IT has become the single-most visible point of latency when a business needs to change. However it does not have to be this way. David S. Linthicum discusses how things got off track and how SOA and Cloud Computing can fix it....

This chapter provides an explanation of the configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco ASA-supported authentication authorization and accounting network security services....

In this transcript of an oral history Grady Booch interviews SEI Fellow Watts Humphrey. In part 7 Humphrey discusses his role as Director of Programming at IBM including how he got a handle on the volume of mail he received a problem even in the 1960s standing up to his boss and introducing the concept of planning to the entire programming division...

This chapter shows how you can use Excel to create an account structure in a workbook that contains both a general journal and special journals and in a workbook that contains both a general ledger and subsidiary ledgers....

This chapter teaches the basics of both object-oriented and component-oriented programming moving on to creating a class in C and examining how it fulfills the goals of object-oriented and component-oriented programming....

Really mastering a new programming language certainly one as flexible and fluid as Ruby is not easy. Russ Olsen offers some tips to ease the pain and speed yourself down the road to Ruby mastery....

In this lesson you learn how to create your first ad campaign and launch it. You create settings for your location and language write your first ad choose keywords set a budget and set up billing. When finished your ad campaign will launch....

Since the IANA ran out of addresses IPv6 adoption has gone from being useful to being essential. But still only a small fraction of the Internet is accessible via the newer protocol. David Chisnall examines some of the reasons for the delay in widespread adoption....

Jesse Feiler discusses how to account for the unique features of mobile devices such as touchscreens and their methods of manipulating text when developing your apps....

How do you manage risk in the social world The primary elements in managing risk associated with your reputation are first in knowing you have an issue and then in addressing it in a speedy and transparent fashion with the right people. This chapter outlines best practices to protect your online reputation and manage the risk associated with the blogosphere....

Writing tests is often a laborious and thankless activity. Much of the literature on the Web focuses on frameworks and methodology. Dhanji R. Prasanna attacks testing from a new angle The visual test is a technique used by pros to improve speed quality and the reward of writing tests for even the most complex applications....