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by Mark Bools
 Anything and everything related to lifecycle management.
My principal philosophy is embodied in a quote from Albert Einstein,
“Things should be made as simple as possible, by no simpler”. Mark
Bools is an expert in IT System Management. With over 20 years
experience in both system development and management Mark is amply
qualified to assist clients in optimising their IT systems
Feel free to pose questions and I will do what I can to answer.
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Written by Mark Bools
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Saturday, 23 July 2011 00:49 |
What is it with IT people? There is a tendency to take something that people have been doing for a long time, slap a label on it and call it ‘the next big thing’. ‘Agile’ is one that gets up my nose, ‘the cloud’ is another, and ‘DevOps’ is my current favourite. Don’t get me [...]  |
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011 02:45 |
…if you think build, change, or release management are part of configuration management. Bob Aiello lit the blue touch paper (again) on the debate about ‘what is configuration management?’ and, once again, he seems to be trying to redefine configuration management to fit the role of Configuration Manager identified (incorrectly) in many organisations. This is absolutely the [...]  |
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011 17:01 |
I’m a ‘casual professional’ user of Apple’s Studio products, which includes Final Cut Pro. I don’t produce video as a primary product, but I produce tutorials and other support video for my work. So, it was with some interest that I downloaded Final Cut Pro X yesterday. Blimey! It’s different! VERY different. In fact it’s [...]  |
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Written by Mark Bools
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011 05:38 |
The book: IBM Rational ClearCase 7.0: Master the Tools that Monitor, Analyze, and Manage Software Configurations by Marc Girod and Tatania Shpichko Published by PACKT Publishing ISBN 978-1-849680-12-7 I am reviewing the eBook (PDF download) version of the book. Reading this book will not make you a ClearCase administrator, or user for that matter. It [...]  |
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Saturday, 07 May 2011 03:17 |
I’m usually somewhat reluctant to make recommendations about specific tools, but every now and then something impresses me so much I feel I should at least draw attention to it. In the course of helping a client look for tools to support their development process I recalled that a couple of years ago I looked [...]  |
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