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Computing is not like electricity (yet)
“Cloud computing” is a catchphrase that every IT vendors uses to dress up their latest products. But are they really delivering IT like a utility? The vision of cloud computing is that you buy a...
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MTBF is the wrong thing to measure
MTBF (mean time between failures) is a very misleading guide for companies who want maximum up time for servers, storage and network connections. Most companies focus on MTBF exclusively but I think...
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How secure is SSL?
I was talking to a master hacker recently. These guys seem to be able to break almost any security system. For example, the Swiss government were working on an e-government project which they thought...
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R.A.I.D. is B.A.D.
If you think your data is protected against bit rot because it’s on a RAID array, think again. Bit rot is a real problem. All storage media is at risk. Magnetic media like discs and tapes can lose...
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