Joe Townsend attempts to find a proper definition of application lifecycle management (ALM) in order to bring some clarity to the field. He lists some of ALM's component parts, including requirements management, project management, and change management.

Joe Townsend explores what is happening to Apple and why IT professionals should care. We can all learn a lesson from Apple’s success—and its failures. If we are complacent in our jobs as testers and configuration managers, our “personal stock” will drop dramatically.

On May 9, 2013, President Obama signed the Open Data Executive Order, which mandates that open government data is now the standard—not the exception. The public will be able to access government datasets rendered in open, machine-readable formats and, when appropriate, expose data via APIs.