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How To Save A Fortune On Azure Kubernetes Service
DevOps teams can quickly spin up multiple Kubernetes clusters for development, test, and production. And it’s all beautiful… until the first invoice comes. Click here to find out how to save on AKS!

Zartis is in the Deloitte Fast50 for the Second Year Running!
Zartis ranked 11 in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Ireland 2020. Following our ranking at number 13 in 2019, we are honored and humbled to rank higher each year.

5 Reasons to Outsource Your Software Development to Poland
Software outsourcing to Poland can help you team up with world-class developers, cut back on costs, and build first-rate digital products.
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Seven Skills You Need to Succeed in DevOps
DevOps is all about collaboration. Besides technical proficiency, DevOps hiring managers are also looking for the softer management and communications skills.

Career Advice: Top three Tips from Reid Hoffman
In this presentation, Reid focuses on three key recommendations he had for graduates in terms of their careers.

Java: Learn Once, Work Anywhere
There’s no escaping Java. 97% of the world’s enterprise desktops, and billions of mobile phones are testament to the ‘write once, run anywhere’ philosophy.

Five Tips for Developing A Systems Administrator Career
It may not be at the sexy end of the tech career spectrum, but Systems Administrators are the engine that keeps business IT running.

You’re never too young to learn an old language
COBOL (still processing the bulk of the world’s business data) is an in demand skill at 55 years old, making C positively youthful at 42.

Why ColdFusion refused to die
My interest in ColdFusion came about when I worked as an agency recruiter; someone asked me to find a ColdFusion Developer and I pretended I knew what it was. It

Four tips for hiring software developers in Ireland
We’re constantly reminded that there’s a shortage of IT skills in the local and global economy. The EU warns us we’re facing a shortage of up to 900,000 ICT professionals

Who needs software developers anyway?
As a precursor to our first quarterly report on tech hiring in Ireland, Zartis.com are releasing some research from this report.

Productivity Tips for Software Developers (and everyone else)
Research has shown that the average programmer takes 10-15 minutes to resume editing code after they’ve been interrupted. How to beat it? Click here.

Code is the next resume
According to the Linux Foundation’s Jim Zemlin, “Code is the next resume.” But what happens when your current role is on the mundane end of the sexy spectrum? Or your

Don’t. Panic.
Demand might be high for C++ and Java developers, but according to one index at least, these staples in the coder’s skillset are slipping in popularity. Is it the end

Five things you need to do to nail that interview
Whether you secure the position or not at your next interview can be out of your hands: there may be more suitably qualified candidates; the next guy/girl in the interview
5 Reasons to Outsource Your Software Development to Poland
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Read this articleThe Story of Software Podcast #22: Edtech & The University Challenge
In this episode, Padraig Coffey is joined by Mark MacMahon, CTO at the Steinbeis SMI in Germany and Dr. Tony...
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Outsourcing is not rocket science. As long as you stay clear of these common pitfalls, you will minimize the risks...
Read this articleThe Story of Software Podcast #21: 31 Startups
In this episode, Padraig Coffey, CEO at Zartis, is joined by Connor Murphy, CEO of Bridge, and a serial entrepreneur...
Read this articleLevel Up 2021 Applications Are Open!
In partnership with Code Institute and DMI, Level Up provides 18 asylum seekers and refugees the opportunity to become Fullstack...
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