Kevin Bedell

Whether you are a programmer, team leader, architect, or department manager, working as a member of an off-shore or distributed development team is different than working with the entire team in one place.   Documenting requirements is different. Communicating status is different. Source control and defect management are different. Change management and configuration control are different. And the people who will get jobs at home are those who know what new skills they need. Are you ready? This session answers questions such as: What skills do I need as a developer to make sure I'm most marketable in this new environment. Which development tools work best for a distributed team? Which architecture works best for projects developed by distributed teams? How does the role of Architect change? If I'm a manager, how should I distribute the work and communicate everythin... (more)

SYS-CON Radio Interviews Duffy Fron of the Linux Professional Institute

SYS-CON Radio Interviews Duffy Fron, on the Board of Directors for the the Linux Professional Institute Listen to the Interview ... (more)

What Does 2004 Hold in Store for Linux?

Here is the set of questions we sent out to a number of the many Linux luminaries that we know and admire. Following the questions are the responses we received from Eric Raymond and John Terpstra (of the Samba team). The questions: Which Linux application area do you believe will grow the fastest in 2004? Will 2004 *finally* be the year when Linux makes significant in-roads on the desktop? Which distributions will show the greatest growth in 2004? What major Linux IPO or Linux acquisition will occur in 2004? What will be the coolest new Linux application in 2004? Will the SCO deba... (more)

SYS-CON Radio interviews Mike Evans

SYS-CON Radio interviews Mike Evans, VP of Channel Sales of Red Hat, Inc. about Red Hat's partner ecosystem, live at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2003 in San Francisco. Click here to listen  [interview in MP3 format] ... (more)

SYS-CON Radio interviews Dan Powers

SYS-CON Radio interviews Dan Powers, Vice President, Grid Computing Strategy of IBM. Dan discusses the possibilities of Linux, clusters, and GRID, live at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo 2003 in San Francisco. Click here to listen  [interview in MP3 format] ... (more)