Friday 29 April 2011

News: IBM

News9 new results for IBM
 
Dayton to speak at IBM today
Post-Bulletin
Mark Dayton will speak at an event at IBM-Rochester Thursday honoring IBM's centennial. Sen. Al Franken may also be making an appearance. The event, which is not open to the public, also will include guest speakers Ambuj Goyal, IBM general manager for ...
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Accelrys 2011 North American User Group Meeting to be Keynoted by IBM
Business Wire (press release)
This year's keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Michael Hehenberger, business development executive with IBM Research, who will discuss new game-changing technologies with the potential to significantly increase our understanding of disease and ...
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Yale School of Management, IBM collaborate on curriculum measuring consumer ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
The Yale School of Management and IBM are collaborating on an academic program to teach a curriculum of analytics, which measures consumer sentiment and mines numerous sources of data to improve marketing and sales. Yale's Center for Customer Insights ...
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HSBC Insurance UK selects IBM for Solvency II compliance
Insurance Business Review
HSBC Insurance UK has signed a contract with IBM to support its European Solvency II compliance initiative for all insurance policyholders. IBM will assist HSBC in developing and implementing a business analytics solution that will provide advanced ...
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Can a Yahoo, Cloudera and IBM Split the Hadoop Pot?
GigaOm
Yahoo's plans as described would make Yahoo the third vendor operating in the same space, alongside Cloudera and IBM, and fighting for what, right now, are only speculative customer dollars. Assuming the Hadoop market can top a billion dollars, though, ...
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IBM raises dividend 10 cents per share
Bizjournals.com
The new dividend of 75 cents a share marks the 16th consecutive year that IBM has raised the dividend, the Armonk, NY-based company said (NYSE:IBM). IBM is among the largest employers in Austin with about 6200 people. IBM also said it increased its ...
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES: 52-WEEK HIGH RECENTLY ECLIPSED (IBM)
Zacks.com
Apr 27, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) traded at a new 52-week high today of $169.27. Approximately 1.3 million shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 5.2 million ...
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Hardware Means Squat To IBM Stock
Forbes (blog)
IBM derives the bulk of its revenues from server sales (including system z, system x and system p servers) for which IBM is the global market leader. [1] Competitors include other technology giants like Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Oracle in the server ...
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Intel Eyes Post-Thunderbolt Interconnect for 2015
PCWorld
Intel has been researching silicon photonics for some time, as have IBM, Hewlett-Packard and other vendors. IBM has been exploring its use for connecting transistors on chips, rather than just between larger devices. Before the technology comes to ...
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Blogs1 new result for IBM
 
Biophysics With IBM Blue Gene | Informatics Iron | GenomeWeb
Preparations are currently underway for the installation of Mira, Argonne's next -generation IBM Blue Gene/Q system that will be capable of 10 petaflops peak performance and include more than 750000 cores and three-quarters of a petabyte ...
- http://www.genomeweb.com/newsletter/10910

Web2 new results for IBM
 
IBM Press room - 2011-04-27 IBM Bolsters Employee Volunteerism ...
IBM Press Room - As part of its centennial celebration, IBM today announced hundreds of new service grants that support employees' volunteer activities to ...
www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/34377.wss
IBM tailors BPM for small business - Computerworld
IBM has configured its new BPM software to help small and mid-sized organizations set up their own automated workflows just like big businesses do.
www.computerworld.com/.../IBM_tailors_BPM_for_small_bu...

News: Business Process Management

News10 new results for Business Process Management
 
AuraPortal to Sponsor an Educational Webinar Featuring Paul Harmon on the BPMS ...
PR Newswire (press release)
When Smith and Fingar wrote their book, Business Process Management, The Third Wave, which launched the development of this generation of software tools, they were focused on the possibility that BPMS tools could support business managers in the ...
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Oracle Continues to Deliver End-to-End Business Process Integration
The FINANCIAL
This co-development effort aims to productize "best practice" integrated business processes with the delivery of the following Process Integration Packs: Quote and Order Management PIP: Provides the ability to integrate front office order capturing ...
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New Product News – April 28, 2011
Information Management
Global 360 announced an update to its business process management software suite. Global 360 BPMS features work allocation, optimization and integration through Microsoft Lync for support of Communications Enabled Business Processes such as voice ...
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Kofax Plc Says Results Continue To Meet Its View - Quick Facts
RTT News
L: News ), a provider of document driven business process automation solutions, in its third-quarter interim Management Statement, said its results continue to be in line with its expectations. Kofax's software business revenue has continued to ...
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Be Informed's Business Process Platform has a 'Remarkable Track Record of Success'
PR Newswire (press release)
Forrester's new report confirms the innovative character of the Be Informed business process platform. Forrester analyst Derek Miers states: 'Netherlands-based Be Informed has developed something truly new in the business process management suites ...
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Pentaho Names Samuel Hon Vice President of Professional Services
Marketwire (press release)
Prior to Progress Software, he was a vice president of professional services at Savvion, a business process management company. Hon's previous experience in business processes and program management also includes executive positions at AT&T Wireless ...
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India's financial services business process outsourcing market may reach $250 ...
Guidon Performance Solutions
The report identified India as a mature location for finance-related outsourced business process management, alongside China and the Philippines. India's market - which has grown at a rate of more than 30 percent over the past six years - would have to ...
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Genpact Named as a '2010 Market Star Performer' in both Finance and Accounting ...
Business Wire (press release)
"We have built a whole science and methodology around enterprise-level processes along with enabling technology tools that support our business process management solutions and extensive global delivery capabilities, all of which become real ...
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Global 360 Introduces New Features for Unified Communications and Workforce ...
UCStrategies
"The Global360 announcement of embedding Microsoft Lync 2010 Unified Communication functionality directly into their Business Process Management software is a perfect example what we at UCStrategies have highlighted as UC-B (UC-Business Process) for ...
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Pitney Bowes Management Services Teams with EMC to Deliver Managed Imaging ...
Business Wire (press release)
"By selecting EMC Captiva as their primary data capture technology, Pitney Bowes Management Services can create significant business opportunities for both of our companies," said Chris McLaughlin, vice president of channels and alliances for the ...
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Blogs1 new result for Business Process Management
 
Visio at Gartner Business Process Management Summit - Microsoft ...
By Microsoft Office Division News Bites
Visio at Gartner Business Process Management Summit. Microsoft Office Division News Bites. 27 Apr 2011 11:24 AM. Comments 0. Tomorrow, Chris Crane, director of product management from the Microsoft Visio team, will host a session at the ...
Site Home - http://blogs.technet.com/b/flaphead/

Web2 new results for Business Process Management
 
A Quick Primer on BPM: Business Process Management | SCM | Supply ...
Supplying Education, Research, Industry Solutions, and Thought Leadership to the Supply Chain Management Community for 10+ Years.
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The Benefits of Business Process Management Software
Business process management software is a collection of tools that allow the user to develop custom applications, without the need for a programmer, ...
www.dandb.com/.../the-benefits-of-business-process-managem...

News: Microsoft

News10 new results for Microsoft
 
Apple vs. Microsoft - Which company has the best response to problems?
ZDNet (blog)
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | April 28, 2011, 5:36am PDT It's been interesting to watch how Apple responded to the the iOS tracking 'scandal' and comparing that to how Microsoft has handled the problems surrounding updates for its Windows Phone 7 lineup. ...
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Microsoft vs US antitrust battle soon to be history
Reuters
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirteen years after the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing the software giant of using its market power to pummel potential rivals, the case will soon be history. ...
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Google Apps Echoes Microsoft Office 365 with Flexible Billing
eWeek
Google has revised its Google Apps for Business pricing to make it more attractive to small businesses, offering a $5 per user, per month plan that follows Microsoft's flexible pricing scheme. The search engine also lowered its paid service entry level ...
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Microsoft Planning To Raise Prices Of Certification Exams
CRN
By Kevin McLaughlin, CRN Microsoft last week revealed a price hike in Microsoft Certifications that'll go into effect throughout many parts of the world starting in July. The price hikes will affect the following certifications: Microsoft Certified ...
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Microsoft Chart Shows Now Isn't a Good Time to Buy
TheStreet.com
Microsoft was once a star having experienced the meteoric rise to the top in the 1990s and having languished ever since. The company is set to release earnings tonight after the bell and analysts don't seem to have much enthusiasm about the prospects ...
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Microsoft Unbans, Re-bans Banned Xbox Live Accounts
Escapist Magazine
Microsoft's Xbox Live mods have a heavy banhammer. The Redmond-based software giant will ban players for piracy, swastika emblems in Black Ops, or exposing themselves on camera while playing Uno. By far the most common ban reason, however, is accessing ...
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Microsoft App Analyzes Your Busy Schedule
PCWorld (blog)
By Joab Jackson, IDG News In an effort to demonstrate the versatility of its PowerPivot business intelligence technology, Microsoft has released a free add-on application to Microsoft Office that analyzes the contents of a user's Microsoft Exchange ...
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Morning MarketBeat: Bye-Bye Ben, Hello Earnings
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Watch for: Earnings from Microsoft, Exxon Mobil; GDP, unemployment figures. The Bearded Wonder spoke to the press on Wednesday, and he was wonderfully opaque and wordy. Though lacking the Gallic flair of his frere Jean-Claude Trichet of the ECB, ...
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Here's How Microsoft Competes With "Free" Android (MSFT)
San Francisco Chronicle
Microsoft charges more to Android resellers for licensing six of its patents than it does for its entire Windows Phone 7 operating system. It's a brilliant strategy, since Android's most obvious advantage is its "free" price for handset makers. ...
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Colligo Contributor Pro Named Finalist in Microsoft Best of Tech?Ed 2011 Awards
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The judges reviewed 334 products and services submitted for the award and chose 47 finalists to be interviewed at the Microsoft Tech?Ed North America 2011 conference in Atlanta, Georgia on May 16, 2011. Winners will be announced at an invite only ...
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Blogs5 new results for Microsoft
 
Barnes & Noble: Microsoft lawsuit is 'scheme' to kill Google ...
"Indeed, Microsoft is misusing these patents as part of a scheme to try to eliminate or marginalize the competition to its own Windows Phone 7 mobile device operating system posed by the open source Android operating system and other ...
Business Heds Index - http://www.seattlepi.com/business/
Barnes & Noble says Microsoft trying to make Android 'unusable and ...
By Thomas Ricker
At last, Barnes and Noble is defending itself against the Microsoft lawsuit filed back in March claiming that B&N's Android-based 'e-reader and t.
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/
Barnes & Noble: Microsoft wanted 'shockingly high' fees for ...
By Todd Bishop
[Updated with Microsoft's statement.] Barnes & Noble is rejecting Microsoft's claims that the use of Android by its Nook e-reader violates the Redmond company's patents — and alleging that Microsoft is going out of its way to put up ...
GeekWire - http://www.geekwire.com/
Barnes & Noble: Microsoft Misusing Patents To 'Dominate' Android ...
By Joe Mullin
Barnes & Noble's response to Microsoft's lawsuit has opened a revealing window into the company's patent attack on Android. The new filing describes Microsoft's plan to "dominate" the Android ecosystem, and says that its plan to ...
paidContent - http://paidcontent.org/
Microsoft antitrust deal set to expire - TNW Microsoft
By Alex Wilhelm
The deal is set to expire on May 12, 2011. By not stating objections to the ending of the settlement, the deal will nearly certainly expire on time. Microsoft has invested significant resources to the maintenance of its provisions. ...
The Next Web - http://thenextweb.com/

Web1 new result for Microsoft
 
Cheap OEM SOFTWARE! 80% OFF for Microsoft Office Word 2007 ...
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News: Google

News10 new results for Google
 
Google Pays $16500 for 27 Chrome Bugs
eWeek
Google plugs 27 holes en route to releasing Chrome 11 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Bug hunters earned $16500 for their finds. Google paid out a record $16500 to developers for plugging 27 Chrome Web browser vulnerabilities, ...
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Google Docs for Android Turns Photos into Editable Documents
eWeek
Google Docs for Android is a new native application that let users turn pictures with text into editable documents. The app provides better search and filtering and other usability perks. Google April 27 released a native Google Docs application for ...
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Google's Clean Energy Projects (7 Big Ones)
CleanTechnica
Google is one of the largest clean energy corporate leaders in the US If we had more Googles (and fewer Facebooks or Apples), it looks like we'd have a much brighter future. Hopefully, others will follow Google's lead sooner than later on this front, ...
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CleanTechnica
China's search engine Baidu continues to eclipse Google
BBC News
It now dominates over 75% of the online searches in China whilst its rival Google controls just one-fifth. Google's presence in the mainland continues to weaken after it moved its China search service to Hong Kong amid a row over Beijing's censorship ...
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BBC News
Study: Google to take Apple's app crown by July
CNET
But that number could be in danger of coming in second place to rival Google in just a few months time. In a new report by market research firm Distimo for the last month of activity on Apple's various App Stores, the BlackBerry App World, GetJar, ...
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Why Apple and Google need to stalk you
CNN
By David Goldman, staff writerApril 28, 2011: 5:18 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple, Google and Microsoft have finally cleared up most of the mysteries about how and why the smartphones their software runs store your location information. ...
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Google Begins Charging For Some Calls From PC Ads
Search Engine Land
After getting many advertisers hooked on reports on phone calls originating from their AdWords ads, Google will begin charging $1.00 for calls completed using the unique number it provisions, but solely when the call originates from someone using a ...
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Search Engine Land
Judge sides with Oracle in Google Android case
Inquirer
By Dean Wilson A US JUDGE has sided with Oracle over patent terminology in its lawsuit against Google's Android operating system. Judge William Alsup issued a tentative claims construction order that outlines the scope of Oracle's patents, ...
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Mobile Ads Are Extraordinarily Effective, Says Google
PCWorld
By Keir Thomas, PCWorld Smartphone users are unusually responsive to advertising, according to survey results Google has released. And this could be because searches on smartphones are weighted toward finding local information. ...
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Video: Google's Eric Schmidt interviews Tina Fey
USA Today
By Ben Parr, Mashable Perhaps former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a shot at a TV career, if his recent fireside interview with comedic legend Tina Fey is any indication. The current executive chairman of Google spent an hour with the 30 Rock creator and ...
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Blogs5 new results for Google
 
Introducing the new Google Docs app for Android - Official Google ...
By dly
With this new app it's easy to filter and search for your content across any Google account, then jump straight into editing docs using the online mobile editors. The app also allows you to easily share items with contacts on your phone ...
Official Google Mobile Blog - http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/
Google: Android App For Google Docs
By Matt Rosoff
You don't have to do everything in a browser anymore.
SAI: Silicon Alley Insider - http://www.businessinsider.com/sai
Google Docs gets an Android app, we go hands-on with tiny ...
By Terrence O'Brien
Staring at spreadsheets crushed down to unreadable sizes on a 4-inch phone screen is far from pleasurable but, clearly there is a demand. In fact,
Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/
Native Google Docs Android app could be a game changer | VentureBeat
By Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar is a contributing reporter at VentureBeat and freelance journalist. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a ...
VentureBeat - http://venturebeat.com/
TechCrunch Giveaway: 3 Tickets to Google I/O 2011 #io2011
By Elin Blesener
We have a surprise for you. We have three free tickets to Google I/O 2011 to give away to our readers. The event is being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on May 10th through May 11th. Google I/O brings together thousands of ...
TechCrunch - http://techcrunch.com/

Web2 new results for Google
 
Google Docs - Android Market
Create, edit, upload and share your documents with the Google Docs app. Create, edit, upload and share your docs from your phone with the Google Docs app: ...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android...
Google Forgives Overstock, Nook Goes Tablet, Walmart Tests Grocery ...
Youtube Broadcasts Indie FilmsYoutube will feature short films from the Tribeca Film Festival from now until May 17th. Check out this clever one of a polar ...
www.fastcompany.com/.../nook-goes-tablet-walmart-tests-groc...

News: Software Development

News10 new results for Software Development
 
Nokia outsources Symbian software development to Accenture
Fiercemobilecontent
Per terms of the agreement, Accenture will provide Symbian-based software development and support services for present and future Nokia smartphones, also supplying Windows Phone-based mobility software, business and operational services to Nokia and ...
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Made in Tompkins: Ithaca-made software aids energy-saving efforts
Ithaca Journal
Much of the company's current focus is on software development, Behlar said. TREAT (Targeted Retrofit Energy Analysis Tool) is widely used by auditors and can be downloaded from the company's website for a fee. Green Energy Compass, PSD's most recent ...
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Qualcomm's Augmented Reality app platform exits beta
Fiercemobilecontent
While the Qualcomm AR Android software development kit supports native software development with the Android tool chain, including the Android SDK and NDK, the Qualcomm AR Unity Extension supports the Unity 3 game development tool--Qualcomm also offers ...
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Sacramento metering lights expected to be out until Monday
News10.net
"What we suspect happened is we were doing some software development and during that development, there was a glitch in our ramp metering system." CalTrans and California Highway Patrol had to manually shut down each metering light by sending a worker ...
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Elliptic Technologies Unveils Industry Leading HDCP 2.0 Content Protection ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Elliptic Technologies, a leading supplier of security IP and software, has announced the immediate availability of its HDCP 2.0 (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) Software Development Kit. HDCP 2.0 is a key security technology that addresses ...
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Code Governance Software enforces policies for quality and security.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release)
SAN FRANCISCO, -- Coverity, Inc., the software integrity leader, today announced the release of Coverity® Integrity Control. Coverity Integrity Control is a new solution for code governance that enables software development organizations to set ...
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New TEKLYNX CENTRAL CFR Enterprise Software Provides
Pharmaceutical Online (press release)
The software has been subject to a strictly controlled development process consistent with international standards for the software development lifecycle and validation. The rigorous process ensures the software consistently and reliably meets ...
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Harte-Hanks Reports First Quarter Results
Marketwire (press release)
The Aberdeen Group® was selected by a major enterprise software developer to provide demand generation services. Aberdeen will use sponsored events and research to develop high-quality sales leads for this major software developer. ...
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Beyonce being sued by video game developer
NME.com
Beyonce is being sued by software developer Gate Five for allegedly pulling out a deal to create Starpower: Beyonce: a motion sensing dance video game. The company is seeking more than $100 million (£61 million) in damages for what New York Magazine is ...
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Army Hoping to Deploy Mobile App Store in August
PC Magazine
"It'd use an agile software-development process, to close with the vendor and try to quickly turn these apps around," Lt. Col. Gregory Motes, head of the Army's Mobile Applications Branch, told Wired's Danger Room. "The current process of software ...
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Blogs1 new result for Software Development
 
Nokia outsources Symbian software development to Accenture ...
By Jason Ankeny
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) will transfer its Symbian software activities as well as about 3000 employees to global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm Accenture as part of the Read more >>
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Web3 new results for Software Development
 
Leaner software development with the aid of Collaborative ...
Inspired by lean software development principles, this article focuses on various ways to support people in seeing, removing, and ultimately preventing ...
www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/.../index.html
Agile embedded software development
This Embedded Systems Conference paper is from the class "Agile Embedded Software Development" taught by James Grenning on Tuesday, May 3rd, ...
www.eetimes.com/.../Agile-embedded-software-development
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