There are very few pieces of software where a casual approach can be taken to
the process of software development. Software development is intrinsically a
difficult process, gathering requirements, design, development and testing
all taking large effort. In reaction enterprises have setup and adopted
strict development processes to build software (or at least the successful
enterprises have ;-).
ADF and JDeveloper are sold as productivity boosters for developers. Yet in
the end they are just a technology platform. By themselves they don't solve
the complexities of software development process as a whole (though they do
make parts of it easier).
This leaves IT departments struggling, as they might like the potential of
ADF as a platform, but they intrinsically know there's more to software
development, there's the process of development to consider. How will the
task... (more)
What's the most you ever
lost on a coin toss?
While much discussion of the cloud assumes the needs and concerns of large
enterprises will determine how the Cloud evolves, in fact AAPL, MSFT, DELL,
AMZN signal that the migration of the fragmented $444B annual Small and
Medium Business tech spend from small "office / cubicle" datacenters to the
cloud will redefine the industry far sooner and on a more sweeping and final
scale than presently anticipated. The move of the Small and Medium Business
may determine the winners and losers long before the enterprise has made a
significan... (more)
On June 7th @cloudexpo I attended a presentation on Eucalyptus by Rich Wolski
(founder and CTO of Eucalyptus, known to throw lightning bolts from Mount
Olympus when he thinks nobody is looking. He certainly threw a few during
his presentation @ CloudExpo that most people didn't notice.) during which he
described the genesis of Eucalyptus. Creating a cloud interface
indistinguishable from the interface of Amazon AWS was the critical success
factor and defined the project. The challenge, Rich explains, was like that
of a "Turing Test."
A Turing test is a well known test used to me... (more)
Google told the court considering whether the Oracle-Google Android suit
should be stayed that it's willing to settle.
That's like the next best thing to admitting that it's guilty of infringing
the Java patents that now belong to Oracle and could lose the case, something
the judge has already sussed out.
Google made the suggestion in a joint filing despite the Patent and Trademark
Office's preliminary finding against a couple of the Oracle patents.
Google's trying to get the trial stayed pending a re-examination of all the
patents, but is arguing for at least a narrowing of the ... (more)
One sure fire way to keep budget and buzz away from your projects is for you
and your department to be associated with incremental improvement. Projects
can generally be classified into two categories. The first is "business
transformation," which includes projects that generate excitement. The
second category is for projects that fund incremental improvement to what is
frequently considered the "cost center," often with a strong ROI but
seriously lacking when it comes to excitement... And without excitement comes
underfunded and understaffed projects likely to underachieve the ... (more)
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