September Newsletter 2022
BreakFree Solutions, A ThoughtFocus Company
Practical Cloud, DevOps, and Automation Professional Services for the Enterprise
A Letter From Us to You
Welcome to the BreakFree Newsletter!?
?We created this newsletter series to inspire fellow technologists by providing?valuable?content that's easy to consume. If you've gone searching for resources to aid in your skills development, you know that not all tech-related content is valuable — especially when you have limited time.?
That's why we've done the work for you, curated by our own?team of experts?as well as?trusted sources?that provide information to aid in your digital initiatives.?
Do you have thoughts on topics you'd like to see included in our next newsletter? Shoot us a message at?[email protected]. Thanks and happy reading!
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DevOps Leadership Bootcamp?
Last month we hosted the DevOps Leadership Bootcamp in which our CTO Bradley Clerkin led a whiteboarding session explaining to the IT leaders in attendance what they need to know for optimizing DevOps. This included common pitfalls to avoid, a game plan for optimization and more.
For our next Leadership Bootcamp, Bradley will be discussing Digital Security: building safely on the cloud without sacrificing velocity. More info on that virtual event is to come!
If you're interested in hearing more about our future leadership bootcamps, subscribe here.
Service Requests Mentality is a Blocker to Digital
Embracing a partnering mindset, rather than relying on service request systems, allows for truly digitally capable IT. This blog post by our CTO, explains how to embrace the partnering mindset, using real-world examples of this method in action.?
Coca-Cola: The people-first story of a digital transformation
Coca-Cola is leading the way in skills development as they set up a digital academy to train its employees in digital skills. McKinsey reports how this effort promotes digital transformation.
The 5 prevailing Agile pitfalls that prevent true adoption
Despite the widespread admiration and acceptance Agile enjoys across the software industry, many organizations struggle to fully implement its associated practices. From Tech Target, here are some pitfalls to avoid.
Gartner Says Worldwide RPA Software Spending to Reach $2.9 Billion in 2022
According to Gartner, the global robotic process automation software market will reach $2.9 billion by 2022. Read more of their predictions for RPA in this press release.
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Continuous Retrospect
Though sprint retrospective is so important, it is the most underutilized event in Scrum. This blog post written by our Senior Agile Coach, will teach you how to get the most out of retro, giving your teams lasting impact.?
Remote Work Fueled US Productivity Growth During Pandemic
Productivity in work-from-home services businesses grew 3.3% between the beginning of 2020 and early 2022, while services industries that required in-person contact contracted by 2.6%. Bloomberg discusses the growth driven by WFH.
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In this episode, we continue exploring the world of Agile Scrum with Vincent Bolin, Senior Solutions Engineer at BreakFree Solutions. As a BreakFree OG, Vincent has a ton of knowledge and experience when it comes to Agile development, specifically the Scrum framework, and he shares some great insights on what makes Agile work so well.
But it's not all talking shop in this episode! Our hosts put Vincent in the hot seat, with "Hot Box," a game of rapid fire questions and Garth, a popular improv game inspired by Dana Carvey’s hilarious character in Wayne's World.
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The Humans Of DevOps
"Welcome to a new season of the Humans of DevOps Podcast with your host Eveline Oehrlich. In this episode Eveline is joined by DevOps Institute CEO Jayne Groll to discuss Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), how the concept came about and where it's going in 2023."
Listen here: Apple Podcasts or Spotify
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