With our latest product release, we have ventured into the world of Apple. Yup, our product is now officially supported on the Mac. I think I can safely say that this was not something on our roadmap a few years ago, but we recognized the trends, and now have this offering for our customers. With this support, it was determined that we needed a few more Macs in the organization, the Product Management team included. Now, I’m not sure I stepped forward, or everyone else stepped back (except me), but I ended up being the
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Today, Mark Grice is in a better mood. The last time I spoke to the Klocwork Director and Manager of the International Reseller/Partner Network, he outlined 7 habits of highly ineffective Source Code Analysis (SCA) tool selection. Among those terrible habits, he described an SCA tool-selection process that involved endless feature comparisons and massive checklists of irrelevant requirements. His head almost exploded, but on this day our SCA guru was calmer. Clearly, he’s been using relaxation techniques or drinking some of the good stuff, like acai juice. According to Grice, successful SCA tool adoption involves
Read More »As software managers you’re undoubtedly being asked to do more with less in this economy. With companies continuously being forced to cut costs, the first shoe to drop is when you are told you need to cut headcount. The second shoe drops the day after the painful deed is done and you look into the eyes of the team members that are left behind and try to put a positive spin on your world – their world. And that is when reality really hits home. Less people, same number of problems. No one “downsized” the
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