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Changes (Ace Comic)

This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA It’s the only explanation! Related Ace has dealt with problems before… Default blame...

Bringing Oracle Sales to the Table

April is almost over, and you know what that means… Oracle really, REALLY wants to talk to you about some of their products. It’s no secret that the end of Oracle’s fiscal year (May 31st)...

Branch Off a Twitter Conversation

A couple weeks ago I posted a whimsical (and very slightly sardonic) article on the Internet of Things with a view on what an average day could be like if everything (even your shower soap tray) was network...

Putting NoSQL In Its Place

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Database Diversity We’ll call it the NoSQL Pessimism Variable: The number of search results you see before you find a page disparaging NoSQL as a viable...

Happy Internet of Things Day!

April 9th, 2013 is Internet of Things Day! Happy Internet of Things Day! #IoT — Kevin Ashton (@Kevin_Ashton) April 9, 2013 The futurist in me wishes that meant it is the day we all sift through our...

Sensors Everywhere in the Internet of Things

Back in 1999 I worked on a project with the US Army that incorporated RFID scanners for logistics tracking. At the time it was an extraordinarily neat concept, using a combination of Oracle, Forms (in...