Groovy: Quick and Easy Scripting

java scripting system administration

Jed:

Groovy provides a viable (hipper? More modern?) alternative to shell scripting and/or Perl.

Posted 01/28/2010 - 15:05

Enforcing DRY Concepts in Drupal

Best Practices, Development Methodologies, drupal, DRY

Andrew :

Don't Repeat Yourself, or DRY, is a software development principle aimed at speeding development efforts and reducing repetition in code bases. The great part about DRY is that in addition to getting work done quicker, it makes maintaining code much easier: if blocks of code that perform like actions across a site, or across multiple sites, is in fact the same code, making changes and adding features in one place results in those changes being quickly made in all places. Even better? Drupal makes enforcing DRY concepts incredibly easy in many different ways.

Posted 12/31/2009 - 12:35

Where to Start with IT Security Compliance?

compliance, drupal, enterprise risk, IT security, security plans

:

With the economy near all-time lows, job complexity on the rise, and millions of security breaches occurring each year in the U.S. alone, how can companies keep up with the growing myriad of compliance issues? According to a recent CIO article, “Most companies, depending upon their industry, have to comply with anywhere from one to six or more regulatory requirements imposed by a government or industry entity to protect consumers, patients, investors and others.” Much of this can be attributed to regulatory environment crack-downs like Sarbanes Oxley, the sub-prime Mortgage collapse, and major ponzi schemes.

Posted 08/12/2009 - 15:20

LiquidPlanner Ain't Too Shabby

agility, planning, project management, project success, tools

Rich:

What is one of the key differences between an experienced project manager and one just entering the field? I believe one is this - a recognition that uncertainty is an unavoidable part of the gig, and the ability to manage makes the difference between a great PM and merely a good one. It's neat to find a tool that helps PMs to do just that - that tool is LiquidPlanner.

Posted 02/01/2009 - 23:35 // 1 comment