PCW's Test Center Director Remembered
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Coworkers pay tribute to a devoted and thoughtful leader.
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Former President Clinton describes the blockage in his arteries while thanking the staff at Westchester Medical Center for diagnosing his heart condition, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in Valhalla, NY The hospital&#39;s
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By Kelly Kearsley, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 12--In his role as the Port of Tacoma's senior director of facilities development, Lou Paulsen oversees the port's environmental, engineering and contract administration work and its capital improvements program.
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By Matt Stiles, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 18--Norman Hackerman, a chemist who led both Rice University and the University of Texas during a four-decade career in higher education, died Saturday at a hospital in Temple. He was 95.
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Thomas O. Pyle, who built the Harvard Community Health Plan into one of the nationâs largest and most innovative health care providers, died Wednesday.
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Outgoing HP chair looks forward to setting the record straight.
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The Utah Technology Commission said Monday that Paul Otellini, president and chief executive officer of Intel, will be the featured speaker at the UTC's ninth annual Hall of Fame celebration Nov. 30.  Otellini joined Intel in 1974 and became the company's fifth CEO in May 2005.
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(InfoWorld) - Believing current software testing approaches are antiquated, FedEx is working with the University of Memphis to take testing to its next steps. The package delivery company has commissioned the university to research a number of topics pertaining to the matter, through the FedEx Institute of Technology program at the school. The testing project, called the Systems Testing Excellence Program (STEP) could result in the largest testing organization in the country. Specifically, FedEx seeks methodologies to make testing processes shorter while ensuring that applications are high-quality. Current testing practices are basically the same as they were in the 1980s, said Dave Miller, vice president of information technology at FedEx. Code is written and then turned over to unit testing; testers look for defects and send that detail back to the development team, Miller said. Determinations are made on whether an issue actually is a defect or requirements shortcoming. "We sort of believe that testing as a discipline has probably not kept up pace," with other areas of IT, Miller said. FedEx's focus is on testing of large, complex, integrated software systems, on both mainframe and distributed systems. "We want to make sure we're in the forefront of the testing space," Miller said.Â  Research areas being studied include: * Risk-based testing process, featuring risk assessment * Multi-stage system testing model, for fault-tolerance and debugging-free software * Managing software testing in projects that involve offshore vendors * Engaging testers earlier in the lifecycle * Skill acquisition by testers * Gauging employee personality and cultural characteristics as they pertain to software test projects * Development of decision models for the best use of software testing resources * Systems Testing Expert System * Improving test benefits through the software development lifecycle * Knowledge transfer mechanism for skills acquisition in software testing * Applying a knowledge management approach to testing * Network Infrastructure Test Suite, to automate detection of network vulnerabilities University students who stand out during the project may even be hired by FedEx. The project has been under way since last summer. FedEx plans to hold a summit meeting in Memphis in May to discuss findings. Companies and organizations such as Borland, the Eclipse Foundation, Mercury Interactive, and Microsoft are expected to be invited, as will others from academia. Invitations also will be extended to Indian-based companies such as RelQ, which does software testing, Miller said. FedEx and the university also are developing a systems certification intended to arm graduates with proof that they are experts in the testing field.
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By Harry Franklin, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 9--Reese Road Elementary School had just lost a Partner in Education when paraprofessional Janet Gay saw Omega Training Group Inc. CEO Ray Kauffman at a social function early last fall and mentioned the school needed another partner.
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The chairman of the Sept. 11 commission, former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean, will retire as president of Drew University in the spring, the school announced Thursday. Kean will have spent 15 years at the liberal arts school in Madison.
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The last of the seven Project Mercury astronauts who pioneered US space exploration in the 1960s remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the &quot;right stuff&quot; in
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NEW YORK -- The former controller of WorldCom Inc. testified yesterday that former chief executive Bernard Ebbers apologized to him in 2000 after company accountants were forced to cover up more than $800 million in expenses. David Myers said he encountered Ebbers in October 2000 at the company's Mississippi headquarters, days after he and other accountants had devised a plan ...
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Two Los Angeles cold case homicide detectives used DNA test results to link an imprisoned rapist to the deaths of at least 12 women between 1987 and 1998, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton told reporters Saturday.
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In April, James L. Pavitt became the first director of the CIA's clandestine service ever to testify publicly before Congress. While he was not technically undercover as the deputy director of operations, just about everything he was in charge of for five years  was.
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For several years, Adam M. Finkel, a top administrator at the Labor Department's    Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said he expected the agency to test its inspectors for exposure to beryllium fumes or dust. In 2002, he realized the agency was not moving in that direction, and he became a whistle-blower.
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Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Cisco Systems, and the company's CEO, John Chambers, took the time this week to talk about where his company has been, mistakes it has made and where it's going now.
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By Vivian Austin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 1--GAUTIER -- George Cargo said his departure would not stall building permits and code enforcement done by the Gautier Planning Department.  "The whole department is in good shape," Carbo said Wednesday, his last day on the job.