Such a negative title: Why Software Projects Fail. And part 1, no less. Is this too depressing? Don’t worry: there will be a corresponding series, Why Software Projects Succeed. But for now, I actually do want to depress you. I’m not even going to quote figures on how many application development projects fail, though there …
Whereās the IT money? Thereās money for EMR in the ARRA
We all know what the new business environment means: You Are Expendable. Given that, every American should be looking hard at where their future opportunities lie. IT and security people, and software developers, should be looking toward the opportunities the changes in the business landscape bring. One of the dead-certain growth areas is electronic medical …
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Why Google Is Leaving China
So Google is pulling out of China. Because their networks were hacked. By people who wanted names and addresses of Chinese dissidents. I wonder who could have done that. The simple truth, the one that every American network administrator already knows but that most Americans don’t, is that we are already in a cyber-war with …
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the “New Abnormal”
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the “Economy’s Grim ‘New Abnormal’” 1. The Good: There are quite a number of IT jobs, at all levels, in Albuquerque My informal measure of IT job activity in the 505, the number of these jobs in the Careers section of the Albuquerque Journal, looks at two …
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The skills the IT pros are seeking
You may be working on the entry-level skills to break into IT, or you may already be a working professional. But you should always be looking both ahead, at what the landscape will look like in two to five years, and over your shoulder, at the skills your peers are gaining and polishing. Inevitably you’re …
Welcome to IT Work in New Mexico
Iāve been on this ride before. More than once, since 1980. Usually I only realize it when I start recognizing pieces of the landscape: jobs dissolving by the millions, genuine fear in peopleās eyes, lots of phony money dematerialized. On this particular circuit through the theme park, though, some things are different. Usually a few …
An Introduction
Thank you for your interest in my consulting services. I am always happy to discuss how I can work with clients on projects for application development, Unix and Linux networks, system security and electronic medical records. For the most part I am a language-agnositic programmer. I have done extensive development for Win32 environments, Windows CE/GIS …