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I have to confess to having written
<variable> := NVL(<variable>, 'NULL');
in an Oracle script, and not that long ago.
June 9, 2017 at 6:58 am
This is something that does not seem to get talked about much when it comes to reports of logins and passwords being stolen, but how are passwords being stolen? In...
March 23, 2017 at 3:32 am
Yes, that happens a lot.
November 7, 2016 at 4:35 am
Two of my guiding principles are these:
An I.T. skill typically has a 'life' of about 5 years, so you can expect to have to learn a new skill at least...
November 7, 2016 at 3:13 am
The key bit for me: "If the information was of any age, it would be stored in multiple locations on different media, some of which would be offline. " ...
April 28, 2016 at 9:31 am
The key phrase for me was "one of the main powers of automation is consistency and repeatability. "
It means I do not have to remember the steps in what might...
March 16, 2016 at 4:41 am
Some 20+ years ago, I was a member of a team developing a CRM system. I was tasked with producing test data for it. We had no production...
October 28, 2015 at 4:34 am
My advice would be never (ok, rarely) accept the counter-offer. My reasoning is this. They've offered this, that and the other to tempt you to stay.
Why...
September 17, 2015 at 4:47 am
An informal Dress-Down Friday had operated in some parts of my company for a little while, and recently, the company was moved to point out that there was no agreed...
July 17, 2015 at 3:07 am
The scenario described seemed extraordinarily confrontational. You do not want other folk preventing you from getting your job done, and guess what? Nor does anyone else. Rather...
June 17, 2015 at 2:53 am
Where I work, we host thousands of servers for hundreds of clients, so we have to be organised about server naming. The first 3-4 letters indicate the overall system,...
May 21, 2015 at 3:46 am
Firstly, if you have arrived at the point where you need a duress password, your physical security is already compromised.
Secondly, before going down this road, it would be worth considering...
April 21, 2015 at 3:05 am
Even *using* a company laptop in a public place poses a security risk, as people can look over you shoulder and see your data on screen. As for leaving...
April 14, 2015 at 5:03 am
Oliveoil (1/8/2015)
Just got a business-idea: The meta-cloud! :-)) A...
January 8, 2015 at 3:58 am
I would expect a Cloud implementation to be highly resilient. The technology for highly resilient infrastructure has been around for years. You can get any level of availability...
January 8, 2015 at 1:59 am
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