Olympic-size woes and the dark side of tech innovation

Can you believe what a disappointment these games are turning out to be? Oh, we're not talking about the Olympics. We're referring of course to Zynga's recent woes. Yes, in life, as in the Olympics, there are winners and there are losers. In this week's roundup we catch up with a few former...
Conquering brain drain and big data analytics

Is there anyone out there who didn't have the longest, hottest week since ever? We're going to keep this brief, as our brains are more melted than hoax-ified Canadian currency....
Scary-good tech innovations

Why is it that Friday the 13th only seems scary when it falls in October? Didn't those unfortunate teens meet their demise at a summer camp? At any rate, in honor of this allegedly spooky/unlucky day, we've stocked up the roundup with scary-good tech innovations, a howling CEO and a reminder of...
Why you don’t want to Excel at virtualization capacity management

Let me be honest here: I would be thoroughly impressed with myself if I could successfully compile a grocery list on Excel. I offer this as a disclaimer. But even though funnels befuddle me and I've managed to merge information straight into the ether, there is one thing I do know about Excel --...
Pondering BPM applications and summer reading lists

Is this the official holiday weekend or was that last weekend? Mid-week holidays are so confusing. One thing we do know for sure is that summer is now in full swing. To celebrate, we've got a compendium of fun things to do outdoors. They include reading, daydreaming (about BPM...
Today’s girls who code, tomorrow’s women in computer science

Some things just bear repeating. As part of our most recent roundup post -- in roundups, we gather interesting items you may have missed from the week that was -- we highlighted a new initiative created to promote young women in computer science.