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Compatibility Tax – Case Study

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:00:06 +0000

Is there anything more quirky than Windows file path processing… but have you ever considered how it got there and why? In this entry, I’m going to do a case study to see how maintaining and/or obtaining compatibility can add a tax onto a design.

Your Next ESB May Just be IM

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:59:33 +0000

Looking for a scalable, enterprise grade messaging middle-ware on a budget? Then take a look at XMPP.

Extending Capture Capabilities with Transactional Content Management

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:47:09 +0000

In a recent survey by AIIM (http://www.aiim.org/), one-third of the respondents felt they were only scanning 10 percent of what could usefully be scanned, and another third only 50 percent.

ERP Software Selection: The Law of Diminishing Returns

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:25:46 +0000

Software is important, but let’s spend most of our time and money on the key drivers of success.

A New Species of Patent Troll

samzenpus — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:18:00 +0000

Geoffrey.landis writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, there's a new species of patent troll out there. These new trolls sue companies that sell products with an expired patent number on them. That's right, it's against the law to sell a product that's marked with an expired patent number. The potential fine? $500. Per violation - and some of the companies have patent numbers on old plastic molds that have made literally billions of copies. Using whistle-blower laws, 'anyone can file a claim on behalf of the government, and plaintiffs must split any fine award evenly with it.' You've been warned."

Shortening Development Times through Lean Integration

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:17:42 +0000

Spend a few minutes with David Lyle, Informatica’s VP of Product Strategy and you will learn three things. David is passionate about his work, he’s proud of the products they have created and he enjoys meeting with user groups. The Informatica team has developed software by not only listening to what their customers

New PolyMaths Needed for Kickstarting IT Innovation

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:34:09 +0000

I thought it was only me but it appears that many others are expressing the sentiment that IT Innovation came to a dead stop circa Dot Com Bust in 2001 and never recovered. We have been innovating earthshaking things like searching tweets and finding BOTH of your friends on Facebook with one click instead of several clicks. What a shame? We have come a long way from improving storage and retrieval

Developer returns from stone age, finds nirvana

All Toolbox for IT Blogs — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:45:47 +0000

This week I dove back into coding and have totally embraced how productive the new world is versus the environments that I coded in back in the day. Here is my story.

Good News: Security Researcher Released on Bail

marcia — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:00:38 +0000

Hari Prasad, the Indian security researcher arrested for allegedly stealing an electronic voting machine, has been released on bail.

Earlier this year, an anonymous source gave the machine to Prasad and a team of researchers, who discovered critical security flaws. Under questioning by authorities last weekend, Prasad refused to divulge the identity of the source who gave them the machine. He was then arrested and reportedly charged with theft and trespass on the theory that he stole the machine himself.

According to the Indian news agency PTI, the magistrate who released Prasad on bail noted that "no offence was disclosed with Hari Prasad's arrest and even if it was assumed that [the electronic voting machine] was stolen it appears that there was no dishonest intention on his part...he was trying to show how [electronic voting] machines can be tampered with."

The court reportedly also asked the Election Commission of India to confirm or disprove Prasad's claim that the country's electronic voting machines can be compromised. If Prasad's claims are false, action could be taken against him, the magistrate said.

Just Where Is The Lincoln Memorial, Anyhow?

timothy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:28:00 +0000

John3 writes "Searching Google Maps for the Lincoln Memorial is returning the location of the FDR Memorial instead. Conservative bloggers smell a conspiracy since Glen Beck is holding his 'Restoring Honor' gathering at the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow (August 28). Notes for the map listing on Google state 'This place has unverified edits'; so, did someone claim the listing and edit the location?"