AWS Expands its Partnerships with Institutions to Offer Degree Programs in Cloud Computing

Source:- iblnews.org AWS (Amazon Web Services) continues to expand its partnerships with schools to offer associate and bachelor’s degree specialization in cloud computing. Its latest move points out to Virginia, where, given the booming tech sector and with Amazon’s new operations – it is launching its second headquarters in Arlington, VA – employees are in a growing need for workers with cloud computing skills. Since September 2016, job postings requiring these skills in Virginia have increased from approximately 5,000 to 20,000 per month, according to

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Upping IT Skills: IT Pros Cite Significant Challenges

Source:- devops.com Anyone who works within enterprise technology learns very quickly that if they want to stay relevant to the workforce, they’ll need to continuously learn new skills. But it’s certainly hard keeping up with new skill training while also keeping pace with day-to-day work demands. This is probably why a survey earlier this year from IT management software provider SolarWinds found that 70% of all technology professionals surveyed do not feel completely confident that they have all the necessary

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To benefit from DevOps implementation, security and dev teams must communicate better

Source :- helpnetsecurity.com Despite the enterprise benefits assured by adopting a DevOps culture, the majority of IT leaders believe communication between IT security and software development must improve greatly to achieve success, a Trend Micro survey reveals. DevOps implementation Led by independent research specialist Vanson Bourne, the company surveyed the attitudes toward DevOps held by 1,310 IT decision makers from within both enterprise and SMB organizations across the globe. Those surveyed are at various stages of the DevOps implementation as they

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Automated Testing: Remember Security

Source – devops.com Between continuous integration (CI) and release automation (RA), we’ve come a long way in making testing both integral and automated. This testing has allowed QA staff and developers to spend more time adding value by looking at problem areas instead of running tests by hand. Shops that have CI well-integrated into their application processes and are using test driven development (TDD) claim they have improved both time to deployment and code quality. But we’re still struggling to get

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