Computerworld articles from March 2009

Computerworld archives from March 2009

Unwinding the mess.(Editorial)
March 2, 2009... WELL, I can't say I wasn't warned. After writing in a column last December about the destructive labels that are thwarting the closure of the racial divide, a reader in Maryland e-mailed me to say that I should "just stop with the racial...

The H-1B program is affecting IT education.(Letter to the editor)
March 2, 2009... Don Tennant must know that when he writes an editorial involving H-1B employment, he will get a firestorm of comments ["Better Than That," Feb. 2]. Maybe that is what he wants, but this is not a rant. Instead, I would like to discuss an...

The week ahead.(briefs)(Demo 09)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... MONDAY: Computerworld's 2009 Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference opens in Orlando. Also, the Demo 09 emerging technology show begins today in Palm Desert, Calif. TUESDAY: CeBIT 2009, the world's largest technology trade show, gets under way...

Indian offshoring vendors top list of H-1B recipients.(CAREERS)(Statistical table)
March 2, 2009... MICROSOFT CORP. was the leading U.S.-based recipient of H-1B visas during the federal government's 2008 fiscal year, getting approval for a total of 1,037 visas--up slightly from the number it received the year before. But the four largest...

Microsoft spells out windows 7 activation.(OPERATING SYSTEMS)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... MICROSOFT CORP. will turn Windows 7's background picture black and display persistent notices if users download but don't activate the new operating system. Alex Kochis, director of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program, said last...

Survey: most oracle shops don't mandate use of security patches.(SECURITY)(Survey)
March 2, 2009... A LACK OF corporate mandates to quickly install Oracle Corp.'s security patches may be leaving many Oracle database installations exposed to vulnerabilities for extended periods of time, according to survey results released last week. In a...

Google Inc.(Short Takes)(European Union. Competition Commission)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... * Google Inc. has asked the European Union's Competition Commission to let it participate in the antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corp., joining Mozilla Corp. And Opera Software ASA. The EC has accused Microsoft of shielding Internet...

Microsoft.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... * Microsoft has decided to let 25 recently laid-off workers keep severance overpayments that averaged between $4,000 and $5,000 per person. The vendor had previously asked the workers to return the money.

U.S. Federal Communications Commission.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... * The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining 600 telephone companies and VoIP providers $10,000 to $20,000 for failing to properly file annual reports proving that they protect customer data.

Nortel Networks Corp.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... * Nortel Networks Corp. announced that it plans to lay off 3,200 workers in addition to 1,800 job cuts it had announced as part of a restructuring after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

University admits to third recent breach.(SECURITY)(University of Florida)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA in Gainesville late last month disclosed that a breach discovered in January exposed personal data on 97,200 students, faculty and staffers who attended or worked at the school between 1996 and 2009. The latest...

Czech Firm, Cisco Bug slow global internet.(NETWORKING)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... A HIGHLY UNUSUAL network-configuration update by an inexperienced administrator at a small DSL provider in the Czech Republic last Monday choked Cisco Systems Inc. routers around the globe, slowing worldwide Internet performance for about an...

Between the lines.(Cartoon)
March 2, 2009... WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE COMPETITION PEOPLE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Hewlett-Packard Co.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Hewlett-Packard Co. said that it plans to distribute and support server rival Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris 10 operating system on its ProLiant hardware line.

IDC.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Market research firm IDC reported that worldwide server revenue fell 14% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2008, the biggest quarterly decline since the days of the dot-com bust.

NINE YEARS AGO.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(information technology services industry)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... NINE YEARS AGO: A.U.S. Senate committee said the estimated $100 billion spent by IT departments on year 2000 fixes was worthwhile because most of the reported Y2k problems were minor.

Struggling Satyam gains new business.(Global Dispatches.)(Satyam Computer Services Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... HYDERABAD, India - Satyam Computer Services Ltd. has signed new contracts worth $250 million (U.S.) since Jan. 7, when the company plunged into a financial crisis after officials disclosed that it had overstated profits. The company...

Tata adds third U.K. data center.(Tata Communications Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... MUMBAI, India - Tata Communications Ltd. last week said it plans to open a new data center outside London as part of an effort to further expand operations beyond its Indian base. The new 21,400-square-foot facility is slated to open during...

Briefly noted.(Lenovo Group Ltd.)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... Lenovo Group Ltd. last week said it plans to cut 450 jobs at its Chinese operations, as the Morrisville, N.C.-based PC maker continues to reduce costs. The latest cuts follow the layoff of 2,500 Lenovo employees last month. [ILLUSTRATION...

New smartphone controls may appeal to IT managers: RIM adds fail-over functions and simplifies admin tools in its updated Enterprise Server.(NEWS ANALYSIS)(Research In Motion Ltd.)
March 2, 2009... RESEARCH IN Motion Ltd. is hoping that the latest version of its Black-Berry Enterprise Server will help convince skeptical IT managers that smartphone technologies can meet rigid corporate standards for management and security. ...

Ballmer still plans to throw money around: Microsoft's CEO says he hopes to gain market share during the recession--and he's willing to spend money to do so.(NEWS ANALYSIS)(Steve Ballmer)
March 2, 2009... WHEN MICROSOFT Corp. reported an 11% year-to-year drop in its second-quarter profits on Jan. 22, it also announced a series of cost-cutting moves that included a plan to eliminate up to 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months. And at a meeting...

Alex Wright: the information architect talks about the lessons of computing history, the re-emergence of oral culture and all the data that Google doesn't index.(THE GRILL)(Interview)
March 2, 2009... Alex Wright is a writer and information architect at The New York Times and the author of Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages, a reflection on the current state of IT and its roots in history. He has written for The New York Times,...

IT and the broken window effect.(Viewpoint essay)
March 2, 2009... I'VE RETURNED to various childhood homes and found neighborhoods once characterized by white picket fences, station wagons and small shops transformed into rough, rundown and unsafe areas. These transformations did not happen overnight. They...

5 Recession survival skills: it's a scary new world, but IT leaders who adjust can still prosper.(Cover story)
March 2, 2009... Money issues now require much more of CIO Diana Melick's attention than they did in the past. The faltering economy has her forecasting costs and slashing budgets just like her peers, but Melick went a step further. She had her staff...

Power struggle: what role should IT play in reining in energy costs?(MANAGEMENT)
March 2, 2009... THE IT department buys the technology; facilities buys the energy. That's the way it's always been in corporate America. But that may be changing. As energy costs seesaw wildly and public concern over the environment grows, data centers are...

Securing all exits: layoffs can spark destructive behavior. Take these steps to protect your company.(SECURITY)
March 2, 2009... A SENIOR CORPORATE executive leaves the company, taking with him his framed family photographs, his prized gold pen-and-pencil set--and the passwords of several hundred employees. One of your firm's most experienced sales reps hears a rumor...

The economy takes a toll on security: as the company's losses mount, more budget cuts are required, so our manager scrambles to save his employees' jobs.(SECURITY MANAGER'S JOURNAL)
March 2, 2009... FINANCIALLY, . things have gotten really bad around here, even worse than I expected--and as a security manager, I always expect the worst. We all know the economy is gasping for breath (some would say you can hear the death rattle), and...

Tofu and grapefruit.(Viewpoint essay)
March 2, 2009... WHEN CONSTRUCTING project and management teams, I've always found that it's important to pay attention to more than just the tasks that need to be accomplished. The personalities of the people who would accomplish those tasks influence the...

Pay trends: not universally grim.(Career Watch)(Brief article)
March 2, 2009... THERE'S GOOD AND BAD NEWS in the latest quarterly update of Foote Partners LLC's IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index. The index, which looks at pay rates for 354 skills and certifications held by 22,550 IT professionals in the U.S. and...

Michael Kirven: the co-founder and principal of IT staffing and consulting firm Bluewolf Inc. talks about keeping a job and finding another in the current economic climate.(Q&A)(Interview)
March 2, 2009... With the economy in the doldrums, what can an IT professional do to stay employed? First, they can keep their technology skills fresh and take advantage of training opportunities, such as free online courses and certifications. "Free" is...

SharkTank: true tales of it life as told to Sharky.(Column)
March 2, 2009... Gee, Thanks This network engineer pilot fish works at a regional government office where the domain controller is locked down by central IT. "Our domain controller has been flaky the past few days, so I called the help desk to let them...

Take it back.(FRANKLY SPEAKING)(Microsoft Corp.)
March 2, 2009... IT WAS a huge embarrassment for Microsoft. Barely a month after the vendor's first big layoff ever, word leaked out that the company had overpaid some of the 1,400 laid-off employees--and was asking them to send some of their severance pay...

Questioning why.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Computerworld Premier 100 Information Technology Leaders Conference )(Editorial)
March 9, 2009... THE MOOD at last week's Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference in Orlando was decidedly upbeat. That's probably because it's difficult for even the most curmudgeonly among us to be downcast when surrounded by people who tend to be as...

Generational clashes are nothing new.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 9, 2009... The article "Clash of the Generations" in the Feb. 16 issue made me smile. I am a baby boomer, currently 51 years old. Thirty years ago, when I and the other boomers were the young bucks, the older generation of the day disliked our casual...

It doesn't always have a seat at the table.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 9, 2009... The key statement in Don Tennant's Feb. 23 Editor's Note, "Alleviating Panic," is, I would say, his quote from Sunoco's CIO, Peter Whatnell: "The CIO is first and foremost a member of the management team." 'Tain't necessarily so. Or perhaps I...

The week ahead.(Brief article)(Calendar)
March 9, 2009... MONDAY: The Global Women's Technology Collaborative, a group looking to get more girls and women involved in technology, is due to hold a kickoff meeting at the United Nations. TUESDAY: The IEEE plans to mark its 125th anniversary with a...

DOJ: EMC paid kickbacks, overcharged U.S. agencies.(LEGAL ISSUES)
March 9, 2009... THE U.S. Department of Justice last week disclosed that it has intervened in a 2006 lawsuit charging that EMC Corp. gave kickbacks to federal IT consultants and overcharged government agencies for hardware, software and services. ...

Excel bug will be ignored on patch Tuesday.(SECURITY)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... Microsoft Corp. last week said that three Windows security updates, including one rated "critical," will be released tomorrow. The company acknowledged, however, that it will not deliver a fix for an Excel flaw that attackers are now...

Data about presidential helicopter leaked via P2P.(SECURITY)(peer-to-peer )(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... A COMPANY THAT monitors peer-to-peer networks said it found classified information about the systems used onboard the U.S. president's helicopter in a shared folder on a computer in Iran, after a file containing the data was accidentally leaked...

Mozilla Corp.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... Mozilla Corp. patched eight security vulnerabilities in Firefox and described half of them as critical memory-corruption flaws in the browser's layout and JavaScript engines. Other patches fix flaws that would let hackers access personal data.

Hewlett-Packard Co.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... Hewlett-Packard Co. has shuttered its online backup service, HP Upline, after less than a year of operation. HP declined to say why it shut down the subscription-based offering.

Microsoft Corp.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... Microsoft Corp. plans to boost research spending by $1 billion to $9 billion and increase its research staff by up to 3,000 employees, COO Kevin Turner said in a speech at the CeBIT trade show.

Correction.(Correction notice)
March 9, 2009... The story "Enterprise Linux? Not So Fast" in the Jan. 19 issue mistakenly listed a ratio of "administrators to users" at Qualcomm Inc. The story should have said that the company's current ratio of servers to administrators is 515-to-1.

First federal CIO wants to 'democratize' gov't data.(IT IN GOVERNMENT)(chief information officer Vivek Kundra)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... THE U.S. Government's first CIO, Vivek Kundra, is looking to change the way federal agencies use IT by adopting consumer technologies and finding new ways to make government data open and accessible. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kundra, the...

Microsoft cut some H-1B workers but will hire more.(CAREERS)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... MICROSOFT CORP. is letting H-1B workers go as part of its plan to lay off about 5,000 employees over 18 months, but the vendor will continue to hire visa holders as well, according to a letter that it sent to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) last...

Between the lines.(Cartoon)
March 9, 2009... THIS ECONOMY CHALLENGES US TO TRULY THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE ISN'T A BOX ANYMORE. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Internet corporation for assigned names and numbers.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... Paul Twomey said he will step down as president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers at year's end, when his contract expires.

Government account-ability office.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... The Government Account-ability Office issued a report saying that the U.S. Census Bureau still has "significant" IT testing work to do before the 2010 census.

Six years ago.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... SIX YEARS AGO. The SCO Group Inc. sued IBM, claiming it had contributed SCO-owned Unix code to Linux. SCO later filed related cases against Novell Inc. and users AutoZone Inc. and Daimler Chrysler AG.

EC's monitoring of Microsoft ends.(Global dispatches)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... BRUSSELS - Five years after its landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp., the European Commission last week halted its monitoring of the software vendor's compliance with the ruling. The commission said Micro soft, as required, has...

AMD completes foundry spin-off.(Advanced Micro Devices Inc.)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. last week closed on a deal to spin off its manufacturing operations into a separate company. Advanced Technology Investment Co., which is owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, paid $700...

Briefly noted.(National Insurance Co. outsourcing contract with HCL Technologies Ltd. )(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... HCL Technologies Ltd. in Noida, India, last week was awarded a $76 million (U.S.), seven-year outsourcing contract by National Insurance Co. HCL will host the Kolkata, India-based insurance firm's data center and provide systems integration,...

Hard times, hard decisions for IT: with the recession squeezing IT budgets, cutbacks are the rule. But CIOs are trying to keep key tech projects on track.(NEWS ANALYSIS)(chief information officers)(information technology)
March 9, 2009... AS THE ECONOMIC news continues to get bleaker, double-digit budget cuts are becoming a fact of life in many IT departments--resulting in postponed purchases, delayed projects, hiring freezes and layoffs. The situation is undeniably grim,...

Visa backtracks on breach disclosure; the credit card company says that a recent warning to banks referred to an earlier incident.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
March 9, 2009... VISA and MasterCard have probably been slow to identify the cause of a breach that they warned banks about in mid-February because they want to complete an investigation into the incident, analysts say. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] However,...

Robert Hagerty: Polycom's CEO talks about the long-awaited arrival of 'spooky-good' videoconferencing and the next big thing: videoconferencing on handhelds.(THE GRILL)(Interview)
March 9, 2009... Dossier Name: Robert Hagerty Title: CEO Organization: Polycom Inc. Location: Pleasanton, Calif. Most interesting thing people don't know about him: "My home is totally solar-powered." In high school, he was:...

The Google OS is coming by year's end.(OPINION)(operating system)
March 9, 2009... IT'S NOT NEWS that Microsoft will get Windows 7 out as fast as possible this year. Vista has been a complete dog, so Microsoft will rush to deliver what is essentially a cleaned-up, lightweight version. What is news is that Google will have its...

What recession: doing much more with much less is business as usual for Kiva, its entrepreneurs and its IT team.(Cover story)(Company overview)
March 9, 2009... ARON YU wants to share his enthusiasm for Kiva, a nonprofit microfinancing organization. He sees Facebook as a prime way to do that. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] But instead of posting his own notes or linking to Kiva's Web site, Yu is...

Server virtualization quiz: how much do you really know?(VIRTUALIZATION)
March 9, 2009... SERVER VIRTUALIZATION through the use of software products such as VMware has been implemented to varying degrees in corporate IT, with some successful and some not-so-successful outcomes. This year, the virtualization trend promises to...

Has process standardization gone too far? 'Artistic' processes might be the answer.(Q&A)(Interview)
March 9, 2009... The move to standardize processes has gone overboard, say M. Eric Johnson and Joseph M. Hall in this month's Harvard Business Review. Some processes, they argue, are more akin to art than science and need to be treated that way. Johnson, a...

Location a small detail in security world; Russia? China? Vietnam? Makes no difference as long as you have solid policies in place and set the right tone from the start.(SECURITY MANAGER'S JOURNAL)
March 9, 2009... I'LL BE traveling again in the next few weeks, this time to Vietnam. We've been outsourcing some of our operations to low-cost nations for years: Russia for source-code development, India for help desk services and China for manufacturing,...

Take advantage of the recession.(OPINION)(Column)
March 9, 2009... VIRTUALLY EVERY IT organization is feeling the impact of the recession. Many have been forced to cut services, and some have cut staff as well. Most new projects have been eliminated, even those with compelling business cases. Organizations...

Expecting more job losses.(Career Watch)(Brief article)
March 9, 2009... The percentage of IT managers who expected to reduce staff within the next six months rose sharply in December. OCTOBER 2008 DECEMBER 2008 Businesses with fewer than 100 employees 3% ...

Rich Milgram: the CEO of Beyond.com inc., a network of niche career communities that includes TechCareers.com, assesses the employment outlook.(Q&A)(Interview)
March 9, 2009... Even as mass layoffs started to hit workers in September, you remained very optimistic about the prospects for IT employment. After a few more months, has that optimism been tempered, especially after Beyond.com reported a significant decrease...

True tales of IT life as told to Sharky.(SharkTank)
March 9, 2009... That Explains It The production system at this plant uses paper work tickets to route jobs around the facility through various automatic and manual bar code readers. "Each ticket contains two bar codes in different formats: one for...

Threats made easy.(FRANKLY SPEAKING)(security threats of a plug-and-play web camera)(Column)
March 9, 2009... LAST WEEK, I saw a plug-and-play Web camera. OK, you've seen things called that before, but this was different. It works like this: You plug a gateway device into a network. You switch on the battery-powered camera. You push one button. Now you...

Fingers crossed.(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial)
March 16, 2009... THE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS is astonishing. Companies are panicking, and they're taking drastic steps to cut costs. But rather than bothering to seek out hidden costs, many are looking no further than a number on a spreadsheet, and they're cutting...

Problems won't be solved by a select few.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 16, 2009... I was introduced to Computerworld in the mid-'90s when I dug it out of the trash of different executives at the company I worked at. I was the only one who regularly read it, although it didn't get sent to me. When I left that company, I...

Diversity of thought is a must in the workplace.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
March 16, 2009... In his March 2 editorial, "Unwinding the Mess," Don Tennant came close to hitting the nail on the head regarding the necessity of articles like those on Earl Pace. If the country is to pull itself out of the current recession, we will need...

Aboard the Navy's high-tech pioneer.(COMPUTERWORLD.COM)(USS Freedom)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... On the USS Freedom, a brand-new combat ship, just two IT staffers maintain networks with over 9,000 components tied together by more than 100 miles of cables. Take a video tour of the Navy's most high-tech vessel. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Mac management for Windows IT folks.(COMPUTERWORLD.COM)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Supporting and managing Macs in a predominantly non-Mac environment is a challenge, particularly if you're new to the platform. These tools and techniques can help.

Five universal docking stations.(COMPUTERWORLD.COM)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... REVIEW: These universal docks work with an array of notebooks and connect to your network, monitor and other peripherals with a single USB cable. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

What's behind the rash of university data breaches?(COMPUTERWORLD.COM)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Privacy expert Jay Cline examines the multiple factors that are contributing to the security problem.

Living with Linux, round 2.(COMPUTERWORLD.COM)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Installation problems bedeviled Preston Gralla's first foray into the world of Linux. After getting lots of advice about what to do, he reports on the results.

Fed CIO takes leave after arrest of ex-subordinate.(GOVERNMENT)(chief information officer)
March 16, 2009... JUST ONE week after being named the federal government's first-ever CIO, Vivek Kundra took a leave from that job last Thursday, following the bribery-related arrests of a former subordinate in the District of Columbia's IT department and the...

Cisco set to unveil first blade server.(HARDWARE)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Cisco Systems Inc. today is set to unveil its first blade server as part of the company's "unified computing" initiative. Analysts said the new Intel-based blade server, code-named California, is designed to manage and automate the movement...

Companies get checklist on PCI security rules.(PCI Security Standards Council LLC)
March 16, 2009... THE ORGANIZATION that administers the credit card industry's data security rules has released a new set of compliance guidelines--a move that reinforces the widespread perception that efforts to comply are going slowly at many companies. ...

Dell Inc.(Short Takes)(Dell Inc. Dell Europe, Middle East and Africa)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Dell Inc. said it has laid off an undisclosed number of employees at sites around the world in a continuing effort to cut costs and streamline operations. The company in January had announced plans to cut 1,900 jobs in Europe.

Microsoft Corp.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Microsoft Corp. last week issued three security updates to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows, including a critical bug that could let an attacker gain control of a machine simply by tricking users into viewing a malicious image.

AOL LLC has named Tim Armstrong, president of Google Inc.'s Americas operations, to replace Randy Falco as chairman and CEO.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... AOL LLC has named Tim Armstrong, president of Google Inc.'s Americas operations, to replace Randy Falco as chairman and CEO. Falco and COO Ron Grant will leave AOL after an unspecified transition period, according to the Internet unit of Time...

Facebook Inc.(Short Takes)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... Facebook Inc. said that several hard drives failed during a routine upgrade, causing the temporary loss of 10% to 15% of the photographs stored on its social networking site.

HP, Microsoft offer deals to help stretch IT dollars.(IT ECONOMY)(Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... LOOKING TO MAKE its outsourcing and IT services more affordable in a down economy, Hewlett-Packard Co. last week said it is adopting variable pricing that will be based on the service levels users choose. For instance, customers of HP's EDS...

Bill would clarify rules on data breach disclosures.(PRIVACY)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... A CO-AUTHOR OF the landmark six-year-old California data-breach notification law said that a new bill he filed late last year would standardize the process of notifying consumers and government agencies of data breaches that expose personal...

Between the lines.(NEWS DIGEST)(Cartoon)
March 16, 2009... WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGES IN THIS ECONOMY... ... SO WE'LL TAKE OFF THE HANDCUFFS. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] www.jklossner.com

Association for Computing Machinery.(BENCHMARKS LAST WEEK)(Barbara Liskov will receive A.M. Turing Award)(Brief article)
March 16, 2009... The Association for Computing Machinery said that it will give its 2008 A.M. Turing Award to MIT professor Barbara Liskov for her work on software programming methodologies.