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- z/Scope Workbench (exe)
- z/Scope Workbench is an essential set of integrated tools for accessing IBM Mainframes, IBM AS/400 and Unix servers. It includes a multi-host terminal emulator, a remote Code Editor for Windows all and a full FTP client, all in one solution. This is ideal to suite the daily needs of Systems...
- Tags: FTP Client, IBM AS/400, Unix, z/Scope Workbench, Mainframes, Servers, Programming Languages, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-01-10
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- Stop brain-dead software testing!
- Stop brain-dead software testing!re: Stop brain-dead software testingin reality, its not usually software testing that's the problem. it's the project stakeholders who don't plan enough time to do adequate testing. it's the programmers who go way over their time estimates. it's the program managers or similar role...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software testing, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- 14 ways IT screws up projects
- 14 ways IT screws up projects128k image?The image is 128k in size with 100dpi resolution. Why is that too big even on a dial-up connection? Thanks for your thoughts.# 15 - Play loose and fast with bandwidthAttach needlessly large images to blog posts. Make sure image's size is inversely...
- Tags: Strategy, Upper Management, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- 14 ways IT screws up projects
- Successful projects require decent project execution. Look, no one's asking IT to save the world, but delivering projects really well should be a core IT function. Some projects are so bad that IT seems to deliberately shoot itself in the head. Sorry, but...
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- There is no pony plan for health care
- There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big
- Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...
- Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- India's outsourcing bubble is bursting
- India's outsourcing bubble is burstingIndia's outsourcing bubble is burstingProbably because outsourcing doesn't work.Long overdueIt's about time. It never should have gained traction in the first place. It makes me cringe everytime I hear out political leaders saying how "education" is how we must compete in the global economy....
- Tags: outsourcing, outsource
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Reuters sues university over open-source citation extension
- Zotero, a Firefox plug-in, looks like an amazing tool for academic and legal writing, what with "automatic citation capture" from webpages, formatted citation export and integration with WordPress. Developed by George Mason University, the tool has already been adopted by 100 major institutions. So who doesn't like it?...
- Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Thomson Corp., GMU, Productivity, Open Source, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Can IT spending shift from reactive to proactive?
- Can IT spending shift from reactive to proactive?Reactive to ProactiveWell it is like this:I have been in the IT field for roughly 25 years and most companies treat the IT Infrastructure worse than the mailroom. As an experienced IT Professional, the IT is one of or the very last to...
- Tags: Strategy, Usefulness, Large Corp., information technology, IT IS, IT-spending
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Web Science: The next academic hot spot
- Web Science: The next academic hot spotThe previous issue of SciAm was very good.For anyone who doesn't know, the prior issue of Scientific American was almost entirely about privacy and security, with an appropriate focus on the Internet.I thought the web science article in the current issue was very interesting...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, web science, academic hot spot, Web Science, hot spot
- Discussion threads 2008-09-27
- News to know: Google and T-Mobile on G1; OpenWorld; SOA; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics) Ed Burnette: Google releases Android 1.0 SDK Hands-On with...
- Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantic Web, Web Services, Research & Development, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Vendors plan to extend scope of recycling resource site
- Confused about the dozen or so different state laws governing what to do with old computer and electronics products when you're done with them? You better be, as a whole bunch more of them kick in over the next two years. In any event, the Electronics Manufacturing Recycling Management Company...
- Tags: Electronics, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Oracle collaborates with Beehive
- From bumble bee-shaped chocolates to signs placed through the conference hall, Oracle is showcasing its Beehive collaboration platform at OpenWorld. Oracle's collaboration vision underscores the growing importance of enterprise 2.0-style communication products. By highlighting Beehive prominently in president Charles Phillip's keynote, the company...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., BEA Beehive, ESME, Java Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Misinformation travels fast
- One of the amazing things about the age we live in is the speed at which information propagates, whether correct or not. Matthew Brown of Forrester Research touched on this recently on September 11th (an infamous date of course, which seven years ago had everyone clamoring for information to find...
- Tags: Community, Information Technology, Social Software, Engineers, Collaboration, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Can a case be made against the Palin e-mail hacker?
- Can a case be made against the Palin e-mail hacker?What was done was wrong. Period.Hacking is hacking. I sure hope a case can be made against this persons.As much as I can't stand the thought of Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from running this country, and no children...I'm NOT...
- Tags: Hacking, Sarah Palin, e-mail, e-mail hacker, David Kernell
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- FriendFeed redesign - win; Twitter redesign - 'lipstick on a pig'?
- Social networking got an extreme makeover yesterday when two very popular sites -- Twitter and Friendfeed -- introduced fresh new designs. While Twitter's redesign was slightly sprung on its users FriendFeed only surprised its users by going live with a beta that power users had been testing for some time....
- Tags: Twitter, FriendFeed, CSS, AJAX, Team Management, Piracy, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Web 2.0, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- IT failure: The definition game
- IT failure: The definition gameHear, Hear! But...A problem with ROI and business value measurements is that those concepts aren't that easy to settle on or to measure, so, it is in the best interest of the IT project manager to be self-serving in his or her definition or success. In...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, definition game, IT Failure, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-09-18
- DHS still doesn't quite get this cybersecurity thing
- The Department of Homeland Security is still lacking in the cybersecurity department, according to a bevy of critics. What's galling is that the DHS' inadequacies are barely news anymore. Here's what would be a real news flash: "DHS locks down cybersecurity. Hackers locked out!" Perhaps I'm cynical...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Community, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Firefox 3.1 beta cycle pushed back to pack in more features
- Mozilla has decided to extend development time of Firefox 3.1 by four weeks to expand the scope of features in the point release. With that, the team expects the code for beta 1 to freeze September 30 and the code freeze for beta 2 to fall on November 4, said Mike Beltzner, a...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Beta, Mozilla Corp., Feature, Firefox Team, Mozilla Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- IT failure: The definition game
- What does IT "failure" actually mean? While this question should be easy to answer, many discussions on the topic become little more than word games. Simple metrics. Some observers, including myself, begin their analysis of failure with three criteria. We ask whether a...
- Tags: Game, Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Roi/Tco, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
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