The increasing volume of research data highlights the need for reliable, cost-effective data storage and preservation at the national scale.Francine Berman From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2010
While it is true that "programmers aren't English majors," there are many days that I wish they were, or that...George V. Neville-Neil From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2010
Digital object repositories are on the cusp of resolving the long-standing problem of universal information access in the Internet.
Peter J. Denning, Robert E. Kahn From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2010
Whether you know him by name, you almost certainly have firsthand experience with some of Nolan Bushnell's work. He's known by many as the father of video games...CNET From ACM Opinion | November 17, 2010
Peak performance doesn't equal sustained performance, and the NVIDIA GPUs in the Tianhe 1A are especially bad at the latter.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | November 8, 2010
Lessons from the field derived from developing wireless sensor networks for monitoring active and hazardous volcanoes.Matt Welsh From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Evaluating governmental actions—and inactions—toward improving cyber security and addressing future challenges.Joel F. Brenner From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Assessing the controversial results of a recent empirical study of the role of intellectual property in software startups.Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Reading between the lines of the thematic gap between the supply and demand of online news.Pablo J. Boczkowski From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Five years ago, having only recently arrived at the company, I wrote The Internet Services Disruption in order to kick off a major change management process across...ozzie.net From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2010
Adapting agile software development methodology toward more efficient management of academic research groups.Michael Hicks, Jeffrey S. Foster From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
An illustration of the problems caused by a lack of discipline in software development and our failure to apply what is known in the field.
David L. Parnas From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
Combining new consumer devices and Internet platforms with online services and content is proving to be a successful strategy.
Michael A. Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
When James Gosling led the team that created the Java language and platform, Sun Microsystems was riding high and Java stood as a landscape-changing revolutionary...eWeek From ACM Opinion | September 22, 2010
An overview of a new set of legal principles for software contracts developed by the American Law Institute.Robert A. Hillman, Maureen A. O'Rourke From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2010