The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience…
12/06/17 The title of this post is a quote that might be (or not be) from Albert Einstein. I first thought the title of the post would be something like: “why root cause analysis i…
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5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data: Hire People Who Lack Empathy
12/06/17 In this last post of my 5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data series, I focus on my belief that all data security comes down to empathy. Yes, that one trait that we in technol…
Non-IT File Sharing and HIPAA Implications
12/06/17 When I first considered writing this post about possible HIPAA violations, I could clearly imagine how non-IT compliant file sharing could cause issues with HIPAA complian…
How Can I Become A Microsoft MVP?
12/05/17 This is such a common question that, were I to write a FAQ of questions I get after speaking, it should sit somewhere in the top 3 positions. (Update 19-Dec-2017: This pos…
Monitoring, Analytics, Diagnostics, Observability, and Root Cause Analysis
12/03/17 Monitoring is a hopelessly overloaded term in tech culture. The term now carries decades of inaccurate and imprecise use. The result is that several people can be engaged …
Why do I Have to Think About Business Continuity?
11/30/17 You’ve probably heard about the importance of business continuity and disaster recovery. Today, more businesses have business continuity plans than ever before. With so ma…
The Business Challenges We See Today
11/28/17 Over the next few weeks, I will be releasing a series of articles covering the value of data analytics and insight, focusing on five of the key business drivers that I hav…
5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data: Ask the Security Guard to Help Me Carry it Out
11/27/17 In my recent post 5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data – Work for You & Stop Working for You I started telling the story of a security guard who helped a just fired contracto…
My Life as IT Code: Part 5 – Walking the Wall
11/27/17 In this, my fifth and final post about life hacks, I’ll talk about the communication process, clarifications across all key personnel, and a big approach in how some of th…
The Unifying Force of Data
11/27/17 Someday, we may look back on IT as a subset of social science as much as a technological discipline. Because it sits at the intersection of business and technology, visibi…
Needle In a Hay Stack or Sword in a Straw Pile?
11/21/17 I’ve spent countless hours trying to find the perfect tool for the job. In fact, I’ve spent more hours searching at times than I have doing the work. You’ve probably done …
My Life as IT Code: Part Four – Exercise and Sandbox
11/16/17 In previous posts in this “My Life” blog series, I’ve written quite a bit about the project management/on-task aspects of how I keep my focus and direction top of mind whi…