Tag Archives: Management
Getting Business Value from Application Development: Evaluating trends
The first quarter is the perfect time to hone your plan for the entire year. Invest some time to: Evaluate trends Identify priorities Determine staffing Understanding the factors driving your business and operations empowers you to make better decisions that will positively affect your bottom line. Here are some of the factors driving software development [...]
Common Sense Drawing XBox Kinect
Common Sense was a part of Gartner Outsourcing & Vendor Management Summit which took place in Orlando from 12th to 14th of September. The aim of this conference was to achieve outsourcing excellence through Vendor Management, Cloud Sourcing & Emerging Trends. The summit was a great event which covered topics such as how to navigate [...]
SQL Azure
In our previous post we looked at the different options in Windows Azure storage. Now we turn our attention to SQL Azure, a relational database management system for the cloud which offers: Features needed to perform transactions. Indexes, views, triggers, and stored procedures. Easy migration for applications that use SQL Server locally to the cloud [...]
Is Your Web Site or App Secure? Guidelines for Authentication & Session Management
Authenticating a site’s or app’s logged in users and managing their interactions is another critical area vulnerable to attacks from would-be intruders. Sites and apps that require logging in and/or store user data must take precautions to insure that users are who they claim to be, that there are no lapses in how user credentials [...]
Gregg Hansen at PPS
Gregg Hansen, former vice president of Advanced Micro Devices and now of HP, presented a session at last week’s The Professional Pricing Society (PPS) 22nd Annual Spring Pricing Conference. Gregg’s session was “Success Factors for Implementing an End-to-End Price Management System” and it dealt on how businesses can successfully utilize Vistaar‘s Price and Revenue Management [...]
