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Technologists call this invisible liability technical debt. Software engineer Ward Cunningham introduced the metaphor to describe the future cost created when teams choose a faster or easier solution ...

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At last year’s annual conference of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), Julia Richman, then the deputy executive director for the Colorado Office of Information ...

Imagine launching a new digital service only to face a breach due to outdated code or an unpatched dependency. Enterprises face this more often than they admit. In today’s economy, technical debt is ...

Learn to identify and manage firmware technical debt before it quietly destroys your development velocity and code quality.

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I want to let CFOs in on a little secret. It’s called “technical debt.” It consumes nearly one-third of technology budgets and more than one-fifth of technology professionals’ time. What’s more, 70% ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

The United States has long struggled with managing its financial debt—borrowing beyond its means, deferring payments and accumulating obligations that eventually come due. The same holds true for ...