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- Why Software Projects Fail: A New Assessment of Risk - Practical Methods to Mitigate Project Failure
- If anyones organization does not do a risk assessment during the project lifecycle, consider adding it at one or more places. Pay attention to the risk aspects previously discussed to anticipate some of the factors that create roadblocks to project success. Define both functional and non-functional requirements for tool selection,...
- Tags: Software, Alpha Software, Requirement, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-01-17
- Alpha Five Shows Florida Peninsula Insurance Company the Sunny Side of Development
- Florida Peninsula Insurance Company wanted to improve the management of tens of thousands of customers and their claims processed each year. It needed a rapid application development tool that would speed production of their claims management system. The company also worried about the level of security its current system offered...
- Tags: RAD, Alpha Software
- Case studies 2007-10-16
- Attorney Trust Alpha Five
- Attorney Trust Document Service prepares complex estate planning documents for attorney and financial professionals, who provide them clients. But the fast-growing company was facing time and productivity challenges y challenges. ATS received too many telephone calls where clients asked the same questions again and again. Company management decided they needed...
- Tags: Alpha Software, Attorney, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Financial Accounting, Internet, Marketing, Finance
- Case studies 2007-09-20
- DisplayCraft Inc. Dives Into Development Solutions With Alpha Five
- DisplayCraft found they were going through a tremendous growth period, and suddenly needed a method to automate and manage their clients' tradeshow schedules. The company hired a professional developer to create a system that would allow every employee to be in sync with client schedules and requirements in one database....
- Tags: Alpha Software, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-09-13
- Microsoft patch jams up IE
- Microsoft patch jams up IEMessage has been deleted.Conflicts between own products?That's pretty bad. No wonder they didn't include built-in backwards-compatibility between XBOX360 and older XBOX games. They couldn't handle the task that Sony accomplished. Yeesh./* Comments are for people */Use them!Security patch brakes Alpha softwareWhat a freaking joke.IE7 is ALPHA...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Alpha Software, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, software
- Discussion threads 2005-12-16
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- Microsoft buys DATAllegro
- Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics
- In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft has long prided itself on its open partner ecosystem and cited it as a key differentiator from Apple, which provides all of the hardware and software for its products. But that equation may be set to change, based on a somewhat cryptic comment from CEO Steve Ballmer. by...
- Tags: Phone, PC, Steve Ballmer, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Weak US dollar starts to drive up mobile software prices
- I am working on a full review of the excellent SoftMaker Office 2008 for Pocket PC and just received a note from the company that has an effect on pricing for U.S. buyers. Due to the fact that SoftMaker is a German company dealing in Euros, the significant loss in...
- Tags: U.S., Mobile, Reduction, Pricing Strategy, SoftMaker Office 2008, Pocket PC, Pricing, Marketing Research, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Hardware, Marketing, Software, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...
- Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Students: the broadband troubleshooter
- Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...
- Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac
- I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- COPA suffers another blow
- InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...
- Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution
- There's only one official way to get "legitimate" software for the iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch – via Apple's included App Store. The much-heralded service offers almost 1,000 free and paid application in numerous categories and has been well publicized over the last week. I recently had...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Advertisement, Apple Inc., Identifier, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...
- Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience
- Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot
- News items 2008-07-23
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