UKFast Blog: development

PCI DSS version 2.0 has finally been published (to take over from version 1.2.1 completely by January 2012). Version 1.2.1 will not be fully retired until this point so there exists a suitably generous conversion period especially given the lack…

Team-building is a widely used term in business referring to activities that improve team performance. There are companies dedicated to providing Team Building sessions, days and breaks which promise to 'improve company performance' and 'tackle workplace issues.' One question springs…

The term induction in the sense of joining a new company literally means formally admitting a person to membership or office. This term seems unexciting and unrepresentative of what the process should be. Think about what starting in a new…

Something I've never blogged on but often take advantage of are the Microsoft Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guides. A quick look at what they cover..... "Guidance that aims to clarify and streamline the planning and design process for Microsoft® infrastructure…

Developers looking to take advantage of the new features in R2 should be delighted to hear about a new training kit made available for download by MS. https://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/WindowsServer2008R2/ Written up as “Not your average R2!”, the following comments found here,…