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Yearly Archives: 2017

Typescript: Microsoft Improves Javascript Performance, Compatibility and Structure

By Dick Weisinger

Typescript.  It is an open source programming language that is maintained by Microsoft. Microsoft describes it, saying that  “TypeScript is JavaScript that scales.” Much of the direction behind Typescript has been from Anders Hejlsberg, lead architect of C# and creator of…

Mobile Apps: Ten Years Later App Usage Grows Phenomenally but the Focus Now is on a Shrinking Number of Apps

By Dick Weisinger

It’s been ten years now since Apple announced the App Store as a place to stock up on applications for mobile devices.  2013 saw a record of one million apps being listed in Apple’s store. That’s a lot of apps.…

Defensive Coding: Finding and Plugging Security Holes in 111 Billion Lines of Code

By Dick Weisinger

111 billion lines of software are written every year, according to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures. The number of bugs and security holes in that number of lines is likely staggering in size. Anita D’Amico, CEO of software security solution…

Encrypted Email: Businesses Want it, but Users Don’t Know How to Use It, and Some Question if it is Necessary

By Dick Weisinger

Reports find that users are increasingly worried about security and think that email encryption should be used more frequently, but the problem is that most people find email encryption too complicated and cumbersome to actually use. Osterman found that 53…

Tieto and Formtek Team to Offer Alfresco-Based Engineering Data Management Solutions in Europe

By Dick Weisinger

Formtek, Inc., a leading provider of document and content management software and services, announced today that it has signed a Partnership Agreement with Tieto. Tieto is an IT Software and Services Company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. With approximately 14,000 employees…