David F. Carr

Jason Mayordomo has a tough assignment. A technology manager with the united nations peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone, he has to make sure information flows seamlessly between the U.N.s local headquarters in freetown and its far-flung outposts on the remote edges of this war-ravaged country. In addition to dealing with the technical vagaries of remote […]

1. Our organization is starting to make extensive use of Web services. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 2. We recognize the need for greater discipline in application development. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 3. Our previous attempts at reusing code and software objects have been failures. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 4. Even the new applications we create […]

What is it? A system that allows individuals to use the same user name, password or other personal identification to sign on to the networks of more than one enterprise in order to conduct transactions. How is it used? Partners in a Federated Identity Management (FIM) system depend on each other to authenticate their respective […]

At least once a year, Hot Topic Vice President of Technology John Horwath spends a day working at one of the chains stores, selling body jewelry, spiked chokers and other current emblems of “alternative” youth culture. At 44, Horwath is old enough to be the target of youth rebellion, with a daughter starting college and […]

1. We can easily compile and optimize the application we want to deploy for 64-bit processing. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 2. Others have used this or a similar application successfully on 64-bit platforms. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 3. Floating-point calculations comprise a large part of what the application does. TRUE FALSE 1. 2. 4. The […]