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Superstorm Sandy Uncovers the Downside of Cloud ComputingWhile one can argue all day whether Superstorm Sandy was caused by global climate change or not, there is little doubt that the storm again uncovered the lack of real high availability for most online companies and supposedly outage-proof cloud systems. | 
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Lean, Agile, Lean Agile—What's the Difference?Not everyone is going to embrace agile or lean, and even those who do often disagree on their overall definitions. The truth is that each method has its own individual meaning and benefit to your company. When you combine them, you truly maximize their potential. | 
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The Financial System and Biological Suicide The US financial system has been severally impacted by many outages in recent months. These banking technology glitches have been described as a form of "biological suicide," which highlights the dangers of banks continuing to rely on outdated legacy systems. |
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Why Some Teams Don’t WorkThere are teams that work well, and other teams that are so ineffective, merely being dysfunctional would be a step in the right direction. Naomi Karten explains the reasons why some teams don't work. The solution isn’t to dispense with teams but to figure out what makes them function effectively. | 
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The Bugs They Wouldn't Fix Are Breaking the InternetZero-day bugs or exploits remain very common, and nearly every major vendor has reported them at various times. Because of security vulnerabilities, we are seeing a thriving black market for bugs, competitions to discover new exploits, and a growing need for security testing. | 
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The 2012 State of Configuration Management AddressJust as the president of the United States gives a State of the Union address, Joe Townsend has crafted his own state of the union address geared toward CM professionals. To all of you configuration managers, developers, testers, and information technology workers, the state of CM is not good. | 
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OpenStack Has Finally ArrivedAfter two years, 550,000 lines of code, 320 contributors, and 180 companies, the OpenStack cloud infrastructure project has finally arrived as a major player in the IaaS space. Beth Cohen explores the latest news from the world of OpenStack. |
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How to Use Gamification for an Agile TransformationIn a recent LinkedIn poll, the failure to change organizational culture was voted as the prime cause of preventing an agile transformation. One way to counter this problem is to use gamification, which leaders can use to encourage employees to make the transformation. | 
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