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How to mentor entry level developers

TechRepublic's Justin James has seen enough mentoring boondoggles to have a good idea of what does and doesn’t work. He shares his ideas about how to have a successful software developer mentoring program. One of my recent TechRepublic polls covered the topic of why we hire entry-level...

Tags: Developer, Programmer, Mentor, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-24

Combating IT failure with mentoring

Mentoring offers an ideal method for organizations to create pockets of excellence around IT project execution and delivery. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, Relationship, Mentor, Mentor Relationship, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Google Summer of Code opens for applications today

Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with Leslie Hawthorn, the Program Manager for Google's Summer of Code. For those of you not familiar with the project, Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source...

Tags: Project, Google Inc., Student, Mentor, Open Source, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-23

Top 10 ways IT managers can support knowledge transfer

Effective knowledge transfer requires the guidance of IT managers who understand how to build and support peer mentor relationships. By identifying the best mentors, clarifying roles and expectations, and providing tools and communication strategies, managers can facilitate learning and information sharing on their teams. Steve Trautman, author of Teach...

Tags: Knowledge, IT Manager, Mentor, Steve Trautman, Strategy, Management

Download resources 2006-10-17

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SAP and open source: it's about Oracle

Matt Asay has written a piece about SAP's 'sudden' love affair with open source: What is surprising is that it is SAP, the bastion of proprietary software, that delivers this message. Irony, thy name is SAP. SAP, after all, is hardly the most...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Matt Asay, Open Source, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Bright Shadow 1.2.3 (Windows)

Game Story For over a century, the civilization of Luciena has known the mysterious properties of Soul Power. Soul power exists within every facet of the universe, in all sentient beings, and can be manipulated for power, benevolence, or evil. Lucienans used this power to create a peaceful society. However,...

Tags: Society, Microsoft Windows, Gamepot USA, Soul Power, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-26

Rumor: Apple to awaken dormant FM tuner in iPhone

I bet there will be an activation feeApple beat its M$ mentor when it comes to ripping cult members off.More BS from AppleWhat a scam they have running. Create a product with all kinds of disabled features, and then slowly enable them later one by one in lieu of real...

Tags: rationale, Apple Inc., car, Apple iPhone, FM Tuner

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Saluting SAP & Oracle Communities

This is a fascinating big enterprise week in the US, with Oracle Open World dominating downtown San Francisco and making the taxi drivers very happy, and SAP TechEd running concurrently in Phoenix. Oracle do a good job of putting Open World online and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-13

SAT Prep Math for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

SAT Prep Math for iPhone is the most comprehensive app to prepare for the Math section of SAT. It features more than 20 topics in the math section, various test taking tips and tricks, over 500 pages worth of material, and sample questions and solutions. It contains topics like substitution,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Watermelon Express, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-07

Hunting Mania 1.2.9 (Mobile)

BODY,TD {FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}H4 {FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:130%;MARGIN-BOTTOM:7px}P {MARGIN-TOP:0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}UL,LI {MARGIN-TOP:3px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}Head out with your mentor, Billy Bob, on a challenging hunting expedition. Years of experience have made Billy Bob the master in this tough and unforgiving terrain. The two of you will travel through multiple locations. Set your sights on a wide...

Tags: Mobile, Weapon, I-play, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-07

Hunting Mania 1.2.8 (Mobile)

BODY,TD {FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}H4 {FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:130%;MARGIN-BOTTOM:7px}P {MARGIN-TOP:0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px; FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}UL,LI {MARGIN-TOP:3px;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-FAMILY:verdana,tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;FONT-SIZE:9pt}Head out with your mentor, Billy Bob, on a challenging hunting expedition. Years of experience have made Billy Bob the master in this tough and unforgiving terrain. The two of you will travel through multiple locations. Set your sights on a wide...

Tags: Mobile, Weapon, I-play, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-07

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches

investigation should be expandedThis does not surprises anyone since Inhell had M$ as a mentor.I'm wondering if M$ had sabotaged AMD too, through delays and poor code quality on AMD systems.here we go aggainOnce aggain MS haters launch another crusade aggainst their percived devil.... regardless of the fact that the...

Tags: Corporate law, Intel Corp., Intel antitrust, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Not your father's tech school

Recently, I've had the opportunity to visit our local vacational/technical school several times. When I was a kid, the voc tech school was only for dropouts, burnouts, and pregnant girls, with the occasional budding mechanic thrown in for good measure. This couldn't be further from the case now...

Tags: School, Clinical Trial, Tech School, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Mentor Graphics- customer case study

Mentor Graphics sought to find a way to improve the quality of its customer data and more efficiently utilize this information to better target leads. However, with a number of disparate databases in place, it was a challenge to reconcile duplicate records. Read their story to...

Tags: Mentor Graphics Corp., Pitney Bowes Inc., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-08-24

Albert Gonzalez was hacking in high school...where were the safety nets?

We talk a lot in education about the idea of safety nets. These are support systems that we put into place to figuratively catch kids who might otherwise not be successful. They can be as simple as extra time after school for help or involve more significant remediation...

Tags: Hacking, Credit Card, Computer, Safety Net, Productivity, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-19

SAP unplugged: Vishal Sikka and John Schwarz on deck

Jeff Nolan and Vinnie Mirchandani have done a sterling job in reporting our meeting Vishal Sikka, SAP's CTO and John Schwarz, executive board member in charge of BusinessObjects. To my eternal shame, I was asleep for most of the meeting with Vishal having completely miscalculated the effects of jetlag, turning...

Tags: SAP AG, Leadership, Financial Planning, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-27

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Green tech; Laptop deals

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. FT: Apple joins forces with record labels Robin Harris: The Wintel blue light special John Morris: Sunday...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Green Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Blu-Ray, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Teams in the (Troubled) Cloud

Teams in the Troubled CloudI too have noticed this increase in self inerestI am a 15 year veteran of software engineering 30 years in engineering in other fields. I owe my value to two things. The help I have received from others and the research I did on my own.I...

Tags: Team management, Leadership, team

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Rumor: Apple to team with Verizon for tablet computer

Rumor: Apple to team with Verizon for tablet computer$800 monthly data charge = way too expensiveFor Verizon's $80/month data plan [for their broadband modems] to be added to a potential $800 price point for the hardware is way too much, in my opinion.RE: Rumor: Apple to team with...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Scott Moritz, computer, tablet, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., tablet computer, team

Discussion threads 2009-07-22