C.S. Magor
Cat Miller
Dale Reynolds
David Brumbaugh
Dawn Kawamoto
Don Willmott
Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson
Gayle Laakmann McDowell
Lekan Oguntoyinbo
Leslie Stevens-Huffman
M Noivad
Mark Feffer
nick kolakowski
Stephen Lahanas
Susan Hall
Feds Closing Data Centers Find 3,000 Additional Ones
Feds Closing Data Centers Find 3,000 Additional Ones (via slashdot) Following a string of startling revelations, Congress has stepped in to change the way certain federal agencies use their datacenters, and investigate what appear to be gross misrepresentations in reports about what agencies are actually doing with billions of dollars’ worth of IT. No, the changes… continue…
The Beginning of the End of Security Theater
You often hear airport TSA checkpoints described as “security theater” because despite their imposing presence and processes, passengers still sneak contraband onto commercial flights. In IT, we see similar performances – and results. For us, security theater has manifested itself as the deployment of layers of technology like antivirus, Web filters, password policies, encryption, multi-factor authentication and on and on. When a breach and data loss does occur, IT does not hold itself liable because of all the measures that… continue…
Google Execs Predict a Future of Online Turmoil
Despite the seismic changes wrought by the Internet over the past 20 years, there’s a sense out there that we’re really only getting started. Who better to piece together a book full of sweeping predictions about the Internet’s impact going forward than Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman and former CEO of Google, and Jared Cohen, director of Google Ideas and a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations? In The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and… continue…
This Week’s Most Popular Stories
For your reading pleasure, here are the stories most read by your fellow Dice users this week. Already Know the Interview Solution? Say Something: While some candidates don’t prepare at all for coding / algorithms interviews (eek!), others spend so much time preparing that they already know the answers to problems. “Score!” they think. “Now I’ve nailed the question.” Oh, how very, very misguided that is. Unemployed? Use Your Workforce Investment Board: If you’re looking for a tech job in… continue…
Delving into IBM’s Layoff Numbers
When you don’t know which departments will be hit with a layoff, look at the revenue-light or money-losing divisions. Such is the case with IBM, which disclosed in April that it expected to take a $1 billion restructuring charge during the second quarter. The company began cutting jobs earlier this week, to the tune of 2,286 as of Thursday night, according to Alliance@IBM, a website run by the CWA Local 1701, an IBM employees’ union. Here’s a look at its… continue…
Treat Your Best Clients with Care – Part 2
It’s always important to treat your clients well. After all, client retention is the best strategy to success: It’s easier to retain good clients than it is to land new ones. Last week, I discussed two strategies for treating your most valued clients well – how you can let them know they are important to you. Specifically, we talked about: Reaching out to clients even when you’re not currently working for them. Sending them new business whenever possible. This week,… continue…
How to Protect Yourself Against Problem Projects
Even projects that start strong can begin to unravel as time goes on. Sometimes the problem lies in scope, budget or other issues that are beyond the team’s control, but in other instances the issue lies with the team, either in whole or in part. It’s not surprising. Each project team has to figure out how to get along, how to work together and — if it’s an Agile team — what each individual’s role is to be. During one… continue…
GE Healthcare Devoting $2 Billion to Analytics Development
GE Healthcare Devoting $2 Billion to Analytics Development (via slashdot) GE Healthcare plans on pouring $2 billion into analytics-software development over the next five years. “We’re shifting to using one common software platform across all GE Healthcare current and future products and services,” Evren Eryurek, GE Healthcare Software Chief Technology Officer, wrote… continue…
Three Obscure ‘Sort Of’ Mobile Technologies
Early in the year, I outlined trends on the mobile frontier of machine-to-machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT). Developments in new microcontrollers, digital radios, “everywhere” connectivity and cloud-based applications are sweeping through the consumer markets, at incredible speed. Obscure new technologies that work in concert with mobile devices are also just begging to be (re)discovered and applied by the inquisitive developer. Here are some worth noting. RDBS On M2M Devices Recently, I talked to Bellevue, Wash.-based ITTIA about its… continue…
The Stupification of Graphical User Interfaces
A long time ago simply having a GUI was amazing to those that used it, or a toy to the few million Microsoft DOS users who made up the majority of computer users. But those that preferred a Command Line Interface (CLI) always crowed that they could do things far faster by typing than by using a mouse, and for a subset of them (those that could type 40+ wpm, spent ~30+ hours per week using a CLI, and could… continue…
