Keeping the Wizard's Curtain Closed: Protecting Personal Data

Scott Nathan
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Agile Control

Jim Highsmith

Security Alignment

William Ulrich

Security is a growing requirement facing companies opening their systems to the Internet. Security experts say that companies are just beginning to understand the implications of allowing outside entities past their firewall using broadband and other emerging technologies. The following questions help determine how well your security strategy is aligned with business requirements.


Why Real Options Is the Wrong Approach to Software Valuation

Martha Amram

A number of recent academic papers have attempted to apply real options to software design. Real options is the application of mathematical models from the world of financial options to real or non-financial assets. Because software developers lack a correct and intuitively comfortable way to value their projects, academics believe real options can help.


Why Real Options Is the Wrong Approach to Software Valuation

Martha Amram

A number of recent academic papers have attempted to apply real options to software design. Real options is the application of mathematical models from the world of financial options to real or non-financial assets. Because software developers lack a correct and intuitively comfortable way to value their projects, academics believe real options can help.


Software Architecture: A Bill of Goods? Part 2

Theresa Smith

This is the second in a series of three Advisors on software architecture (see " Software Architecture: A Bill of Goods? Part 1," 28 April 2004).


Software Architecture: A Bill of Goods? Part 2

Theresa Smith

This is the second in a series of three Advisors on software architecture (see " Software Architecture: A Bill of Goods? Part 1," 28 April 2004).


Why Real Options Is the Wrong Approach to Software Valuation

Martha Amram

A number of recent academic papers have attempted to apply real options to software design. Real options is the application of mathematical models from the world of financial options to real or non-financial assets. Because software developers lack a correct and intuitively comfortable way to value their projects, academics believe real options can help.


Why Real Options Is the Wrong Approach to Software Valuation

Martha Amram

A number of recent academic papers have attempted to apply real options to software design. Real options is the application of mathematical models from the world of financial options to real or non-financial assets. Because software developers lack a correct and intuitively comfortable way to value their projects, academics believe real options can help.