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The Problem of Old Code and Older Coders

December 6, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Legacy IT systems are everywhere—and they need help – By Steven Cherry IEEE Spectrum In 2005, Bob Charette wrote a seminal article, entitled “Why Software Fails.” Now, fifteen years later, he strikes a similar nerve with another cover story that shines a light at the vast and largely hidden problem of legacy IT. Bob is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: Bob Charette, COBOL, COBOL programmers, DARPA, data, DevOps, Inside the Hidden World of Legacy IT Systems, IT systems, legacy software, the problem of data

Cyberattack Shows Vulnerability of Gas Pipeline Network

April 5, 2018 by sergneri Leave a Comment

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS APRIL 4, 2018 A natural-gas plant in North Dakota operated by Oneok, one of the companies affected by a cyberattack on a data network connecting gas-pipeline operators and their customers. The companies said the attack did not lead to any service interruptions. HOUSTON — A cyberattack on a shared data network forced … [Read more…]

Posted in: IT Failures, Politics Tagged: 2018, Cyberattack, data, Network, New York Times, pipeline

Data On Drug Use Is Disappearing Just When We Need It Most

June 30, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

An in-depth article covering the data gathering on opioid and street drug use, who has data and the problem of getting good data today. From the folks at FIVE THIRTY EIGHT . com …

Posted in: Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: data, drug use, Heroin, opiates

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