2009-04-30
Shawn G. couldn't believe his eyes. A support ticket had just come in about a user who was having a problem with a DOS-based computer with a 286 processor!? Fresh out of college, Shaw was more used to working with PCs running Windows XP, and processor speeds and RAM amounts in the multi-"giga" ranges. Much to his surprise, he was getting ready to help a user with the equivalent of 1985's cutting-edge top model. Expecting the real problem to be a bug in their help desk software mis-reporting PC's default specs, Shawn gave the user a ring.
2009-04-23
When Gary was first hired at an aircraft component repair company, one of his first duties was to add functionality to their Oracle 11i based application that would "automatically add mods" to the system.
2009-04-17
Tsk tsk 80's software companies! When you're not out there making grandiose, larger than life promises to sell your product, you're playing right into your readers' knowledge of popular culture.
2009-04-16
Most large applications are designed with multiple, autonomous interacting components. In very high level terms, they look like this:
2009-04-15
Working on a team that is uplifting a legacy application into a newer technology, Neil K. is responsible for ensuring that the new application is working the same as the one being replaced.
2009-04-09
The Sohcnum Family Convenience store chain knew two things about their fax-based price distribution process: it was extremely time consuming and completely un-cool. Managers at their twenty-eight locations absolutely hated having to write out, by hand and with a big marker, the hundreds of new price signs that came through every morning. It all seemed so unnecessary, especially considering that it was 1997 and "hi tech" was officially in. Plus, with their aspirations to grow the chain by impressing and attracting big investors, a whiz-bang price distribution system was a must-have.
