Restarting What’s Important
I’m currently in Enterprise Architecture in my organization and as a result, I blogged earlier about putting up study notes with regards to preparing for the two TOGAF (The...
2023-09-13
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Brian Kelley
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Appalachian State Cyber Summit – September 8, 2023
Looking to attend a security summit in cooler weather that will benefit students? Applachian State holds an annual cybersecurity summit and this year it is scheduled for September 8,...
2023-08-17
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TOGAF 9 Certified Exam Breakdown
In the last post I hadn’t found the breakdown of questions for the exam. The Open Group does publish the TOGAF 9 Certified Study Guide (link goes to the...
2023-03-06
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Understanding the TOGAF 9 Foundation Exam
When I teach the ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) course, one of the things I walk candidates through is how the test is structured and how much each...
2023-03-06 (first published: 2023-02-28)
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Preparing for TOGAF Certification
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is one of the most well-known architectural frameworks in our industry. TOGAF is a framework that helps organizations implement enterprise architecture as a...
2023-02-27
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Two Percent, Five Percent, More?
I was reading Seth Godin today and he makes this claim: If 2% of a population takes coordinated action, it makes a difference. If 5% do, it can change...
2022-06-03 (first published: 2022-05-12)
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Reading more efficiently
In IT, we have to read a lot. For instance, understanding how to set something in Azure or Okta or vSphere may mean we are consuming 5 or more...
2022-03-18 (first published: 2022-03-07)
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Architecture – Commonality is an accelerator
In IT, commonality is an accelerator. When I say commonality, I mean commonality of: Components, like libraries Object models Interface definitions Tools Let me give you an example. Imagine...
2022-03-02
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Architecture – The Perfect Enemy
When I was younger, I always wanted the perfect solution to an IT problem. I remember getting into argument after argument trying to insist upon the perfect configuration, setup,...
2022-01-21 (first published: 2022-01-10)
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Webinar on Data Security and Compliance
Tomorrow, July 13, 2021, I will be giving a webinar on data security and compliance. Here’s the sign-up link: SQL Server Data Security and Compliance sign-up (free, but registration...
2021-07-12
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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Finding Motivation
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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