# Ebooks & Whitepapers

Browse our collection of Ebooks and Whitepapers for valuable industry knowledge, trends, and strategies to help you stay ahead and make informed decisions.

### [How to orchestrate AI agents](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/how-to-orchestrate-ai-agents)

Ebook

AI agents are shifting from synchronous support tools to autonomous contributors that can refactor code, generate tests, and run maintenance work asynchronously. But once teams adopt parallel, multi-agent workflows, constraints change: preventing drift, duplicated effort, merge conflicts, and inconsistent architectural decisions becomes the real work.

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### [Run high-impact hackathons with GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/github-copilot-hackathon-playbook)

Ebook

Plan and run internal hackathons that deliver real outcomes. This playbook gives you a clear, step-by-step framework to help your teams build useful projects, learn faster, and drive innovation with GitHub Copilot.

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### [How to Capture AI-Driven Productivity Gains Across the SDLC](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/how-to-capture-ai-driven-productivity-gains-across-the-sdlc)

Whitepaper

Discover the Gartner® roadmap for achieving 25% to 30% productivity gains by applying AI across the entire software development lifecycle.

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### [GitHub recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/gartner-magic-quadrant-and-critical-capabilities-for-ai-code-assistants)

Whitepaper

Learn why Gartner positioned GitHub as a Leader for the second year in a row—highest and furthest in both Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.

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### [Balancing Innovation with Governance: A Roadmap for AI-Powered Government](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/solutions-for-government)

Ebook

This whitepaper provides a clear roadmap for navigating this new landscape, showing how GitHub’s AI-powered platform can empower your teams and strengthen governance.

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### [Unlock 376% ROI with GitHub Enterprise Cloud](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/forrester)

Whitepaper

Read the full Forrester TEI study and use the interactive ROI calculator to model results for your organization.

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### [Turn developer workflows into a security powerhouse with GitHub](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/forrester-industry-spotlight-github-advanced-security)

Whitepaper

The Forrester Industry Spotlight on GitHub Advanced Security shows how enterprises achieve measurable gains in security efficiency, risk reduction, and developer productivity.

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### [How agentic AI is accelerating DevOps](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/how-agentic-ai-is-accelerating-devops)

Ebook

Discover what AI agents can really do for your organization — and how they’re already reshaping the way software gets built.

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### [GitHub recognized as a Leader by IDC MarketScape](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/idc-marketscape-ai-coding-software-engineering-2025)

Whitepaper

GitHub was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for AI Coding and Software Engineering Technologies.

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### [GitHub recognized in The Forrester Wave™: DevOps Platforms, Q2 2025](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/forrester-wave-2025)

Whitepaper

Forrester has named Microsoft, recognizing both GitHub and Azure DevOps, a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: DevOps Platforms, Q2 2025 report.

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### [Engineering leadership in the age of AI: Insights from GitHub](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/enterprise-octoverse)

Ebook

What GitHub data reveals as the top priorities for modern engineering teams.

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### [Training and onboarding developers on GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/resources/whitepapers/training-and-onboarding-developers-on-github-copilot)

Whitepaper

Developers work alongside Copilot to write code, generate tests, fix bugs, create documentation, and much more. To fully realize Copilot’s potential, entire teams, not just individual developers, must adopt new skills. While Copilot may be a tool like any other, generative AI presents unique adoption challenges that require specific solutions.

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