Code Names

Lockdown or Let Them Free

Do we take security too far? Are we creating unnecessary rules for those that need to use the resources we support? Steve Jones talks today about security and how we might want to approach it when handling rights for developers.

Effective Max

Support The Boss

Providing support for your manager or boss in getting his or her job is a good thing. Steve Jones comments on what benefits you might get and why this could enhance your career.

Habits and Familiarity

A new series about kicking bad habits reminds Steve Jones that there are good and bad sides to having set practices. Even the best habits you have in technology will likely need to evolve over time.

Compressed Backups

Manual checkpoints for memory-optmized files

Resource Governor pools

Is PowerShell worth the time?

This is a good question for me to ask. I’ve been learning it, and working through examples in my PowerShell...

Motivating the Team

It's easy to get excited if you work at a startup, or a software company. But for corporate workers that toil in IT departments all around the world, how do you keep them motivated? Steve Jones has a few thoughts about simple things that make workers feel better about their jobs.