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The most common mistake in Applications and Databases in general

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Percy Kwong

So many programmers make this mistake because they don’t seem to get it.  It’s not your fault as a programmer / developer.  It’s just that you’re not a DBA. You need to implement Connection pooling.  It makes such a huge difference in the way your DB performance and app works it’s amazing. So here are…

Common Mistakes in Enterprise IT when it comes to CIO/CTO hiring.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Percy Kwong

After talking and meeting with more than several Fortune 100 CIOs and CTOs, I’ve really discovered a common  paradigm. This of course is over many years of experience.  It’s important to understand the role of CIO or a CTO, but it’s also important to understand when they clearly do not get it. I’m not trashing…

Using Amazon’s Free Tier to get a free VPN connection for a year.

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I know I’ve written about this in the past, but I’ve finally created a guide on how to do this step by step. It’s available for purchase now.  This is literally a how-to on getting an OpenVPN server up and running for free for a year. Specify Your Donation: (Min. $5.00)  [wp_eStore_buy_now:product_id:11:end]

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