Posts tagged with the "Software" tag
Sealed with a K.I.S.S.: Keeping IT Software Simple
November 21, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Kudos to Roger Sessions, the CTO of ObjectWatch. Recently, Sessions took a stand supporting “the intentional architectural design of simplicity into a software application,” which he dubbed “simplility.” But while I applaud Sessions for championing the case for simplicity in software architectural design, I’m not sure we need a new word …Read More
Gold Stars are Only for Winners
November 15, 2011 | Be the first to comment! With the ever-growing abundance of viruses, malware and other threats to our networks, laptops, mobile and other devices, I was interested to read Peter Saddington's blog post for @agilescout that brings a software development angle to Todd Dewett’s post, “Soccer Has Ruined America.” Although just a casual fan of the game …Read More
Microsoft Ducks Duqu
November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment November’s most popular day in the United States is arguably the fourth Thursday of the month – Thanksgiving Day. In the Tech industry, however, it is the second Tuesday of the month – yesterday to be exact – that garners heightened interest. The reason for the additional interest is that …Read More
Is There a Technical Debt Tipping Point?
November 3, 2011 | Be the first to comment! This year, 2011, seems to have been the year of discussing, debating and, hopefully, dealing with debt crises. The U.S. Congress’ Super Committee has its deficit reduction recommendations due in three weeks. Meanwhile the Greek government is reconsidering the debt restructuring deal it signed just just last week. It’s pretty …Read More
Garbage In, Garbage Out
October 20, 2011 | Be the first to comment! I learned recently of the passing of my first boss in the tech industry, Clint Battersby, a couple months back. Clint was a driven, highly motivated technologist. He was a creative individual with a number of patents to his name and with several tech startups founded by him. It was in …Read More
CAST Certified to Help Air Force Aim High on Structural Quality
October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments Organizations can ill afford to have structural quality issues bring down their software applications and interrupt the conduct of business. The implications of poor software quality are amplified if that organization is part of the government-- and accentuated even further if that organization is one charged with defending our country. The …Read More
You Are What You Eat: Secrets to Healthy IT
September 28, 2011 | Be the first to comment! For those of us who remember the 90's, two lessons stand out that would be wise to heed in today's highly interconnected technology kitchen: Lesson #1 With performance pressure ratcheted sky high, and second place no longer an option, the quality of choices a company makes determine economic survival. Take for example …Read More