shuckyshark · Director, Information Systems · ✭✭✭✭✭

It's funny you said that rschroeder​ - everyone seems to be on board with data, remote access, etc...but really...is it too hard to program a non-IT home thermostat? Is it really too hard to open the fridge to see what you need to purchase?

i love the battles!

yeah, I had a conversation with someone about what if's for project management. He said whatever, you guys are just glorified note takers... Then I asked him to create a project about going to the store to buy milk... it ended up being a 2 hour conversation...

Don't know...wouldn't it be nice to be able to scroll through the whole list???? I think several people have commented on how great this feature would be...

Not here...everyone knows my take on clouds...

I'd rather get flooded with information, then use alert central and LEM to help organize and search through the important/critical information.

can we go back to talking about bacon rather than backups...

I'm not even ready to do that yet, byrona​...

Trust but verify is a common slogan I use...not just for technology, but in general management and HR.

Well, I will admit that I prefer Star Wars over Star Trek...I was almost 6 when Star Wars first came to the theater...

lol, I love those bots...such a great value for my time...

Fake news can be funny, tho...

problem is, the operating system is part of the problem...until we can get AI to program independently, humans will always make mistakes in development which opens up security holes.

Standardization is a huge bonus, if you can do it. Not only can you consistently apply security settings, but should an issue arise, you don't have to hunt around at configs and versions, as everthing is the same!

hmmm, can it fix itself, deploy and expand itself as needed as well? That'd be supercool.

Our servers and storage were 5 years old and warranty and support were expiring. So, we got rid of all our traditional sans (we were already using VM Ware), and migrated everything to Dell's hyper-converged VX-Rail system with integrated vSAN and 10-gig backbones. Took a bit to get everything straightened out, but it's…

a bit creepy...

Thanks wabbott​ - sorry to keep you so busy... :-)

Nice article

compliance is with everything can be expensive, difficult, and so time consuming...at least with legislation behind us, we have more leverage to petition and gather the funds required.

applications are the trickiest to troubleshoot...

Is there an article on the vmware sell off? I can't seem to find anything

If you are an accidental DBA, one high priority item should be to hassle your supervisor as much as possible for training.

i agree that all printers are boobytrapped! if it's not the network, it's the printers!

and do a third party external audit first prior to help patch some unknown holes...

time to beef up my security again...

same here...

today's question was tricky...

I guess you've stepped in the role of Accidental DBA...CONGRATS!!!! :-)

I love little quizzes...not only do they take away from my day to day work and provide a much needed break, I actually learn something!