A Tale of Two (or more) DevOps Reports

Posted by on Sep 18, 2018 A recent email from IT automation software company Puppet plugged its 2018 State of DevOps Report. Because this topic is important to many companies I write for (and because I read last year’s report), I downloaded a copy. A few things stood out. First, authorship. Puppet and machine-data software company Splunk present this year’s report. There are three authors from Puppet and one from...
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CenturyLink Hosts RVA Tech on Tap

Posted by on Aug 18, 2018 “No drink, no ink” – that’s the classic line of an old-school journalist meeting a source at the local bar. So full disclosure up front: I did have a beer at the RVA Tech on Tap gathering on Aug 16, at the Three Notch’d Brewing Co and Collab House. But I paid $10 to attend. That makes my drink mostly a wash between me and the event’s sponsor, CenturyLink. CenturyLink is still interesting...
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Blog Series Wins PRSA Award of Merit

Posted by on Jun 6, 2018 A series of blog articles that JT Consulting helped create won an Award of Merit in the 71st Annual Virginia Public Relations Awards competition. The Richmond Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) hosted the related ceremony. Held at the Jefferson Hotel on May 24, the evening was a sparkling mixture of drinks, dinner, conversation – and awards. Our award resulted from...
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Intel Pitches Optane for Content Delivery

Posted by on May 16, 2018 The Content Delivery Summit, hosted by StreamingMedia.com in New York City on May 7, provided a stage for chip maker Intel to discuss a storage technology that it developed several years ago with Micron and later branded as Optane. The pitch was a head-turner for a few reasons. First, let’s underscore a point. Intel was talking memory and storage, not micro-processing or CPUs, with which...
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J Tombes Consulting Rebrands, Launches Website

Posted by on Sep 1, 2015 Midlothian, VA., August 31, 2015 — After five years in business, J Tombes Consulting has rebranded, incorporating as JT Consulting, LLC, and launched a website to highlight the firm’s technology writing services. The editorial consulting business, a sole proprietorship founded by former trade journal editor Jonathan Tombes, opened in 2010. Apart from a quiet period of 18 months, when Tombes...
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