At the Cork Open Coffee today there was discussion about how the University of Cork could be utilized to solve real world business problems, with a counterpoint that the University also was a resource for IP that was underutilized or not exploited at all. Answers without questions that had been explored and solved, but [...]
Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
The Tao of IT problem solving
Posted in Economy & Business, IT Issues, Personal on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Best Quote from a friend
Posted in IT Issues, Personal, tagged quotes on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I never thought I’d get to be a Senior Programmer just by getting old!
I’m in a Podcast
Posted in Personal, Podcast on November 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Come listen to my voice. Here
Working for the Underdog
Posted in IT Issues, Oracle DBMS, Personal, RDBMS, Sybase on September 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I always find it interesting that I seem to be in the position of supporting the underdog when it comes to computing, I own Apple’s and work with Sybase. Two systems that can’t manage a marketing strategy to move them into the main stream. Both manage to be on the opposite end of competition with [...]
Technorati Profile
Posted in Personal on August 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Technorati Profile
Sybase vs Oracle
Posted in IT Issues, Oracle DBMS, Personal, SQL, Solaris, Sybase on August 23, 2006 | 6 Comments »
I’ve seen some discussion around the internet about the age old argument about which is best Sybase or Oracle. I have been reading Mr. Talebzedah article on Sybase vs. Oracle: 10 reasons to use Sybase on Linux and I would agree with many of his statements. Having installed and used both over the years, [...]
Sybase Data Integration Suite
Posted in IT Issues, Personal, Sybase on August 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a great idea, in almost every company I’ve worked with data integration is the big issue. With all the mergers of going on, the data transfer issues are mind boggling. I have even played the part of data shepherd in these situations.
More here Sybase Unveils Sybase Data Integration Suite
IT Downturn in the offing
Posted in Economy & Business, IT Issues, Personal on August 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Between the economy starting to tank, and terrorist threats, I’m guessing that the IT hiring and equipment purchasing will take a large hit. From talking with folks in the U.S. it seems like most people are holding their money close to their wallets, indicating that most business spending will follow this trend. With everyone being [...]
On IT Operations
Posted in IT Issues, Personal on August 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I had a friend and coworker define the nature of a properly working IT Operations department as, ‘Boring’ now to translate that, what he meant was that if Operations, systems and software were boring, then everything was working fine. It’s the natural state of affairs in an IT operations group.
If you find an IT [...]
