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Safe use of technology

In my opinion, the proper use of technology by children can be achieved by taking care of multiple factors. It has to be a blend of good parenting, legislation and education/awareness about these technologies. As far as parents are concerned… Continue Reading

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Misuse of technology

The main issue is not that the guns can kill people on their own. The more significant question is how modern technology facilitates, makes it easy or coerces humans into misusing it. It is not guns but people who kill… Continue Reading

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Safety of sharing economy technologies

Sharing economy is new and rapidly developing with technology giants Uber and Airbnb as you have mentioned already. Although it has benefits, but there is a downside as well. SFU (2017) states “This largely unregulated sector creates a plane of unfair competition with traditional… Continue Reading

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Security problems with OSS

I agree with the security problem of OSS. According to Black Duck’s latest 2017 Open Source 360 Degree survey, “the effective management of open-source is not keeping pace with the increase in use.” The survey included 819 IT professionals, system architects, security experts and software developers from US and EMEA. Last year saw a remarkable rise in the usage of open source softwares by companies, confirmed by 60% of respondents of this survey. 55% believed that open source gives a boost to business innovation. Despite this, the concerns regarding security are there. 64% are worried about the disclosure of internal applications to misuse through weaknesses in open-source code, and 71% believe that using open-source may also reveal external apps to manipulate. There is also a… Continue Reading

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Lack of communication is a project risk

Lack of communication is a risk and can have an adverse impact on the project thus leading it towards failure. A report done by the PMI disclosed this fact. Even today several projects are missing effective communication amongst the teams.… Continue Reading

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Cultural clashes lead to project failure

One of the reasons for project failures that caught my attention is “Distance and culture clashes.” It is a debatable issue. When an organization compiles a project team having people from different backgrounds and cultures, in my opinion, their vision… Continue Reading