All Blog Posts From The Category: Application Failure
Posts within the "Application Failure" category
Is your Critical Application the next Titanic?
April 17, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Technical Debt and the Titanic? Almost everyone has heard about the Titanic and the sinking of the unsinkable. I guess if you assume your ship is unsinkable, having only 20 lifeboats for a few thousands people seems reasonable. Maybe it gets overlooked when there are so many important “features” to get …Read More
Replaying the Data Breach Blues
April 13, 2012 | Be the first to comment! My tastes in entertainment are pretty broad. While I really enjoy attending sporting events and when Bruce Springsteen is in town I lay aside nearly everything else to attend his concert (as I did in Boston on March 26), I’m also one who enjoys catching a Broadway or Off Broadway …Read More
New Year, Same Fear
February 15, 2012 | Be the first to comment! I’ve never been much of a horror movie fan. I think my deep-seated love and background of history and my fascination for things that are real diminishes my ability to kick back and allow my wits to be uprooted by monsters and other ghoulish figures like Jason from Friday the …Read More
Who Secures Security?
January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment One of my favorite television shows these days is one of the highly successful USA Network dramas called “White Collar.” The plot revolves around a stellar FBI agent and a highly educated criminal mastermind, who specializes in art thefts and forgeries, whom the FBI agent brought to justice. The FBI …Read More
Days of Auld Lang Syne Best Not Be Forgot
December 29, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and days of auld lang syne? Yes, many of us will find ourselves this weekend sipping champagne and singing the familiar lyrics of this centuries-old tune that has become as synonymous with New Year’s Eve as resolutions …Read More
Hacking Up a Hospital
December 16, 2011 | 2 Comments I’ve been accused of being a 'homer' – someone who is so devoted to the metro area he lives near that he overplays its good points and has a blind spot for its shortcomings. I make no apologies for being this way about Boston, for as the Standels sang long …Read More
What We Don’t Know is Hurting Us
December 5, 2011 | 1 Comment Recently, @dangerroom posted about a computer virus infecting the software that manages the U.S. Air Force’s Predator and Raptor drones -- the ones that perform reconnaissance and attack insurgents in Afghanistan, Iraq and other hot spots. The software hasn’t prevented the drone program from continuing, but so far the Air …Read More