by Big Iron | Aug 22, 2011 | general
We get a lot of requests for a demo. And there are a lot of vendors who will demo “at the drop of a hat”. It’s even possible, and reasonable, for the vendor to record that kind of demo and make it available to run anytime. After all, a canned demo is...
by Big Iron | Apr 5, 2011 | general
Some legacy system owners are suffering from license fee increases of 20% per year, and this is fueling renewed interest in modernization. In the past, there have been a number of vendors whose proprietary software product (or company) has been bought by a large firm...
by Big Iron | Jan 29, 2011 | general
A friend sent me an article the other day. The intro says, “States’ shrinking IT workforce: The worst is yet to come: A survey by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers finds that states are facing critical shortages of IT workers,...
by Big Iron | Jan 24, 2011 | general
Some people look at our technology and focus immediately on the tools. While we think the tools are great, successfully building software has a lot more to do with your process or methodology than it does with your tools. You can do automated redevelopment (what we...
by Big Iron | Jan 18, 2011 | general
Blogging… in some cases, blogs seem pretty self-indulgent. Narcissistic, even. Do you spend time reading blogs? I usually don’t, unless the blog tells me something interesting. So that’s going to be our guideline here. My forum name, Big Iron, pays...
