I can understand why developers like JSON.  For passing simple payloads between services it is fine, if a little bulky.

As a recipient of JSON for uploading into a...

Well done Microsoft.

Under GDPR with limited exceptions I own the data about me.  Companies have to ask my permission to use my data for purposes other than those...

Although you have to look at costs you also have to consider what you could do that you can't do now.  Particularly if that something is delivering something revenue generating.

GDPR says that all reasonable precautions must be taken to protect personal data taking into account state-of-the-art and cost. A 17 year old DB platform is not state of the...

I'm not worried about being held hostage by big cloud vendors such as AWS, Microsoft et al.  I think it much more likely that vendor lock in the on-premise world...

I've spent 3 years dealing with AWS so I would be asking whether the tasks that go away due to the move to a cloud provider allow you to pursue...

A huge amount of effort goes into designing the UI for customer facing websites to ensure that nothing impedes the customers path to purchase.

In my experience the level...

One of the best courses I ever went on was a presentation skills course run by an ex-BBC presenter.  The trainer devoted a couple of hours to psychology and body...

I think the DB world has followed a path rather similar to cars.  In the early days you needed to know how to maintain the car, service it and fix...

I had a friend who left full time employment to specialise in IT training as a contractor.  I've also got several friends who have done well in the contractor market. ...

I like the optimism of the Gig Economy article in the link.  In my experience organisations hire contractors to fill short term gaps in resources.  Unless they are hiring into...

I'm convinced that inappropriate boundaries are the cause of life's woes.  It doesn't matter if it's geography, technology, age, gender, religion or something else entirely.  It is too easy to...

I think it may have been Phil Factor who said that a lot of the performance criticisms Devs make about SQL Server make no sense until you realise they are...

For a CEO to blame an individual in public is blatantly unprofessional and indicative of the malaise at Equifax.  Part of a manager's role is to build trust and respect. ...