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6th Sense gives deep insight into developer productivity

6th Sense gives deep insight into developer productivityIt's the SYSTEM, stupid!Sheesh! Anyone even slightly involved with people productivity knows - as Deming told us 50 years ago - that the system is responsible for 90% the productivity of the individuals working within it.Pretending that things are otherwise might shake...

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Discussion threads 2006-08-10

Why a .NET Content Management Solution Matters

Developer productivity is a critical issue among Web teams. Due to reduced IT budgets, smaller teams, and compressed schedules to roll out new Internet and intranet sites and rich Web applications, developers need every advantage tilted in their favor. This webcast will examine how Ektron CMS400.NET delivers that advantage. The...

Tags: Webcast, Ektron Inc., Developer Productivity, Content Management, Web Technology, Team Management, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

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Hosting Provider Achieves Fourfold Gain in Developer Productivity, Threefold Increase in Scalability

Two months into a planned five-month development effort, Affinity Internet began to have serious doubts about its ability to quickly develop a control panel interface using PHP on Red Hat Linux, the company's existing development platform. Issues included limited developer productivity and a suboptimal user experience. By switching to Microsoft...

Tags: Affinity Internet Inc., Scalability, Developer Productivity, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware

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How do we address the have-nots?

I attended a leadership summit on Monday (it was actually pretty good stuff, with concrete plans, goals, and generally more than you get out of your average bit of professional development) and, not surprisingly, a serious focus was on technology. I think people are finally realizing that, while technology...

Tags: Kid, Productivity, Business Structures, Wireless LANs, Transportation, Leadership, Wi-Fi, Finance, Wireless, Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?

Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...

Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Suddenly, Android is hot again

After months of silence, the double-whammy of new software and hardware has gotten everyone talking about Android again. Earlier this month Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch was wondering if anybody cared about Android any more. Now TC is practically gushing over the mobile platform. What happened? Two things:...

Tags: Phone, SDK, Shout-out, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo. I watched the Mozilla Ubiquity video last night and it struck a chord. The crew over at Mozilla Labs is doing some very cool, forward thinking stuff. In the process, I think they're evolving what the browser is into...

Tags: Ubiquity, Rich Internet Application, Mozilla Corp., Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Tapulous developer fired

Mike Lee, founder of Tapulous and developer of Twinkle was fired recently after a disagreement with management. According to Daring Fireball he was forced out. Lee blogged his side of the story in an appropriately titled post. So it came to pass that when my Engineering...

Tags: Developer, Team, Photograph, Team Management, Management, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The enterprise: All fun and 'serious games'?

Will video games becoming to an enterprise near you? Forrester Research seems to think so as companies cook up new ways to train employees--especially those so-called millennial. I can hear the laughter now. Video games? We're about serious business, you'll say. What's the ROI you'll ask? Video...

Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Improve performance and productivity with these Vista tricks

Microsoft Windows Vista is a very capable operating system, but sometimes the best way to get the most out of it is with a trick or tweak. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report, Greg Shultz shows you several performance and productivity enhancing tricks for Windows Vista. ...

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2008-08-27

Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that aids environmental cause

I've had the pleasure of interviewing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett three times in my varied career, so I can say with authority that he is passionate about the environment. And about education. Then again, this is not surprising from technologist who also happens to be a Montana ranch owner. ...

Tags: Innovation, Green Technology, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Registration Deadline, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkit

Linux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLinux under attack: Compromised SSH keys lead to rootkitLOL! And the hits to linux just keep coming! So thats 4 different incidents within a week's time of how badly linux sucks. Poor linus must be hiding under his bed trying...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Rootkits, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, SSH, attack, Compromised SSH, Compromised, Microsoft Windows, rootkit, security

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Microsoft, eat your own dog food

Microsoft, eat your own dog foodReally?"Using hidden aspects of Windows to advantage Microsoft's own applications has been disallowed and behavioral remedies including disclosure demanded."I can't find these in the DOJ settlement, please help: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f9400/9495.htmWe can of course look to the EU which did demand documentation of a small subset of...

Tags: .NET, Middleware, food, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

Office 2.0: Eating our own dogfood...

It's been a fascinating experience helping Ismael Ghalimi organize the third Office 2.0 Conference, which runs from September 3rd to 5th at San Francisco's St Regis Hotel. As well as the terrific group of sessions and speakers we've organized, plus the action packed 'unconference' ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Amazon.com Inc., Conference, Session, Office 2.0, Office20.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Gallery: Intel Developer Forum—the future is here

Craig Barrett and Pat Gelsinger show off Intel's vision for technology and research for the next year and beyond. Plus, a look a some new chips. by Andy Smith

Tags: Intel Corp., Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Management, Hardware, Networking, Andy Smith, Intel, Intel Developer Forum, IDF, Pat Gelsinger, Nehalem, chips, servers

Image galleries 2008-08-25

Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flaw

[ UPDATE:  Facebook has reversed itself and fixed this vulnerability ]  The Register's Dan Goodin has the scoop on an obvious security vulnerability that's being ignored by the powers at Facebook. The issue, as demonstrated by this proof-of-concept, shows...

Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Security, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-25

IDF and the new Mac notebooks

The Intel Developer Forum makes it clear what Apple's new notebooks - which I predict will be announced Tuesday, September 16 - will offer. Will it be worth the wait? If longer battery life and higher performance are important to you - yes. And if you weren't...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Graphics, IDF, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Olympics set the stage for Web tech fight

Olympics set the stage for Web tech fightIt's going to be a short fightFlash is so technically inferior to Silverlight in virtually every capacity that it is already dead. Real developers have avoided web development effectively ceding it to the html weenies as the web has always been a truly...

Tags: Channel management, Web browsers, Microsoft Silverlight, developer, Web

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Something you're going to want to smack

Something you're going to want to smackBig Brother in a BoxFirst we had EZ Pass which provides authorities with a list of every place we've been (that involves a toll road, at least). Then there was GPS which can make you completely trackable. Now, we have a little black box...

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Discussion threads 2008-08-25

Olympics set the stage for Web tech fight

The summer Olympic games provided the first battleground for a war between Microsoft and Adobe over the Internet's next big competition. SEATTLE--As the world's best athletes competed in Beijing, the summer Olympic games set the stage for a battle between Microsoft and Adobe over the Internet's next big competition....

Tags: Software, Developer, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Flash, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Reuters, Adobe, Microsoft, Silverlight, video

News items 2008-08-25