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Over Complicated?

Posted on June 28, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Over Complicated?

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke “Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.” – 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) in Battlefield So which do we have? Talk to people and computers is magic, is technology is both. Those of us that understand computers are wizards, magicians, technological experts. To…

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Lack of Control?

Posted on June 7, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Lack of Control?

You get a tool to use. The tool looks good, in fact other tools from the same company look good. This tool though seems to be the red-headed stepchild. Recently, I have been trying to clean up and tune an endpoint solution. It is made by a company I have some respect for, and I…

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The case for proper information or WHY CAN’T I UPGRADE THIS?

Posted on March 9, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The case for proper information or WHY CAN’T I UPGRADE THIS?

Legacy OSes, Legacy systems. We all know that it sucks having them. We all have to deal with them. Software companies do not always account for them though. When you work internally in a medium to large business change happens slowly at times. I recently ran into a weird issue due to slow change. I…

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