5 hurdles to adopting devops

The concept of devops turns 10 in 2018. Despite that milestone of maturity, most organizations have yet to fully embrace this IT practice, which blends development, operations and testing personnel together into cross-functional teams aimed at improving the agility of IT service delivery. According to Forrester Research, only 13 percent of organizations have implemented devops,…

IDG Contributor Network: How to start your first trial engagement with outsourcing

Has the time come for your company to explore software development outsourcing? The potential for cost savings is always attractive, but there are many other good reasons software development outsourcing has been pursued by other companies, including: A large backlog of existing projects, exceeding your staff’s capacity to address Local talent pool challenges – finding…

How Bank of America's tech chief manages culture

Governing technology within a large enterprise requires getting the entire IT department to buy in to a cultural ideology, a singular way that work gets done in alignment with the corporate mission. It’s a tough task Cathy Bessant, chief technology and operations officer of Bank of America (BofA), is undertaking as she shepherds 95,000 employees…

10 most telecommuting-friendly companies in tech

10 most telecommuting-friendly companies in tech Image by Thinkstock Remote work remains a productive perk, providing organizations a key lever in attracting and retaining tech talent. While companies such as Yahoo and IBM have rescinded telecommuting policies in an attempt to fix larger business and cultural problems, telecommuting continues to thrive in the tech industry,…

7 simple ways to fail at agile

“Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan” is a saying frequently cited by contemplative business leaders. Yet when it comes to failed agile initiatives, the old bromide might be updated to state: “Success is a team effort, while failure is simply everybody’s fault.” No new agile program aims for failure. Yet poor planning…

5 pitfalls of self-service BI

Over the past several years, businesses have increasingly adopted self-service business intelligence (BI). In its November 2016 “Self-Service BI Market – Global Forecast to 2021” report, Research and Markets forecast the global self-service BI market would double to $7.31 billion by 2021. The benefits seem clear. Whereas traditional BI is frequently seen as slow and…