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Process Trip 04 February, 2008 13:07:03
Why Maritz Travel revamped key business processes — and how business and IT came together to make it workWhen Rich Phillips became COO OF Maritz Travel about two and-a-half years ago, he sat down and took a hard look at the big industry picture - +
Toxic Mix or Bit of a Mixed Blessing? 31 December, 2007 10:36:30
“Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog . . . ” The inter-generational office brew of Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y may not be quite as odious as that of the three witches in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but even so it makes “for a charm of powerful trouble”"Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog . . . " The inter-generational office brew of Boomer, Gen X and Gen Y may not be quite as odious as that of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, but even so it makes "for a charm of powerful trouble"
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Adobe launches hosted services, adds Flash to Acrobat 03 June, 2008 09:02:44
Adobe to launch Web site offering users free hosted services for document creation, sharing and storageAdobe this week is set to unveil the next version of its Adobe Acrobat software, which adds support for the company's Flash multimedia technology. The company also plans to launch a new Web site offering users free hosted services for document creation, sharing and storage. - +
Microsoft's marriage of easy communications 19 October, 2007 11:08:43
The combination of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2007 brings voicemail to the in-box, and speed and flexibility to how Windows workers communicateWe've been watching the romance develop between OCS (Office Communications Server 2007) and Exchange Server 2007 since OCS became available in beta earlier this year. When OCS finally came of age last month, we brought the mature couple together for a Hawaiian wedding. - +
IPv6 Will matter to the enterprise in five years 10 November, 2007 08:30:12
Routing guru Jeff Doyle says there's no need to move to IPv6 now, offers design tips for OSPF nets, discusses Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 routing and shares more advice with attendees of his live Network World chat.Welcome to Network World Chats. Our guest today is Jeff Doyle, celebrity author, Cisco Subnet blogger and networking guru. He has come prepared to answer your questions on all things routing.
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Miguel de Icaza has led the Mono Project, which implements Microsoft's .NET development platform on Linux and Unix-like platforms, since it was announced in 2001. In that time de Icaza's enthusiasm for the project has remained fervent. He blogs regularly on Mono and related development tools, attends many development conferences promoting Mono, was a keen supporter of the recent Race to Linux 2.0 developer project, and is again mentoring young developers in Google's Summer of Code. de Icaza, who is vice president of developer platforms at Novell, took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Computerworld.
You have said that you can port an application in ASP.NET from Windows to Linux in quicker time than it is to keep bidding on eBay for a game console and the controls. Why is it so easy?
We have a compatible implementation of the system. In the majority of the cases the porting issues are really about the differences in the underlying operating system (Linux vs Windows) than with our ASP.NET implementation (although there are still some minor differences between them).
Developers that are familiar with developing on Windows and deploying on Unix are already familiar with these issues so it is not much of a new thing for them. But .NET developers have to learn a few new things.
The recently held developer challenge Race to Linux 2.0 encouraged Visual Studio developers to port existing ASP.NET-based applications to Linux (using their cross-platform tool of choice (such as Mono, Grasshopper 2.0 Technology Preview, PHP, Ruby). What was the main goal of the project for you? What has Mono gained from this?
It is a useful external validation that what we are claiming, actually is correct.
Sometimes when you are this close to the technology you might be drinking your own Kool-Aid and might not keep an eye on the actual problems that developers are running into.
So the validation of our claims was there, but most importantly, it is interesting to read what the challenges that these developers had: what was easy and what was difficult, it is a bit of a "usability test" for developers. There is much to learn from this experience, and we hope to simplify this process more in the future.
You are mentoring a few people as part of Google's Summer of Code. How is that going so far? And how do you think Mono will benefit from these developer projects?
Students have not officially started work (they will in a couple of weeks), but already some of them have started to write some code and submit some patches to the project.
We have had a great experience with the Google Summer of Code in the past two years, the majority of the projects we funded were successful, we had a very low failure rate, and the goal of having the students produce code that would eventually end up as an integral part of the project was achieved. In addition to that, many students that participated in the Summer of Code continue to be active contributors to the community, which was one of the goals that Google had with this effort in the first place.
We are incredibly happy that we got funded a third year in a row, and the projects this year are just as exciting as previous years, and if half of them are completed, they will become a nice addition to the Mono toolset.
You have said that one of the reasons that you created Mono was because you wanted to have better tools to develop software for Linux and Unix apps. Are you satisfied with the level Mono is at today in achieving this aim?
I am incredibly happy when I write code with Mono myself, and I believe that others have a similar experience, but there are of course areas that need to improve.
Some things that we want to complete are:
- Complete the MonoDevelop IDE
- Offer tools for Visual Studio developers to deploy, test, debug and run applications with Mono on Unix.
- Integrate the debugger into the IDE
- Offer debugging of Web applications and Web services
- Provide tutorials, walk-throughs, how-tos and more FAQs
- Create a repository of easy-to-install third party libraries and components.
- Support many of the new APIs that people are starting to use.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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Inside Symantec's Security Operations Center 16 October, 2008 07:38:00
For Symantec clients, the Symantec Security Operations Center is the front line in the fight against network attacks. CSO toured the facility for an overview of how the services work, and for a look at some of the latest threats on the internet todayThe inside of the Symantec Security Operations Center looks like a scene out of the movie "War Games," and in many ways, the connection is fitting. The SOC, as it is known by Symantec employees, is in the business of detecting and analyzing network threats. And as malicious activity online gets increasingly more sophisticated, the war against cybercrime is definitely on. - +
Cyber security threats grow in sophistication, subtlety 16 October, 2008 08:26:00
Researchers say malware, botnets, cyber warfare, threats to VoIP and mobile devices, and the "evolving cyber crime economy" are ever-more sophisticated threatsThe annual report from Georgia Tech Information Security Center identifies five evolving cyber security threats, and the news is not good. - +
Tough economic climate can heighten insider threat 16 October, 2008 07:09:00
As companies downsize, they need to keep an eye out for disgruntled employeesWith a faltering economy resulting in increased jobs cuts and corporate belt tightening, security analysts are warning companies to be especially vigilant about protecting their data and networks against disgruntled employees. - +
Anonymous proxy servers: Necessary or evil? 15 October, 2008 07:13:00
Some security experts believe anonymous proxy servers are only necessary if you're up to no good, while others see them as a legitimate tool for research, pen testing and the like. Who's right?If there is truly a gray zone in the struggle between online good and evil, anonymous proxy servers live there. - +
Four security lessons from the World Bank breach 15 October, 2008 07:39:00
The World Bank is making headlines after a disputed report claims hackers managed to access their secure network for over a year. One security pro offers takeaways that everyone can learn from the breachAccording to a report from Fox News, several servers at the World Bank Group, an organization that offers economic assistance to developing countries around the globe, were repeatedly compromised and breached over the course of the last year.
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