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April 25 2011, 09:19 AM
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Daniel Goldschmidt
Some time ago I was asked by my manager, Dr. Gabby Silberman, the head of CA Labs, to think of ways to help CA Technologies become more innovative. Over the course of two weeks I did some research on the Web, read magazine articles, and examined the many current and past innovation initiatives at CA Technologies. After much reading and thinking I realized that some of the main problems were continuity and resources, and I arrived at the conclusion that we needed a high-level executive to be in charge of innovation. That person would be the Chief Innovation Officer (CIO in this post). What could be better than having a very capable manager, with significant skin in the game, dedicated to innovation? He or she would provide focus and continuity...
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By: Daniel Goldschmidt
Daniel Goldschmidt is currently a research staff member at CA Labs, the research arm of CA Technologies. He started at CA in 1983 working on mainframe products, including development of a relational database management system and later leading the design and implementation of a 4GL programming language...
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April 19 2011, 03:36 PM
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Liam Irish
Every time I have to do a mail server upgrade and have to tinker with my virtual mailbox configuration , I think about how it would be easier to just write my own mail daemon. These upgrades happen more than I would like. Consider the back to back vulnerabilities in exim over the past few months. In writing my mail daemon, I'd apply web technologies, such as URL routing , to email, but I always shelve the idea, because I'd still have to deal with SMTP, which offers no benefits, but considerably complicates both programming and configuration. I am not alone in experiencing these difficulties. Our collective trouble with email will lead to its eventual demise. Email's usefulness is reduced by the volume of spam users deal with. Mail...
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By: Liam Irish
Liam Irish is a software architect for CA Technologies Advanced Technology Group within the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. Liam is responsible for prototyping and research of potential product directions and acquisitions. Liam joined CA Technologies in 2010, bringing with him 15 years of experience...
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April 08 2011, 10:05 AM
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Peter Matthews
In my last blog , I focused on the growing trend of replacing Wintel and Linux netbooks, laptops and desktops with smartphones. In this entry, I will discuss some more hardware features and the user interaction that I consider one of the most important game-changers. The previous blog focused more on the processing power that is coming on stream in mobile phones and tablets but another hardware feature is the battery consumption. The battery life of a smartphone differs so greatly from the battery life of the average laptop that it could be measured on different timescales. The battery life of laptops is measured in hours; for smartphone and tablet devices, it is measured in days. Battery duration is another good reason for adoption, but on...
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By: Peter Matthews
Peter Matthews is a Research Staff Member in CA Labs the research arm of CA Technologies. After training as a teacher he retrained to make the transition into computer software and after over 30 years in IT, Peter has worked with software on systems ranging from Mainframe to Smart phones. Prior to joining...
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