The tools can be very useful, but the critical factor for success in building software is still the quality of the team and its social dynamics. We were sometimes told that the entire development process would soon be automated, leaving us without...
IBM flaunts its patent portfolio as a measure of the innovation of its engineers and scientists. IBM's 2003 patent crop reflects the company's ongoing 'autonomic computing' initiative to make computing systems self-managing and more automated.
But moving to Git means the Linux project once again will have an automated mechanism to control the flow of updates and track changes. What Linus has done is to focus on the 5 per cent of the functionality that he needs.
EDS is still working to resolve technical defects on the controversial and problematic £450m Child Support Agency (CSA) computer system but the government claims performance has improved and that service levels are now "generally being met".
K is for Keystroke dynamics In a statement, Derbyshire Constabulary assistant chief constable Peter Goodman said: "The second phase of this project reiterates the focus of the police service; to put more officers on the street.
The latest research from Freeform Dynamics discovered 24 per cent of organisations suffer disruption caused by software failure every week. Martin Atherton is principal analyst at Freeform Dynamics. Obviously, the business has a say on...