It’s incredible to me when you sit and watch the injection attempts against your public web properties. I realize that most are bot-oriented attempts, that there aren’t people sitting at the other end of most of those connections (no one types that stuff in, give me a break)… but still, someone felt that was a better use of their time […]
Editorials
Weird Shift Going on with Data Reputation
There’s an odd thing happening with data. I say “odd” but really it’s expected I suppose with the privacy concerns, privacy mandates and wild-wild-west of managing information that we’re all facing right now. With so many new regulations, so many new expectations, and so much fear about data mis-use, I suppose it’s probably to be expected. Essentially, when I talk […]
Beware the Complacency of “It just works”
For awhile now, things have been getting very stable, very reliable and the workloads of managing data are even beginning to split. Some of the management is being done by outside folks, some by automated processes and, overall, things run extremely well. It’s led to a bit of a strange trend in systems we’ve been reviewing. “Strange” because it seems […]
Cloud Services a Commodity?
We have a number of services that are hosted with cloud providers – from this site’s hosting to our virtual event platform and others, it’s interesting to see cloud evolve and provide some killer support for deploying cool solutions. One of the things that we’ve been seeing more and more though is a “yeah, us too!” type of approach to […]
Interesting: Data Bread Lines
In reading through a post about a book that’s out about managing and living with data, there were some very interesting observations outlined. Things that are pretty apparent as you work through systems at companies with many different sources of information and raw data. The post was a book excerpt, from “Winning With Data” (Wiley). If you think about it, […]
Happening Now: Virtual Conference – Free
Right now, as you’re reading this, the SSWUG.org virtual conference is happening. Click here to head over to take a look: http://www.sswugvc.com So much great information – how-to sessions, best practices, presenters from around the world. Won’t you join us? It’s happening all day today, and it’s free! http://www.sswugvc.com
Last Day: Free Virtual Conference Tomorrow!
If you haven’t registered yet, today’s the day. The SSWUG virtual conference is tomorrow, and it’s free! Check it out here: http://www.sswugvc.com It’s easy to register, very fast and there will be three tracks of sessions, amazing speakers and the opportunity to visit the exhibit hall to learn more about some excellent solutions and services. Did I mention it’s free? […]
SSWUG.ORG Free Virtual Conference in 5 days!
The SSWUG.org virtual conference starts in just a few days – I’m very excited to bring the speakers and sessions and services that you can rely on! We have speakers from literally around the world, here to make sure you know about ideas, concepts, best practices, specific how-to information and so much more. It’s been great to see it all […]
Will Fake News Become Fake Data?
These are interesting times to be working with data – from the issues that Facebook has seen with sharing information without consent and their ongoing response to that whole thing to the breaches and other illicit accesses to information. From data trust issues to IT trust issues in a much broader sense. There have been a number of things happening […]
Data Centers and Geographic Requirements
A shift is happening in the overall data space – it’s in part due to the GDPR, but it’s also in part due to the actual possibility of addressing it. That may sound weird, but the shift that we’re starting to see is that customers of one of our global services are starting to care more and more about where […]