, because CTAC works with many different clients and platforms (such as Microsoft and SAP), their monitoring is often very siloed - which makes it difficult to get an overall view of the performance and health of their customers' IT services.

How FinTechs can ramp up data security in 2022

We now have ever-expanding digital identities to live our daily lives and, whether it’s crossing international borders or more innocuously buying basic products and services, our digital footprint is growing. With the increasing requirement to have a digital identity to do just about anything, our data is constantly being shared online. That said, the demands on FinTech companies to keep personally identifiable information (PII) safe are more pressing than ever.

Designing production-ready AWS serverless applications

Serverless has become an increasingly popular paradigm among organizations looking to modernize their applications as it allows them to increase agility while reducing their operational overhead and costs. But the highly distributed nature of serverless architectures requires developers to rethink their approach to application design and development. AWS-based serverless applications hinge on AWS Lambda functions, which are stateless and ephemeral by design.

Best practices for building serverless applications that follow AWS's Well-Architected Framework

In part 1 of this series, we looked at common design principles and patterns for assembling microservices in serverless environments. But when it comes to building serverless applications, designing your architecture is only part of the challenge. You also have to ensure that each of your individual functions and services are secure, reliable, and highly performant—without incurring enormous costs.