• To Be or Not to Be Managed…

    Updated: 2010-09-07 08:08:54
    One thing I see way too often in this business is inexperienced clients getting themselves into trouble with unmanaged servers.  Some clients have never run a server before but feel that they can wing it, while others have a limited budget and decide that server management is not a worthwhile investment. Either way, they always [...]

  • Free SSL Certificates with Your Server – but Hurry, it won’t last forever!

    Updated: 2010-09-07 08:08:54
    We all know SSL certificates. We know that they’re good, and we know that they can take a real dent out of any business’ budget. After seeing the incredible response to our free SSL offer for Tandem resellers, we’ve decided to temporarily extend it to all retail customers as well. During the months of August [...]

  • Buying Refurbished Cisco

    Updated: 2010-09-02 15:20:17
    Refurbished Cisco is often a good investment, not only is it significantly less expensive (Hardware.com estimates that you can save between 60% to 90% off list price), but it also comes with extended warranties and can be used both within your network and on the periphery. Here are some examples of how used Cisco network [...]

  • HP Introduces Virtualized Storage Services to Improve Data Management for Clients

    Updated: 2010-09-01 16:17:58
    HP Enterprise Services today announced a new storage management capability that helps clients better organize and manage the explosion of digitized data to gain superior control of their information while improving asset utilization. The HP Virtualized Storage Service (VSS) can save clients up to . more...

  • Over 50,000 IT Professionals Turn to ObserveIT’s Free Remote Access Auditor to Audit Privileged Users

    Updated: 2010-09-01 14:55:18
    September 1, 2010 – ObserveIT Ltd., the leading provider of User Session Recording software, marked its 50,000th IT admin adoption in August of 2010. more...

  • Link Roundup: September 1, 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-01 14:00:18
    Good morning, Welcome to our August 31 link roundup. Here are some notable posts from other software engineering blogs that you may have recently missed: Architectural Decisions: Accidental or On Purpose? by Christine Miyachi at The Abstract Software Architect. Christine … Continue reading →

  • Check Point Simplifies Public and Private Cloud Security

    Updated: 2010-08-31 16:13:35
    San Francisco, CA - August 31, 2010 - Today at VMworld 2010, Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the new Security Gateway Virtual EditionTM (VE) with VMsafe integration that secures the cloud with the industry's most advanced firewall and protects dynamic virtual environments from both internal and external security threats. more...

  • HP Launches CloudStart to Fast Track Private Clouds

    Updated: 2010-08-30 14:30:50
    HP today announced HP CloudStart, the industry's first all-in-one solution for deploying an open and flexible private cloud environment within 30 days. Built on an HP Converged Infrastructure, HP CloudStart simplifies and speeds private cloud deployments. Consisting of hardware, software and services, HP CloudStart empowers businesses to deliver pay-per-use services reliably and securely from a common portal, and it offers the ability to scale and deploy new services automatically. more...

  • Presentation to International Conference on Global Software Engineering

    Updated: 2010-08-26 14:25:35
    I recently gave a presentation to the International Conference on Global Software Engineering on a notation for coordination models. You can find it at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/abstracts/presentations/icgse-bass-2010.cfm - Len Bass, SEI

  • New SEI Report: Relating Business Goals to Architecturally Significant Requirements for Software Systems

    Updated: 2010-08-26 01:30:12
    View complete report The primary purpose of the architecture for a software-reliant system is to satisfy the driving behavioral and quality attribute requirements. Quality attribute requirements tend to be poorly captured and poorly represented in requirements specifications, which focus on … Continue reading →

  • Clouds and IT role divergence

    Updated: 2010-08-25 12:12:22
    For the first time I met someone with ‘cloud’ in their title at LINX70. On their business card it stated ‘Senior Cloud Engineer’. I asked what it meant and he replied that it was an opportunity to get cloud into a job title as he had just moved jobs. It didn’t really answer the question. However, [...]

  • The workplace in 2020

    Updated: 2010-08-17 11:39:07
    The way we work will change dramatically over the next 10 years and we will need to adjust accordingly. Here are some of the key changes that may happen: Non-routine processes that require human intervention will dominate our work in areas such as discovery, innovation, teaming, leading, selling and learning. All routine processes will be [...]

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