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Richard Morris Seth Godin: Big in the IT Business
by Richard Morris | 02 February 2012 |
Seth Godin has transformed our understanding of marketing in IT. He invented the concept of 'permission marketing', sees the end of the "TV-Industrial complex" and the techniques of 'interruption-marketing' Instead he sees a sunny future, one where the consumer has... Read more...
Richard Morris Scott Shaw: DBA of the Day
by Richard Morris | 24 January 2012 |
Scott Shaw was one of the finalists to the 2011 Exceptional DBA Award (XDBA). The award was founded in 2008 to recognize the essential but often overlooked contributions of DBAs, the unsung heroes of the IT community. In this interview, Scott describes the... Read more...
Alamzeb Khan Pakistan: Cyber Warfare and Internet Hacking
by Alamzeb Khan | 17 January 2012 |  6 comments |
The extent of malicious hacking on the internet, in pursuit of political or economic advantage, crime or just plain mischief, threatens to escalate the cost of even basic IT infrastructure. In the emerging economies, organised hacking is now beginning to impede... Read more...
Richard Morris The Marmite or Miracle Whip of Computer Languages
by Richard Morris | 03 January 2012 |  4 comments |
What is it about C++ that makes it one of the most important computer languages for systems work, yet so reviled by so many? Like Marmite, or Miracle Whip, nobody seems to take a neutral opinion of it. We asked the languages' creator, the great Bjarne Stroustrup. Read more...
Red Gate Books The Developer's Progress
by Red Gate Books | 07 December 2011 |  1 comment |
With apologies to the famous print of 'The Drunkards Progress' of 1846, we track the plight of the application developer to serve as a warning. Read more...
Richard Morris Jeff Moden: DBA of the Day
by Richard Morris | 24 November 2011 |  23 comments |
Jeff Moden's election to the Exceptional DBA of the Year award for 2011 was a popular one. Although all the finalists were exceptional, Jeff has impressed everyone with his energy, stamina and wit, particularly with his work on SQL Server Central. In conversation... Read more...
Hugh Bin-Haad. The DBA in Space Videos: A Film Critic Writes
by Hugh Bin-Haad. | 21 November 2011 |  3 comments |
We invite the distinguished film critic Hugh Bin-Haad to examine our DBA in Space videos and give his opinion as to their artistic merit. Read more...
Jonathan Allen On Organising Technical Community Events
by Jonathan Allen | 18 November 2011 |
SQL Relay was a great success. The UK SQL Server community managed to pack thirteen SQL Server User group events into one week, and they were on offer absolutely free, It gave everyone a great opportunity to get involved in the SQL community in their local area.... Read more...
Bob Cramblitt Anatomy of an Acquisition: Inside Cerebrata / Red Gate
by Bob Cramblitt | 27 October 2011 |
The sale of a favourite software company can be disheartening for users, creating concern that the tools and team you love will vanish. Red Gate’s Luke Jefferson and Matt Dickens, and Cerebrata’s Gaurav Mantri, discuss how they plan to avoid acquisition pitfalls. Read more...
Bob Cramblitt A Simple-Talk exclusive: Stars of the DBA in Space webisodes - Revealed!
by Bob Cramblitt | 20 October 2011 |
A lot of the buzz around the DBA in Space campaign has centered on the hosts of the snazzy, 60s space-noir webisodes created by Red Gate and The Mill. Simple-Talk sent intrepid reporter Bob Cramblitt to the Rodenberry Launch Center to interview the two hosts, Brad... Read more...
Troy Hunt On Remembering Secure Passwords
by Troy Hunt | 08 September 2011 |  6 comments |
Troy Hunt believes that it is time that we stopped kidding ourselves that we are capable of remembering different secure passwords for all the sites we use. We can't use the same password in more than one site, and passwords must be fit for purpose. So what's the... Read more...
Mike Mooney The Framework Myth
by Mike Mooney | 07 April 2011 |  25 comments |
If ever there was an irresistible programmer’s platitude, it is that code-reuse is invariably a good thing. Unfortunately, even the best of advice can be taken to a ludicrous extreme, the construction of generic frameworks within organisations. Mike Mooney gives a... Read more...
Nick Harrison A Developers' Guide to Refactoring Databases
by Nick Harrison | 04 April 2011 |  20 comments |
When Agile meets 'Big Design', the result can be frustration on both sides. Is it possible for database development to to easily coexist with Agile methodologies for application development? Nick suggests that the technical solutions already exist, and the... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Holiday
by Larry Gonick | 23 February 2011 |  3 comments |
With Derek away, Peter gets underhand and underfoot. Read more...
Bob Cramblitt Red Gate's new Scary DBA: Coming to a town near you
by Bob Cramblitt | 16 February 2011 |
Grant Fritchey, The Scary DBA, has now taken the leap from being a Simple-Talk author and FoRG(Friend of Red Gate) to being employed by Red Gate as 'product evangelist'. As Bob Cramblitt finds out, it means that Grant gets more time to do what he enjoys doing;... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Dinner Out
by Larry Gonick | 16 February 2011 |
Derek sees all, knows all, won't say how. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Blame Game
by Larry Gonick | 09 February 2011 |  1 comment |
You can't please all the people all of the time, because, after all, some of them are jerks. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Derek in Therapy
by Larry Gonick | 02 February 2011 |
Our DBA gets in touch with his inner circuits. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Happy Holidays
by Larry Gonick | 22 December 2010 |  2 comments |
Just how firm are those deadlines? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Personal Space
by Larry Gonick | 13 October 2010 |
Arthur enhances his intelligence. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: To Delete or Not to Delete?
by Larry Gonick | 06 October 2010 |
A Sumerian DBA's Dilemma. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Teamwork
by Larry Gonick | 29 September 2010 |
Derek suffers from fragmentation. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Eyes of Derek
by Larry Gonick | 22 September 2010 |
Keeping Developers in the Proper Frame of Mind. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Summer on the Lake
by Larry Gonick | 15 September 2010 |
Derek gets away from it all. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Healthy Caution or Something Else?
by Larry Gonick | 01 September 2010 |
Derek slips a cog. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Wake-up Call
by Larry Gonick | 25 August 2010 |
A robot's reaction may be a little different from yours or mine. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Beyond Global
by Larry Gonick | 18 August 2010 |
There's more than one way to be green. Read more...
Bob Cramblitt Tracy Hamlin, Exceptional DBA of 2010, on what it means to go the extra mile
by Bob Cramblitt | 18 August 2010 |
Tracy Hamlin has been elected by judges and the SQL Server community as the Exceptional DBA of 2010. The annual awards program, hosted by SQL Server Central and sponsored by Red Gate Software, drew the largest number of community votes in its three-year history. In... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Efficiency Unit
by Larry Gonick | 11 August 2010 |
Leila's layoff generates an innovative workflow strategy. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Consultant, Superstar
by Larry Gonick | 04 August 2010 |
Does success in one field transfer to another? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Command-Line Nostalgia
by Larry Gonick | 28 July 2010 |
Arthur finds philosophy deep in a dialog box. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Refugees
by Larry Gonick | 21 July 2010 |  1 comment |
Why are they here? Why is anyone? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Four Nines
by Larry Gonick | 14 July 2010 |
Jill's cloud looks like a winner. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Surface Area
by Larry Gonick | 07 July 2010 |
Some surfaces are easy to overlook. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: To Sleep, Perchance to Green
by Larry Gonick | 01 July 2010 |
Derek drops off. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Order! Order!
by Larry Gonick | 23 June 2010 |
Leibniz breaks out of a buyer's dilemma that might defeat a subtler mind. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Decisions, Decisions
by Larry Gonick | 16 June 2010 |
Centuries ago, the philosopher Leibniz had a dream that all decisions could be made by machine. Today, his vision comes to life, more or less. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: No Man is an Island
by Larry Gonick | 09 June 2010 |
Not in a Networked World, No Indeed! Read more...
Richard Morris Giancarlo Niccolai: Geek of the Week
by Richard Morris | 07 June 2010 |
Falcon isn't exactly new. It is a scripting language that is designed with a number of programming paradigms for multi-threaded applications. It is growing rapidly in importance. Richard Morris decided to contact Giancarlo, the language's creator, find out why there... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Gurgle, Incorporated
by Larry Gonick | 02 June 2010 |
Derek Encounters Intelligent Plumbing. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Job Interview
by Larry Gonick | 26 May 2010 |
A robot never lies. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Performance Metrics
by Larry Gonick | 19 May 2010 |
Derek adds some bells and whistles to the system. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Meaning of Life
by Larry Gonick | 12 May 2010 |
Who needs DBAs, and why? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Og, Sumerian DBA, Part 2
by Larry Gonick | 05 May 2010 |
A disruptive innovation raises an old, old question. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Spyware
by Larry Gonick | 28 April 2010 |
Eyes are everywhere, but what do they see? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Terminator
by Larry Gonick | 21 April 2010 |  1 comment |
I'm big and impersonal. Are you? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Derek Digs Deep
by Larry Gonick | 14 April 2010 |
The intrepid DBA knows no obstacles but one. Read more...
Hugo Shebbeare Deployment Management is Worth IT: These Templates Should Make You Believe It Too
by Hugo Shebbeare | 14 April 2010 |  5 comments |
Even experienced managers of IT operations can stumble over the most critical part- the documentation. If only there were useful examples around! We commissioned Hugo Shebbeare to explain what is required of such documentation, and why. He has also provided the... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Redundancy and Frugality
by Larry Gonick | 07 April 2010 |
Backing up is hard to do. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Derek on Alert
by Larry Gonick | 31 March 2010 |
Arthur's security blanket lulls him to sleep. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The World at Your Fingertips
by Larry Gonick | 30 March 2010 |
For the geek who has everything. Read more...
Bob Cramblitt Inside Red Gate's HyperBac acquisition
by Bob Cramblitt | 23 March 2010 |
Red Gate’s acquisition of HyperBac pairs two companies that are remarkably similar in technology and customer-service philosophies. Simple-Talk assigned freelance writer Bob Cramblitt to talk to the principals in the new alliance: Jeffrey Aven, director of... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Mirror, Mirror, on the Desk
by Larry Gonick | 17 March 2010 |
Seeing ourselves as we see ourselves. Read more...
Alamzeb Khan Software Piracy in Pakistan
by Alamzeb Khan | 13 March 2010 |  12 comments |
Alamzeb Khan, our Simple-Talk correspondent in Pakistan, goes undercover to discover the true scale of software piracy in his native country. Shocked by his findings, he interviews everyone from professional software engineers to government ministers in his hunt... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Robotic Resources
by Larry Gonick | 10 March 2010 |
Derek is judged by a jury of his peers. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Trojan Horse
by Larry Gonick | 03 March 2010 |
Excuse me, was that geek or Greek? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Temptations of a DBA
by Larry Gonick | 17 February 2010 |  3 comments |
Derek hears voices. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Recurses!
by Larry Gonick | 10 February 2010 |
An argument goes as far as it can and no further. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Performance Acceleration
by Larry Gonick | 03 February 2010 |
Sometimes it's best to keep your secrets to yourself. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Deep Data
by Larry Gonick | 22 January 2010 |
In Which "Data Mining" Acquires a Whole New Meaning. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Sensitive DBA
by Larry Gonick | 13 January 2010 |
Derek is replaced, briefly. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Minds on Fire
by Larry Gonick | 06 January 2010 |
As some things cool down, others heat up. Read more...
Larry Gonick Og, Sumerian DBA
by Larry Gonick | 30 December 2009 |
A tale from the days when civilization was young and everything was harder than it is now Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Santa's Choice
by Larry Gonick | 23 December 2009 |
Sometimes that lump of coal comes studded with gumdrops Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Special Delivery Attempt
by Larry Gonick | 16 December 2009 |
Based on Numerous True-Life Experiences. Read more...
Richard Morris Buck Woody: DBA of the Day
by Richard Morris | 10 December 2009 |  5 comments |
Buck Woody is an irrepressibly ebullient DBA who, since he joined Microsoft, has managed to give the SQL Server development team a much better insight into the everyday problems facing DBAs. He remains refreshingly independent-minded and entertaining. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Ultimate Union
by Larry Gonick | 09 December 2009 |
The Brave New World of Virtual Romance. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Virtual Attendee
by Larry Gonick | 02 December 2009 |
Do You Know Where Your Virtual Computers are Living? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Cube
by Larry Gonick | 25 November 2009 |
Arthur takes some data for a spin. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Mediocrity Defended
by Larry Gonick | 11 November 2009 |
Somebody Has to Do It, Apparently. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: A Frank Exchange of Views
by Larry Gonick | 28 October 2009 |
Different Strokes for Different, um, Robots. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Corrupt Vendor
by Larry Gonick | 22 October 2009 |
Everyone has something to offer. Read more...
Alamzeb Khan Insurgency and IT in Pakistan
by Alamzeb Khan | 16 October 2009 |  2 comments |
It is unsurprising that Pakistan is a source of concern for people who are worried about terrorism and political stability in the world at large, or who have a humanitarian bent. As a significant player in the global skills-outsourcing market, Pakistan's IT sector... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Preparing for Disaster
by Larry Gonick | 14 October 2009 |
Where does annoyance leave off and catastrophe begin? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Launch Party
by Larry Gonick | 01 October 2009 |  1 comment |
Derek tries to augment the draw by adding features. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Psychiatric Science
by Larry Gonick | 30 September 2009 |
An oxymoron, you say? No argument here! Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Time Warp
by Larry Gonick | 23 September 2009 |
Eddies in the organizational flow chart may destabilize a naive observer. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Low Bid
by Larry Gonick | 16 September 2009 |
When a job is too simple to be done in-house, how far down the phylogenetic tree should you go? Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: True Love
by Larry Gonick | 08 September 2009 |
The object of Derek's affection is, well, an object. Read more...
Bob Cramblitt An interview with Josef Richberg - The Exceptional DBA of 2009
by Bob Cramblitt | 03 September 2009 |  1 comment |
Josef Richberg, a DBA with HarperCollins Publishers, has been selected by judges and the DBA community as winner of 2009’s Exceptional DBA Awards, sponsored by Red Gate Software. Freelance writer Bob Cramblitt spoke to Richberg about the role of the DBA and the... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Little Engine That Could
by Larry Gonick | 01 September 2009 |
Total Information Awareness can destroy your sanity. Get used to it. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Insatiable
by Larry Gonick | 26 August 2009 |
You can never have enough (fill in the blank). Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Medical Records
by Larry Gonick | 18 August 2009 |
Data security, meet national security. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Rights Restored
by Larry Gonick | 12 August 2009 |
Don't forget to watch your language Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Hoop Dreams
by Larry Gonick | 04 August 2009 |
Derek has an 'accident' Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Waiting
by Larry Gonick | 29 July 2009 |
Leila learns patience Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Alternative Energy
by Larry Gonick | 22 July 2009 |  4 comments |
Revenge is a dish best served cold, but body temperature's OK, too. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Administration Automated
by Larry Gonick | 14 July 2009 |
Every system has its limits. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: The Nightmare
by Larry Gonick | 07 July 2009 |
It's good to identify with your work, isn't it? Read more...
Larry Gonick Expecting the Worst
by Larry Gonick | 23 June 2009 |
Optimists are often disappointed Read more...
Phil Factor To Boldly Ask IT for Development Work
by Phil Factor | 22 June 2009 |  23 comments |
Phil has always been mystified by the way that, in Science-Fiction films, the crew of space-ships are able to reprogram their ships' computers in order to respond to emergencies, needing no more than a brief klip...klop...klip on the keyboard to effect a huge... Read more...
Larry Gonick Green Enterprise
by Larry Gonick | 17 June 2009 |
How to Profit from saving the world, or not Read more...
Larry Gonick Smelly Code
by Larry Gonick | 10 June 2009 |
Sometimes viewing a problem from a distance can clarify matters Read more...
Karla Kay Remail Thinking of Setting up a SQL Server Users Group?
by Karla Kay Remail | 03 June 2009 |  11 comments |
The work of setting up a SQL Users Group isn't always easy, but, as Karla relates, it can be a very rewarding experience. She gives some detailed and useful advice for anyone wishing to get a local group up and running, gleaned from her first year with the excellent... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Being and Knowing
by Larry Gonick | 03 June 2009 |  1 comment |
Schrödinger's cat escapes its box. Read more...
Richard Morris Ken Blanchard meets the One Minute Reporter
by Richard Morris | 28 May 2009 |  3 comments |
With economic doom and gloom all around him, Richard Morris decides to seek advice before starting a business. Who better, we suggest, than Ken Blanchard, the relentlessly optimistic purveyor of uplifting materials to the wannabe entrepreneurs, and author of the... Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Data Revisions
by Larry Gonick | 28 May 2009 |
Raw Materials Comic Strip: A deleted table leaves some ghostly data behind... Read more...
Phil Factor The Book 'Confessions of an IT Manager'
by Phil Factor | 27 May 2009 |
For three and a half years, the 'Confessions of an IT Manager', by Phil Factor, have been a distinctive part of Simple-Talk's output. Now compiled into a 300 page book, they form a unique commentary of the comic, and someties bizarre, nature of a career in IT. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Disapproval
by Larry Gonick | 20 May 2009 |
"It is a narrow mind that cannot see things from more than one point of view." —George Eliot Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Harmonious Connections
by Larry Gonick | 13 May 2009 |
In which Arthur makes some changes for the sake of another. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Cloud Computing, the Next Generation
by Larry Gonick | 08 May 2009 |
The pros and cons of having computing power close at hand. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Recipe for Disaster
by Larry Gonick | 06 May 2009 |
A hardware problem disrupts a culinary algorithm. Read more...
Larry Gonick Raw Materials: Transportation Management
by Larry Gonick | 29 April 2009 |
Transportation Management is an information technology problem in more ways than one. Read more...
Larry Gonick Auguries
by Larry Gonick | 23 April 2009 |
Raw Materials: In his quest for certainty, Arthur plays chicken with common sense. Read more...
Richard Morris Sarah Lacey on The Rise of Web 2.0
by Richard Morris | 14 April 2009 |  5 comments |
Sarah Lacy's commentary on the IT Industry for BusinessWeek is widely read and causes polarised opinions. She is a skilled and experienced writer whose work on TechCrunch is a virtuoso display of the art of blogging. Her treatment at the hands of the audience at... Read more...
Larry Gonick The Wardrobe Compatibility Matrix
by Larry Gonick | 05 April 2009 |
The Theoretical foundations of wardrobe security are little understood. Read more...
David Craig Making IT Work in the Public Sector
by David Craig | 30 March 2009 |  4 comments |
The Information Technology Reform Act, commonly known as the 'Clinger-Cohen' act, spelled the end of the 'Wild West days of federal IT'. By contrast, in the UK, the cowboys are everywhere in the public sector since the British Labour Government decided to bypass the... Read more...
Larry Gonick Females Explained
by Larry Gonick | 22 March 2009 |  4 comments |
Raw Materials Comic Strip:Language can mean more than we intended, or less. Read more...
Larry Gonick Childish Games
by Larry Gonick | 09 March 2009 |  2 comments |
Raw Materials Comic Strip:Digitization transforms yet another of our most cherished traditions. Read more...
Richard Morris Simon Sabin Says SQLBits
by Richard Morris | 03 March 2009 |
SQLBits is the largest SQL Server conference in Europe. Because it is held on a Saturday, and is free, it has proved extremely popular with database professionals, especially in the current economic climate. SQLBits is renowned for the quality and independence of... Read more...
Larry Gonick Everyone Wants to Win
by Larry Gonick | 24 February 2009 |
Raw Materials Comic Strip: Leila plays chess against a truly competitive computer. Read more...
Larry Gonick The Vermillion Screen of Death
by Larry Gonick | 12 February 2009 |  10 comments |
Raw Materials Comic Strip: An elementary error foils Peter's plans for world domination. Read more...
Phil Factor Phrenetic Phil and the SQL Shootout
by Phil Factor | 03 February 2009 |  11 comments |
Phil Factor turns to burlesque in order to reinforce his point that an ability to answer SQL Technical questions isn't really a measure of anyone's fitness for a real job of work. He is struck by the expression 'SQL Shootout', and the rest is left to his... Read more...
David Craig Free Download of David Craig's book
by David Craig | 30 January 2009 |
Simple Talk gives their subscribers an exclusive Ebook, Rip Off! by David Craig worth £8.50 Read more...
Richard Morris Up Against It: Gary McKinnon
by Richard Morris | 22 January 2009 |  12 comments |
In the first of a new series about IT people or organisations in trouble, or 'Up Against It', we send Richard Morris to interview a curiously nondescript hacker from Crouch End called Gary, who gives an impression completely at odds with the 'evil Genius' described... Read more...
TJay Belt Can Twitter Help your Professional Development?
by TJay Belt | 16 December 2008 |  1 comment |
At PASS this year, there was a great deal of 'twittering' going on. Effectively, the attendants were able to broadcast text messages amongst themselves, by using Twitter. Suddenly, Twitter was more than a technology looking for a use. TJay Belt explains why DBAs are... Read more...
Stephan Onisick Taking Back Control of your IT Career
by Stephan Onisick | 06 November 2008 |  11 comments |
It can, and does, happen during the average IT career. Suddenly you have lost your job. It is a time when you have to think carefully about your strategy, what you want to aim for, and then take back control of your IT Career. Stephan Onisick writes frankly about... Read more...
Brad McGehee Tech-Fest of Champions: How to run a community IT conference
by Brad McGehee | 04 November 2008 |  1 comment |
Everybody who attended seems to speak well of the IndyTechFest. It is a great example of how to organise a free local conference for IT people who wish to increase their skills and knowledge. So how is it done? Brad McGehee decided to find out by talking to one of... Read more...
Phil Factor The Data Center that Exploded
by Phil Factor | 28 October 2008 |  14 comments |
A while back, in a Simple-Talk editorial meeting, someone bet Phil that he couldn't come up with a Halloween story. To our surprise he said he could, as long as he didn't have to keep to the strict literal truth. In the end, he came up with a story about a story,... Read more...
Brian Harris Chrome Browser: A Novel Approach to Language
by Brian Harris | 16 September 2008 |  8 comments |
As a Technical Author, one of the most important tasks that you face is to make the language of applications as obvious, intuitive and accessible as possible. Google's approach to language attempts to do this AND to reflect its overall ethos - that it's homely and... Read more...
Richard Morris Women in IT: Change at Every Level
by Richard Morris | 10 September 2008 |  7 comments |
In the past, straight-forward sexism was a real problem in the IT industry – women in IT were discriminated against simply because they were women. Overt sexism like that is finished, legally, and in the western societies we have moved on. However, a second, more... Read more...
Joe Webb Creating Technical Presentations
by Joe Webb | 01 September 2008 |  12 comments |
Making a technical presentation is like being interviewed. It is not a skill that you are likely to need often, but when you do, advice culled from experience can make all the difference to the outcome; and like successful interviews, successful technical... Read more...
Phil Factor Bunnikins!
by Phil Factor | 24 August 2008 |  5 comments |
When an IT manager is selected as a victim of office politics of a large corporate, it is time for him to engage in intelligence-gathering. Phil Factor exposes a ruthless streak when called to account over an Engineering Workflow system. Read more...
Bob Cramblitt The Future of Reflector
by Bob Cramblitt | 20 August 2008 |  42 comments |
Simple Talk asked freelance writer Bob Cramblitt to sit down with the two people behind the agreement that Red Gate will be responsible for the future development of .NET Reflector, and discuss with them what it means to the community and the future of Reflector. Read more...
Phil Factor The Wrong Fabia
by Phil Factor | 04 July 2008 |  15 comments |
There is often more than a twinge of embarrassment when an Email goes astray, and is received by the wrong person. Phil remembers an occasion when it nearly ended a career, but somehow, ironically, changed it for the better. Read more...
Anna Larjomaa The First Business Application Programmer
by Anna Larjomaa | 02 July 2008 |
David Caminer, who died on June 19th must surely be the First Business Application Programmer. He invented the software concepts and systems that we still use today to develop business software. He wrote the worlds first working computerized payroll system,... Read more...
Phil Factor The Walrus and the Manager
by Phil Factor | 05 June 2008 |  6 comments |
Why do Phil's eyes water whenever he hears the poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'? Is it the voice of his conscience or memories of struggles selling software services to large companies? Why does he identify so strongly with the eldest oyster? Read more...
Richard Morris Risking your Reputation
by Richard Morris | 27 May 2008 |  2 comments |
IT companies sometimes don't survive an incident that damages their reputation. Often, when happenstance brings a commercial disaster, businesses make things worse by their instinctive reaction to clam up. We sent the square-jawed Richard Morris off into the rain in... Read more...
Phil Factor The Time Bomb
by Phil Factor | 29 April 2008 |  5 comments |
Phil cheerfully admits to his fair share of accidental IT disasters. His experiences some time ago with the Time Bomb, where his software crashed and threatened civil unreast in a far-away country were, however, deliberate. Read more...
Richard Morris The Burning Men - The IT drug habit
by Richard Morris | 29 April 2008 |  10 comments |
It would seem bizzare that IT staff who depend on their quick wits for their living should ever think it a good idea to fry their brains with recreational drugs. It is therefore worrying to hear that there has been a 34 percent increase in IT employees in the US... Read more...
Neil Davidson The Paradox of the Middle Man
by Neil Davidson | 23 April 2008 |
As we get swamped by more and more information, and more and more choices, we're going to need more and more help filtering the data and making our choices...It's a paradox: the more we can remove middle men, the more we need them. Read more...
Richard Morris Blogged to death
by Richard Morris | 14 April 2008 |  4 comments |
Suddenly, Bloggers aren't just writing the news, they are the news. Are we expected to believe that the pressures of the job are enough to cause premature death and disease amongst professional bloggers? Is it now time to feel sorry for the high-profile... Read more...
Andrew Clarke Selling Software
by Andrew Clarke | 27 March 2008 |  7 comments |
In some ways, wanting to make a living as a Software tool writer is like wanting to be a professional rock star or footballer. The success-stories are more visible than the others. Here, Andrew Clarke salutes the others and explains some of the pitfalls. Despite... Read more...
Phil Factor The New Man
by Phil Factor | 25 March 2008 |  16 comments |
Working in IT, one meets all sorts of people, but rarely quite so odd, or creepy, as a 'New Man'. Phil Factor relates how a brush with such a character got him the sack on the second day in a new job. Read more...
Richard Morris The Dark Arts of Journalism
by Richard Morris | 16 March 2008 |  2 comments |
Although the IT industry is usually blamed for security breaches in confidential databases, it is likely that it is usually the staff that operate the databases that are responsible. Should we be designing IT systems that log and report every access by the users? We... Read more...
Richard Morris Level Playing Field
by Richard Morris | 27 February 2008 |  4 comments |
The Federal Government in the States accepts tenders for their IT projects from a wide-range of competent, innovative software companies. In Britain, by contrast, 11 firms account for 80% of the UK government IT projects, despite some spectacular disasters. Why... Read more...
Richard Morris Exporting our Competence
by Richard Morris | 05 February 2008 |  9 comments |
There are several initiatives that have ambitions to replace the Internet. Some of these, in the States and Europe, we know about, but the ones that should concern us are the ones we know almost nothing of. In China, the funding and the political will is at its... Read more...
Richard Morris The Seven Billion Dollar Man
by Richard Morris | 29 January 2008 |  10 comments |
When the incredible news broke, last week, that a trader at the third-largest bank in France, the Société Générale, had allegedly managed to over-ride the entire compliance mechanism of the bank, implemented at immense cost by a department of 2000 IT compliance... Read more...
Phil Factor Creation by Committee
by Phil Factor | 25 January 2008 |  10 comments |
Phil Factor got to wondering how on earth the wonderful frescos of the Sistine Chapel ever got painted, if the type of corporate 'best-practice' and management now seen in IT development projects were in place then. Phil Factor imagines the pressures on Michelangelo... Read more...
Richard Morris Cybercrime Cop-out
by Richard Morris | 21 January 2008 |  1 comment |
In the US, the IC3 has shown the world how to tackle the immense threat of Cybercrime. Britain's current government record makes a painful contrast. Richard Morris, our roving reporter, exposes a sad, but familiar, tale of British muddle and spin. Read more...
Richard Morris The Winter of our Missing Disc Content
by Richard Morris | 08 January 2008 |  11 comments |
The UK government, ten years ago, launched several reforms of the public sector, pinning their faith in radical IT initiatives to create a powerful, efficient, welfare state. Only now is the full extent of the failure of this dream becoming apparent. Our... Read more...
Phil Factor Tomorrow will be our Dancing Day
by Phil Factor | 13 December 2007 |  13 comments |
Someone recently told Phil that it was impossible to tell a good ghost story about IT Development. Great mistake. Noone of a nervous disposition should read this.... Read more...
Patrick Index The Resurrection of the Contractometer
by Patrick Index | 27 November 2007 |  14 comments |
Patrick is gripped by nostalgia for the golden age of IT Contactors in London, and proposes a revival of the Contractometer, a software device for increasing morale Read more...
Richard Morris A Life After Crime
by Richard Morris | 25 November 2007 |  5 comments |
Our redoubtable reporter goes in search of the stories of some of the IT high-flyers who blew their tech career by getting in trouble with the law. Read more...
Phil Factor The Computer that Swore
by Phil Factor | 13 November 2007 |  24 comments |
Database Developers occasionally get crazy ideas into their heads. Phil Factor should know; He confesses that he's had a few completely loopy notions that he pursued to destruction before realising his error. Read more...
Richard Morris Restraining the Workplace Bully
by Richard Morris | 05 November 2007 |  13 comments |
Workplace bullying is not to be taken lightly. For the victim it can be traumatising. It is a symptom of poor management and badly-functioning teamwork, and now, at last, it is not only contemptible but also illegal Read more...
Phil Factor The Joy of NAD
by Phil Factor | 30 October 2007 |  11 comments |
Phil Factor convenes a short meeting to discuss the data architecture for storing a client's contact details...how painful could it be? Phil Factor discovers that even the simplest database can be a major cause of grief and complexity Read more...
Richard Morris IT Interviews and the law
by Richard Morris | 09 October 2007 |  4 comments |
Have you ever wondered whether those odd questions and tests you are sometimes asked at interview are actually legal and pertinent. The answers may interest you and are important for any interviwer to know Read more...
Phil Factor Captain Codd and the Simple Proposition
by Phil Factor | 26 September 2007 |  9 comments |
A Pantomime for Database Professionals. Read more...
Richard Morris Handcuff Your IT Staff
by Richard Morris | 24 September 2007 |  3 comments |
Our fearless and intrepid reporter investigates the constant struggle between IT headhunters and the IT departments that are using employment contracts to defend against their activities. Read more...
Patrick Index A Cynic's Top Ten Tips for IT Contractors
by Patrick Index | 24 August 2007 |  33 comments |
As autumn approaches, Patrick Index produces ten hot chestnuts for IT Contractors like himself, with a jaundiced 'contractors-eye view'. Read more...
Richard Morris When the wheels come off
by Richard Morris | 21 August 2007 |  3 comments |
It is somewhat comforting to know that even the great and the good in industry make mistakes. The IT industry is amongst the leaders. Our investigative reporter is on the trail... Read more...
Richard Morris The DBA and the Battle for Reputations
by Richard Morris | 18 July 2007 |  8 comments |
Richard Morris comments on the perception amongst some DBAs that the reputation of their profession is declining. In today’s world of burgeoning information theft, are DBAs part of the problem or part of the solution? Read more...
Phil Factor Smoke and Mirrors
by Phil Factor | 13 July 2007 |  13 comments |
It seems hard to imagine that a presentation on a new IT application to the directors can go too well. Phil doesn't need to imagine- it happened to him. He winces at the memory. Read more...
Phil Factor The Challenge
by Phil Factor | 19 June 2007 |  10 comments |
In which Phil is challenged to organize a concerted beer drinking session in an establishment dedicated to beer manufacture. Read more...
Phil Factor Hens that Crow
by Phil Factor | 25 May 2007 |  12 comments |
Short on results, but long on superficially plausible technical excuses, Phil Factor describes his dealings with the hen that crowed… Read more...
Phil Factor Fired With Enthusiasm
by Phil Factor | 30 April 2007 |  20 comments |
After years working his fingers to the bone on his own IT business, Phil was enjoying the relative tranquillity of work at a City of London bank. However, he was shocked by the number of "light arms" in the IT department, who didn't do a stroke of useful work all... Read more...
Bob Cramblitt David Atkinson: The who, what, when, where, why and how of software testing
by Bob Cramblitt | 16 April 2007 |  5 comments |
Red Gate Software's approach to testing is famous for its precision and thoroughness. So what's it like to be a tester in such an exacting environment? David Atkinson, Red Gate's test manager, gives us a glimpse behind the scenes. Read more...
Richard Morris Enabling the Blind to See the Web
by Richard Morris | 14 March 2007 |  1 comment |
For most net users, trying to navigate a badly designed website means irritation. For disabled people, particularly those with a visual impairment or who find it difficult to use a mouse, bad design means many sites are out of bounds. Not only are these websites... Read more...
Phil Factor The March of Technology
by Phil Factor | 28 February 2007 |  20 comments |
In which Phil, under the influence of a surfeit of lobster, some fine wine and a large book, conjures up an imaginary Bill Gates, lets him know why people aren't flocking to SQL 2005, and offers him a turning off of the path to ever more complex and bloated database... Read more...
Richard Morris Second Life: A Virtual World of Real Money
by Richard Morris | 29 January 2007 |  5 comments |
As more and more people invest in alter egos to live a pseudo life online in Linden Labs' latest creation, Richard Morris investigates the potential of Second Life's cyberspace and the motivations of many corporate brands to join the international virtual world. Read more...
William Brewer Falling off the Web Log
by William Brewer | 18 January 2007 |  1 comment |
Getting statistics out of website usage isn't a real problem. There are many ways to do it and plenty commercial packages that provide a 'turnkey' solution. The real problem is getting your hands on those elusive, meaningful statistics that will give you true... Read more...
Jesse Liberty Are there ethical limits on whom you'll work for?
by Jesse Liberty | 11 January 2007 |  17 comments |
It can be all too easy to turn a blind eye to the moral values of the organization that provides your salary. Jesse Liberty explains why he believes we should stop and think more often...and also how difficult this task can be. Read more...
Richard Morris Why editorial freedom is worth fighting for
by Richard Morris | 05 January 2007 |  3 comments |
One of the biggest challenges in running any publication is balancing editorial freedom …the ability to report on all events that affect the community without fear or favour …against the need to meet your "bottom line". Currently, the advertorial, pop-up and... Read more...
Richard Morris The India Skills Gap
by Richard Morris | 28 December 2006 |  16 comments |
As outsourcing demands continue to grow, Richard Morris investigates a worrying shortage in India's pool of IT talent, and its potential consequences for their burgeoning technology sector. Read more...
Claire Brooking The Simple-Talk Cookbook
by Claire Brooking | 21 December 2006 |  9 comments |
Written by geeks, for geeks, the Simple-Talk Cookbook is a quirky culinary collection of recipes by SQL Server and .NET MVPs and experts, who would like to inspire Simple-Talk readers to ditch their microwave convenience meals for some more nourishing dishes this... Read more...
Phil Factor Phil Factor on the Law
by Phil Factor | 21 December 2006 |  7 comments |
Taking the adversarial system to task with vigour and courage, Phil Factor gives us his view on how to handle the trials of litigation if all cannot be solved by a hearty pub lunch. Read more...
Richard Morris An Interview with Tim Berners-Lee
by Richard Morris | 20 December 2006 |  2 comments |
Richard Morris offers some revealing insights into what the "father of the web" thinks about his invention, where it is heading, and how it can fulfil its full potential. Read more...
Jesse Liberty Breaking Spam
by Jesse Liberty | 20 December 2006 |  12 comments |
'SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM...lovely SPAM, wonderful SPAM'. Spam, like the Viking call in Monty Python's famous sketch, is persistent and annoying. Jesse Liberty offers his opinion on how we can combat this issue now and in the future. Read more...
Sarah Blow Women in Technology: Innovation and Girl Geek Dinners
by Sarah Blow | 15 December 2006 |  5 comments |
An interview with Sarah Blow, founder of the London Girl Geek Dinners. Read more...
Phil Factor Free Phil Factor eBook: Confessions of an IT Manager
by Phil Factor | 13 December 2006 |  8 comments |
Download a 108-page eBook in which Phil tells all on a career spent in the rough-and-tumble of the IT industry. It's FREE for registered users! Read more...
Jesse Liberty Programmer Superstitions
by Jesse Liberty | 11 December 2006 |  27 comments |
Why do we cling to some programming traditions so strongly? Jesse Liberty asks us to pause, ponder and re-assess the value of many of our superstitions. Read more...
Phil Factor On Training Your IT Manager
by Phil Factor | 23 November 2006 |  11 comments |
A keen new manager, with ambitions to make his mark, can cause all sorts of unpleasantness in the workplace. Phil Factor explains how to train your new manager to the required standards... Read more...
Richard Morris Tales of Corporate Espionage
by Richard Morris | 16 November 2006 |  1 comment |
Corporate espionage eats into an organisation's wealth, but Richard Morris explains how corporate detectives are often hired at great cost to root out what is sometimes viewed as a harmless crime. Read more...
Jesse Liberty Being Out at work
by Jesse Liberty | 08 November 2006 |  49 comments |
Jesse Liberty, MVP and President of Liberty Associates, Inc. discusses the often complex and life-changing decision to come out in the working environment. Read more...
Richard Morris Cyber Crime
by Richard Morris | 23 October 2006 |  8 comments |
Richard Morris investigates the increasingly sophisticated tactics of an industry that survives and thrives by feeding off the wealth of others. Read more...
Tim Gorman Bad CaRMa
by Tim Gorman | 16 October 2006 |  32 comments |
From hope and euphoria, to desperation, firings and the ultimate demise of a company. Tim Gorman charts the rise and fall of a "visionary" IT project. Read more...
Richard Morris The CV Detectives
by Richard Morris | 12 October 2006 |  24 comments |
As more and more CV fraudsters creep into the technology sector, increasingly covert tactics have to be employed to hunt them out. Richard Morris reveals all... Read more...
Phil Factor The Yancey Men
by Phil Factor | 03 October 2006 |  7 comments |
Ever wondered what the perfect IT director might be like? Phil Factor experimented... Read more...
Damon Armstrong Contract Coding: Ensuring your Client pays up
by Damon Armstrong | 26 September 2006 |  22 comments |
Damon Armstrong learned the hard way that not having a clearly defined project scope or contract can come back to bite the contracting programmer. Here, he offers his tips and insights on how to avoid similar conflict with your own contracts and clients. Read more...
Phil Factor The Essex Men
by Phil Factor | 14 September 2006 |  9 comments |
A band of muscly Essex men take on the geeky IT department in a basketball match - if you think the victor of this challenge sounds like a foregone conclusion, read on... Read more...
Phil Factor Was Offshoring Responsible for Hamlet?
by Phil Factor | 05 September 2006 |  5 comments |
Phil Factor imagines how Hamlet ended up as the play we know and..err..love, with a little help from cost-cutting and offshoring. Read more...
Jim Fuller XML and RDBMS: 10 years on
by Jim Fuller | 25 August 2006 |  13 comments |
As we approach the 10-year anniversary of XML, Jim Fuller provides a personal retrospective, focussing on how XML has been and will be used with the RDBMS. Read more...
Phil Factor If IT had been responsible for the Creation
by Phil Factor | 09 August 2006 |  15 comments |
In which Phil Factor takes the liberty of retelling the Creation story to make it 'relevant' to the modern IT professional. Read more...
Adrian Furnham Cultivating Creativity in your IT team
by Adrian Furnham | 25 July 2006 |  5 comments |
Professor of Psychology, Adrian Furnham, discusses whether or not you can teach your IT team to be creative. Read more...
Phil Factor The Whipping Boy
by Phil Factor | 21 July 2006 |  9 comments |
Talented and highly-valued IT professional or convenient corporate whipping boy? Phil Factor walks the line... Read more...
Tony Davis Editorial: a Guided Tour of the new Simple-Talk
by Tony Davis | 14 July 2006 |
A whirlwind tour of some of the Simple-Talks's new features, including article commenting, blogs and forums. Read more...
Phil Factor The Ghost in the Machine
by Phil Factor | 27 June 2006 |  4 comments |
I have always felt rather second-rate as an IT pundit as I have yet to introduce my own TLA (Three-letter Acronym ) into the IT industry. I would therefore like to suggest a new branch of IT: solving IT problems by Antiquarian Research in Technology. Or ART, to us... Read more...
Dominick Reed Creating Usable Applications
by Dominick Reed | 21 June 2006 |
If I had a penny for every person who said “usability is just common sense”, I’d have a pretty reasonable stack of pennies – maybe 30 or so. Clearly I’m not going to be able to retire on this, but at least it demonstrates that many people have misconceptions about... Read more...
Phil Factor Talking Technical
by Phil Factor | 26 May 2006 |  1 comment |
Developers, programmers and designers tend to be deeply geeky types, immersed in the minutiae of the technology. In stark contrast, many IT managers appear to have difficulty working the remote controls on their television. This cultural gap between the foot soldier... Read more...
Tony Davis Editorial: a new Simple-Talk
by Tony Davis | 16 May 2006 |  691 comments |
By the end of May we will have launched a brand new version of the Simple-Talk web site. In this article, I explain my vision for the new site, and talk about the process I went through to get it to the brink of launch. Read more...
Phil Factor Betting on Promotion
by Phil Factor | 09 May 2006 |  1 comment |
The process of appointing managers in large IT department is shrouded in mystery. The bewilderingly random and illogical nature of the process makes it a gambler's delight, and it's often difficult for workers to resist the odd wager on the outcome. Read more...
Phil Factor The Writing on the Wall
by Phil Factor | 27 April 2006 |  5 comments |
Phil Factor offers an intriguing theory on why so many, hugely complex, government IT projects fail. Is it because there is a world of difference between the business processes that really take place in a company and the management's understanding of those processes? Read more...
Helen Joyce Driving up software quality - the role of the tester
by Helen Joyce | 20 April 2006 |  43 comments |
Have you ever wondered what a software tester does? Helen Joyce, test engineer at Red Gate software gives us an insight. Read more...
Tony Davis On Microsoft CTPs and long release cycles
by Tony Davis | 13 April 2006 |
Microsoft’s CTP program can result in higher quality, more usable, and more secure products— but when badly managed, it can also cause confusion and fuel doubt. Read more...
Matt Stephens Agile Development and ICONIX
by Matt Stephens | 06 April 2006 |  2 comments |
Software projects fail for all sorts of reasons, although the same reasons crop up over and over again. The ICONIX process might offer a way out. Read more...
Phil Factor IT Agencies and the Devil
by Phil Factor | 15 March 2006 |  3 comments |
Whenever I worry about how I shall earn a crust when my mental powers start failing, I always console myself with the thought that I can go and start an IT employment agency. Many before me have done so. It is remarkably easy, as the profession of "Employment Agent"... Read more...
Steve Joubert Creating Motivated Developers
by Steve Joubert | 08 March 2006 |  3 comments |
If you're an IT manager, then your vision of "Peace on Earth" is probably a carefree existence where developers finish projects on-time and on-budget and who do only and exactly what you asked them to do. So it may surprise you to read that having your developers... Read more...
Douglas Reilly Coming Out as a Cancer Survivor - A Guide for Software Developers
by Douglas Reilly | 06 March 2006 |  11 comments |
A personal perspective on the responsibilities of a cancer-surviving software developer Read more...
Phil Factor Two stops short of Dagenham
by Phil Factor | 09 February 2006 |  4 comments |
Phil Factor mourns the demise of the Eccentric in the IT World - "One of the best programmers I ever met was referred to, in Essex jargon, as being 'two stops short of Dagenham' (Barking)*. Read more...
Steve Joubert Project Management 101
by Steve Joubert | 02 February 2006 |  3 comments |
Most software projects fail. Only about a quarter are completely successful. About half are late and over budget and the remaining quarter just fade into oblivion. What if there was a simple way to ensure your project’s success? There is, and it’s all about starting... Read more...
Phil Factor Survival tips for powerpoint
by Phil Factor | 17 January 2006 |  1 comment |
The Database Mole Presents Survival tips for PowerPoint boredom Read more...
Phil Factor Secrets of successful IT projects
by Phil Factor | 17 November 2005 |  4 comments |
The database mole shares his secrets of successful IT projects, and pitfalls to avoid. Read more...
Phil Factor The database mole
by Phil Factor | 18 October 2005 |  7 comments |
Bogus resumes and unblushing lies: navigating the database hiring waters and selecting a development team. Read more...
Arthur Fuller FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt)
by Arthur Fuller | 10 October 2005 |  3 comments |
FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt): Where does Access fit in Microsoft’s future? And why is that question important? Read more...
Arthur Fuller Software patents - stupid or insane?
by Arthur Fuller | 22 August 2005 |  3 comments |
Arthur Fuller considers software patents to be both stupid and insane, is it time for a review of patent law? Read more...
Simon Galbraith SQL Server Central Interview
by Simon Galbraith | 13 May 2005 | Not rated yet
Steve Jones interviews Red Gate Software’s Simon Galbraith and discusses Simon’s current views on the industry. Read more...
David Travis Measuring and tracking usability
by David Travis | 09 May 2005 |
Can you define usability in a single score? And if you are to measure and track an attribute, you must first define it. Read more...
Simon Galbraith Free ebook download available
by Simon Galbraith | 28 April 2005 |  40 comments |
Red Gate Software is offering free downloads of the book, Best of SQLServerCentral.com, Vol. 2, a collection of the best articles from SQLServerCentral.com. Read more...
Douglas Reilly Is there coding life after 40?
by Douglas Reilly | 09 March 2005 |  4 comments |
I was about 40 when a well-meaning vice president at my company pulled me aside at a party and told me that I was getting too old to code. Read more...
Simon Galbraith When ROI is overkill
by Simon Galbraith | 01 May 2004 | Not rated yet
Why return on investment, risk analysis, and requirements analysis, doesn't always work for smaller software packages. Read more...
Phil Basham Win purchase decisions
by Phil Basham | 13 April 2004 | Not rated yet
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Simon Galbraith Outsourcing: does it reward theft?
by Simon Galbraith | 09 September 2003 | Not rated yet
A much greater percentage of corporate users in the developing world hack our licensing systems than do those in the more developed parts of the world. This doesn't apply to expats of these countries when based in the USA and UK. Read more...
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