If you're familiar with IT system administration, syslog data is something you've most likely come across. It's a standard used to log server, system, and device messages. It was originally developed as part of the Sendmail project in the 1980's and has become the standard used for Unix-based systems and for network devices such as firewalls. Because of its widespread adoption,...
Intellectual Property! Patents! Copyrights! Trade Secrets! Trademarks! Oh My!
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These five terms are often used interchangeably while they each possess very different meanings. This post will define what each of these terms mean and provide an overview how they can be utilized in the software consulting world. Since this article is written by a lawyer, a couple of disclaimers are in order: (1) This article is designed to provide an overview of intellectual property rights in software consulting and is not intended to provide legal advice whatsoever. (2) Please consult a licensed attorney if you...
Required Reading 4: Assessing Accessibility
Recently for a client, I was asked to lead the 508 accessibility testing efforts for multiple sites. When working on a government client engagement, 508 compliance is essential for any site deployment, software, web application, and hardware applications (computers, networks, peripherals, etc.) The legislation was put into place with the belief that if Federal agencies require accessible IT, then companies would offer accessible IT to the government and not have to create separate sets of products, rather they would just offer accessible IT for everyone within the same product.
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On meetings and coming together
It is hard to justify calling a meeting. Do all five of these people need to be here for the next hour? Are we brainstorming? Is something unclear?
Brainstorming during a meeting is not always a good use of time.
When is the last time that, when called upon, you were able to summon all of your creative energies to focus into a burst of inspiration about something, anything? Can you do it in the next 10 minutes? Hour? Or in a room with all these other people, at the same time? In the ideal situation this would be a difficult task, in reality, Mary didn't get her coffee yet and...
Then One Day It Happens...
Posted by Kevin Chu
on May 04, 2012
Operational Intelligence, Function1, Cool Tools Analytics, General, Splunk
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You’ve joined an elite team of engineers and administrators tasked to oversee your company’s technological needs. As your company’s ambitious marketing teams generate more and more buzz, you find that with each day your job circles increasingly around growing your business’s capacity. Months go by filled with unhindered efforts in project completion. You’ve helped double your web traffic, beef up your network, and revamp your monitoring system. ...
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