Do IT Industry Certifications Mean Anything?
The State of IT Professionals After writing some exams and reading many study guides I’ve come to the conclusion that these “exams” don’t qualify anyone. The problem is the majority of them can be...
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Is Ethereum at risk of a 51% attack?
Before we get into the issue a 51% attack on a cryptocurrency , we should discuss what exactly is a 51% attack. It is a dreaded attack (thought to be unlikely until recently, though...
Can Private Permissioned Blockchains Be Successful?
One author with experience seems to think the answer is no. I think Angus drives a lot of valid insight at a very high level with anecdotal experience from the enterprise. He essentially gives...
Public Blockchain Breaks IT Security Standards
The thing that makes me nervous from an IT Security Administration perspective, is that I think a lot of the population has not been through the dot-com to dot-bomb era and seen the numerous...
182,000 IT Positions Available By 2019 – True or False?
I know this article is quite old from 2015 but it inspires IT professionals and business owners like me to muse aloud about the reality. It is really based on a report from the...
PayPal demands PCI DSS Compliance with TLS 1.2 but misses the cut!
Whoops! PayPal warns that if you don’t support TLS 1.2 that you won’t be able to process payments with them but what happens if they don’t support it themselves?! PayPal has sent numerous dire...
Thanks Linus
20 Years of Linux Milestones! This post is long over due. Summer vacation and I was taking some time to hang out with my wife and kids. So I’m a little behind. But the...
OpenSource Opens Doors For Your IT Career Path
Open That Door This was a great article that I thought was a nice reminder about how vital the Open Source community is for computing, IT and business. There’s no denying Open Source is...
Trons Disappointed Fans
Fans That Disappoint Fans and supporters took to social media to show their disappointment after the ‘secret announcement’ late last night. Justin Sun and the Tron Team apparently didn’t deliver the ‘marketing & shine’...
Python Easy To Code
IF you can install the required modules I was thinking to myself tonight here at 1AM wondering why do I hate Python sometimes and dread using it? Why does nothing work in Python and...
