Open Future Blog by Syone

Ask a colleague about their vacations, and they will probably greet you with an empathic: “Short!" Time flies when you're having fun.

That's a typical conversation between colleagues after returning from vacation. You're living on a permanent Sunday, and suddenly, Monday slaps you in the face. You need to switch from waking up to sunlight on your face to the sound of an alarm clock (the worst sound ever, in my opinion).

You must trade cocktails and ice creams for coffee on the office balcony and your flip-flops and jams for traffic jams. It’s a lot to handle, and these feelings are more common than you think.

To begin our journey into DevOps project management, we must clearly understand what DevOps is.

DevOps combines the practices of software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to improve collaboration, speed up software delivery, and guarantee the quality and reliability of the product.

DevOps requires a cultural transformation within the organization. It integrates people, processes, and tools to make an application's life cycle faster and more predictable. This cultural change must start at the top of the hierarchy and spread effectively throughout the organization, promoting adopting the DevOps culture.

Nearshore and Outsourcing are two strategies that come up when we're talking about cost reductions or boosting operational efficiency. But what about sustainability?

As unlikely as it may sound, these practices can contribute to decreasing the carbon footprint of companies worldwide and become part of a broad-reaching strategy to promote sustainability.

Data is the "new oil." It's the new currency of every single business out there and cannot be ignored anymore. Having the data is one thing, but knowing how to leverage the same data is just as important.  

India, China, and Eastern Europe have dominated the Nearshore and Outsourcing industry for the longest time. However, countries like Portugal are gaining newfound recognition as one of the premier choices for these services, disrupting these industries at lightning speed.

Here's why Portugal is growing as a Nearshore and Outsourcing destination and why you should start considering moving your IT services here: