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They’re Called Black Boxes Not Invisible Boxes

Infrastructure can be a black box only if its knobs and buttons are accessible I spent hours at Interop yesterday listening to folks talk about “infrastructure.” It’s a hot topic, to be sure, espe...
Published Apr 27, 2010
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