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Psssst… just a quick note – have you registered for the SSWUG.ORG Virtual Conference? It’s free. Here’s a direct link – we’re looking at more than 1,000 people there, more than 35 sessions… it’s going to be grand. http://www.sswugvc.com I’m glad “aaS” allows for all sorts of initial abbreviation characters, but the new FaaS is as intriguing as it could […]
Watched some announcements and demos this AM from Microsoft… interesting stuff and much food for thought on direction and ideas. Specifically, you can see a little more clearly now where they see thing going in terms of functionality, performance, data protection, utility, etc. The Data Amp “event” was a couple of really solid sessions broadcast initially live (and available now […]
We’ve talked before about data privacy vs. ownership of data vs. sharing for the “common good.” I do believe it’s going to be a hard ethical hill to climb with potential for big payoff. Steve Ballmer has just come out with USAFacts. It represents a massive trove of information that you can work against and use to learn more about […]
We posted a new episode of the weekly summary program for SSWUGtv on Monday – it’s available now on the site and ready to go. I’d love to have your feedback – Here’s a direct link to the show: https://sswug.org/katm/uncategorized/sswugtv-ai-air-raids-technology-lock/ Take a look, let me know what other things you’d like to see covered from time to time – and […]
When you’re putting plans together, sometimes it helps to take pause… We’ve been talking a bit about lock in on tools and technologies, but today I wanted to bring up a recent experience putting together a system plan for a company… and the push to move faster. In the dot com days, there was a saying that always bugged me. […]
We’re re-launching SSWUGtv – and we have some ideas of the things we want to include, but I’d love to have your feedback and thoughts as well. The show will be short-ish, except of course on those rare (!!) occassions when I can’t seem to be quiet. But I’m thinking 5-10 minutes/week. It’ll be including new information and tips and […]
Started talking yesterday about the apparent issues with cloud based solutions, components, etc. Of course the whole story is really one of choosing the right tools for specific tasks… can lead to lock-in on those tools. And, with the use of more specific tools and technologies and then bringing them together to build an overall solution environment, there are some […]
From a comment yesterday – perhaps the biggest cautionary tale and planning point if you’re using online services in your environment. AZJim pretty much called out one of my biggest planning points and concerns when it comes to working with online services (platform, services, virtual machines, whatever) AND on-premise solutions architectures in this world of “many tools make a solution.” […]
A couple of people have both publicly and privately written about the whole “welcome to databases” question about how you get started. A few have ended up talking about technologies to avoid, and have turned to talking about technologies that are things that are better suited for prooduction. The irony is that no one seems to agree on where the […]
If you were mentoring someone coming out of school today and looking to work in the data platform space, what would you tell them to learn? I’m a bit curious – I was talking with some of the editorial team here this evening and we were talking through the fact that there is a lot of breadth to platform selections […]