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Diamondcluster did a study on the Global IT Outsourcing, here are the highlights:Top 3 Outsourcing Rationale1. Reduce or Control Cost2. Better Manage Variable Capacity Needs3. Free Up Internal Resources for more Critical PurposesTop 3 Key Selection Criteria1. Technology Expertise2. Cost3. Flexibility in Structuring Operating Model (offshore, onshore, ...)Top 3 Outsourcing Areas1. Application

10 Continuous Integration Best Practices

Frequent integrations with automatic build and test leads to significantly reduced integration problems and allows a team to develop cohesive software more rapidly. Since the first publication of Martin Fowler's article on Continuous Integration the method fastly gained popularity. In the latest version he focusses more on the best practices: Maintain a Single Source Repository. Automate the