Viewpoint of an Entrepreneur: A Business Intelligence Software BlogA software entrepreneur shares his unique real-world perspective on entrepreneurship, software development, software deployment, and real-time Business Intelligence software.End of Free Food at Google!...It was good while it lasted......- August 30, 2008 Silicon Valley seems to have a never ending parade of Star Startup companies offerring everything from Free Food to Massages. But they all seem to come to an end sooner or later. Google seems to be the latest one to go that route!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/end-o... H1B Worker has to go back... The Ironic Twist is that it is from India he has to go back!- August 29, 2008 Here's a personal story about a H1B visitor that needs to go back. Except it is from India he has to go back!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/h1b-w... What Happend to my Documents My Software...Bit-Rot and Software-Rot!- August 22, 2008 Documents in older formats may not be readable any more. Software is so old, nobody knows how it does what it does! Problem of Bit Rot and Software Rot is creeping up on us!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/what-... Choosing Developers - More of an Art than a Science!- August 20, 2008 Crazy Problems on the board! 9 Interviews in a Day! Gruelling Intelligence, Psychological and Programming Tests! Choosing a developer does not have to be as intense as a Decathlon!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/choos... Can your Company be Totally SaaSy Here's a company that's trying to do it!- August 18, 2008 Using an online Payroll processing company is old hat for companies that have less than 50 people. Even in large companies Human Resource functions have gone the SaaSy (Software as a Service) way long time ago. But to use ten plus SaaS applications That's proving something!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/can-y... You want to see the World's Best Trend Spotter I have a suggestion.- August 14, 2008 What's happening with Virtualization How's Offshore Development doing How's the Job market for IT How about the market for Database Administrators' jobs Are salaries for IT folks going up, down or staying the same All kinds of trends can be answered by one person!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/you-w... How Software Development Goes Horribly Wrong... and does all the time...- August 12, 2008 CMM Level 5, Agile, Scrum or any of the latest swing-on-trapezes-while-doing-chanting-and-collecting requirements methodology; None of these can guarantee success in a software development project unless you understand that it is all about Communication and not about some magical process.http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/how-s... How Terrorists Seem to Abuse Free Email Services for their Purposes- August 9, 2008 Free email seems to have become a potent way for terrorists to pass messages between themselves. This one is very clever since messages don't pass through the internet but just stay on the servers. I am sure Counter Terrorism authorities are already on to this and taking appropriate counter measures!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/how-t... Measuring the wrong things in IT projects- August 8, 2008 IT projects are deemed successful if they are on time and under budget. How about it took longer, and required more resources, but eventually met and exceeded user expectations There are many IT projects that were spectacular failures according to the first set of criteria and spectacular successes according to the second set!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/measu... Working from Home...Your boss may be watching you work remotely!- August 4, 2008 High gas prices are encouraging a lot of telecommuting. In a bizarre twist, your boss may be watching whether you are working in front of your computer or feeding your baby! Strangely, this is supposed to remove one of the obstacles to telecommuting!http://networking.ittoolbox.com/r/rss.asp?url=http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/narikannan/worki... |