Steve, you are absolutely right.

Like it or not, the cloud is the future.

In my own company we are already using the cloud for email, project management, CRM and HR.

Data ownership...

Back in the days Gmail accounts where only attainable by invite and you had to get a new cell phone number if you switched to another service provider (at least...

Yes, I have built 3 new databases in the past 2 years that are running in production environments with 3rd party applications and Reporting Services attached.

With each one I tried...

I totally agree with the statement that hardware sensors must make decisions on what data to capture.

I am mostly involved in industrial automation where it is a real-world problem. It...

I have been to a conference recently and the lack of diversity that you mentioned is still very evident in the IT industry.

However, the situation has definitely improved during the...

Andy, as you have mentioned there are so many factors involved, and every person will have a different view.

I always use Herzberg’s two-factor theory as a starting point during these...

Most people in the IT field grew up with technology and have a great passion for what they do.

(I started writing BASIC programs on BBC Microcomputers and my knowledge and...

Internally we are using agile and Scrum techniques to try and improve software development.

But top management (and end clients) always fall back on the waterfall model and phase-gate approach.

This can...

Thanks for the article.

I'm sure .bat files are still used a lot and it would take years to phase them out.

I would also prefer a Powershell alternative.