Larry Roshfeld

SI International (www.si-intl.com) is a provider of information technology and network solutions, primarily to the United States government, But due to its continued success in defining, designing, building, deploying, and operating mission-critical solutions for the Department of Defense and several federal civilian agencies, business at SI International (SI) has been strong and growing. Yet with big growth, a systems integrator also faces an influx of request for proposals (RFPs) to support and manage. For SI, this caused a heavy load of manual and time-consuming in-house project management work. The process of collecting feedback from multiple RFP reviewers was a full-time project on its own. In addition, scheduling the staff, ordering materials, and communicating with internal employees, executives, and subcontractors was a never-ending challenge. To support th... (more)

Open Source ROI with Less Risk

It's a scenario with which many Java developers are all too familiar - and one which many fear. You log on to the network or arrive at the office to discover your Chief Security or Compliance Officer, Application Manager or even a VP of Sales and Marketing in a state of panic. A commonly used open source component has a serious security vulnerability that may expose your client-facing applications to attack. Even worse, the flaw was identified a few weeks ago, but your organization has just heard about it. The questions and accusations fly: "Why are we using open source components... (more)