Category Archives: Editorial

Building Quality In

Posted on October 29, 2020 by way0utwest

I heard someone at the 2020 DevOps Enterprise Summit conference say that quality needs to be built in. That’s something that many, or hopefully most, of us believe. Everyone ought to do quality work and build it into their daily … Continue reading →

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Lean Coffee

Posted on October 28, 2020 by way0utwest

I read about the concept of Lean Coffee in Making Work Visible, one of the books I set as a goal to read this year. The idea is to have an agenda less meeting, but nevertheless get some things done. … Continue reading →

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The Next Evolution of Big Blue

Posted on October 27, 2020 by way0utwest

When I was a kid, IBM built typewriters. I actually had one and produced some schoolwork on it. At some point I learned they were a force in large computing. Then they entered the PC market, and eventually the Thinkpad … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Phone Home

Posted on October 26, 2020 by way0utwest

A few versions ago Microsoft added the Customer Experience Improvement Service to the SQL Server platform. This is the CEIP service, and it comes with SQL Server. It is designed to get telemetry from your operation of a SQL Server … Continue reading →

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