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...
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Oracle’s NoSQL Service a Signal For The Future
Oracle just released their NoSQL service. Is it just me or is it like Microsoft switching to a Unix based architecture? Oracle’s transactional database system has been the standard for ERP, finance and other...
My experience as an instructor at BCIT’s High Tech Professional, NASP Program
I’ve done a lot of technical support in a hands-on way as a junior over a decade ago and I think this sets a person up for being able to train and teach. As...
Smart Contracts On A Public Blockchain
Good or Bad? Smart Contracts are all the rage lately, with Ethereum bringing them into the limelight but a lot of other currencies also support them. The problem with smart contracts is that they...
Ripple’s Escrow and Investor Concerns Unanswered
A lot of people seem to think Ripple’s escrow lockup means XRP is safe and that they are committed to it. But what most don’t realize is that it only addresses certainty in supply...
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...
My experience with Proxmox 5.2 vs VMWare ESXi/vSphere 6.7
Recently I’ve been teaching a course on these two beasts and thought I’d give my perspective and that of the students in dealing with it in terms of pros and cons. Ease Of Use...
Quantum Computing Cloud Provider Rigetti Takes on Big Cloud Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft
Who says competitors can’t say good things about each other? While we are not into quantum computing we do salute Rigetti’s foray into Cloud Computing. But as some say even with quantum computing their...
The S in HTTPS
Have no fear and secure using the “s” in “https” So DuckDuckGo referenced this cool SSL Poem by Amber Wilson and I thought I’d share a few thoughts on SSL. And admittedly I think...
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...
