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Data Farming

Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.

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Moving to the Heartland

With companies like Microsoft and Google building data centers in small towns, Steve Jones has some comments about how this might affect IT jobs.

A Vacation and Traveling to Sacramento

I’ve got a couple days off, starting today after my webinar on Preparing for When Disaster Strikes. I’ve got some...

The Agile Cult

Lots of developers have embraced Agile development, and Steve Jones thinks it's a good way to build software. However, it's not necessarily as easy as you might think.

DR Failovers

We don't often predict for disasters, which is good since we rarely have extensive plans for dealing with them. If we do, do we actually test our plans, or test the systems under full load?

Energy news that caught my eye

I’ve been a big fan of nuclear energy ever since I worked at a power plant. Before that I was...

Password Ninjas

How do you keep track of passwords? A few experts out there share some of their techniques and Steve Jones adds his thoughts.

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