Yes. I’ve actually heard that several times lately. We’ve been talking about recovery plans, backups, the “oh boy, Steve’s preaching test your backups again” documentation and so-on. As we’re talking through the things they need to test and have experience with and document, they get this shifting-around, anxious to move on attitude. “But it’s the cloud. It’s not like it’s […]
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What Do You See for 2018?
The end of the year (I’m not rushing it, just getting ahead of the curve to get your early thoughts), is when people start thinking through what’s coming up and what to expect. I’m curious what you would see as the top 3 things or so that you’d expect to see happening in the data space in 2018. Drop them […]
Would You Use a Provider DB Engine?
Perhaps one of the odder questions I’ve asked. For example, would you use a Microsoft-branded tweaked database platform? Would you use an Amazon-branded, or Google-branded of the same? The major players seem to see these as the way forward, and I have to admit it has me both intrigued and baffled. A strange combination for sure. With Microsoft, it’s Cosmos […]