The case for "Understanding our business" training
Today we have a guest editorial reminding us that business knowledge is important, and we could all use some training.
2025-11-19
137 reads
David Poole
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NOSQL and RDBMSs
NOSQL and RDBMS are evolving and absorbing ideas from each other. Is this necessarily a good thing? Perhaps we should think again
2024-06-14 (first published: 2015-08-27)
868 reads
Documentation. The Under Recognised Skill
Documentation may not be something we aspire to do, but it is a valuable skill.
2021-04-30
427 reads
Too much information can be counter-productive
If you want to be an effective communicator focus on what your audience need to hear rather than what you want to say
2019-09-02 (first published: 2016-01-29)
376 reads
Organisations and Technical Apartheid
Today we have a guest editorial that looks at DevOps and the need for your culture to promote collaboration.
2019-06-28
293 reads
2018-03-12
299 reads
What’s in a name?
When a business does not have an agreed set of definitions for their every day terms slow burning chaos ensues.
2016-05-04
105 reads
Deploying tech to the cloud
There is a world of difference between technology originating in or designed for the cloud and technology that predates but can run in the cloud.
2015-10-12
126 reads
Mudita: Joy in the success of others
It is only when you start to take genuine pleasure in other people's successes that you experience the true rewards of being in a leadership position.
2014-07-11
159 reads
IT and the Older Generation
David Poole looks at the interactions of technology across generations in this guest editorial.
2014-06-02
238 reads
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