piątek, maja 14, 2004
Ceny kursow w Polsce
Czy ceny kursow informatycznych (w ogolnosci szkolen) sa wysokie? Raczej nie jezeli wezmie sie srednia pensje informatyka (ok. 3000) to szkolenie za 4000 nie jest juz takie drogie. A wiedza kosztuje...
Nowa inicjatywa middle-ware IBM
IBM's rolling out their new Workplace software this week, and pundits are wondering what effect that will have on Microsoft Office sales. Workplace is an integrated office suite aimed at corporations. Its supposed attraction is that it's server-based, freeing individual users from having to install large applications on their laptop or desktop computers. This has been tried before--replacing traditionally client-side applications with programs served up from a central location--mostly with uninspiring results. But from all reports, Workplace is a compelling product.
IBM has a few of things going for them here, which might make it interesting:
Many of Microsoft's corporate customers are feeling a bit cheated because they paid for upgrades that they aren't getting. With no significant upgrades to Office recently, and Longhorn out on a 2-year delivery target, they could decide that moving to Workplace is the better choice.
On the security front, one can imagine that Workplace won't fall prey (at least not in the immediate future) to the plethora of email worms and viruses that plague Office, Windows, and Outlook.
Server-based application deployment can extend the useful life of older machines by a couple of years, making it possible for companies to save money on hardware upgrades.
IBM is selling to businesses here--something they've proven they can do. If they were targeting individual users, I'd say "no way" without hesitation. There's no consumer product so good that IBM's indifferent marketing can't kill it.
So what do you think? Can Workplace supplant Office on a large number of desktops? If so, does that give IBM an "in" to start replacing Windows with Linux on the corporate desktop?
IBM has a few of things going for them here, which might make it interesting:
Many of Microsoft's corporate customers are feeling a bit cheated because they paid for upgrades that they aren't getting. With no significant upgrades to Office recently, and Longhorn out on a 2-year delivery target, they could decide that moving to Workplace is the better choice.
On the security front, one can imagine that Workplace won't fall prey (at least not in the immediate future) to the plethora of email worms and viruses that plague Office, Windows, and Outlook.
Server-based application deployment can extend the useful life of older machines by a couple of years, making it possible for companies to save money on hardware upgrades.
IBM is selling to businesses here--something they've proven they can do. If they were targeting individual users, I'd say "no way" without hesitation. There's no consumer product so good that IBM's indifferent marketing can't kill it.
So what do you think? Can Workplace supplant Office on a large number of desktops? If so, does that give IBM an "in" to start replacing Windows with Linux on the corporate desktop?
Rozszerzenie koncepcji "agility"
Processes & Practices: Update on agility
By Jack Vaughan
Agile modeling gained some prominence a few years ago, emerging in the wake of UML, RUP and Extreme Programming. Where is it now? Few are in a better position to answer that question than Jim Highsmith, author of Adaptive Software Development, Agile Software Development Ecosystems, and a founding member of the AgileAlliance.
In fact, Highsmith, fellow, Cutter Consortium, says he sees a move underway to expand the agile modeling concept to the domain of management. Highsmith spoke at this week's Cutter Summit in Cambridge, Mass. Somewhat narrow agile modeling, he indicated, may come to include broader agile practices.
In agile modeling, quick initial planning of software projects is accompanied by iterative development techniques associated with Extreme Programming (XP) concepts. Agile modeling could be said to add a bit more structure to Extreme Programming methods, without becoming 'over-structured,' a trait some individuals ascribe to traditional software project management.
"Agility," said Highsmith, "is the ability to balance flexibility and structure."
"We see agile practices moving from early adopters to the mainstream," he said, "so an issue facing the movement is what we do now." Some even ask, Highsmith chided, if we should move Extreme Programming to moderate programming. Highsmith dismisses this notion. "We have to retain the basic value of the agile system," he said.
By Jack Vaughan
Agile modeling gained some prominence a few years ago, emerging in the wake of UML, RUP and Extreme Programming. Where is it now? Few are in a better position to answer that question than Jim Highsmith, author of Adaptive Software Development, Agile Software Development Ecosystems, and a founding member of the AgileAlliance.
In fact, Highsmith, fellow, Cutter Consortium, says he sees a move underway to expand the agile modeling concept to the domain of management. Highsmith spoke at this week's Cutter Summit in Cambridge, Mass. Somewhat narrow agile modeling, he indicated, may come to include broader agile practices.
In agile modeling, quick initial planning of software projects is accompanied by iterative development techniques associated with Extreme Programming (XP) concepts. Agile modeling could be said to add a bit more structure to Extreme Programming methods, without becoming 'over-structured,' a trait some individuals ascribe to traditional software project management.
"Agility," said Highsmith, "is the ability to balance flexibility and structure."
"We see agile practices moving from early adopters to the mainstream," he said, "so an issue facing the movement is what we do now." Some even ask, Highsmith chided, if we should move Extreme Programming to moderate programming. Highsmith dismisses this notion. "We have to retain the basic value of the agile system," he said.
Nokia opuszcza forum WiMax
Surprise as Nokia quits WiMax forum
Nokia, one of the high-profile founders of the WiMax Forum, has left the organisation, raising questions over whether the technology's merits have been overstated.The mobile phone company said it decided not to renew its membership in the group, but denied that the move was intended to throw doubt on WiMax.However, WiMax will be of limited interest to Nokia until its mobility aspects arrive, which will not be for several years, the company said. It said it will continue to contribute to WiMax standardisation.Nokia, along with Intel, Fujitsu and other wireless players, founded the WiMax Forum in April last year as a way of focusing interest on the IEEE 802.16 family of wireless broadband standards.The first standard to be ratified, 802.16d, aims to deliver speeds of up to 70Mbps over a range of 31 miles to fixed users, and an 802.16e upgrade is to add mobile capabilities.The forum's success is such that equipment maker Navini Networks, which formerly backed the rival 802.20 standard, recently switched camps, while telecommunications heavyweights such as BT Group, France Télécom and Qwest Communications have also come on board. Alcatel has announced the first 802.16d equipment using Intel chips, which should appear later this year and be ratified next year.The WiMax Forum members, chiefly Intel, have gone to great efforts to promote WiMax as the way to standardise both fixed and mobile broadband wireless networks, but the reality is that only fixed systems will be in use in the near future, said industry analysts.As a result, companies interested in using WiMax as a replacement for or complement to fixed technologies such as DSL are flocking to join the forum, while those interested in mobility are keeping their distance."The companies most advocating WiMax seem to see it as a wireless DSL proposition," said Dean Bubley, founder of Disruptive Analysis. "It plays more to fixed carriers than to the cellular market, where Nokia has more of a core customer base.". Unlike other equipment makers in the Forum, Nokia does not sell proprietary fixed broadband wireless equipment; and the immediate use of the WiMax standard will be to standardise such offerings, Nokia argued. Intel has said it did not expect WiMax to arrive in notebook computers for two or three years, and the delay will be a year or two beyond that for smaller devices such as mobile phones, further reducing Nokia's interest in WiMax. Another factor could be Nokia's difficulties in other parts of its business. The company's market share in mobile phone handsets dropped to 29% in the first quarter of this year from 35% in the same period a year ago, even though handset suppliers overall saw a 40% uptick in shipments worldwide. Nokia has said it would reduce prices to increase its market share, but this could come at the expense of profitability, Bubley said. "Given their recent results, their investors may be scrutinising their spending on everything." Nokia is involved in a deal to take over a majority share in smartphone operating system maker Symbian, but Symbian is also struggling to widen its reach outside its high-end niche in the handset market, and has seen sales drop. Meanwhile, Microsoft has said it would back out of the market for Wi-Fi gear, despite having quickly become one of the biggest players in the market. It claimed it was dropping Wi-Fi to apply what it had learned to future products, according to reports. Industry analysts said the move was probably because of low margins and the confusing standards roadmap for Wi-Fi equipment.
Nokia, one of the high-profile founders of the WiMax Forum, has left the organisation, raising questions over whether the technology's merits have been overstated.The mobile phone company said it decided not to renew its membership in the group, but denied that the move was intended to throw doubt on WiMax.However, WiMax will be of limited interest to Nokia until its mobility aspects arrive, which will not be for several years, the company said. It said it will continue to contribute to WiMax standardisation.Nokia, along with Intel, Fujitsu and other wireless players, founded the WiMax Forum in April last year as a way of focusing interest on the IEEE 802.16 family of wireless broadband standards.The first standard to be ratified, 802.16d, aims to deliver speeds of up to 70Mbps over a range of 31 miles to fixed users, and an 802.16e upgrade is to add mobile capabilities.The forum's success is such that equipment maker Navini Networks, which formerly backed the rival 802.20 standard, recently switched camps, while telecommunications heavyweights such as BT Group, France Télécom and Qwest Communications have also come on board. Alcatel has announced the first 802.16d equipment using Intel chips, which should appear later this year and be ratified next year.The WiMax Forum members, chiefly Intel, have gone to great efforts to promote WiMax as the way to standardise both fixed and mobile broadband wireless networks, but the reality is that only fixed systems will be in use in the near future, said industry analysts.As a result, companies interested in using WiMax as a replacement for or complement to fixed technologies such as DSL are flocking to join the forum, while those interested in mobility are keeping their distance."The companies most advocating WiMax seem to see it as a wireless DSL proposition," said Dean Bubley, founder of Disruptive Analysis. "It plays more to fixed carriers than to the cellular market, where Nokia has more of a core customer base.". Unlike other equipment makers in the Forum, Nokia does not sell proprietary fixed broadband wireless equipment; and the immediate use of the WiMax standard will be to standardise such offerings, Nokia argued. Intel has said it did not expect WiMax to arrive in notebook computers for two or three years, and the delay will be a year or two beyond that for smaller devices such as mobile phones, further reducing Nokia's interest in WiMax. Another factor could be Nokia's difficulties in other parts of its business. The company's market share in mobile phone handsets dropped to 29% in the first quarter of this year from 35% in the same period a year ago, even though handset suppliers overall saw a 40% uptick in shipments worldwide. Nokia has said it would reduce prices to increase its market share, but this could come at the expense of profitability, Bubley said. "Given their recent results, their investors may be scrutinising their spending on everything." Nokia is involved in a deal to take over a majority share in smartphone operating system maker Symbian, but Symbian is also struggling to widen its reach outside its high-end niche in the handset market, and has seen sales drop. Meanwhile, Microsoft has said it would back out of the market for Wi-Fi gear, despite having quickly become one of the biggest players in the market. It claimed it was dropping Wi-Fi to apply what it had learned to future products, according to reports. Industry analysts said the move was probably because of low margins and the confusing standards roadmap for Wi-Fi equipment.
Nowa strategia MS
MS oglosil, ze zgodnie z nowa strategia produktow, co 4 lata nalezy sie spodziewac nowej wersji systemu operacyjnego (dokladnie server product), zas poprawki (update) beda co 2 lata. Zgodnie z tym:
"We are thinking about an update release to Longhorn that will come in the 2009 time frame; 2008 will probably be the service pack; 2009 will be the update release."
Waze! Poprawki to nie SP i beda platne, chyba, ze klient podpisal tzw. Microsoft's Software Assurance licensing program.
Na podstawie serwisu CNet: http://news.com.com/2100-7343_3-5211424.html?tag=nl
"We are thinking about an update release to Longhorn that will come in the 2009 time frame; 2008 will probably be the service pack; 2009 will be the update release."
Waze! Poprawki to nie SP i beda platne, chyba, ze klient podpisal tzw. Microsoft's Software Assurance licensing program.
Na podstawie serwisu CNet: http://news.com.com/2100-7343_3-5211424.html?tag=nl
Nowa wersja narzedzi do tworzenia aplikacji w Javie
Ostatnio firma Sun oglosila dostepnosc Java Studio Creator (odpowiednik VB), ktore skraca o polowe czas na stworzenie aplikacji w jezyku Java. Skierowane jest do firm majacych aplikacje w Cobolu i chcacych migrowac. Obok JSC jest inne narzedzie open-source NetBean 3.6.
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