The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2020

Both the financial and real economies have suffered quite a few shocks in the last 20 years: the dot-com bubble bursting (2000); September 11 (2001); the Great Recession (2008); and today in 2020 the COVID-19 crisis is wreaking economic havoc. It was much different in 2008. Social media was just coming into its own.

Social Media 52

Social Media Innovation Internet Internet 52

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2020

In particular, they cite the lack of breakthrough technologies - e.g, The productivity is there, and will intensify with technologies such as AI and ML; the instrumentation simply doesn't exist to measure it. In this definition, productivity through technology is a deflationary force that makes products more affordable.

Energy 52

Energy Government Entertainment Innovation 52

SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

If you have been paying attention to the technology press over the past 12-18 months, you may have noticed a rather large number of negative stories about Intel's processor business. Now, I am advising people to strongly consider AMD for SQL Server workloads as the AMD EPYC "Rome" processors are released in Q3 of 2019. The Death of Tick-Tock.

Servers 46

Servers Hardware Architecture Retail 46