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Is Working from Home a Boon or a Bane for IT Professionals? Yahoo made shockwaves earlier this year when the company announced it was doing away with work-from-home benefits for all employees. CEO Marissa Mayer claimed that there is a lack of innovation when employees are separated. But what if the opposite occurs due to the impact of a negative culture? |
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Are the New and Alternative Programming Languages Sustainable?New programming languages are challenging the status quo and are trying to address the gaps in conventional programming languages. Brendan Quinn looks at the new and alternative programming languages on the market and whether or not they are sustainable and more than just niche products. | 
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Android Makes Developers’ Lives Easier Just last year some developers were doing software quality assurance testing on 400 Android devices for each app they created, but this year it’s down to a quarter of that. The streamlining is mostly due to Samsung’s hardware cornering the market, but Android's software platform has also improved. |
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Should You Be Developing Mobile Apps or Better Mobile Websites?There's a debate going on about the sustainability of mobile applications alongside the demands of users—and their myriad devices that grow every year. Could we see app development soon slow down while a surge of developers utilizes HTML5 to simply create a more mobile web experience? | 
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Stepping into an Everything Connected WorldWhile social media has connected the world in one sense, an automated and digitally connected world is becoming more popular. Rajini Padmanaban looks at the software engineering, implementation, security, and performance issues associated with stepping into a connected world. | 
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Adobe Switching to Subscription-Based Creative CloudAdobe, the manufacturer of choice for many creative professionals, said it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite tools. Instead it will solely support a subscription-only model in its Creative Cloud, allowing for more capabilities and as-released updates. But customers are skeptical. |
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Are You Getting Everything You Need from Your Infrastructure?Culture may be vital to the success of agile, but there are a number of technical requirements that must be in place for development teams to be able to bring the speed and quality that agile was designed to deliver. Nate Odell looks specifically at the needs of an agile infrastructure. | 
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Achieving Transparency in Your Next Agile ProjectThere has been a lot of news recently about increasing transparency in government. While government operations pose significant challenges to ensuring transparency, agile projects can suffer from these challenges as well. Technical debt and documentation are areas where project teams can improve. | 
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