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How to Test Mobile Websites In today’s marketplace you absolutely will lose visitors if your website doesn’t have a mobile version. Here are some quick tips and tools to help you create the perfect mobile-optimized website.
Open Source Software Strengthens Its Presence in GovernmentNothing moves fast in government, but embracing open source software is gaining a foothold in many departments in the US. Innovation is being advanced inside of collaborative efforts by scores of developers as the U.S. takes e-Governance to a new level.
The Importance of Courage in Agile TeamsAn important attribute of agile teams is the courage to do the right things. You need courage in making the right architectural decisions, tackling the right stories, and standing up for values and principles you believe in.
HTML5 and jQuery: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

HTML5 and jQuery are tools that can live on any Internet browser that supports them. They can operate across devices—iPhones, iPads, Galaxies, Blackberrys, etc.—unlike an app that can only work on one device, using possibly only one version of an operating system, before an update is required.

Why COBOL Will Never DieDespite the arrival of newer languages and the transition away from mainframes, COBOL has managed to hang around. One reason it can’t die is that there remains a reported 220 billion lines of COBOL code still in use.
Culture Shock: A Battle of the Sexes in Software DevelopmentThe number of women in the field of software development has been on a steady decline for decades and little has been done to buck the trend. The need to ask why this lack of parity exists has passed. Today, groups are working to correct the problem—and not just continue to point it out.
Cyber Attacks: The Effect on CM and QAThis month US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued a call to arms over the growing cyber attacks on American banks. Joe Townsend explores how these attacks will affect configuration management professionals and quality assurance dilemmas.
Does Agile Work with a Command and Control Leadership?With the popularity of agile methods, especially Scrum, the discussions around collaborative, command and control leadership (C2) styles have increased greatly. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy explains whether or not being agile clashes with the C2 style of leadership.