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Overcoming the 6 barriers to IT modernization

CIO

Legacy systems and technical debt Barrier: Legacy systems, often deeply embedded in an organization’s operations, pose a significant challenge to IT modernization. These outdated systems are not only costly to maintain but also hinder the integration of new technologies, agility, and business value delivery.

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Coach your Architects in Agile Architecture!

Xebia

When companies transform towards an agile and DevOps way of working, they sometimes ask how to proceed with architects. A core problem we see is that those responsible for the transformation have little experience dealing with architecture in an agile way. The scrum masters are concerned with the agile process on a team level.

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Agile Book Club: System Architecture

James Shore

Evolutionary System Architecture. ?? Discussion prompts: How have you seen teams approach designing system architecture? Architecture is as much a factor of organizational design as system design, as Conway’s Law reminds us. What are your preferred techniques for improving an existing system architecture?

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Why GreenOps will succeed where FinOps is failing

CIO

Making emissions estimations visible to architects and engineers, such as the metrics based on the Green Software Foundation Software Carbon Intensity , along with green systems design training gives them the tools to make sustainability optimizations early in the design process. Long-term value creation.

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Article: Thriving in the Complexity of Software Development Using Open Sociotechnical Systems Design

InfoQ Culture Methods

An organisation designed using open sociotechnical systems theory will be a more humane one where people are more engaged. The amazing progress made in technology has led to blindly following the technical imperative at the cost of the social and human dimension.

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Is Agile Talent the Answer for Embedded Systems Design?

Toptal

As these systems continue to permeate life for consumers and entire industries, businesses are increasingly finding themselves up against a severe talent shortage.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO

In todays fast-paced digital landscape, the cloud has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business infrastructure, offering unparalleled scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency. As organizations increasingly migrate to the cloud, however, CIOs face the daunting challenge of navigating a complex and rapidly evolving cloud ecosystem.

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