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Published May 26, 2020

While we all continue to shelter in place, many companies are now going through the process of getting ready to reopen offices. Here in New York the government has put in place a rigorous reopening plan (one that I suspect is similar to that of most other countries and states).

Getting ready to reopen offices!
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Published May 21, 2020

A common question that comes up is “what did my IBM MQ application program do?“

For example, we expected messages to be on this queue, but they are not there.  What happened?

How well do you know amqsact?
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Published May 20, 2020

  1. Timestamp – This may seem obvious, but many log files do not have time stamps. And to ensure that they can be consistently used, timestamps also must have a time zone or be set to a standard time zone, such as UTC.
10 Steps to making a great log message!
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Published April 1, 2020

COVID - 19 - This is not the first time the world has experienced a deadly contagious plague, and it’s likely to not be the last.

Our world has changed, and for many of us who are now working from home, this is a time to make use of technology as our primary way of performing business.

I hope you are safe and well (COVID - 19)
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Published March 25, 2020

Viruses - I’m not a scientist working in the medical field, but I’ve learned enough about the science to be in awe of what they do.

I'm sure my "cursory" explanation is woefully incomplete, but this is a blog, and I think this is a worthwhile discussion on the subject for us "Interested" participants in the covid19 world of 2020.

Viruses Don’t Kill, It’s The Bodies Response That Kills
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Published March 11, 2020

The coronavirus seems to be a very infectious, but generally a low-impact infection for most people. What this means is that because most people who are infected are not terribly incapacitated, they are able to keep working.

How the current COVID-19 business climate is forcing changes to spending patterns