If you're a little guy, however, big, complex software is anything but a competitive advantage.
Many highly successful breakthroughs also go largely unnoticed because the specialize in components or complex software.
Is managing a complex software project really that different than teaching or attending a class?
It needed every one of them to build its hugely complex software.
Among other interests he is pursuing for Microsoft are new ways of writing big, complex software packages, as well as new ways to realize superfast, sub-atomic quantum computing.
But the software sector was forced to develop solutions to handling complexity, because of the massive failures of traditional management approaches to dealing with large complex software systems.
These services are essential for scientifi c users who deal with complex software stacks and dependencies and require help with optimizing their codes to achieve high performance and scalability.
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In reaction to this observation, Schwaber created Scrum, a method of managing the communication in a complex software development project and removing distractions that could push a project off course.
And while DRAM is strong enough to handle complex software, it's slow: When the PC needs to crunch numbers, it must resort to far faster memory cache, also called SRAM (static random access memory).
For one thing, it says, MySQL and Oracle's databases do not compete: the former is a relatively simple program used by many websites, while the latter is complex software that underpins corporate applications.
Right now, the critical barriers to entry for an entrepreneur with a disruptive idea (read: technology which may scale exponentially and unpredictably) are gaining access to low-cost, efficient infrastructure, implementing extremely complex software to maximize compute power and storage, and minimizing maintenance concerns.
Clickfree's entire lineup of products is designed for the 85 to 95 percent of computer users who, research shows, fail to regularly backup content on their PCs because they do not have the time, desire or skill to install, set up and use confusing or complex software and hardware products.
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According to Mr Krebs, who has blogged extensively about the various kit used by criminals in the US to target cash machines - they can skim the data contained on that magnetic strip just by using a cheap MP3 player - although more complex software is then required to decode it.
Taking advantage of cheaper processing power, the rise of new computer languages and the increasing urgency of the problem, these companies' own complex software seeks flaws in programming grammar, reverse-engineers applications to see that they do what they're supposed to and emulates the malicious hacks they will face once they're put in use.
Clickfree's entire lineup of products, from the Transformer Cable to Clickfree portable backup drives and DVDs, are designed for the 85 to 95 percent of computer users who, research shows, fail to regularly backup content on their PCs because they do not have the time, desire or skill to install, set up and use confusing or complex software and hardware products.
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One potential earnings short-squeeze play in the software and programming complex is Tibco Software (TIBX), which is set to release numbers on Thursday after the market close.
The overseas expansion didn't work out and a complex SAP software installation, designed to cut costs, turned into a disaster.
More complex antivirus software can detect malware that does not yet have a signature, because of how it behaves after infecting the computer, Thakur said.
The company known for its mainframe and other complex computing software said that bookings fell 1% (4% on constant-currency basis) partially due to weaker results in internet security business.
Marc Benioff all but educated the market on the benefits of software-as-a-service, the advantages of using a lightweight, easily configurable hosted sales force application compared to the generally accepted status quo of the time: complex enterprise software typified by Siebel, now an Oracle acquisition.
It requires avoiding lengthy approvals, heavy-handed policies, complex and cumbersome software which can crush employee initiative.
Thankfully, printing out complicated objects doesn't require a mastery of CAD or other complex 3D modeling software.
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This was heresy, at a time when customers were paying billions of dollars for complex installations of software that required constant configuring.
Compilers are complex pieces of software to begin with, but making ones that can take advantage of these new features is a daunting task.
However, the advantages for consumers of a single operating standard in the complex computer-software market is such that nobody seriously suggests that Microsoft's monopoly should be broken up.
Despite its long-held ambition to become a regional center for the arts, Singapore is better known for its commitment to hardware (for example, a new state-of-the-art theater complex) than software (homegrown talent).
While offering huge advantages to drivers, creating connected cars will require complex interactions between multiple software and service providers.
There is a long history of complex methodologies for structuring software-projects.
This is particularly true for devices that involve software or other complex products where inconsequential changes can be exaggerated.
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