Articles by Dice Staff
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The Best Approach to Android's Design Guidelines
Android development involves more than simply writing code and publishing your app to a marketplace. A well-planned user interface can mean the difference between a usable app with modest sales a… -
Exiting Gracefully Now Can Land You a Job Later
Sometimes you and a client must part ways, maybe even before your projects are completed. If you've decided that you're leaving, what do you do? How do you leave gracefully? First and foremost, y… -
Switch Software Took Down Github
Github has finally posted a detailed post-mortem for last Saturday’s massive outage, which took the Website down for several hours. The cause: trouble with aggregating its switch software, which… -
Here's Why Training Will Get You a Job in the Cloud
Standing in the way of the cloud’s expected growth isn’t technology, but a growing shortage of tech professionals with the right skills, hiring managers say. Currently, companies are struggling t… -
Sidera, Lightower To Merge in $2 Billion Deal
In a potentially game-changing move for eastern data centers, a group led by investment firm Berkshire Partners announced Dec. 27 that it would buy and merge together fiber providers Lightower Fi… -
The Secrets of Highly Efficient Data Centers
If you run a data center, you live and die by three letters: PUE. Power Usage Effectiveness is a measure of how efficiently the data center uses its power, a ratio of the total amount of power us… -
Lost Your Keys? This Sticker Can Find Them
Always lose your keys just as you're about to walk out the door? If so, a solution is nearly at hand. At first glance, the Stick-N-Find Bluetooth stickers don't look like anything special but wha… -
Open Source Could Change Financial Risk Analytics
The recent article “Predictive Analytics and the Fiscal Cliff” raised some interesting questions on the use of analytics in economic policy, calling for independent, unbiased analytical tools to… -
Citi Finishes Data Center Consolidation
[caption id="attachment_6684" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Citi's LEED-certified data center in Frankfurt, Germany.[/caption] Citibank has reduced its total data center footprint by more than… -
New NEC Server Offers Battery Backup
The laptop-like battery backup in NEC’s new server isn’t meant as a replacement for an uninterrupted power supply, but it could attract buyers looking for a power-saving feature. Although only so…