The role of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) has changed dramatically in recent years. Once a tech...
Author - Stephen Watts
An Introduction to Database Reliability
Data is arguably the most important asset that your organization has. Your database is a key part...
How Complex Systems Fail: A Synopsis
As Tony Hoare, winner of the 1980 Turing Award, once wrote, “There are two ways of constructing a...
What Is Data Normalization?
It’s no secret. We are officially living in the era of big data. Nearly every business—especially...
DevOps Feedback Loops: An Introduction
A basic concept of system thinking as well as a vital part of your organization’s success...
What is the Open Compute Project (OCP)?
In 2009, much was changing in the world of data and computing. One of those major changes was the...
AWS Cloud Design Patterns
Useful for building highly reliable, scalable, secure applications and services within the cloud...
Software Quality Metrics Explained
“If you don’t collect any metrics, you’re flying blind. If you collect and focus on too many, they...
The Keys to IT Cost Management
Using the Right Tools In 2012, when McKenzie and the University of Oxford studied 5,400 large IT...
DevOps for Enterprises
DevOps is a set of practices that works to build collaboration among teams in order to develop...