Tag Archives: software development

The Window Is Shrinking

Posted on August 9, 2011 by way0utwest

There have been a number of issues with Dropbox and their encryption process for files stored on their systems. This highlights some of the issues with cloud services, as I’ve talked about as well. I use Dropbox, but for any files that … Continue reading →

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The Impact of Outages

Posted on August 1, 2011 by way0utwest

Are you going to start seeing more pressure for outages in applications? I suspect many outages are caused more by application issues than database ones, but those two are becoming very tightly linked as we look to more rapidly deploy … Continue reading →

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Leave Developers Alone

Posted on July 25, 2011 by way0utwest

A computer deals with interrupts all the time. They are the mechanism by which it can simulate multi-tasking among many different programs in a modern operating system. However those interruptions have a price, and too many of them can affect … Continue reading →

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Self-aware Instances

Posted on July 8, 2011 by way0utwest

I’ve been seeing lots of monitoring solutions written up lately. I saw this blog from Phil Darmanin on SQLServerCentral and we have had numerous articles written over the years on building monitoring solutions. The build vs. buy debate is one that companies regularly have, and if … Continue reading →

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