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May 13, 2022

Openness As A Core Organizational Value At Axelerant

Introduction Openness is a bitter pill to swallow for an organization. Though good for organizational health, it's difficult to follow and harder to cultivate and sustain.

May 12, 2022

Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 Migration Strategy: Key Learnings

Introduction In order to build any kind of a website, Drupal presents its friendly and powerful content management platform, Drupal 7. You name it and they have it. From Collaborative Social communities to Blogs and social sites.

May 6, 2022

Axelerant Joins Five For The Future Movement

Introduction Are you planning to give back to the WordPress community? Five For The Future (#5FTF) is here to give you that opportunity. Axelerant has decided to become a part of this initiative by contributing our skills to it. This article showcases how we got involved and our journey so far.

May 4, 2022

Why Work at a Global Remote Organization

Introduction Axelerant is a global company. But you'd be excused for thinking that it's an Indian firm. Many of our team members indeed come from the Indian subcontinent. It all began here.

May 2, 2022

How To Get Started With Azure DevOps in 2022

Introduction An Azure DevOps developer, with the help and benefits of cloud architecture, creates cloud-based applications. To become a developer, proficiency in security, testing, development, and deployment is a must. A total of 338 companies reportedly use Azure DevOps.

Apr 28, 2022

Path to Happiness — How Axelerant Stands With its Team Members

Introduction Nikita stared at the computer screen in front of her. Months turned into a year, and she was still no closer to adopting a child than when she had started.

Apr 19, 2022

How To Build A New Team: Dream Team

Introduction Being one of the five people to join Axelerant’s Talent Management team, which now stands at a solid six, aims at building new teams by adding efficient individuals to the organization.

Mar 6, 2022

George DeMet: On Building A Remote-First, Sustainable Business & Enabling Regeneration With Open Source

George DeMet started building websites at a time when the internet was just emerging as a new medium of communication. And ever since for the past 25 years, he has worked in the field of Drupal, Open Source, and digital experiences through his business Palantir.net. His focus on creating a sustainable business for the long haul, reducing the carbon footprint, and keeping the human side at the center of everything is what differentiates him from other founders and organizations. As of now, he is excited to see how businesses evolve and adapt on the other side of the pandemic.

Mar 6, 2022

Mitchell Lawson: Rescue Swimming, Special Projects, & Man’s Search For Meaning

Mitchell joined the US Navy at the age of 19. After serving six years in the military, this rescue swimmer pursued his business administration degrees and took up a position at the renowned travel publishing company, Lonely Planet.

Mar 6, 2022

Michael Meyers: On Work Ethic, Startup Burnout, & Making Change At Acquia & Tag1

One of Michael’s first jobs was working at the district of the high school he attended, installing closed circuit and cable T.V. systems with a lift and a hammer drill. After graduating college, he worked for a hosting company building on Lotus Notes by day and working on his startup ideas at night. After launching his startup, he encountered Drupal and built a prototype that helped raise over 12 million dollars to launch his next business venture, becoming the CTO of a top 50 website. Michael was just getting started.