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Automation is Becoming a Necessity, is Puppet the Only Answer?

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Brent Marinaccio
Apr 5, 2017

A microcosm of today’s world includes building cars via robots, self driving vehicles, etc. No matter the task, it appears the number one goal is to automate it as much as possible. The technology landscape is no different. DevOps engineers are asked to automate as many tasks as possible in the current environment. This benefits both the engineer and the corporation. As an engineer, there are a lot of choices to complete a particular task at your disposal, but which automation tools are leading the way?

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Brent Marinaccio

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