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New Techniques for Requirements Management Using Rational RequisitePro, Part 1: Using Architectural Methods to Analyze, Manage, and Trace Business Requirements: This paper describes new architectural methods and techniques that focus on requirements engineering, the science of capturing, analyzing, and managing requirements throughout a project's life cycle. Although this paper uses the Rational toolset to illustrate the techniques, it is not intended as a tutorial for these products. The goal is...; Tags: technique, rational requisitepro, ibm corp., productivity; White papers 2007-02-06
Rational RequisitePro Win Evaluation (Rational RequisitePro Evaluation Assembly V2003.06.00 for Windows 2000, NT, XP): IBM Rational RequisitePro is an easy-to-use requirements management solution. It combines the familiarity and ease of Microsoft Word documents with powerful database capabilities for more effective requirements management and gives user the freedom to understand the impact of change so one can better manage it. Download from here Rational RequisitePro...; Tags: rational requisitepro, ibm corp., ibm rational requisitepro, microsoft windows, microsoft windows 2000, microsoft windows nt, microsoft windows xp, operating systems, software; Software downloads

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'Making available' argument rapidly dying well-deserved death: I'm passing along Ray Beckerman's post on two recent cases that show the RIAA's attempt to use a "making available" theory to show copyright infringement is clearly on the way out. The Copyright Act clearly requires a showing that the defendant transferred the content to someone else; the RIAA has...; Tags: riaa, judge, statute, peer to peer (p2p), internet, richard koman; Blog posts 2008-08-05
Who's responsible?: The rational explanation for the apparent irrationality required for Wintel expense to be a Giffen good is simple: the sellers are the buyers - senior management's failure to get involved leaves the wolves in the charge of the chickens. by Paul Murphy; Tags: meat, bread, stomach, giffen, food & beverage, manufacturing, paul murphy; Blog posts 2008-08-05
Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?: Is Wintel IT Expense a Giffen good?Theoretically, Murph should be rightLinux should be the cheaper. That is simply based on product cost. It's hard to compete with free. Google exemplifies the best use of Linux."Theoretically", if all OSs had equal pools of equally smart and well...; Tags: linux, branding, operating systems, strategy, giffen, operating system, brand, wintel; Discussion threads 2008-08-04

The empty debate over open source security: Guest editorial by Roger Thornton Last week, Fortify published a study on adoption of security best-practices within the Open Source community. Given mounting risk posed by extensive use of Open Source technologies within business and government IT, we were gratified to see the passionate discussions that followed....; Tags: software, open source, security assurance, security, ryan naraine; Blog posts 2008-08-01
Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity: Microsoft's financial analyst meeting was a tale of a technology conglomerate: You heard a lot about search, a decent bit about the enterprise and all sorts of projects in between. But amid all the coverage--see Mary Jo's laundry list of stories--I can't help but wonder if Microsoft's...; Tags: steve ballmer, microsoft corp., enterprise, ibm corp., game players, virtualization, tools & techniques, enterprise software, consumer electronics, personal technology, hardware, management, software, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideGood riddance to bad rubbish.Too bad he took others with him.Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideThis is very sad. There was no reason for him to take other people's lives.Much sadder then you think. Much SadderAs an avid computer enthusiast, owning...; Tags: internet, apparent murder-suicide, escapee, murder-suicide, spam king; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flawsBut I was told OS X would save me from things like this.[i]In the meantime, iPhone users should avoid clicking on links in the Mail app that refers to trusted sites.[/i]So if my mom sends me a link to a web album, I shouldn't open...; Tags: spam, cyberthreats, desktops, security, spamming, apple iphone, pc, phishing; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?: The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?180 million soldMany buyers are selecting more expensive versions. Microsoft revenues are up extraordinarily. Despite Apple's ads and sales, PC sales are up significantly.And the SP 1 release usually helps sales.You might consider that the reputation you discuss...; Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), microsoft revenue, microsoft windows vista, advertisement, apple inc., vista psychosis, psychosis, microsoft corp., microsoft zune; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.: Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...; Tags: airport security, transportation security administration, dave lewis, nathan mcfeters; Blog posts 2008-07-14
A health policy turning point?: A health policy turning point?Who can blame the doctors?Especially if they get irritated calling "1-800-Mommy-May-I" to get approval for a procedure they consider necessary. And who is on the phone at the insurance company making a decision on your health care? Some high school graduate?The simple fact is...; Tags: vertical industries, benefits, healthcare, health care, health policy, insurance, insurance company; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way: Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor’s interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...; Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, unix, yes windows, microsoft windows vista, linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
Open source lending tinged with racism: Open source lending tinged with racismProfit opportunityIf some non-financial factor is restricting the ability of some people to obtain the loans, then anyone who ignores that factor will be able to charge a higher rate than would otherwise be obtained.If someone's financial profile would justify a 5% rate (just to...; Tags: financial services, open source, borrower, racism, auction; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Microsoft to sell hosted service subscriptions for $3 a month: Microsoft to sell hosted service subscriptions for $3 a monthWith collaberative suites like Zimbra....why pay MS a dime. Even the smallest IT departments from 1 person on up can install Zimbra on a Linux box, spend $1000 or less on the hardware(for small business, a little more fore medium size...; Tags: open source, microsoft corp., google inc., service subscription; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4: Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...; Tags: productivity, strategy, telecom & utilities, vision, computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet: Guest blog: Bob Warfield has founded three startups, run R&D at Borland, developed software for Callidus and Oracle and created tools for Rational/Pure Atria. He currently works for SaaS customer service company Helpstream.Â He is responsible for Quattro Pro, the Borland spreadsheet, and is the inventor of the notebook tabs...; Tags: spreadsheet, productivity, larry dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Oil climbs peak, economies plumb depressions and the future will not imitate the past: To maintain any modicum of modern life countries and individuals will increasingly turn to electricity generated from renewable sources. There is no way to dramatically increase the world's oil production, now or in some dreamy future. All the major fossil fuels will be in declining supply by 2025...; Tags: oil, coal, energy, fossil fuel, chris nelder, nelder, iea, u235, corporate communications, telecom & utilities, marketing, harry fuller; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities: Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilitiesAnother 25?Wow, how come people are finding so many holes in OS X? Has anything changed? There never used to be so many security vulnerabilities in OS X or could it simply be that they've [b]always[/b] been there and they've simply never been...; Tags: operating systems, unix, osx, apple mac os x, mac os x security vulnerability, mac os x security, bsd, apple inc., apple mac os, vulnerability, apple macintosh, security; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
Bill Gates bids farewell: Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...; Tags: strategy, microsoft windows nt, bill gates, abramoff, preston gates, vision, microsoft corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-27