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Cattle, not Pets
In modern IT operations, the trend towards containerization has lead to the memorable saying that you should treat your servers like “cattle, not pets.” The meaning is that you don’t run systems on any...
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Last week, I participated in Software Architecture Open Space (SAOS) 2018 in Copenhagen. This is a symposium that brings together senior IT architects for a full day of discussions, and one of our...
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With a free database, Oracle is finally fighting back
Oracle has an excellent database product, but they have been loosing database market share since 2013. Incidentally, that’s about the same time as they stopped providing updated versions of the free...
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Stop Hoarding Data
Organizations are busy hoarding data from every source, cheered on by over-enthusiastic articles in the IT press spewing nonsense like “Data is the new oil.” The implication is that you can somehow...
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Resolution for 2019: Use No New Tech
At this time of year, the industry press is full of predictions for the coming year. Technologies you can’t afford to miss out on in the coming year are blockchain (again), virtual reality (again), and...
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Never Be Sure The Computer Is Right
The preliminary report from the investigation of the crash of a brand-new Boeing 737-8 in Indonesia last year is out, and it seems like a computer error killed 189 people. The trigger for the accident...
View ArticleGet Me the Cheapest Brain Surgeon
It’s been more than 40 years since Fred Brooks wrote the timeless IT classic “The Mythical Man-Month.” In that book, he refers to solid research documenting that the difference between the worst and...
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Getting Fined for Bad Usability
I was waiting for a friend on the patio outside a restaurant in Manhattan, and the nice people from the New York City Department of Transportation had arranged entertainment for me. You see, right...
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The Oracle Skills Risk
Last week, I was in Ukraine last week for Devoxx Ukraine 2019. I attended a number of sessions, spoke to a lot of people and gave my popular “Everything That’s Wrong with IT” presentation. I noticed...
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