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The BreakFree Blog
Where BreakFree experts share their wisdom, experience, and knowledge.
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The Big Impact: AI and Insurers
The insurance industry has always been a prime target for fraudsters and cybercriminals.
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Why Banks and Insurers Must Invest in Data and CDOs
By BreakFree Solutions Data has become a vital component for businesses across all industries. With the advent of digitalization and the...
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Unlock DevOps Success
How BreakFree Solutions' DevOps Playbook Framework Supports Your IT Goals By BreakFree Solutions' Staff DevOps transforms how IT...
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Buzzwords Not Needed
The debate between SRE, DevOps, and Platforms By Bradley Clerkin There is a lot of debate on platform engineering vs. DevOps vs. Site...
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Optimizing your Digital Execution Engine – A Guide for Banks, Insurers, & Financial Institutions
By Bradley Clerkin Most enterprises have defined critical digital business targets and worry their digital engineering engine doesn’t...
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Get More Value from Your Automation Investments
Value Stream Mapping is the key to finding unexpected time and cost savings. Chris Lee, Principal Solutions Architect As engineers, we...
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To Adopt DevOps, You Need a Game Plan
Through the DevOps Playbook Framework, enablement teams now exactly how to support the adoption of this core capability By Bradley...
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Avoid Pitfalls with Our Roadmap
6 critical steps for optimizing DevOps, Agile, and Cloud By Bradley Clerkin, CTO You need the right road map to get you where you want to...
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How NOT to Do DevOps 
To get the most value from DevOps, top enterprises avoid these 6 pitfalls By Bradley Clerkin, CTO By now, you’ve probably seen hundreds...
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Understanding Pre- and Post-Digital Operating Models
It’s not a transition, but an expansion of the IT operating model By Bradley Clerkin, CTO To have the most success from digital...
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Do Devs Not Want to Do Ops?
Leaders who look to separate dev from ops may be missing the point. Should development and operations be separated again?
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Streamlining the Value Stream Mapping Process
When working with clients on their digital product initiatives, one of the first things we often do is create a value stream map (VSM).
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The Digital Triad: DevOps, Agile and Cloud
You must operationalize all three By Bradley Clerkin The digital operating model for CIOs must include the triad of DevOps, Agile, and...
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DevOps Do’s and Don’t’s
A fundamental misunderstanding of DevOps is why so many companies get it wrong By Bradley Clerkin I recently stumbled across an article...
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SRE: DevOps’ Little Brother?
SRE may be hiding in DevOps' shadow but it’s equally important for digitally capable organizations By BreakFree Solutions Staff Most...
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How to Stop Sabotaging Your IT initiativesÂ
Using the Simple Sabotage Field Manual as a guide of what NOT to do and share some strategies we perform consistently at BreakFree.
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Want to Become a Digital Strategist? It’s Time to Train in DevOps
DevOps. The Cloud. Infrastructure as Code. Configuration Management. CI/CD. It can all sound pretty challenging. What do you do?
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Robotics and Automation is a core capability for banking
Banks that can enable a fully automated bank operations are going to be far out ahead of everyone else.
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Take the Resistance to Containers Head-on
Four Major Resistance Statements and How to Respond By Bradley Clerkin, BreakFree Solutions CTO The benefits of container platforms for...
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Agile is Broken and More SCRUM is Not the Answer
DevOps is the Key to Enterprises Becoming Agile
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