Oversight and Trust

Sep. 4, 2016 by

Removal of external oversight should encourage you to strengthen your internal processes.  When your overseer says that they trust you enough to stop monitoring you formally, they are telling you

Quick Thoughts on Security Architecture in the Internet of Things

Aug. 8, 2016 by

I returned from the Wellington DevOps meetup a few minutes ago to find Vice.com’s post on Hacking Monitors had been slashdotted.  Tom Eastman talked about appropriate security architecture for the

What should be analysed?

Jul. 23, 2016 by

Great principles like Clausewitz‘s “concentration of resources” and Vilfredo Pareto‘s “80/20 rule” are obvious once they are pointed out. – The Multidimensional Manager For years I’ve been surprised to discover

Good use cases for SSIS

Jul. 3, 2016 by

As a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert in Business Intelligence, I work a lot with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).  Most of the SSIS code that I encounter performs tasks for which SSIS

Responding to Change over Following A Plan

May. 25, 2016 by

“We have come to value … Responding to change over following a plan” – Agile Manifesto My blog has been a little quiet of late.  I had planned to post most