Author Archives: Freeform Dynamics
The jury’s in: Effective software delivery
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been running a series of articles, polls and feedback[...]
Storage Expo – What happened in 2008?
In 2007 the UK’s large exhibition focussed on the storage industry found itself parroting all[...]
How should software developers be paid? – By the line?
The success of any software development organisation depends on balancing a whole range of factors[...]
Revealed: The golden rules of managing software projects – Buff up your halos
We asked what looks to have been a pretty contentious question – what’s the role[...]
SAPTechEd: Lead or follow, but get out of the way
Another theme at SAP TechEd08 is agility-as the company evolves, it needs to help the[...]
SAPTechEd: Irony and Contradictions
The annual SAPTechEd, being held in Berlin this week, is hosting over, 4500 attendees, record[...]
SAPTechEd: Maintaining enterprise IT momentum through an economic downturn
Sitting here at SAP TechEd08, one nagging question gets in the way of appreciating the[...]
Should software developers do it for themselves?
On March 7, 1992, a little-known Finnish software developer called Linus Torvalds issued version 0.13[...]
Agile Development’s Secret Sauce – It’s all in the recipe
One criticism levelled at Agile methodologies for software development is that of scale. “It’s all[...]
Content blunderbuss hits everything but the target
We humans have been sending signals out into space in the hope that, one day,[...]
Be the star of the show
Ever since Stewart Brand declared that “information wants to be free” in 1984, he has[...]
Agile development – can’t scale, won’t scale?
Who could fault the base principles of agility? I was recently talking to a CIO[...]
Collaboration: hidden or open?
Sometimes it’s good to see what’s going on inside other companies. It might make you[...]
Distributed software development is hard – But is there hope?
Poll results The Reg reader poll run earlier this week as part of our agile[...]
Is IT offshoring ready for “Designed in India”?
There’s an interesting article in India’s Business Standard newspaper this week, about the impending plans[...]
Social software and a troubled bank
Wachovia Bank is in the process of being largely gobbled up by Citigroup(Update 6 Oct:[...]
Socialtext Launches Socialtext 3.0, Battle for Enterprise 2.0 Heats Up
Socialtext, known for its enterprise wiki solution, made a serious play for the enterprise 2.0[...]
Developing software in the global village
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Agile development workshop: Lessons learned
Reader research conducted via the Reg Technology Panel over the last few years has consistently[...]
The Fear of Buying
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Prudent planning is key to harnessing the cloud
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HP raises the green bar
Most vendors are very uneasy about discussing the accumulated environmental harm in their backward supply[...]
Are today’s developers more creative?
Back last year, I stumbled into a conversation at a conference just as a twenty-something[...]
The Impact of IT Security Attitudes
by Jon Collins Much has been written about the existence of various threats, internal and[...]