Practical Technology

In her hit song, Cher sang, “If I could turn back time.” For her, that would be a good thing. But in the computing world, Meta, formerly Facebook, believes it would be a very bad thing indeed. In fact, Meta wants to get rid of leap seconds, which…Read More

I’m a cloud expert. No, really! Onalytica lists me in its 2022 Who’s Who in Cloud. But that doesn’t mean I always recommend the cloud for every business. Sometimes, servers in your office make the most sense. When? Here’s my checklist for when to…Read More

Want a sure-fire tech job? Easy. Get the skills you need to help patch up our holey tech security blanket. From chief information security officer (CISO) positions to entry-level security jobs requiring only a CompTIA Security+ and a pulse, the jobs…Read More

I’ve loved Dell’s Linux laptop for developers, the Dell XPS 13 since the first unit rolled out from the factory gate. Now, the latest Dell XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition will soon be rolling out the door with Ubuntu 22.04 Long Term Support (LTS). I…Read More

Make no mistake about it. The Apache Log4j’s Log4Shell security hole was an all-time awful code disaster. I mean, by National Vulnerability Database (NVD) count, it had a 10.0 CVSSv3 score. That’s on a 0.1 to 10 scale. As security company Nextron…Read More

Where does Red Hat go from here? I asked Matt Hicks, CEO, and Paul Cormier, the chairman, and this is what they had to say. When it comes to tackling the skills shortage, employers are obsessing over the wrong thing Read now In its latest quarter,…Read More