Enterprise IT architectures vary widely due to a number of factors. Cisco notes, “Often the gaps between an architectural vision and its specific technological enablers are wide, but they can
The study’s top predictions for the year include: 1. Growth will return to the IT industry, as spending levels increase by 3.2%. 2. Telecommunications spending will increase by 3%. 3.
Companies that adopt stronger authentication methods can alleviate these worries and reduce the risk of doing business online. In sectors like higher education and healthcare, where patient records and student
n July 2009, the C++ standards committee voted into the C++0x Working Paper new attribute tokens that regulate the overriding of virtual functions in a derived class. These new attributes
hat’s the number one concern when it comes to adopting a cloud computing strategy? Security. A company considering the cloud has to explore the security of the third-party cloud platform,
Over the past several weeks, I’ve had the obligatory parental experience of teaching a teenager to drive. This can be a nerve-wracking process as the new driver learns the mechanics
he C++ literature uses the phrase “most vexing parse” to denote one of the dark syntactic alleys of C++. It’s vexing because programmers usually don’t even know it exists; they
At the opening keynote of this week’s Oracle OpenWorld Conference, Sun Chairman and Co-founder Scott McNealy called the father of Java, James Gosling, on stage to again reiterate Oracle’s dedication
ere’s a common scenario: a base class has multiple constructors, each of which takes a different number of parameters of various types. A derived class has to declare “mirror constructors”