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Yearly Archives: 2017

Internet: July 12th — Save Net Neutrality Day

By Dick Weisinger

The FCC has proposed to rewrite the current policy of net neutrality.  They are accepting comments on their proposal through August 18th. Supporters of Net Neutrality have declared today that today, July 12th, as Net Neutrality Day and are encouraging people to…

Business IT: Business Units Up Their Role in Technology Decisions

By Dick Weisinger

Increasingly business units other than IT are playing a bigger role in the purchasing of technology and services. Finance, sales and marketing, engineering, and logistics now often independently procure IT services. A report by CompTIA found that 45 percent of…

Security: Nearly Half of SharePoint Installations Experience Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

Organizations using SharePoint and File Sharing Tools often face problems trying to control sensitive data, according to a recent survey/report by Metalogix and the Ponemon Institute. The report found that: 49 percent of respondents reported a data breach in their…

Code Development: Improving Code Quality with Code Reviews

By Dick Weisinger

How can you make software better?  Only 64 percent of companies say that they’re satisfied with the quality of the software that their teams create. The number one way to improve the quality of software is for developers to engage…

Microservices: Greater Agility and Flexibility at the Cost of Greater Complexity

By Dick Weisinger

SOA – Services Oriented Architecture — has been around for some time.  And recently, it is coming back strong, but with a new name: Microservices and Containers.  The idea is that rather than create monolithic applications, create applications by bundling…