Enterprise Applications | Guest Opinion | Rony Ross Friday, November 18, 2011
For business intelligence (BI) solutions, taking the top attributes from social networking, including the sharing of insightful data and ability to “follow” others, is moving to the world of enterprise BI. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Guest Opinion | Elias Terman Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Social media has become a valuable source of feedback for businesses that are wise enough to leverage the data it produces. For example, sales teams can keep an eye on their happy customers and their competitors’ unhappy customers. Continue Reading »
In the world of software testing and quality assurance, we all know the value test automation brings by improving test coverage, overall product quality and the tester’s productivity. But all of this value flows in and the return on investment occurs only when the automation code is robust and reliable enough to produce consistent results to catch product bugs. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Guest Opinion | Robert Greene Monday, October 31, 2011
Big Data is currently the talk of the town, and for good reason. McKinsey & Company best quantified everyone’s excitement in a report earlier this year noting that, for example, the U.S. health care system could realize $300 billion in potential annual value by leveraging data more effectively. Continue Reading »
Exponential growth is nothing new in the information technology industry. The relatively short history of IT is rife with revolution. Think the microchip, super computers, power PC chips, the personal computer, the World Wide Web, artificial intelligence and so on. All have had transformative effects on people and businesses. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Guest Opinion | Adrian Cho Thursday, October 20, 2011
If an organization is run like a black box, only those within that organization know its internal workings. People outside the organization know only what goes into the organization and what goes out. On the surface, this doesn’t seem unreasonable. As long as the organization gets its work done, does anybody need to know how it achieves its goals? Continue Reading »
It was not that many years ago that software testing was considered the Rodney Dangerfield of the IT world. Software developers were the rock stars, with the prestige and income befitting its glamorous reputation. Continue Reading »
Product quality is no longer the onus of just the test team. Quality awareness and ownership is now becoming a collective responsibility of the entire product team. Continue Reading »
Enterprise Applications | Guest Opinion | Adrian Cho Wednesday, September 28, 2011
In the artistic world, jazz musicians are some of the most agile, innovative and collaborative performers. In a software development team, just as in a jazz band, contributors act as individuals and interact with others in continuous cycles of execution. What enables their success? Continue Reading »
