Articles by Dice Staff
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How to Protect Yourself Against Problem Projects
Even projects that start strong can begin to unravel as time goes on. Sometimes the problem lies in scope, budget or other issues that are beyond the team's control, but in other instances the is… -
Facebook Saves Datacenter Costs with Frigid Arctic Wind
[caption id="attachment_10382" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Inside Facebook's new facility.[/caption] One year and seven months after beginning construction, Facebook has brought its first da… -
The Stupification of Graphical User Interfaces
A long time ago simply having a GUI was amazing to those that used it, or a toy to the few million Microsoft DOS users who made up the majority of computer users. But those that preferred a Comma… -
Intel, HP Pitch Speedy SSDs for Datacenters
[caption id="attachment_10355" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Intel's DC S3500.[/caption] Intel and Hewlett-Packard both released new products designed to bring together flash memory and datace… -
From Tester to Developer: Making the Jump
Some people love testing -- and with good reason. Poking around and figuring out how to break stuff can be a lot of fun. A role that’s often called “Software Engineer in Test” or “Software Design… -
Changing Your Software Delivery Process
Software processes come and go. Over the last 20 years we've seen the industry choose various types, ranging from the Rational Unified Process to V-Model, Scrum, Kanban, unprocess and many others… -
What Answers.com Wants in New Hires
In the nearly seven years since it was founded, Answers, a St. Louis-based knowledge exchange that operates the Answers.com website, has seen double-digit revenue growth annually, company officia… -
Mobile Game Landscape Gets More Complicated
Despite all the hype surrounding mobile games -- and all the money companies are investing in efforts to push them -- the business model to support them hasn't yet made itself evident. You'd thin… -
SharePoint as an Architecture Repository
Over the past decade, enterprise architecture as a practice has gained quite a bit of traction. Where EA hasn’t taken root yet, solution architecture is often practiced. One of the biggest challe… -
Cisco Looks to New Grads for UX Solutions
The people at Cisco are smart enough to know that a key factor in the company's future success will be the user experience. Specifically, if consumers can't easily get its devices to do what they…