Articles by Dice Staff
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Tech Unemployment Numbers Hint at Demand for Women
For the past three consecutive months, the unemployment rate for women in IT has been lower than that of men, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest figures, from May, show the w… -
Red Hat Packages Open-Source Cloud for Enterprise
At its annual user conference this week, Red Hat rolled out a variety of updates, including ones meant to streamline the building of private-cloud infrastructures via open-source software, as wel… -
Software-Defined Data Centers: Seeing Through the Hype
In case you didn't catch it this morning, AllThingsD ran a piece endorsing the idea of the software-defined data center (SDDC). That’s a venue where hordes of non-technical mid- and upper-level m… -
Delving into IBM's Layoff Numbers
When you don’t know which departments will be hit with a layoff, look at the revenue-light or money-losing divisions. Such is the case with IBM, which disclosed in April that it expected to take… -
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…