GoofyGuy (4/29/2014)

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djackson wrote:

... with uptime [compounding] means we have less uptime. Why? Because any vulnerability we have is still present - PLUS every vulnerability the vendor has.

I would argue...

Ed Pollack (4/29/2014)

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GoofyGuy (4/29/2014)

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Ed Pollack wrote:

... if your product has an uptime requirement of 99.95, then Azure is immediately out-of-the-question as it promises only 99.9%.

The difference in uptime, over the...

Gary Varga (4/29/2014)

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djackson 22568 (4/29/2014)

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Eric M Russell (4/29/2014)

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Net Neutrality is a double edged sword; sure your...

Eric M Russell (4/29/2014)

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Net Neutrality is a double edged sword; sure your Netflix movies will stream...

Open Source is becoming more attractive. The sunset of XP has driven a large number of people to Linux, especially given how easy it is to use Ubuntu and...

Jeff Moden (4/21/2014)

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Heh... this reminds me of hemlines in fashion. They change every other year.

Remember when distributed computing was all the rage? It wasnt' that long ago. ...

Due to vendor "requirements" all of our systems have their own database installation on a dedicated server. Some of them have multiple instances to save on licensing for test....

Nevyn (4/14/2014)

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Time to hire a bring in a summer intern whose only job is to be passed the phone on those calls, pretend to be you, and whose only job...

Lynn Pettis (3/31/2014)

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I think one of the things being missed here with regard to the WIT group. It isn't just a group to support women who are in technology...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/31/2014)There are entirely too many jerks in this business that still think women aren't as competent, and don't deserve the same opportunities, regardless of their...

Discrimination is wrong no matter who is doing the discriminating.

I am not against a WIT group, especially given how many are saying it has both male and female attendance. ...

geoffrey.sturdy (3/31/2014)

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I agree with djackson - it often seems that third party vendors allocate their budgets as follows - 75% sales 20% developemnt and (if you are lucky) 5%...

In our environment, we install dozens of SQL Server installations on many different servers and operating systems. Each vendor gives us their requirements, although the majority of them are...

I agree with the article Steve wrote, and with the points people are making. I would like to use slightly different wording about people continuing to learn though. ...

Ditto!