As a Security Architect, I spend most of my time thinking about cyber security. In fact most of the people I know in the I.T. industry must think about cyber security on some level every single day. They for the most part have at least a passing understanding of why cyber security is important …
I have worked in the I.T. industry for almost 30 years - well over half my life. In that time I have developed a number of principles that have served me very well. The biggest and most important of those is K.I.S.S. - "Keep It Simple, Stupid". Far too often, this simple and elegant advice …
TO THE CLOUD! Like a battle cry, ringing across the I.T. landscape, environments large and small are rushing to move their systems to the cloud. It seems like a simple proposition. A no brainer, really. All you have to do is take your various systems that live in your brick-and-mortar data centers, and throw them …
So I was on Facebook the other day. Let’s just admit it, we all are aren’t we? Anyway, as often happens with Facebook, I was suddenly informed of some new “features” that FB had introduced, and was provided a brief explanation of each new bell and every whistle. One of these new features in particular …
I should probably tell you right up front that I am a huge fan of John Stewart. I rarely watch it live, but have a long term committed relationship with my DVR, so do watch them all eventually. I just caught the January 25th episode with Bill Gates. It was a good interview, and reminded …
