I read a story the other day about "the 10 poorest countries" in the world.
The writer examined poverty statistics to determine this list. Some of the
countries are known for terrible governments (eg, Zimbabwe), some had high
per-person income levels - usually due to abundant mining -- but abysmal
income disparities (eg, Burundi), while others (eg, Madagascar) were just
poor through and through.
But there's always hope. Madagascar, for example, has landed on our radar
screen in the Top 10 "raw" ranking among 22 African nations we've surveyed.
What does that mean?
We started our research at the Tau Institute with the struggles of developing
countries - "the world's poorest" - in mind. How could we develop a truly
relative ranking, one that shows which countries are doing the best with what
they have? We've integrated several publicly available sources of information ... (more)
The recent RSA Conference in San Francisco was well-attended by IT pros and
the industry's leading security experts and executives. Among the crowd was
Rob Clyde, the CTO at Cupertino, CA-based Symantec, one of the world's
leading security software companies.
Q: Where is IT security going in a general sense?
Rob Clyde: Threats continue to increase in frequency, complexity, and speed.
In 2003, we saw 900 million malicious code attempts and 140,000 network
intrusion attempts. There were also seven new vulnerabilities discovered per
day. We've reached an inflection point where today’... (more)
Related Links: Sun and Microsoft's Interoperability Efforts Delayed Once More
IBM Exec Slams Sun's JavaOne/SunNetwork Merger Plans
Sun Microsystems famously grew from start-up mode to $1 billion in annual
sales without spending one cent on advertising its products.
It established early on a reputation for good performance, good pricing, and
the latest in a software environment that appealed to technically oriented
users who were writing software, designing bridges, and taking over Wall
Street with what was then a new category of "technical
workstations."more)
Carly Finally Gets the Boot; Critics Dance On Her Grave SYS-CON West Coast
Bureau Chief, Roger Strukhoff, writes: And the long knives come out. Or,
keeping the metaphor intact, water has been thrown all over HP's grand
experiment. (Please go to www.rssblog.linuxworld.com and answer our quick
one-question poll, "Why was Carly Fiorina fired?")
The wicked paraphrase in this story's headline comes from an former
high-level HP executive from the "old days" at HP, one who firmly believes
that the HP Way and all it entails was obliterated under the six-year regime
of Carly Fiorina. "B... (more)
WebSphere Journal recently interviewed Doug Wilson, Distinguished Engineer
and CTO of IBM's Lotus Software Division in Westford, Massachusetts.
Doug Wilson Speaks About His and Lotus's Background...
WebSphere Journal: Doug, could you please provide our audience with a little
bit on your background and what path you took to your current job and
responsibilities with the Lotus Software Division.
Doug Wilson: Like many people, my career path is a bit checkered. I started
some time ago working at MIT as Director of Systems Operations and Systems
Development for Project Athena, which, ... (more)
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