The endless catalog of IT failure rests on a foundation of poor judgment, inadequate communication across business groups and information silos, and conflicting agendas. Most of my blogging discusses ...

Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive, difficult to cost-justify and tends to interrupt business. Meanwhile, the legacy ...

Dc/dc converters have evolved from simple three-terminal regulator circuits into complex electronic subassemblies that are critical in the power distribution systems of many applications. Good ...

The server-side architecture of an application can have a significant impact on how well the application performs. I’ve seen examples where an application server had to make queries against a database ...

Orphaned applications are a significant driver of shadow IT and a major headache for asset and identity management. We all ...

The average software application depends on more than 500 open source libraries and components, up 77% from 298 dependencies in two years, highlighting the difficulty of tracking the vulnerabilities ...

When I was an apps engineer for Supertex, I focused on flat panel displays and power supplies. The companies I supported were essentially starting up in their business, and looking for the best ...