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What to do when your backups fail

I was working with a customer a while ago when a system upgrade to patch a security vulnerability did not go as planned. While restoring the users profiles and workspaces we realised that the backup had become corrupted and it dawned upon us that most user accounts had been lost.

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Getting started with Ubuntu

One thing that stood out to me after reading the “Python Developers Survey 2018” by JetBrains was that almost 70% of survey responders said they used Linux as their development environment operating system. This puts a huge dent in the myth that Windows or MacOS are top development platforms. So if you’ve not sure why or how to give Linux a try we’ll take you through the basics.

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The State of IT in 2018

The IT industry has made some massive bounds in 2018 in various areas. We review a number of the industries most influencial and renowned technology reports and give our view on how we see technology impacting those who are involved in it.

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Blackbox Thinking targets for 2019

Blackbox Thinking has primarily been a freelance technology consultancy for the past 7 years. Moving forward we are looking to review our successes and lessons learnt over the past year as well as to set targets for the year ahead. In this post you’ll find out more about what to expect from Blackbox this year.

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