I was trolling around LinkedIn tonight and I saw many ads for various positions. For some reason, my mind drifted to see if DICE had any listings for jobs requiring iRule programming skills (iRules is a scripting language/event engine inside of the F5 Networks’ BigIP device). For those that don’t know, the BigIP could be considered an SSL accelerator and … Read the rest

So, you are really digging the free WiFi in Panera or Hooters or your hotel, but did you know that most of the traffic … Read the rest

This is an article I wrote several years ago that may be of interest to the ClearPath community.

When the first Clearpath NX server was shipped, the computing world as we know it changed. Such a bold statement surely requires an explanation. While most of us working with Unisys technology know better, the rest of the world considers Unisys simply … Read the rest

I have often said that certain products carry with them what I call “Alignment of the Planets” reliability. This means that you would blame everything in the computer room–including the alignment of the planets–before you blame the particular system. Having started my professional computing career on the Burroughs A Series systems, I learned that Burroughs (now Unisys) designed software that … Read the rest