Snow Leopard's release date Aug 25, 2009
"Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever and we're happy to get it to users earlier than expected," said Apple senior vice president of software engineering Bertrand Serlet. Apple unveiled Snow Leopard at a gathering of software developers in June and estimated that it would be released in September. (iAfrica.com)
Apple schedules OS update release Aug 25, 2009
"Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever and we're happy to get it to users earlier than expected," said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering. Apple's main thrust has been on improving the OS performance, rather than creating new features for the user. (BBC News -- Technology)
Apple to release Snow Leopard Friday Aug 25, 2009
"Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever, and we're happy to get it to users earlier than expected," said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering. "For just $29, Leopard users get a smooth upgrade to the world's most advanced operating system and the only system with built-in [Microsoft] Exchange support.". (CNN -- Tech)
Hefty salaries Aug 23, 2009
Add to that the fact that Tech offers degrees in software engineering and general engineering with a mechanical emphasis and Tech has programs in six of the top seven for earnings ... Software engineering NA ... General engineering, mechanical 57,326 Note: Data for salaries in software engineering and computer science were not available because there are so few graduates that individual salaries could not be discerned. (Montana Standard, MT)
Business people Aug 22, 2009
McDonald serves as MLFA's IT manager and has more than 24 years of experience in software engineering and computer networking and systems. WHPacific welcomes Melodie Fair as a grant writer in the planning division. (Anchorage Daily News)
Arlington's Council on Aging struggles with transportation budget Aug 21, 2009
Right now he is taking time off from a career in software engineering to care for his elderly mother, out of state. He had extra time to devote to the Council, so in June 2008 he organized the Friends group. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Interview - NIS Summer School with Prof. Angelos Bilas, FORTHICS and Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou, ENISA, Members of the Programme Committee of the 2nd ENISA-FORTH Summer School on Network and Information Security (NIS'09) Aug 20, 2009
The US and EU perspectives on privacy and trust in a networked world will be presented by: - Dr. Peter Freeman, former Assistant Director of NSF, heading the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate, initiator of the GENI Internet Research project and - Dr. Joao Da Silva, Director of the Network and Communication Directorate of the European Commission, that oversees all the EU funded R&D work relating to mobile communications, broadband networks including satellite... (PR Newswire)
Foundations' money sparks Pittsburgh's recovery Aug 17, 2009
"The VA also has some important challenges; we can attack these in a more 'whole systems' way, from the bottom up and from the top down. This is exactly the kind of thinking that I learned at Carnegie Mellon, and that I have implemented in my academic, industry Verizon Awards $60,000 Grant to the Florida Center for Instructional Technology to Train Teachers to Use Innovative, Free Online Resources at Thinkfinity.org The USF College of Education's Florida Center for Instructional Technology... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Windows 7 Influenced by AMD Aug 15, 2009
"That started what is a fairly deep collaboration we have with our software engineering folks, to make sure Windows is optimized to make use of all the functions we offer," said Margaret Lewis, product marketing director at AMD.. Add Windows 7 to the mix. (Datamation)
DOL Awards Citizant $3.5 Million Contract for Program Management and Acquisition Support Aug 12, 2009
Citizant is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company and has been independently appraised at the Software Engineering Institute's CMMI Maturity Level 3. Citizant is a woman-owned and small disadvantaged business headquartered in Chantilly, VA, with an office in Washington, D.C. More information about the company is available at. (PR Newswire)
my other life Aug 9, 2009
Real job: Director of software engineering, CommerceHub. Passion outside work: Greco loves microbrew beers. (Albany Times Union)
BBJ names 40 under 40 honorees Aug 8, 2009
Anjali Arora, VP of Software Engineering, CA Wily. Amy Brosius, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.. (Boston Business Journal, MA)
Configure your own operating software Aug 8, 2009
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE in Kaiserslautern have developed a CM system for Lsi GmbH which can be adapted for use with various types of facility without the need for manual programming. "We've developed our own configuration language that is specially tailored to CM systems," explains project leader Dr. Mario Trapp. (EurekAlert!)
Hitachi to Absorb Five Listed Units Aug 6, 2009
Hitachi will launch tender offers as early as next month to buy the shares it doesn't already own in Hitachi Maxell, Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd., Hitachi Information Systems Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co. and Hitachi Systems ces Ltd. The move could cost Hitachi up to 300 billion yen (US$3. 2 billion), including a premium on the units' share price. (JCN Network, Japan)
IBM Launches Advanced Analytics Center In China Aug 4, 2009
The initial China center, located at IBM's China Business Innovation Center in Beijing, will draw on expertise from across the company, including experts and consultants from analytics and optimization, mathematics modeling, software engineering and architecture research and consulting. China was chosen due to its status as a global center of economic development and innovation and world-class skills base. (PR Newswire)
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman's Nora Lin Installed as President of the Society of Women Engineers Aug 1, 2009
She started her career as an associate scientific programmer and later became a software engineering technical lead/manager ... In addition, she led her site's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI(r)) initiative and obtained the accreditation of CMMI Maturity Level 3 rating for Systems and Software Engineering at Rolling Meadows in 2007. (Primezone Releases)
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IEEE Computer Society Executive Urges Professionalism for Software Engineering - Yahoo ... IEEE Computer Society Executive Urges Professionalism for Software Engineering ... Software engineering needs to be developed into a bona-fide engineering profession, and certifications are an important means of achieving this, IEEE Computer Society Executive Director Angela Burgess told attendees at a session of the NASSCOM HR Summit. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
IEEE Computer Society Executive Urges Professionalism for Software Engineering Jul 31, 2009
Software engineering needs to be developed into a bona-fide engineering profession, and certifications are an important means of achieving this, IEEE Computer Society Executive Director Angela Burgess told attendees at a session of the NASSCOM HR Summit. The IEEE Computer Society's Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, which the ISO/IEC ratified last fall as the reference for all software engineering certifications, provides an important foundational step in achieving this goal ... (PRWEB)... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
India to Foreign Universities: Set Up Campus Here Jul 31, 2009
Carnegie Mellon, for instance, has for the past eight years offered a Masters program at Chennai-based Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar school of Advanced Software Engineering. Students fork over $53,000 for the 18-month program 15% lower than if the coursework were done in the U.S. They also spend the last six months at Carnegie Mellon's Pittsburgh campus. (Time.com)
* Hitachi books US$868 million in net losses for Q2 Jul 29, 2009
The Tokyo-based company will acquire the outstanding shares of Hitachi Maxwell Ltd, Hitachi Information Systems Ltd, Hitachi Systems ces Ltd, Hitachi Software Engineering Co and Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd.. Analysts said the takeovers would do little to change their bearish opinion on the companys outlook. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* [BUSINESS BRIEFS] Jul 29, 2009
The government-funded institute also signed letters of intent with Civic Software Engineering Co (nu{), ISoftSone Information Service Corp (_nqH) and ChinaEcNet Co (HN) to set up a platform devoted to facilitating cooperation between bilateral information, communication and technology companies. SMICs loss beats estimate. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Embedded Linux Leader: Wind River Jul 28, 2009
Additionally Intel is keeping its hardware engineering teams separate from Wind River's software engineering. "We are going to firewall our engineering teams," Rerolle said. (Datamation)
Hitachi plans consolidation exercise Jul 28, 2009
Hitachi will launch tender offers as early as next month to buy the shares it doesnt already own in Hitachi Maxell, Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd, Hitachi Information Systems Ltd, Hitachi Software Engineering Co and Hitachi Systems ces Ltd, the sources said. (Hitachi) cant do everything and expect to do everything well, said one source, who declined to be named because the move has not been announced. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Nikkei 225 Stock Average Rises for Ninth Day in Longest Streak Since 1988 Jul 27, 2009
The companies are battery maker Hitachi Maxell Ltd., Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd., Hitachi Information Systems Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co. and Hitachi Systems & Services Ltd., according to the newspaper. Shares of the affiliates soared as much as 18 percent. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Asian Stocks Gain on Profit Hopes; Index Set for Longest Streak Since 2004 Jul 27, 2009
Hitachi Plant Technologies Ltd., Hitachi Information Systems Ltd., Hitachi Software Engineering Co. and Hitachi Systems & Services Ltd., all rose by their daily limits with gains of as much as 18 percent. Assuming the Nikkei report on Hitachi is true, overseas investors will likely see the plan as a chance to make Hitachis operations more efficient, said , a senior strategist at Mizuho Securities Co. in Tokyo. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Broad Coalition Formed to Promote Benefits and Adoption of Open Source Software in Government Jul 22, 2009
org; Ingres Corporation; Jaspersoft; Mitch Kapor, Kapor Capital; KnowledgeTree; Marv Langston; The Linux Foundation; Linux Fund, Inc.; Lucid Imagination; Geir Magnusson, Jr.; Medsphere; Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti; Mercury Federal Systems; Dawn Meyerriecks; Monty Widenius, Monty Program AB; Mozilla; North Carolina State University Center for Open Software Engineering; Novell; Open Solutions Alliance; Open Source Initiative; Open Source Institute; Oracle; O'Reilly Publishing; Oregon State... (PR Newswire)
CMMI Enhances Organizational Capabi... Jul 17, 2009
CMM was developed by Software Engineering Institute - SEI - at Carnegie Mellon University in the US. SEI was an initiative of US Defense Department to control software development processes of the contractors. The approach recognizes that processes gain maturity as organizations gain experience in carrying them out. (Suite101.com)
Agencies work to fine-tune newest simulation Jul 17, 2009
Designed and built using modern computer technology, modern software engineering techniques, and verified and validated algorithms and databases, it will allow units worldwide to train using their organizational real-world command and control equipment. Brig. (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)
Going with Mendeleyev or Gandalf? Jul 16, 2009
The crude distinction made between computer science and software engineering degrees used to be that computer science is more about hardware while software engineering is more about, well, software. Then along came the term Information Technology (yours truly claims notoriety for running the first seminar in the country to introduce the subject/term) and since then it has been a free for all. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Conquering The Traveling Salesman Problem Jul 16, 2009
Now, as part of his final year project, Andrej Kazakov, who has just completed an MEng in Software Engineering at the University's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) has come up with a new algorithm to solve TSP, which according to him "looks very promising". Andrej, who was supervised by Dr Richard Watson at ECS' Science and Engineering of Natural Systems Group, reviewed existing solutions to TSP, the most popular approaches being local search and divide and conquer. (Science Daily)
Microsoft Research and Bill Gates Bring Historic Physics Lectures to Web Jul 15, 2009
Founded in 1991, Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. (PR Newswire)
DOD to get radio software update Jul 11, 2009
Potential services under the contract include structured software engineering and program management processes in support of effective and quality software development, ITT officials said. ITT is partnering with Thales Communications Inc., of Clarksburg, Md. (FCW.com)
DOD seeks to balance outsourcing, in-house expertise Jul 10, 2009
Officials wants their own software engineering experts, but they dont want to disregard industrys experts ... The Defense Department wants employees who are software engineering experts, but it also doesnt want to alienate industry experts, officials said today ... The in-house expert engineers help DOD make important decisions, especially as software becomes a core part of IT, business, and weapons systems, said Paul Nielsen, director and chief executive officer of the Software... (FCW.com)
US space program should align with broader national goals Jul 8, 2009
PAUL D. NIELSEN Chief Executive Officer and Director Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh. MICHAEL S. TURNER1 Rauner Distinguished Service Professor Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics Department of Physics University of Chicago Chicago. (EurekAlert!)
iPhones aren't just for grown-ups Jul 2, 2009
The coolest new app for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch lets users perform famed magician David Blaine s amazing card effect that astounds audiences everywhere, thanks to the skills of software engineering firm Partners 1993. The user-friendly app -- Street Magic: See A Card -- works on supported iPhones, including the new 3G S, and iPod touch devices, an 00003BEA d allows users to become a magician, like Blaine, in boggling the minds of those who see the effect performed. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
The Parrot gets new owners Jul 1, 2009
He more recently did software engineering as a consultant for the State Department. Kelly Ackerman has a background in social service work in nursing homes, and also taught piano lessons while raising the couple's three daughters. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Job market sees signs of recovery Jun 30, 2009
He advises job seekers to widen their search, especially those with in-demand skills like software engineering. A search for software engineer jobs on SimplyHired. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
LBi Software Engineering Announces General Dynamics Selects CaseManager for Help Desk Management Jun 29, 2009
CaseManager, an LBi Software Engineering application, allows customer service representatives (CSRs), human capital management (HCM) specialists, managers and system administrative staff to easily enter information about employee calls, find answers and efficiently track cases to completion. WOODBURY, N.Y., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- LBi Software Engineering announced today that General Dynamics is implementing CaseManager for Human Resources Help Desk to log, track and resolve employee calls into... (PR Newswire)
Wanted: roommate, with palate Jun 29, 2009
"Opening bottles for myself is something I don't really do," says Meriko Borogove, an iPhone software engineering manager at Apple. "I don't think I realized how important sharing was.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Special effects outsourcing grows in India Jun 23, 2009
MUMBAI, India Outsourcing to India, long dominated by software engineering and back-office work, is expanding in new terrain: special effects for movies. India's rise comes at a difficult time for U.S. special effects outfits, some of which have buckled as the 2008 L.A. writers strike cut productions and the financial crisis curtailed financing. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Former HP exec to head Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley campus Jun 23, 2009
Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, established in 2002 at Moffett Field, offers full-time and part-time master's degree programs in software engineering, software management, networking, security and mobility, and engineering and technology innovation management. Last fall, the campus launched an associated bi-coastal electrical and computer engineering Ph. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Safety-critical software put under scrutiny Jun 20, 2009
"Almost everything we do today relies on software, whether it's making a heart beat properly, transferring funds or generating electricity," said Tom Maibaum, principal investigator for the initiative and Canada Research Chair in Foundations of Software Engineering at McMaster. "Software failure can have catastrophic consequences on our lives and property. This project is about making a major improvement in the way we build safety-critical software applications, and the way in which we evaluate... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
How DOD's certification program works Jun 19, 2009
Job category: Incident ResponderExample certification: CERT-Certified Computer Security Incident HandlerProvider: Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute Training time and cost: The Software Engineering Institute and its licensees offer a three-course training sequence. Each course lasts five days. (FCW.com)
Launch of new iPhone comes in Jobs' absence Jun 19, 2009
Besides Cook, Hargreaves mentioned Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design, and Bertrand Serlet, senior vice president of software engineering, as providing a reassuring presence. Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, stepped away from the CEO post in January, citing unspecified health issues. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Dad's Overworked And Tired While Mom's Potentially Fired Jun 18, 2009
A separate study at a software engineering firm, for example, determined that interdependent work patterns, "a crisis mentality," and a reward system based on individual heroics led to "inefficient work processes and long working hours.". Cornell University's Youngjoo Cha, who led another U.S. data-based study accepted for publication in the American Sociological Review, found that if a husband works more than 60 hours a week, his wife is 42 percent more likely to leave her position. (Science Daily)
Embry-Riddle gets $600,000 grant to sponsor needy nonflight students Jun 16, 2009
The university will get nearly $600,000 for qualifying students in fall 2010, said Massood Towhidnejad, chair of computer and software engineering. The awards will be based on financial need and an interest in studying computer, mechanical, software and electrical engineering and computer science. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Navy wants proposals on cyber research Jun 16, 2009
5 million through fiscal 2012 for scientific research that could lead to advances in software engineering, networks, critical infrastructure or social networks, the ONR said today. The research would be used for the Navys future information infrastructure that officials expect to be highly mobile, dynamic, nonstop and large-scale and operating over many networks, the ONR said in a posted today on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site. (FCW.com)
Iran's Election: Rallies Reveal a Stark Contrast Jun 6, 2009
"My parents are both retired teachers and yet they could barely sustain our household of seven," said an enthusiastic Amin Kazemi, a 19-year-old student of software engineering, at Friday's rally. "Since Ahmadinejad, both their salaries have gone up and we can live with dignity." (). (Time.com)
Flatirons Solutions Appoints New Government Solutions President Jun 5, 2009
Flatirons Solutions provides expert consulting, systems integration, systems & software engineering, and program management services to both commercial and government clients. Flatirons is a leading content management solutions provider specializing in XML-based publishing and business process automation. (PR Newswire)
Beware of scareware Jun 2, 2009
ISA Technologies is a specialist IT company with core competencies in the areas of high-performance computing and visualisation, advanced high speed networks, e-business systems, software engineering and operations management, as well as security. Lim also warned that not all scareware has to be proactively downloaded from the Internet. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
IBM Aligns Software Development with Business Goals Jun 2, 2009
"Up until this point, organizations have been lax in measuring the business value and discipline of the processes they use to deliver software assets. Classic metrics in software engineering largely ignore the importance of actual business outcomes," Daniel Sabbah, general manager for IBM Rational Software, said in a statement. "Our clients are now beginning to realize that the software they build or assemble must be treated as a strategic business asset. IBM is committed to helping them make... (SmallBusinessComputing)
Computer glitch prompts two-day closure of offices (26) Jun 1, 2009
" is appalling. Not because she said it but because she is accepting without question the lack of quality of software systems. As a consultant with several decades experience in IT--in quality related areas--I can assure you software should NOT be delivered full of bugs. When you buy a watch you expect it to keep time to the second, right? When you fill glasses you just bought with water you expect them to not leak, right? The same MUST be required of software vendors. And software companies... (Montana Standard, MT)
* Google unveils Wave protoptype for collaboration May 30, 2009
Wave expands the capabilities of email to let people communicate and work together in real-time with text, photos, videos, map, and more, Google software engineering manager Lars Rasmussen said. In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it, Rasmussen wrote in a blog post at the California Internet giants Web site. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The birth of Hydro4ge: 'This is a classic example of a comprehensive high-technology team making something excellent happen.' May 29, 2009
The new product, known as Hydro4ge, is the brainchild of Software Engineering Associates (SEA), which claims common ownership with TR Associates, Archbald ... While admitting they still have a lot to learn, the team is looking ahead to summer as the sales game "warms up." "Software engineering like this is really an art," adds Speicher ... D., professor of computer science and director of the master of science program in software engineering at The University of Scranton, and other faculty,... (Pennsylvania Northeast Business Journal, PA)
Video: Google rolls Wave May 29, 2009
"We asked ourselves what will email look like in the future and this is our attempt to define that," said Lars Rasmussen, a software engineering manager who with his brother Jens led the development of Google Maps. The software is the latest of several efforts from Google to make Web browsers and open source software the center of gravity for software innovation. (EETimes)
Robots On Campus May 29, 2009
A Student's Guide To Higher Education In This Trailblazing Academic Discipline. A humanoid robot named "Domo" was created at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) by then-Ph. (CBS News)
How to safeguard your data as you travel May 29, 2009
"It's a shared medium, and if you can connect to it, someone else can connect to it and monitor your traffic," said Marty Linder, a senior member of the technical staff at the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute CERT/Coordination Center. "That has nothing to do with the of the network. It's just the nature of the beast.". (CNN -- Travel)
Cyber crime is inimical to Ghana's development May 20, 2009
More than 100 graduates were awarded certificates in Software Engineering, Network Engineering and Business. Dr Prah urged the graduating students to collaborate with other specialists in the application of ICT to solve problems of industry, business, banking and finance. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Why Google and IBM Are Ahead of the Competition May 16, 2009
Microsoft (MSFT) does not either, despite its unparalleled access to capital and software engineering talent. (). (Time.com)
Graduates face hard times in soft economy May 12, 2009
Troy Conquer, of Warren, graduated from Gannon University with a degree in software engineering in December. He still hasn't found a job. (Erie Times-News, PA)
All Nippon Airways Selects 'MKS Integrity for Avionics' For Boeing 787 Software Management May 12, 2009
MKS Inc., enables software engineering and IT organizations to seamlessly manage their worldwide software related activities. With its flagship product, MKS Integrity, MKS offers support for all software related activities through a single enterprise application, resulting in better global collaboration and higher productivity. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Top Serious Game Designer, Noah Falstein, to Speak at Cogswell Polytechnical College May 6, 2009
Located in Silicon Valley, Cogswell offers bachelor degree programs in Digital Art and Animation (with majors in Game Development, Animation and Modeling), Digital Audio Technology, Digital Arts Engineering, Computer Engineering and Software Engineering. With a distinguished 122-year history in California, Cogswell has always been highly regarded by industry. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Students Caught in the Middle of Today's Economic Woes Have a New Option for Employment May 5, 2009
The first program offering provides students the ability to learn advanced software engineering skills from accomplished professional programmers, project managers, business analysts and quality assurance engineers. Students successfully completing the program and graduating from High School will have a guaranteed internship opportunity waiting for them. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
High demand for skills May 1, 2009
Furthermore, survey respondents agreed that the workers they would hire will need a wealth of technical skills: robotics, automation, computer drafting, software engineering, network analysis, operating computer controlled machinery and many areas of medical technology. "By the year 2016, we will have a shortage of skilled workers," Lisa Rice, president of Brevard Workforce Development Board, said, citing U.S. Department of Labor figures. (Florida Today)
Imagine RIT Innovation & Creativity Festival May 1, 2009
"We'll have over 2,000 students, faculty and staff displaying everything they do at RIT, from glass blowing and painting to software engineering and robots," said Barry Culhane, chairperson of the Imagine RIT Festival. "So it's a little bit of something for everybody and it's great for the family.". (R News)
