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In the software development world, Agile methodology has overthrown older styles of workflow in almost every sector. Although there is a wide variety of interpretations and specific techniques, the core principles of the Agile Manifesto can help any organization in any industry to improve their productivity and overall success. Agile Zone is your essential hub for Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean Startup and more.

The Mobile Microzone features current content for mobile developers working on current and emerging mobile platforms, including android, ios, and windows phone.

DevOps is a cultural movement, supported by exciting new tools, that is aimed at encouraging close cooperation and cross-disciplinary teams between development and IT operations/sys admins. The DevOps Zone is your hot spot for news and resources about Continuous Delivery, Puppet, Chef, Networking, Jenkins, and much more.

The Big Data/BI Zone is a prime resource and community for Big Data geeks of all stripes.  We're on top of all the best tips and news for Hadoop, R, and data visualization technologies.  Not only that, but we also give you advice from data science experts on how to understand and present that data. 

Scalability and better performance are constant concerns for the developer and operations manager.  New Relic is dedicated to performance education as the supporter of the Performance Zone. New Relic is the all-in-one web application performance tool that lets you see performance from the end user experience, through servers, and down to the line of application code. 

Enterprise Integration is a huge problem space for developers, and with so many different technologies to choose from, finding the most elegant solution can be tricky.  MuleSoft provides the #1 open source Enterprise Service Bus, Mule, along with SOA integration cloud services that are used by customers like eBay, Amazon, and Walmart.

DZone's NoSQL Microzone is sponsored by VoltDB, a company that is passionate about databases. The VoltDB relational database system provides a leading NoSQL solution with linear scaling, Hadoop/OLAP integration, and professional management tools. VoltDB is available in both open source and enterprise distributions.

The Cloud Zone covers the host of providers and utilities that make cloud computing possible and push the limits (and savings) with which we can deploy, store, and host applications in a flexible, elastic manner.

The HTML5 Zone is brought to you with the partnership of Microsoft and includes content on HTML5, CSS3, SVG, and Other Emerging Web Standards or JavaScript technologies that improve the web as a platform for application development.

The booming industry surrounding social media has made its way to the enterprise as businesses leverage social media tools to improve how they communicate internally and with clients to increase profit. DZone's Social Business portal will feature content relevant to these emerging technologies, including product announcements and industry news.