The Cipher Brief

JANUARY 21, 2020

National Security Council Staff. The emergence of the Chinese company Huawei as a leading provider of integrated telecommunications systems is seen as such a security threat that the U.S. Government (USG) has sought to raise barriers to the use of the company’s technology in U.S. Opening Gambit.

Telecommunications 43

Telecommunications Policies Technical Review Government 43

The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2020

Both the financial and real economies have suffered quite a few shocks in the last 20 years: the dot-com bubble bursting (2000); September 11 (2001); the Great Recession (2008); and today in 2020 the COVID-19 crisis is wreaking economic havoc. The tech economy suffered greatly in the wake of the dot-com bubble bursting in 2000.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Banking Marketing Software Review 52

LeanEssays

JULY 14, 2019

The Internet has been open to public for six years. The democratization of programming arrived with the public Internet in 1991, and within a decade it became clear that the old model for developing software was obsolete. So small changes were submitted, reviewed, and integrated into the live code base as quickly as possible.

Software Review 91

Software Review Software Engineering Continuous Delivery Technical Review 91

LeanEssays

JANUARY 21, 2016

There have been some impressive advances in software technology since Y2K: 1. Mobile Apps The Cloud In 2003 Nicholas Carr’s controversial article “IT Doesn’t Matter” was published in Harvard Business Review. The idea that infrastructure is context and the rest is core helps explain why internet companies do not have IT departments.

Software Review 55

Software Review Innovation Software Technical Advisors 55

LeanEssays

JUNE 5, 2015

In 1991 the University of Michigan began its Japan Technology Management Program. Then the internet began to invade the world, and it eventually became the delivery mechanism for a large fraction of the software being developed today. In 2001 the Agile Manifesto (Beck et al., 2001) gave this new approach a name – “Agile.”

Software Development 55

Software Development Software Review Software Development 55

The Cipher Brief

APRIL 5, 2020

security services remained concerned that a second al-Qaida attack – possibly one involving nuclear or biological weapons – would follow. By 2001, it was no secret that al-Qaida was building an army of foreign operatives trained at facilities in Afghanistan. But in each case, U.S. During the months following the 9/11 attacks, U.S.

Travel 54

Travel Weak Development Team Systems Review Technical Review 54

CTOvision

JANUARY 9, 2015

The good news for the moment is that the North Korean attack on Sony Pictures is in the headlines and has the nation discussing cyber security issues. So let’s take a step back and briefly review the big picture, economically, militarily and politically, in which the Sony attack resides. National Security Risks. By Chris Mellon.

Security 153

Security Technical Review Systems Review Government 153

A List Apart

MAY 15, 2018

Of far more significance is the increasingly gaping chasm between Internet Explorer and every other major browser. Internet Explorer, meanwhile, has been all but abandoned by Microsoft, which is attempting to push Windows users toward Edge. IE receives nothing but security updates. I’ll argue for a middle ground.

Internet 97

Internet Weak Development Team Software Review Windows 97