The Cost of Bugs

• Make the IDE resistent to Bugs in Wizards & AddOns QC#: 698 Version: 6.0 Status: Open defect, requires resolution Description: For example: I think it would be a good idea, if any internal calls within the IDE which call wizard interfaces or notifiers were wrapped with a construct setting a Wizar ...

• Article :: Targeted Client Upgrades: Creating a Flexible, Low-cost Application Upgrade Mechanism Stephen Morris explains how to upgrade only the parts of an application you need to reduce the risks caused by a full replacem ...

• Article :: The Real Cost of Insecure Software: The Foundation of Civilization David Rice discusses the perilous state of software security in this introduction to his book, Geekonomi ...

• Oracle VM Unveiled: Efficient, Low-Cost, Scalable Server Virtualization Software Oracle today announced Oracle VM, server virtualization software for Oracle and non-Oracle applications that offers scalable, low-cost server virtualization that is up to three times more efficient than existing products from other vendo ...

• Oracle VM Unveiled: Efficient, Low-Cost, Scalable Server Virtualization Software Oracle today announced Oracle VM, server virtualization software for Oracle and non-Oracle applications that offers scalable, low-cost server virtualization that is up to three times more efficient than existing products from other vendo ...

• Getting the Bugs Out: A Conversation With Bug Fixer Brian Harry Renowned bug fixer Brian Harry offers tips about how to fix bugs and explores the intricacies of Swing c ...

• Small Bugs with Big Implications  Small bugs can sometimes lead to significant failures, especially when those bugs appear in production code. In this interview with Artima, Mark Thomas, Director of Java Technologies at IBM, talks about the potentially big implications of defects discovered only in a production environment, and wha ...

• [Karl Dubost:QOTD] On Features, Bugs, Systems, and Social Adaptation Disagreement, ambiguity, variability, lie, etc are not bugs, but a feature of the system. Each system which becomes too rigid looses its flexibility and often die. The social agreement makes it happen in a *context* keeping the possibility of a ...

• Getting the Bugs Out: A Conversation With Bug Fixer Brian Harry Renowned bug fixer Brian Harry offers tips about how to fix bugs and explores the intricacies of Swing c ...

• Case Study: HSBC Improves Reliability, Security, and Cost Savings for Desktop Standardization Effort In 2004, financial group HSBC launched an initiative to reduce the cost of supporting 300,000 desktop computers by 20 percent through rigorous standardization. To help achieve this goal, the company deployed Microsoft® System Center solutions as an integral part of its new environment. Microsoft Sys ...