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Car Warranty vs Technology Service Contract

I’ve been struggling with the value of service contracts on IT equipment for some time now. As a rule of thumb, service contracts on IT infrastructure cost ~30% of the purchase price. This means that over three years of ownership you will pay the purchase price again. Which is quite a thing. I’m struggling to […]

◎ Why Do Losers Watch Sportsball ?

Its bad for your brain because it teaches you the wrong things.

Join me for the Office Hours – Jan 2021

Time: Jan 14, 2021 1900 London

Sigh. Its Clear That I’m Not Travelling in 2021

Because of these reasons

Juniper has Self-Study Bundles

Not relying on third parties is probably good and reduces the grifters

Domain Name System Security Extensions Now Deployed in all Generic Top-Level Domains – ICANN

Well huh, it wasn't done already ?

How Change Review Boards Really Work to Fail

Its supposed to enable change but reality is about preventing change.

The median employee age at top tech companies in America: CHART – Business Insider

Older people are smarter ...

Ode to Networking 0x00000011 – Did it Once

We’ve all done it once The old buggers say Powered down the data centre by accident one day Today its a lot harder to do because people like me have all done it once Now no one does it just once And no one remembers Why the power system Is done that way

Ode to Networking 0x00000010

Ode to Networking 0x00000010 The internet is distributed Clouds are not The internet is edge design Clouds are not The internet is quite resilient Clouds are not The internet is cheap Clouds are not - Greg Ferro

Ode to Networking 0x00000001

It doesn’t work The way its Supposed to Or the way They said It would So it just Doesn’t work Greg Ferro

Business without labour, Automation without workers

First posted in Human Infrastructure Magazine in March 2020 Its fashionable in Enterprise IT is to reduce headcount. This reflects a wider business fashion of ‘business without labour’ that chases the dream of ‘profits without cost’. You see, investors watch ‘revenue per employee’ or ‘profit per employee’ and IT managers feel pressure to ditch people […]

CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream – Blog.CentOS.org

Becomes beta test for RHEL.

My Latest Podcast : Heavy Strategy

I've teamed up with Keith Townsend to talk IT Strategy.

Whiteboards Don’t Remote Work

Its a mistake to think whiteboards are the only tool you have.

A Simple Map of 5G Functions. And Why You Don’t Care About 5G.

A common mistake about 5G is that is a single monolithic thing. In fact a 5G network is a diverse cluster of systems that interoperate to deliver 5G service. I want to share a simplified model of 5G network and use cases. I simplify 5G Use Cases to three categories: Human, Non-Human and False. Human/Smartphones […]

The 5G Problems

The Apple iPhone 12 has 5G but its not for customers. Its because the mobile co’s wanted it. And they indirectly paid Apple for it. While its true that 5G increases bandwidth and reduces latency, it more important that it reduces infrastructure costs. Alert: This twitter thread is a trial of the “blog post as […]

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