Revenant (1/17/2012)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/16/2012)

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Lots of companies have had sites hacked. Hotmail has been hacked numerous times, does that mean that MS can't handle security?

Tons of company sites...

It's fair to scrutinize the security mechanisms and processes offered by cloud providers. However, you have to ask yourself: Can I do it as well or better? I dare say...

Let's face it, most jobs don't allow us the luxury to be our creative best. So solving the occasional challenge offers a nice break from the monotonous drudgery of a...

Andy Warren (12/23/2011)

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James, I hear you. I don't think we're that far apart on this, but I do see it a bit differently. I know those kinds of managers exist,...

Andy Warren (12/22/2011)

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I'll definitely be writing some about the other side of the fence next year. I've definitely been working on a theme and exploring the responses. The tactical/political side...

When a customer asks you to work 60 hours, they expect to pay for 60 hours. When a boss asks you to work 60 hours, they expect to pay for...

Virtualization is great but certainly there are limits (currently). In a past job, I was convinced by the lead DBA to migrate the data warehouse from a physical instance to...

I usually eat alone because that's time I take to process challenges encountered in the morning and come up with afternoon solutions (hopefully). When I have lunch with workmates it's...

umailedit (6/6/2011)

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"Eh, the Cloud will become like electricity. One day we won't even think about it but it will be integral to daily life. "

That's what they said about flying...

Good article. The danger with being a jack-of-all-trades is that you tend to be spread very thinly and important tasks get skipped (like backups). That said, there is value in...

Fundamentally, you have to be the guardian of your data. Maybe that means not putting everything you own onto Dropbox. For me, I use only one credit card for all...

Carlos Bossy (5/25/2011)

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A pet peeve of mine is not when companies or HR departments refer to people as resources, but when we in IT do so. I'll be in...

Working long and working hard are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, in the current employment climate they are mutually inclusive. Further, for the past decade job growth has been negative, salaries...

Eh, the Cloud will become like electricity. One day we won't even think about it but it will be integral to daily life. Outages and breaches will occasionally happen but...

"Military Intelligence Cloud". Like mixing gasoline, water, & fire.