2015-12-17
226 reads
Editorials
2015-12-15
207 reads
Security Decisions
This week Steve Jones looks at how we make secutiy decisions for our systems, and whether this is really the best way to do things.
2015-12-14
100 reads
2015-12-14
311 reads
How Much Eventual Consistency Do You Have?
This week Steve Jones wants to know if you have eventual consistency in your environment?
2015-12-11
248 reads
Are We Engineers?
Steve Jones continues the never ending argument of whether software developers deserve the moniker of engineer.
2015-12-10
173 reads
2015-12-09
120 reads
Building Better Communication Skills
Today Steve Jones reminds us that our communication skills are important. They are something that we use constantly at work and are worth developing.
2015-12-08 (first published: 2011-01-10)
435 reads
IT Data Governance and the Insider Job
Good IT data governance is about crime-prevention as well as crime-detection. Legal action runs war a close second as being one of the more futile and debilitating of human activities, so prevention is always better.
2015-12-07
116 reads
The Office
Would you be more productive outside of an office? Would you take a pay cut to work outside of an office? Steve Jones notes that a number of IT professionals said they would.
2015-12-07 (first published: 2010-12-29)
292 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
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March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
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Forums
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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