While cloud adoption is happening at a different pace in every organisation, the speed of adoption for the businesses Coeo works with is getting faster. However, they’re not all replacing all of their existing IT systems with new cloud services. Instead, many are integrating cloud services with..
Leading a digital future
In my new role at Coeo as Head of Digital Transformation, I’ll be helping Coeo to help its customers become digital businesses.
Money buys influence, as well as IT services
In the past, the IT departments bought an organisation’s IT services. In the future, they’ll also need funding from business units so they can afford to deploy the new services they want as well as modernise those they want to keep. Along with their cash though comes the expectation of influence..
Browsing into the future of database platforms
Past success is no guarantee of success in the future. Database platforms, like web browsers, might be an established technology but the demands of them are likely to change more in the next two years than in the previous 25.
Ephemeral Port Exhaustion
During my years as a DBA I’ve come across ephemeral port exhaustion just a handful of times. It is rare enough that is not often considered, not widely understood and can cause extreme confusion when it does pop up. Understanding what port exhaustion is and why it can occur can make your job..
Databases with their own server level settings
Being a futurist, I like new features and SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database have one that’s really caught my eye!
Betting against the law books
Microsoft’s recent announcement about a new format of Azure data centre in Germany suggests European organisations worry as much about the US Government accessing their data as they do hackers
When innovation outpaces rules and regulations
Now more than ever citizens, employees and leaders are ready and happy to use the digital era’s newest capabilities. Rule makers at every level in life need to be supporting innovation rather assuming the worst and trying to stall it – or worse banning it.