“Still, a computer like the ENIAC has 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons. But the computers of the future will have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and may weigh only 1.5 tons.” Popular Mechanics made this tantalizing prophecy in March…
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Well, with this statement about computers, someone really made a mistake in 1943. It was made by Thomas Watson, IBM’s chairman at the time, in person (but only orally). Thomas Watson was chairman of IBM until his death in 1956….
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Last week Thursday our Practice Group Core Insurance Meeting took place again. In this meeting our colleagues are informed about current developments in the company, important news and figures. Furthermore, news about sales, our projects, product development as well as…
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The selection of IT misconceptions is huge and will certainly continue to grow in the coming years. However, we can draw much more than just amusement from the various examples. After all, the people we will be quoting in upcoming…
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In the latest Tech Talk our Faktor Zehn colleague Tri presented his experience with the Java framework Quarkus. This was evaluated with regard to the integration of Linkki and Vaadin for a customer project. In the following blog article you…
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This year at the Pitch Club Developer Edition (PCDE) in Munich, Faktor Zehn was allowed to answer the ever-popular question of what makes Faktor Zehn a company. Spoiler alert: it’s still the people. At the 94th edition of the PCDE…
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Last week, the “Release Summit” took place for the first time within Factor Ten Product Development. The goal of the virtual meeting was to create another exchange opportunity for the individual software development teams and to promote cross-team communication. The…
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Docker is an open source containerization technology that has conquered the entire IT industry in record time. This is due in no small part to its numerous advantages, because Docker makes it easy to distribute software and run it in…
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We would like to welcome all our new trainees. About two weeks ago, on October 1st, we held one of our biggest introductory days ever at ConVista & Faktor Zehn with a total of 25 newbies. Among all new colleagues…
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Our colleagues Daniel Schwering and Daniel Hooker have been busy 3D modeling Fipsi and created a great model of our mascot in the 3D printer they built themselves in Vienna. Together they created an approximately 5 cm tall version of…
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