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Microsoft Reaffirms SQL And Visual Studio Deadlines
News Microsoft has struggled to meet its initial deadlines for Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005, having pushed out the delivery dates about one year. Microsoft next month intends to hand out pre-release versions of its oft-delayed database and...
[August 22, 2005, 17:35]
BT 'on Track' For NHS Deadlines
News BT claims it is "back on track" to deliver on its billion-dollar IT contract with the NHS, despite high-profile problems with some of its key contractors and criticism over missed deadlines. In July this year an answer to a parliamentary question...
[September 14, 2006, 12:50]
100 Percent Intel Architecture: Grupo Elektra Meets Aggressive Deadlines, Cost Objectives For 749 Bank Branches
White Papers Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer, sought to add full-service, in-store banking targeted to Mexico's underserved low- and middle-income households. Grupo Elektra wanted 749 new Banco Azteca branches up and running when the...
[June 17, 2005, 0:00]
PeopleSoft Draws Out Upgrade Deadlines
News PeopleSoft is extending customer-support and maintenance programs for a number of its software products, in a move some interpret as a defence tactic against rival Oracle and its promise to support PeopleSoft products for at least a decade if it...
[September 15, 2003, 16:30]
Supply-Chain Technology: Compliance Deadlines Loom - Supply-Chain Giants Drive Early Adoption Of RFID
White Papers With development activity under way in the retail, government/military, health care, and transportation verticals, coupled with standardization activity and other initiatives targeted at interoperability and enterprise integration of RFID hardware...
[February 14, 2006, 23:00]
The Ultimate In Agile Businesses Meets The Ultimate In Agile Immoveable Deadlines
White Papers Few businesses need to rollout their new IT systems in front of a global TV audience numbering in excess of one billion people. This high level of visibility, a totally immoveable deadline and a dramatically flexible workforce requirement, conspire...
[December 5, 2003, 23:00]
Bugs, Bugs And Deadlines - Software Change Management
White Papers No matter what platforms or languages are at the heart of your development efforts, source control will always be a necessity. Fortunately, there are SCM solutions capable of handling the change and configuration management challenges facing today...
[August 1, 2004, 0:00]
Partners Frustrated By Microsoft Launch Delays
News Microsoft partners and rivals have generally welcomed Wednesday's launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 but some have claimed that once again the software maker has failed to hit its own deadlines.
[February 27, 2008, 12:29]
US Govt Prolongs Icann's Reign Over Net
News A key change to the agreement establishes seven deadlines for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) to meet -- a move aimed at formalising the process used to approve new top-level domain names, improving the accuracy of...
[September 18, 2003, 9:05]
NHS IT Delays Cost Accenture £260m
News The body in charge of the £6.2bn NHS IT project has called for "key personnel changes" at Accenture after the outsourcing company announced a $450m (£260m) loss on its health service contracts due to delays in hitting delivery deadlines.
[April 3, 2006, 9:30]
Microsoft Unveils New Version Of Project
News It lets workers build schedules, set deadlines and track the progress of product launches, construction projects and other tasks. The new version offers communication features, including the ability to automatically send email notifications to co...
[December 13, 2001, 6:30]
Sarbanes-Oxley: Are You In Compliance?
White Papers This white paper discusses the myriad challenges facing IT organizations in complying with sections 302, 404 and 409 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), and how the Mercury IT Governance Center and the Mercury Quality Center helps in achieving...
[November 20, 2006, 23:00]
Developers 'should Be Accountable' For Security Holes
Talkback Most developers try to keep unrealitic deadlines, set by people without any knowledge of technology and computer science what so ever. I think developers now have to start refusing to be pushed to creating low-quality, buggy code because of...
[October 14, 2005, 17:14]
Real-Time Java, Part 4: Real-Time Garbage Collection
White Papers When hard RT systems, such as heart monitors or defense systems, miss these deadlines, it's considered a catastrophic failure of the entire system. In soft RT systems, missed deadlines can have adverse effects - such as a GUI not displaying all...
[April 25, 2008, 0:00]
Light Methodologies Make The Most Of Team Members
News Many of us have been on the proverbial project from hell -- get ready for lots of overtime to make up for poor estimations, bad project management or unrealistic deadlines. If you have a history of missing deadlines, poor self-organisation skills...
[July 4, 2002, 10:04]
Do Developers Really Need Social Skills?
News Repeat after me: "I am an effective communicator under tight deadlines. It's all a question of balance: When the job market is tight, and when deadlines loom, soft skills may not seem that important. The idea is that software developers can (and...
[March 25, 2002, 11:53]
The One Thing Larry's Cash Can't Buy
Leader Proprietary software is very often caught up in these economics of turning a profit, where quality has to vie with shipment deadlines and a hundred other variables. No matter how proficient, enthusiastic and dedicated the programmers, in such as...
[March 7, 2006, 14:55]
NHS IT Leaving Doctors 'thoroughly Disillusioned'
News Slipping deadlines for new IT systems and the premature release of systems that are not fit for purpose has been deeply frustrating for NHS staff, leaving many doctors thoroughly disillusioned with the programme.
[May 19, 2008, 9:01]
The Dangers Of Asking Too Much Of Staff
News All major problems become their problems, and all key deadlines become their deadlines," he explained. It happens more often than most chief information officers will admit, but consciously or unconsciously, tech leaders push top managers and...
[June 19, 2002, 11:19]
Guy Kewney's Weekend Diary
News His PR company has taken a dozen journalists (without deadlines) to Paris for the announcement, but they apparently haven't heard of it. Apparently, he's launching a new version of Windows; Windows CE.
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