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Q&A on the Book Virtual Teams Across Cultures

The book Virtual Teams Across Cultures, by Theresa Sigillito Hollema, examines what makes multicultural virtual teams tick – why they’re different and how to unlock their potential. This book is a comprehensive guide for reflective leaders who want to bring out the best in distributed, culturally diverse teams.

Ben Linders Theresa Sigillito Hollema
on Nov 18, 2020
Architecture & Design

A Cloud-Native Architecture for a Digital Enterprise

This article describes a vendor/technology-neutral reference architecture for a cloud native digital enterprise that can be mapped into different cloud-native platforms (Kubernetes and service mesh), cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google GCP), and infrastructure services.

Lakmal Warusawithana
on Nov 17, 2020
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Beyond the Database, and beyond the Stream Processor: What's the Next Step for Data Management?

Databases have been around forever with the same shape: you make a request to your data and then you receive an answer. Now, stream processors came along with a different approach: data isn’t locked up, it is in motion. Understand how stream processors and databases relate and why there is an emerging new category of databases that focus on data that stays in place as well as data that moves.

Ben Stopford
on Nov 16, 2020
Culture & Methods

Applying Languages of Appreciation in Agile Teams

Respect is one of the core values of Scrum. This can be shown in many ways, including appreciation for our team members. This article introduces the concept from Gary Chapman’s book, The 5 Love Languages, and considers how this applies to our working relationships, how we identify the needs of our colleagues to feel supported and appreciated, and how this can be applied to appreciation in teams.

Christine Thompson
on Nov 12, 2020
Cloud

Q&A with Kubernetes SIG Network Chair and Google's Tim Hockin Regarding Kubernetes Networking

InfoQ caught up with chair of Network SIG, principal software engineer at Google, speaker of the upcoming Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2020 session, and a Kubernetes maintainer even before it was announced, Tim Hockin, about the history of Kubernetes Networking and the roadmap.

Rags Srinivas Tim Hockin
on Nov 11, 2020
Architecture & Design

A Seven-Step Guide to API-First Integration

For a successful digital transformation project, following an API-first approach is more effective and future proof than using an integration-first approach.

Asitha Nanayakkara
on Nov 10, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Competing with Unicorns

The book Competing with Unicorns by Jonathan Rasmusson explores the culture of tech unicorns like Google, Amazon, and Spotify, and dives into the techniques and practices that they use to develop software.

Ben Linders Jonathan Rasmusson
on Nov 09, 2020
Architecture & Design

Implementing a Staged Approach to Evolutionary Architecture

The evolution of software architecture needs new approaches for continuous planning, facilitating continuous integration, and dashboards and tools, which provide guide rails for systems to evolve.

Abhilash Gopalakrishnan
on Nov 06, 2020
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Working Remotely

In the book Working Remotely, Teresa Douglas, Holly Gordon, and Mike Webber share their experiences from working at Kaplan, a company that changed from being a brick-and-mortar company to becoming a predominantly virtual company.

Ben Linders Teresa Douglas Holly Gordon Mike Webber
on Nov 05, 2020
Cloud

Taking Control of Confusing Cloud Costs

As cloud adoption accelerates, it’s increasingly important that organisations are able to come to grips with confusing cloud pricing and take back control of budgets to optimise spending. This article looks at the source of confusion, and how to get more clarity about costs.

Jonathan Shanks
on Nov 05, 2020
Web Development

Running React Applications at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers - Q&A with Josh Larson

Running web applications at the edge shortens the latency observed by users of web applications. Flareact is an edge-rendered React framework built for Cloudflare Workers and inspired by Next.js. Flareact currently supports file-based page routing, dynamic page paths, API routes, cache policy configuration, and edge-side data fetching APIs.

Josh Larson Bruno Couriol
on Nov 04, 2020
Culture & Methods

Dealing with Psychopaths and Narcissists during Agile Change

Psychopathic or narcissistic toxic employees can slow down the adoption of change in a company. Many of the techniques or practices you use with healthy people do not work well with psychopaths or narcissists. This article explores four key areas that can help a change consultant succeed when dealing with toxic people.

Erich Bühler
on Nov 03, 2020