On a cross-country plane ride last week, I had a chance to read through the October issue of one of my favorite technical magazines, Software Development.

The overused word "team" has lost its meaning.

In traditional work environments, a company's culture grows on its own, with little assistance from management.

It is clear that technology, business, society, safety, security, and the well-being of nations are now "fused" together. On a global scale, technology, information, and knowledge are key determinants of the success and competitiveness of a nation.

A few years ago I wrote:

In the last issue I looked at the current race to develop component systems that can be used to create transaction processing (TP) applications. The Internet is forcing most companies to reconsider how they handle their business processes.

When I first started working with TCP/IP networks in 1988, learning that the Internet Protocol (IP) had a version number somehow surprised me.

In Part I of this article (see DMS, August 1998), I examined the state of the data mining industry and discussed some of the available data mining techniques, including decision trees/rules, neural networks, a

Software is becoming such an essential part of modern life that a radical improvement in quality is needed.

Historical field data concerning operational behavior is a straightforward way for determining how well a system was manufactured and maintained, and it is also a key parameter in rating a program's quality.

An Indian (one of the authors) was checking into a hotel in Atlanta recently. Next to him was an elderly American lady also checking in. She smiled and said "hello," to which the Indian replied "hello." She said, "Are you from India?" "Yes," replied the Indian. "Then you must be a software expert!" exclaimed the American lady.

An Indian (one of the authors) was checking into a hotel in Atlanta recently. Next to him was an elderly American lady also checking in. She smiled and said "hello," to which the Indian replied "hello." She said, "Are you from India?" "Yes," replied the Indian. "Then you must be a software expert!" exclaimed the American lady.

Software is becoming such an essential part of modern life that a radical improvement in quality is needed.

Every company is working on Y2K today, and most companies are still optimistic about finishing their projects on time, and perhaps even within budget. Unfortunately, the issue of quality has not received much attention, even though it's a cliché to observe that everyone is in favor of high quality. For Y2K, however, quality is critical.

Software is becoming such an essential part of modern life that a radical improvement in quality is needed.

There are three possible ways the software talent shortage can end:

Historical field data concerning operational behavior is a straightforward way for determining how well a system was manufactured and maintained, and it is also a key parameter in

Historical field data concerning operational behavior is a straightforward way for determining how well a system was manufactured and maintained, and it is also a key parameter in

An Indian (one of the authors) was checking into a hotel in Atlanta recently. Next to him was an elderly American lady also checking in.