Monthly Archives: July 2012

Clouds, Costs, and Data Analytics

Posted on July 5, 2012 by way0utwest

There are more and more companies using, or seriously considering, cloud based services. It’s a way to reduce some of the infrastructure costs, especially the initial investment costs, for many applications that have highly variable workloads. There’s also the tremendous … Continue reading →

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Happy Fourth of July 2012

Posted on July 4, 2012 by way0utwest

The anniversary of the birth of my country is today. Many of you have the day off, which is nice, but inside of all the celebrations, cookouts, or other events, please think about re-reading the Declaration of Independence or the … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July Bloopers

Posted on July 4, 2012 by way0utwest

Here you go. The raw ones. It’s a holiday, and usually I’m spending time with the family and enjoying the day. In all seriousness though, this is an important day for US citizens. The birthday of our country. Take a … Continue reading →

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Decryption and CASTing

Posted on July 3, 2012 by way0utwest

In my last encryption post I showed how to encrypt and decrypt data with a symmetric key. However there was a piece of the explanation I left out. If you look at that post, suppose that you ran this query … Continue reading →

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