The UltraTech Zone

Some days it seems like Microsoft still has a lot to learn about being a team player on a global stage where customers and regulators are interested in open standards and interoperability. They recently got spanked with both the ISO and the IEC while lobbying to get their OpenXML document format established as a global, open standard.  In ...

Some days it seems like Microsoft still has a lot to learn about being a team player on a global stage where customers and regulators are interested in open standards and interoperability. They recently got spanked with both the ISO and the IEC while...(read more)

I've been falling behind on my Harvard Business Review reading, in recent months, but I finally made some time to catch up on the July/August issue, and came across an awesome opinion article entitled, ''Productivity Is Killing American Enterprise'' by Henry Mintzberg. You can find the article here, or an extended version of it on Henry ...

I've been falling behind on my Harvard Business Review reading, in recent months, but I finally made some time to catch up on the July/August issue, and came across an awesome opinion article entitled, '' Productivity Is Killing American Enterprise '' by...(read more)

The issue I speak of relates to how many changes and new features should go into a new release of their software product.  If Microsoft adds lots of new functionality, then customers and analysts conclude that the likelihood of bugs within the new code is high and so they avoid product adoption for months or years or until several service ...

The issue I speak of relates to how many changes and new features should go into a new release of their software product. If Microsoft adds lots of new functionality, then customers and analysts conclude that the likelihood of bugs within the new code...(read more)

It's pretty much official now (in case you didn't believe it before):  We have exited the Worm era, and jumped head first into the era of specialized and targeted attacks... According to a recent article by ComputerWorld, SANS security organization sees upsurge in zero-day Web-based attacks. The following excerpt from the ...

It's pretty much official now (in case you didn't believe it before): We have exited the Worm era , and jumped head first into the era of specialized and targeted attacks ... According to a recent article by ComputerWorld, SANS security organization sees...(read more)

An article I read on ZDNet this week laments that fact that politicians as a group are woefully clueless about technology issues, yet keep pressing ahead with projects that are highly dependent on technology such as National ID programs. As some of the comments indicate, that lack of understanding is not limited to technology.  On the ...

I just finished reading a pretty decent CIO Insight article (with lots of research links) on the state of IT Security at a Corporate level.  It ends with the following comment that I wholeheartedly agree with: For IT security to work, companies must train and motivate personnel to consistently avoid risky behavior, build strong ...

Over the past few days, I have seen at least two posts or articles on a subject I've been meaning to write about for quite some time, now.  The first one I saw was by Rob Howard, and although it deals mostly with software development, it struck a chord with me.  Today, I saw a post on Kevin Stone's blog which referenced a ...