I used to work for a company, which implemented audit via an appliance which sniffed network traffic connecting to the databases. The initial implementation reported on any connecting ID with...

Don't get too fond of SETUSER. It's been deprecated 😉

I second those who have already pointed out the difficulty of being able or allowed to install favourite tools (however good) on corporate infrastructure. My previous employer (a bank) locked...

Aw shucks! You mean the Cloud isn't the universal panacea? Who would have thought it 😉

There are probably going to be some red faces among Verizon's customers as they explain...

My current employer is a great company which provides good kitchen and break-out spaces among its many benefits to help the staff feel comfortable at work.

One previous employer was a...

The sad thing is, some of these managers may have been quite competent technicians in the earlier stages of their careers, then got promoted to management, had the obligatory frontal...

Bill Talada (1/23/2014)

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This reminds me of the Chinese food menu with 200+ numbered items. If you look at just the headings you can see all items are repeated for...

Raoul Bastendorff (8/20/2012)

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skron (8/20/2012)

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I actually ended up going back to work early after heart surgery because HR would not stop calling me to tell me that I did not have...

Bear in mind that none of us would operate 100% in one mode or the other. Yes, of course I take face to face or phone questions and ask them...

The other great advantage of email is that I get to choose when I answer it (assuming it's not truely urgent, which very little of it is). Phone or visit...

davidlcrooks (5/10/2012)

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Here is the company I work for official “List of prohibited team-building activities”:

1. Fire walking

2. Mechanical bulls

3. Piloting or co-piloting an aircraft

4. Smoking water pipes

5. Use of pyrotechnics

Who...

I like the idea of music - way less fattening than pastries 😛

I have implemented TDE for one 3rd party application where the vendor was unable to make their app work when we asked them to encrypt the sensitive data within the...

OCTom (2/24/2011)

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I can't imagine being retired and pursuing only hobby interests. My ultimate "retirement" will be doing essentially what I've been doing but only 2-3 days per week instead of...

Is there a message in this......12½ pages of suggestions as to how to concentrate and be productive in cubicle land (or variants of it)

We are all forced to accept such...