Paul Rolich

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Paul Rolich

Paul Rolich is a contributing editor of Tech Decisions magazine and writes the monthly Trends & Tech column.

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  Do Carriers Test Code in Production?

  By Paul Rolich  |  May 13, 2013

  In my experience there have been far too many times when an application was not thoroughly tested before being promoted to production.

• Manage by Technology? Bad Idea

  By Paul Rolich  |  May 1, 2013

  Consider this real world scenario: Acme Inc. is converting a monolithic COBOL mainframe application to J2EE and Oracle. There are massive blocks of COBOL that need to be rewritten. The development strategy includes an on-shoring element. A number of contract employees are brought on board for the duration of the...

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  Manage by Technology? Bad Idea

  By Paul Rolich  |  April 11, 2013

  Computer technology enables us to make better decisions more efficiently but it should not be a replacement for management. Good management cannot be replaced by technology.

• Customer Retention in the 21st Century

  By Paul Rolich  |  February 1, 2013

  Sometime this year the number of mobile internet users will exceed the number of desktop users.

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  Customer Retention in the 21st Century

  By Paul Rolich  |  January 29, 2013

  Sometime this year the number of mobile internet users will exceed the number of desktop users. In developing countries that has already taken place. Mobile internet use in India surpassed desktop use last spring. The smartphone market has been larger than the PC market since 2010.

• Geek Gift Guide – 2012

  By Paul Rolich  |  December 11, 2012

  What to look for this holiday season for the geeks in your life.

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  Geek Gift Guide – 2012

  By Paul Rolich  |  November 26, 2012

  Once again the giving season has descended upon us like a Harpie from the seventh circle of hell. If you are reading this we will assume that you have some sort of interest or career in information technology so you need to be prepared to give appropriate geek gifts....

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  Big Data, Big Hype, Big Brother

  By Paul Rolich  |  November 6, 2012

  What is Big Data in real life? Generally accepted definitions are something like this: data sets that are so large and complex they cannot easily be processed or analyzed by traditional database tools. That doesn’t really tell us a lot. There are new tools that allow us to manage large...

• Sea of Mediocrity

  By Paul Rolich  |  September 4, 2012

  The level of talent among programmers appears to be slipping away.

• Test…or Fail

  By Paul Rolich  |  June 4, 2012

  Your quality assurance team is the key to a project’s success.

• Looking Back—and Forward

  By Paul Rolich  |  May 1, 2012

  As technology has grown, so too have the ways different generations have come to use the devices.

• Let's Be Real

  By Paul Rolich  |  February 1, 2012

  Artificial intelligence is just that.

• Cool Tech Gifts

  By Paul Rolich  |  December 13, 2011

  A thinking man’s guide to the holiday gift season.

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  Cool Tech Gifts for the Geek on Your Shopping List

  By Paul Rolich  |  December 5, 2011

  Here it is again. That time of the year when you are expected to provide gifts for certain people whether you want to or not. Abstaining is an option but will do little to further your acceptance into the good graces of your friends and family.

• The IT Sweet Spot

  By Paul Rolich  |  November 10, 2011

  Don’t neglect the best and the brightest on your IT staff.

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  Steve Jobs: Building Better Mousetraps

  By Paul Rolich  |  October 6, 2011

  (Editor’s Note: This article was written two weeks before the death of Steve Jobs on Oct. 5, 2011 as a tribute to what Jobs has meant for the business world and for people in general.)