Docker becomes de facto Linux standard
Lots of news coming out of the Red Hat Summit this week. A lot of the buzz is around containerization in general and Docker in particular. Docker is set to ship with the latest version of RHEL (RHEL...
View ArticleMongoDB 2.6 - NoSQL all grown up
NoSQL databases have been bursting into the market for a few years now. However, many DBAs still winked and smiled when discussing NoSQL, the way an older cousin looks down on a younger relative. Cute...
View ArticleMicrosoft Office vs Google Docs: The Fat Lady hasn't sung yet
I was reading ComputerWorld's Preston Gralla's article on Microsoft Office whipping Google Docs. I just don't see it.
View ArticleJumpCloud just made cron obsolete
For just about as long as I have been in technology, when I spoke to engineers about having a specific task run on schedule I was told that we could "run a cron job" to make it happen. Over the years...
View ArticleMasergy adds MSSP to its lineup
I first became aware of Masergy back in the early part of the last decade. Since that time they have grown into a network services powerhouse offering a wide range of network services to a global...
View ArticleSecurity admins and executives: We hardly talk anymore
At this past year's RSA Conference, I was the moderator on a panel about "Security Metrics: What matters?" One of the participants was my friend Jody Brazil, President of Firemon. Jody referenced a new...
View ArticleOn security reports and weather forecasts
Well we are deep into the security report season. What started as a drizzle with the RSA conference has turned into a torrent. Of course the Verizon Data Breachreport has become the big dog of...
View ArticleThe day the AV died
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck With a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I knew I was out of luck The day the music died ~ Don McLean, American Pie
View ArticleUpgrade to Samsung Galaxy S5? No thanks
For those who don't read my blog here regularly, I am not a big fan of the Samsung Galaxy phones.
View ArticleSilly rabbit, there's no such thing as DevOps in a box
Yesterday out in Boulder, Colorado, I hosted the first Camp DevOps held in partnership with Glue Conference 2014 (Glue is today if you are in the Denver/Boulder area). It was a great conference with a...
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