Posts tagged with the "Application Quality" tag
Sacking the Hackers
February 2, 2012 | Be the first to comment! I couldn’t let this week go by without making at least one mention of what is taking place this weekend. This annual event held every year since the year I was born brings most of the United States to a mesmerized halt on the first Sunday in February…and this year …Read More
Mobilizing Security Failure
January 31, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said that "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." But decades after Lombardi's Green Bay Packers dominated the NFL, a new slogan joined the sports lexicon - "moral victory." A moral victory, as best I can tell, is the "power of positive thinking" approach to …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
Caution: Merger Ahead
January 23, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Our economy goes through periods of intense merger and acquisition activity, which often reshapes entire industries dramatically in one fell swoop. And when these mergers happen, there's always an issue that arises. Sometimes that issue is about competitiveness, like during the recent acquisition talks between Sprint and T-Mobile. Other times it's …Read More
Taking Fire over Technical Debt
January 19, 2012 | 4 Comments My father was proud of his military service. He believed that young men and women could learn a lot not only from having served in the armed forces, but from having actually experienced the stress that comes with "taking fire." He was not one of those war mongering types who believed …Read More
Capgemini Extends CAST Globally
January 17, 2012 | Be the first to comment! After many years of close collaboration and significant industrialization investments led initially in France, Capgemini Group has completed a worldwide investment in automation from CAST. The agreement will enable Capgemini to extend extended CAST technology, which has been in use at Capgemini’s Application Intelligence Center since 2006, on a global basis. This will …Read More
Hey Agile: Good Enough Ain’t Good Enough
January 17, 2012 | Be the first to comment! As a writer, I frequently go back and review pieces I’ve written over time. When I do, I’d like to think that I’ll be happy and satisfied with each and every article, announcement, blog or brochure. The truth is, however, that I seldom find that I’m patting myself on the back …Read More