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How to become a DevOps engineer: A cheat sheet
Many organizations are moving to DevOps, an ethos that integrates software developers and IT professionals who manage production operations for a smoother, more productive workflow. That means that DevOps engineers are more in demand than ever before, with these...
Top US CEOs Worried About Changes Being Made To H-1B Visa Review Process
The Trump administration's "inconsistent" immigration policies, including on the H1-B visa for professionals, could "disrupt" operations of American firms and inflict "substantial harm" on their competitiveness, CEOs from top US companies have warned. In a letter to...
Science Says Parents of the Most Successful Kids Do These 10 Things
We all want to lead happy, successful lives. But for parents, there's a time when your priorities shift a bit, and your most important goals start to involve setting your kids up for success and happiness in their own lives. Parental priorities aren't the only factor,...
Slack Buys Atlassian’s HipChat and Stride
Two weeks ago, we predicted Slack would do something special to counter Microsoft's announcement that it was releasing a freemium version of its collaboration application Teams. A freemium Teams, after all, was a direct threat to Slack, whose appeal to date was...
8 Emerging Trends in Container Orchestration
Containers are no longer a niche technology—more than 35 percent of Datadog customers with at least 500 hosts have adopted Docker, according to our latest research on Docker usage in the real world. As containerization becomes more mainstream, we decided to examine...
Google Cloud Platform: PREEMPTIBLE VIRTUAL MACHINES
Short Lived, Low Cost VMs Preemptible VMs are highly affordable, short-lived compute instances suitable for batch jobs and fault-tolerant workloads. Preemptible VMs offer the same machine types and options as regular compute instances and last for up to 24 hours. If...