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Why DevOps Will Have To Change This Year
Rocked by COVID in 2020, DevOps teams will face new challenges and opportunities over the next 12 months. Here s a look at what to expect.
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DevOps underwent many changes in 2020 as developers headed home to face the challenges presented by the pandemic as well as a variety of emerging technologies. As the new year arrives, even more changes are in store.
Although 2020 may now be viewed as a year of survival, it really was just as much a year of innovation for small and large businesses alike, observed Dave Garrett, chief strategy and growth officer for the Project Management Institute, a nonprofit project management organization. The pandemic has impacted every industry some harder than others and forced everyone into emergency innovation, he noted. As we look toward 2021, this rapid innovation will need to continue for organizations to leverage emerging technologies and thrive i
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Shoddy software cost the US an estimated $2.08tr in 2020, according to the Consortium for Information & Software Quality (CISQ). That s down slightly from a revised 2018 total of $2.1tr but still isn t anything to brag about.
In its 2020 report, The Cost of Poor Software Quality in the US, the Massachusetts-based standards group co-founded by the non-profit Object Management Group and Carnegie Mellon University s Software Engineering Institute (SEI), identifies three major cost sinkholes.
Unsuccessful IT initiatives and software projects are estimated to have cost $260bn in 2020, up from $177.5bn in 2018. Poor quality in legacy systems is said to have eaten up $520bn, down from $635bn in 2018. And operational software failures – bugs – took a toll of $1.56tr last year, significantly more than the $1.275tr flushed away in 2018.
Mary Chris Jammet Joins the Boards of Directors of Adams Diversified Equity Fund and Adams Natural Resources Fund
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The Boards of Directors of Adams Diversified Equity Fund (NYSE: ADX) and Adams Natural Resources Fund (NYSE: PEO), two of the nation s oldest closed-end funds, announce the election of Mary Chris Jammet as an independent director of the Funds, effective December 10, 2020.
Ms. Jammet is a seasoned investment management professional and experienced corporate board member who brings more than 30 years of experience to Adams Funds. Currently a Principal with Bristol Partners, Ms. Jammet served as Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at global asset management firm Legg Mason, Inc. (now Franklin Templeton), where she was responsible for $20 billion in client assets before retiring in 2013. In 2014, Ms. Jammet was elected to the Board of Directors of MGM Resorts Inte