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Research: 25 percent of web projects fail

Research: 25 percent of web projects failCICS and Web 2.0This is a great topic that could be expanded upon. For example if you compared a Customer Information Control System CICS project with a Web 2.0 project. Are the dynamics all that different? Are CICS project failure rates similar to Web...

Tags: Channel management, Strategy, stakeholder management, web project, information technology, Web, coder

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultists

Here's my problem with many rogue coders, hackers, Open Source cultistsUnderstating the case[i]In the read world, it is more like give me Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, maybe iTunes, some games. Don’t give me hacks or alphabet soup utilities, remedies or solutions.[/i]No, in the real world it is more like, "let...

Tags: Branding, Microsoft Office, elitism, rogue coder, open source, coder

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for now

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for nowIronicIronic that ubuntu is "going mobile" yet they can't seem to make some basic changes to their install-screens to allow for a better installation experience of their desktop OS on devices with less than 800 x 600...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mobile, mobile, open source reality, coder, Skype Technologies S.A., open source

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Why do users put up with bad software?

Why do users put up with bad software?CostThe majority of Americans will choose paying less over getting better quality much of the time.comment on the other voteit's much simpler than all the choices. The majority of users don't know what they are doing in the first place, so how can...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, coder, software, bad software, X+1

Discussion threads 2007-01-04

America's comparative advantage

America's comparative advantageA rationalization, yes.The Comment ends:We now understand where outsourcing best fits in our software development toolkit. Onwards towards the productivity gains to be derived from that rationalization.The definition of rationalization (thank you, Merriam Webster):Main Entry: ra·tio·nal·iza·tionVariant: also British ra·tio·nal·isa·tion /"rash-n&-l&-'zA-sh&n, -&n-&l-&-/ Function: noun: the act, process, or result...

Tags: Development tools, coder, outsourcing, rationalization

Discussion threads 2006-07-20

Bounty for Vista coders who squish bugs at home

Bounty for Vista coders who squish bugs at homeBounty for Vista coders who squish bugs at homeGreat plan. We all need the Vista team to participate in this bounty. Not only will the coders be helping in fixing bugs, but they will help Microsoft in the long run...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., bounty, coder

Discussion threads 2006-05-12

Security expert: Vendors to blame, not coders

Security expert: Vendors to blame, not codersActually BOTH the vendor and the programmers are to blame !!!Both the vendors and the programmers bear responsibility for the CRAP O/S's and software that exists. And yes many a dumbazz consumer is to blame for buying this CRAP. But the majority of security...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software, Windoze O/Ss, software bug, programmer, coder, QA, security

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Zotob worm linked to credit card fraud ring

Zotob worm linked to credit card fraud ringFraud ring or no...Very clever young minds deprived of social conscience will likely keep abreast of technical advances for years to come, inventing malicious schemes for the sheer enjoyment of it while teasing despised authorities. Schools and technical institutes should offer courses and...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, Cyberthreats, Operating systems, hacking, credit card, credit card fraud, Zotob worm, Coder, virus, window, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-08-30

Looking for help with Brief

Looking for help with Brief60 pages is short, short, short???In my neck of the woods, short is a one-page bullet-point overview/highlight much like in a business plan.I'm not sure who is more wordy, you or David Berlin.If you build it, will they come?Software Engineering for dummies is what you should...

Tags: Functional Testing, open standard, information technology, coder

Discussion threads 2005-08-29

Gridless enterprises should be talking to the EGA

Gridless enterprises should be talking to the EGAWill take much more than standards and Open SourceStandards and Open Source are good, but it will take much more than that to make grid flourish. Grid fundamentally doesn't work for most applications which are I/O intensive. It's hard enough trying...

Tags: Only Problem, coder, grid

Discussion threads 2005-02-10

Coder serves up poetry with newest Bagle

Coder serves up poetry with newest BagleAdd that to TCOone virus, 40 hours overtime for IT staff to clean up.TCO, meet reality..Reporting this doesn't help...Does anyone, except perhaps for the virus author's themselves, care? IMO all you're doing with this type of "news" is giving them additional incentive to...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, UNIX, coder, Coder, virus infection, Bagle virus, virus, Linux, window, ignorant, idiot user

Discussion threads 2004-04-26

Additional Resources

Is there really a market for an open source router?

Is there really a market for an open source router?Certainly isAs someone who installed Tomato on an old Linksys router, I think there is a market for this. Myself and others like me have looked on places like Craigslist to find the particular models that the open source firmware will...

Tags: Routers & switches, NETWORKING, Home networking, ShadeTree, Linkys Routers, open source, open source router, router, DD-WRT Firmware

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit at EUSecWest

Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit at EUSecWestRootkit on a RouterThis could be interesting... Cisco likes to put voice on a router, too! I can just imagine the trouble someone could cause with this one.All your eggs in one basket is a bad idea.RE: Security Researcher to release Cisco rootkit...

Tags: Rootkits, Routers & switches, Cisco Systems Inc., router, EUSecWest, rootkit, security

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to Microsoft

Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to MicrosoftMoneyand to hell with progress ..... ????RE: Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to MicrosoftBecause Microsoft can't figure out how to build an inventory of ads?Or because they can't compete with Yahoo, so they want to either buy them out or...

Tags: Development tools, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Taking ownership (pwnership) of content: Cross-site Scripting Google

Taking ownership pwnership of content: Cross-site Scripting GoogleXXS & SaaSOur SaaS includes a vast area of user editable content. We also processes around $18M a month. So we just disable the insertion of [

Tags: XSS, Taking Ownership, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

TopCoder: breaking the development cost rules

TopCoder: breaking the development cost rulesThe downside to TopCoderHere's the problem with TopCoder: those guys working on those products-- they're not "top" coders. What they are is the guy who would do the best job for the least money. That said, what's "tops" about it? I...

Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, Benefits, Development tools, Topcoder

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

13 reasons IT hates metrics

13 reasons IT hates metricsYou Missed the Most Important Point...Management likes metrics because numbers on paper or PowerPointless makes it appear that they know what they're talking about, are meeting "goals" and showing "improvement". Unfortunately, IT metrics don't really measure anything meaningful. Take "Lines of Code" for example. On the...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

The Gmail password hijacking incident: When so-called helpful apps hurt

The Gmail password hijacking incident: When so-called helpful apps hurtNot just the unknown companiesIt's not just the "unknown" software makers who can't be trusted. I have a client who thought it would be interesting to see what's going through his network, so he grabbed a day's worth of packets....

Tags: E-mail providers, PRODUCTIVITY, Google Gmail, helpful app, Gmail password, e-mail, Google Inc., password, advertisement, computer

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Survey: Generation Facebook's skills wasted at work

Survey: Generation Facebook's skills wasted at workIT-savvy?I wonder how IT-savvy the "Facebook generation" really is. When the previous generation was growing up, geeky types played with programmable home computers. Many of those people are now working in IT, software development in particular. I get the impression that kids today use...

Tags: Strategy, survey, information technology, IT Skills, Facebook, realistic concept, catered-too little tushy, little tushy

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for now

The folks behind the open source community-developed operating system Ubuntu are alll excited about Ubuntu Mobile. They view this as a technology that can turn Mobile Internet Devices their CAPS into a "new class of computers." This will all happen, you see,...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mobile, Open Source, Skype Technologies S.A., Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-26