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James Walker

James Walker is the founder of Heron Web, a UK-based software development studio providing bespoke solutions for SMEs. He has experience managing complete end-to-end web development workflows with DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes. James is also a technical writer and has written extensively about the software development lifecycle, current industry trends, and DevOps concepts and technologies.
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Top 10 Cloud Governance Best Practices

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