A Million Little Things: Global Baselines
10/04/18 Baselines are one of my favorite topics, as setting them is one of the most important things you can do when measuring data. It should underpin everything that you do, whe…
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The Problem of Complexity in Modern Backup Software
10/02/18 Data protection is a complicated endeavor. This is largely because IT is a complicated endeavor, and data protection involves backing up all the data from existing IT depl…
Seeing the Big Picture: Give Me All of the Data
09/13/18 The collection of operational and and analytics information can be an addictive habit, especially in the case of an interesting and active network. However, this informati…
The Difference Between Lock Wait Timeout and Deadlock
09/12/18 If you use ACID transactional databases, you’ve probably heard of lock wait timeouts and deadlocks. What are these? And how are they different? Inevitably, many of us will…
Databases 101 – Factors to Consider When Choosing a Database
09/06/18 In part one of this series, we discussed the different types of databases available on the market today. In part two, we discussed how to choose the right database for you…
The Hidden Costs of Backup Software
08/31/18 The focus of data protection has changed. Backups and data recovery used to exist primarily to protect against human error or natural disaster. The focus was on recovering…
Culture of Data Protection: What Your Customers Expect
08/23/18 We’ve talked about building a culture, why it applies to all data environments, and some specific types of data protection features you should be considering. Today, we’ll…
Databases 101: Choosing the Right Database
08/20/18 In my last post, we talked about the different types of databases available on the market for you to choose from. With over 300 options, it is hard to know which one is th…
Culture of Data Protection: Data Quality, Privacy, and Security
08/10/18 As I explained in previous posts on building a culture of data protection, we in the technology world must embrace data protection by design. To Reward, We Must Measure. H…
What Is Root Cause Analysis?
08/10/18 If you work in engineering or support, you’ve probably spent a lot of time troubleshooting things. You’ve probably spent just as much time trying to figure out why things …
Are Women in Technology Receiving Bad Advice?
08/08/18 IEEE ProComm 2018 Recently, I attended the IEEE ProComm 2018 conference in Toronto. I had the opportunity to hear about research and ideas involving professional communica…
What Is Cardinality in Monitoring?
07/30/18 I wrote a couple of “definitions and nuances” posts about terminology in databases recently (cardinality, selectivity), and today I want to write one about cardinality in …