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Photos: Happy developers in da house

Some 150 people gather in a Los Gatos, Calif., mansion for SuperHappyDevHouse, a 12-hour marathon of coding, hacking and socializing.Participants of the 19th SuperHappy DevHouse hackathon session descended on Tom Harrison''s family home last weekend in Los Gatos, Calif. Harrison far left opened his house up to some 150 tech...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, SECURITY, photograph, Amit Patel, SuperHappyDevHouse, Los Gatos, Facebook, San Jose State University, hacking, chief technical officer, Ohio State University, University of Washington, online v

Image galleries 2007-08-16

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The 'Seven Laws of Projects'

great!Seventh Point is the one always happen.RE: The 'Seven Laws of Projects'Unfortunately very true.A successful project is typically one where someone gets lucky and manages to balance your seven points to an 'optimal' level.Accepting #2 has given us the opportunity to go for more of an agile approach. If you...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Time-to-Market

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a first-person shooter or a feature-length film, can it? Ask AMD's Charlie Boswell, and he'll not only tell you it's possible, but he'll nearly leap with excitement about it. Boswell, AMD's director of digital...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Cloud, GPU, OTOY, Fusion Render Cloud, Jules, Games, Cloud Computing, Internet, Virtualization, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Comcast's Burke: TV Everywhere trials going national in 30 to 60 days

Comcast has built a TV Everywhere site that's "complicated technically," but will roll out nationally as a pilot in the next 30 to 60 days, said Stephen Burke, chief operating officer of the cable giant. Burke, speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Media, Communications...

Tags: Comcast Corp., TV, Cable, WiMAX, Network Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-09

How desktop virtualization will end IT client hardware maintenance (and kill off Best Buy's Geek Squad)

In one fell swoop, John Whaley might end IT client hardware maintenance. And he might kill off the Geek Squad, too. Whaley, the chief technical officer of desktop virtualization company MokaFive, says desktop virtualization is becoming more widely adopted in...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Information Technology, Environment, Server, MokaFive, JW, Management Cost, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-28

Reductive to service Puppet open source configman tools

Key founders of Puppet have incorporated and received $2 million in venture capital funding to advance the open source configuration management software project. Reductive Labs,  which has evolved from the same named consulting firm founded in 2003, will provide training, service and support for Puppet, the next...

Tags: Open Source, Configuration Management, Tool, Reductive, Puppet 0.25, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Building high-performance, luxury computers in a recession

When the world is caught in a global economic downturn, exactly how does one build a business around the fabrication of high-performance, luxury computers? I spoke with Chris Morley, chief technical officer of Maingear Computers, to find out. When it comes to external...

Tags: Desktop, PC, Recession, High-performance, Gaming PC, Laptop Computer, Computer, ZD, Games, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-23

The CIO is dead (long live the CIO)

TechRepublic's Patrick Gray takes on the changing role of the CIO, writing that a C-level position for IT will no longer be warranted unless it evolves beyond the operational, shared-service mentality. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's IT Leadership blog. With the...

Tags: CIO, Role, Information Technology, Technology, Service, C-level, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-03

iPhone users don't use device for work, study says

iPhone users don't use device for work, study saysI use my iPhone for bothThough the "preponderance" of use is personal. I guess a good follow-up question would be, for those of us tho use it primarily for "play", is "Does the iPhone meet your business use needs?" For me the...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, U.S. Marine Corps, iPhone 3, business phone, Apple iPhone, soldier

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Think Infor is only in maintenance mode? Think again

Infor is one of those vendors I'd pretty much written off as a company that might be interesting. Rolling up a rag bag of distressed software vendors is not my idea of innovation but of financial engineering where you usually have to carefully watch the bang per buck coming out...

Tags: Financial, Environment, SOA, Infor Global Solutions, Infor, Lock-in, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-03-16

If Blackberry Maker Eavesdrops On Itself, Who Else Gets To?

It’s good to find that R.I.M. does not actually record employee phone calls, according to a company representative contacted this afternoon by Between The Lines. Because what is so piquant about the original comment carried by Research In Motion chief information officer Robin Bienfait that she records...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Communication, RIM BlackBerry, R.I.M., Handhelds, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Obama Memorandum - Transparency and Open Government: Collaborate!

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: Transparency and Open Government ...Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and agencies should use innovative tools, methods, ...

Tags: Barack Obama, Agency, Government, Executive Department, Politico, Advertising & Promotion, Collaboration, Groupware, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Forget MacWorld and the keynote. Jobs as Obama's CTO? No.

So Mike Contaxis at MacSoda had the "real reason" why Steve Jobs was not going to give the keynote today at MacWorld. This was before Jobs' disclosure of the "hormonal imbalance" that his medical team has determined is leading him to lose weight. Jobs is set to...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt, CTO, Macworld, Obama, Internet, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-06

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Part Tree, er...Three

To Recap We're heading into the homestretch.  Which is why the Giants need to beat the Panthers....last night.  Oh, snap. This isn't my NFL blog. I don't have one. This is the final episode in that hilarious sitcom, Greenberg's Fools Gold.  For those of you who missed the previous...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, CRM, Greenberg, Connectbeam Management, Zuora, LucidEra, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-22

The (Government 2.0) revolution should be televised

The (Government 2.0) revolution should be televisedBe careful!!Terms like "Government 2.0" should not be tossed around lightly! There are those who believe we need just that...another American Revolution and a complete restart!RE: The (Government 2.0) revolution should be televisedAndrea - When I hear Patriot 2.0, I get an image...

Tags: Government 2.0, transparency

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle room

Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle roomIt's what the President should have been requiring alreadyThis really isn't what Congress should be doing, but there should be such rules.RE: Senate introduces IT failures bill: No wiggle roomA little accountability goes a long way. I just hope the legislation is...

Tags: Government, Strategy, DEF, information technology, IT Failure, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2008-11-13

Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday unveiled its first ever hardware product--a storage server with embedded software designed to work with the company's databases and be used in a grid. The Exadata programmable storage server aims to put database intelligence next to each drive. Oracle and HP also launched a...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Server, Larry Ellison, Storage Server, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Motorola names Qualcomm alum mobile CEO

Motorola on Monday named Sanjay Jha CEO of its mobile handset division, which is in the process of being split from the rest of the company. Jha had been the chief operating officer of Qualcomm. He was responsible for overseeing Qualcomm's R&D and Flarion Technologies. Ahead of...

Tags: Mobile, Handset, Qualcomm Inc., Motorola Inc., Sanjay Jha, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Voting For A McCain

SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is “not well versed” in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is “illiterate” about technology (and the way he expresses...

Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-16

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry

This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...

Tags: Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Information Technology, Women, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-21