A blend of opinions & news on tech topics like cloud, mobile, big data, app development and app performance from geniuses inside the technology industry.
An unfortunate side effect of innovation is change. Well, unfortunate to those that don’t embrace change. As great as the steam engine, the telegraph, the telephone, electricity, the internal combustion engine, the airplane, the transistor, the personal computer or the mobile phone are, they were technical inflection points in history. What innovations forced your business to adapt? Are we missing any ruined industries that refused to … [Read more...]
We accept that touch interfaces are already a part of the application user experience. We like using them most of the time, and so we might be considering whether to design them into our own application development projects. Perhaps there is a logical and intuitive reason that begs for a touch interface, or you might want to indulge your creative side to add some new functionality to your application. Did you ever think that an application … [Read more...]
Over the past decade, more and more companies have begun to adopt standardized software development tools across multiple languages and platforms within the enterprise. Among the reasons for the adoption rate, graphical development environments have matured over the past couple of decades, enabling programmers to be more productive. Intuitive and standardized interfaces mean less training and quicker adoption. Also, many mainframe developers are … [Read more...]
During a recent discussion with a friend about how much technology is changing our lives, he pointed out to me the fate of the VP of Electricity. My first reaction was, “Who?” Apparently, once upon a time, each company had its own generators that provided electricity for the company. So the VP of Electricity literally “kept the lights on”. This must have been an extremely important job. The business relied on them similar to the way … [Read more...]
I haven’t bought a new (or newish) car for the last few years, and the current buzz around ‘connected vehicles’, and how cars will be steering themselves, and how ‘collision avoidance’ systems will make accidents a thing of the past, all seemed a bit .. well … DARPA-ish. Then my son introduced me to his ‘gently used’ (that’s the latest dealer-speak for ‘secondhand’) car. The list of features on the car reads like … [Read more...]
Ok, I admit it, I am not an Early Adopter when it comes to technology adoption and I’m not even sure if I’m in the Early Majority. For someone who is in the technology industry, that was hard to admit (I hope I don’t lose my job over it!) I’ve often wondered why I am this way. I love technology! I got my undergrad in engineering. I worked a decade in R&D. But in my personal life, I am a terribly pragmatic person. If I … [Read more...]
I studied physics in college, but I’ve never particularly used it other than for the occasional IKEA project. When you think about it though, physics can be used to describe certain business and market trends. For example, classical mechanics provides a unique perspective when analyzing the lifecycle of technological innovations, particularly those from established companies. Let’s borrow three physics concepts for the purposes of this … [Read more...]
Last week I had the honor of joining other mainframers for an annual sales kick off meeting, marking the beginning of our (Compuware’s) fiscal year. While attending this year, I had the following observations about folks in mainframe sales, the state of IT and the power of connection. About Mainframe Sales You can teach an old dog a new trick. (I’m one of those old dogs, so it’s OK.) With the introduction of new application … [Read more...]
The phrase 'new normal' has been used a lot in technology, marketing and even has it's own TV show on NBC (I've never seen it). The term 'New Normal' is fine for understanding what is happening today, but CIO's really need to focus on a few things when planning for 'the NEXT-Normal' . BE LEAN Why plan for the Next-Normal? Because it will be here much faster than you can imagine. Business and technology trends are moving so quickly, … [Read more...]
Here are this relevant week's tech stories from the editor: Facebook’s Android app now tracks which apps you use Facebook’s privacy issues look like they’re here to stay as they launch “Home” for Android. Facebook has confirmed their new Home app collects and catalogs a list of previously used apps on users’ Android phones. This development seems unlikely to mitigate critics’ complaints that Facebook is a serious threat to its … [Read more...]
