What’s soft about software? The term “software” is ubiquitous to a degree that few hearken back to review the origins of the word. The “soft” nature of software implies it to be amorphous compared to its computer counterpart “hardware”, but certainly it is software that brings “muscular” value to hardware. Software’s intrinsic value originates from the effort that goes into ...

Maintaining a balance between seemingly competing goals or circumstances is a common challenge in business management as well as life in general, and recognizing unbalance before it results in excessive losses frequently requires information gathering and assessment. Dangers lurk in many areas when too much attention is focused on one goal at the expense of losing perspective in management of ...