All too often the technology strategies for publishers have focused on optimizing one to two networks for sharing content with their users while completely neglecting other viable channels. Typically the ‘end-to-end strategy’ goes by the wayside or is neglected until some imaginary later date (or never). The problem with a single-tier or even two-tiered business approach is ...

2012 could easily be referred to as the year of the software glitch. While the Royal Bank Of Scotland (RBS) and Knight Capital Group are top of mind, they were certainly not the only victims of notable glitches. In fact, they were kept in good company throughout the year with major failures at United Airlines, ...

Data has always been important in business. However, the last few decades have seen an explosion in data unlike anything ever previously encountered. Not only do businesses have vastly more information to deal with, but they need that data to be available non-stop, at any time. Enterprises are now re-thinking not only their approach to ...

Several of us enjoy an eclectic mix of music. I, for instance, like to start my day with soothing classical music on most weekdays. But it’s jazz that helps me unwind and relax on the evenings I get home early. Sunday afternoons are when you can tune in to the oldies if you join me ...

Leaving your 9 – 5 job to work from home is like jumping out of the fry pan into the fire. You make the move while hoping for some relief like getting rid of the hectic routines and to work for yourself so that you can earn more by working less, but you end up ...

According to a 2012 Ponemon Institute study, more than 60 percent of enterprise users store business confidential data in Dropbox. That is an extremely frightening statistic to any IT department. While services like Dropbox, Google Drive and others provide workers tremendous productivity benefits, they still lack many controls designed to keep corporate data secure and ...

When Red Hat announced $1 billion in annual revenue earlier this year, I was cheering for a couple of reasons. First, after having spent six great years at Red Hat championing the adoption of Linux in the enterprise, I was thrilled for my many former colleagues. But more importantly, I was cheering because the perfect ...

For companies that are in dire need of software engineers, trying to find talent can be like dousing a four-alarm fire—they need top developers, and they need them now. Recent statistics underscore this sense of urgency. Dice.com, for example, lists about 7,000 available software engineer jobs on any given day, while a survey by Nova ...

Web Apps vs. Native Apps, a topic that still excites readers to this day, as if it were anticipated that one side will win and the other will lose. Contrary to popular belief, the discussion doesn’t need to produce a winner and a loser. Instead of classifying apps as web apps or as native apps, ...

As technologists, we should consider ourselves very fortunate to be at the rediscovery of the Internet and its behaviors. It’s the “Era of Data”. The Internet and its users are evolving. The best way for companies and individuals to fully understand and respond to these changes is to carefully observe behavior and analyze data. From ...