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The software industry: So efficient, we invented shelfware
Have you considered helping customers to stop overspending?
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Are you being robbed of sleep by badly designed servers?
Sysadmin Blog Mornings, nights, they all blur into one for our man Trevor
British bookworms deem Amazon 'evil'
Something for the Weekend, Sir? Chuck away your e-reader - everyone else is
Bitcoins: A GIANT BUBBLE? Maybe, but currency could still be worthwhile
Lessons from tulip-hoarding Dutch speculators of 1634
CIOs: Are you your CEO's business partner or their GIMP?
CIO Blog A Machiavellian guide for the modern CIO
I salute Lady THATCHER - Shoreditch's SILICON GODMOTHER
¡Bong! Investor Steve directs the baroness's funeral
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- Verity Stob
Dominic Connor used to boss IT pros and quants around in banks, and now recruits people for less crappy jobs in the City.
Is the IT industry short on Cobolers? This could be your lucky day
Sometimes a CV needs a few fossils
Let's make one thing clear: your previous jobs are not the reason why you were hired. You were hired for having skills that bosses need.
People are employed because they are needed to do things that must be done, not because they can do something that is merely desired.
It’s not all bad news. The current Big Data hype means …
Spotting a Big Data faker as you set up Big Data for someone
It says here on your CV....
Having read my last Big Data piece, I fear that some of you will try to blag your way out of the declining Oracle/Java/VB market without the legs to support what’s on your CV.
This article is not for you: it’s for the poor souls who have to catch you out whilst trying to get in someone who’s at least mildly competent. There are …
iPads in education: Not actually evil, but pretty close
Analysis Why are we giving these playthings of the Devil to kids?
Education in the USA has long been a stronghold of Apple, the venerable Apple II being cheap and tough enough to survive in that hostile environment, skool.
But Apple’s gouging of UK consumers meant the prices were so high back in the day that it was worth flying to New York and paying air fares hotel and taxes to buy the beast …
Apple share-price-off-a-cliff: Told you that would happen
Don't tell Oracle, but you can be too rich and too thin
I was allowed to write this piece because in November I wrote to our glorious editor after a London Quant's Group seminar to say that the price of Apple shares would tank sooner rather than later.
As you all know, that’s just what happened - from just shy of $800 to the mid $400s. The reason I don’t make all that much money out …
I used to be an Oracle DBA ... but now I'm a Big Data guru
Dominic Connor shows you how to jump the bandwagon
As the demand for Oracle skills fades along with VB and as even Java loses its shine, the smart developer is looking at what will pay the bills for the next decade.
As an ITpro you have to bet your career every few years and Big Data is too obvious an opportunity to pass up. The problem being that it’s not a single product that …
Where were the bullet holes on OS/2's corpse? Its head ... or foot?
Part two Ex-IBM insider Dom Connor reveals what went wrong
My last piece on OS/2 was in part a mea culpa, a history of my part in its downfall. However, I can't claim all the credit. In fact, if I'm honest, there were hundreds of reasons why OS/2 failed, and most of them had nothing to do with me. So, here are some of the real corkers.
Once upon a time, IBM made extraordinary money out …
