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What Will 100 Gbps Broadband Satellite Technology Mean to You?: Nov 6, 2013; In planes, trains, ships, and automobiles, the advent of 30-100 Gbps connectivity via satellite will redefine "access." It's not just consumers either, as 50% of enterprise terminals are predicted to use high-capacity satellite platforms by 2020. What does the advent of 100 Gbps over satellite mean to us—and what will it cost? Technical futurist Leo Wrobel explains in this article.

The Project Manager’s Personal Bridge to Agility: Aug 4, 2008; Moving to Agile project management is scary. Stacia Broderick eases the transition.

The Software Project Manager's Bridge to Agility: Scope Management: May 21, 2008; Agile project management can help you plan for and handle changes in a project's scope.

Visualization: How to Present Security Data to Get Your Point Across: Dec 21, 2007; Learn how to present security data in a style that truly gets your point across.

On the Job with a Network Manager: Jan 12, 2007; Find out what you would do if you ran networks for a living.

Saving Money with Legacy Data: Mar 11, 2005; Migrating legacy source code is a time-consuming and complicated business. The same is often true for the migration of legacy data, but there are some useful techniques that can reduce the cost. In this article, network management software specialist Stephen Morris discusses the migration (or upgrading) of legacy data into XML format. This process proves to be surprisingly straightforward and low in cost.

Different Work: Why the Manufacturing Mindset Does Not Apply to Software Development: Oct 31, 2003; As it turns out, software development isn't like manufacturing at all. It's a different kind of work to solve a different kind of problem, despite what their learning and training tells most managers. The manufacturing mindset simply doesn't apply to software development. Roy Miller explains why.

Is Software Engineering a Good Choice for Your Product?: Feb 8, 2002; In order to understand whether or not software engineering is for you, read Pete McBreen's introduction to software engineering from his book, Software Craftsmanship — his answers might surprise you.

Hell No! I Won't Go! - Avoiding Death March Projects: Jan 11, 2002; Pete McBreen says Ed Yourdon is wrong; death-march development projects are not the norm - or at least they shouldn't be.

Introduction to Writing RFPs: Jan 4, 2002; In this introduction to his book, Bud Porter-Roth explains the importance of RFPs, including different types of RFPs, the anatomy of an RFP, and why you need to write one in the first place.

Evaluating a Software Architecture: Dec 6, 2001; To put it bluntly, an architecture is a bet, a wager on the success of a system. Wouldn't it be nice to know in advance if you've placed your bet on a winner, as opposed to waiting until the system is mostly completed before knowing whether it will meet ...