I’m writing this from a lovely apartment in the medieval part of Barcelona, for I’m here to attend VMworld. This will be my third VM world event, having attended at the Moscone back in 2007 and Cannes in 2009. It will be interesting to see what had changed with the event over the last decade. […]
Having worn both my fingers and my laptop battery down trying to keep up with the previous sessions in the day, I didn’t live blog the general session. In brief, lots of numbers about how well the various product streams within VMware are performing. However, in my opinion the session really started to ‘sparkle’ when […]
It’s widely acknowledged that to understand the present, and to try and predict the future you must know and understand the past. The current data centre landscape is a complex place. Virtualisation of compute resources with VMware has been the de facto standard for over a decade. The move to software defined infrastructure has been […]
As part of my day job I was asked to write a short article explaining why I think organisations should consider Azure for there public cloud services. At a very high level the five reasons, that I believe are part of a compelling growing argument are; Identity Management. Microsoft Trust Centre and Security. Azure App […]
Serverless reference table I’ve written a few posts providing a quick outline of various serverless architecture options. To compliment that I’ve pulled together a Serverless reference table of the different offerings from Microsoft, AWS and Google to act as a quick reference card. Simon
MAPA – Microsoft Association of Practising Architects Now this flew under my radar until recently. Through ‘The-MAPA’, Microsoft have setup a place for a community of architects to develop. Providing valuable resources to architects who are building IP and solutions utilising the Microsoft Cloud, platforms for community interaction and a channel to communicate directly back […]
What is Serverless Architecture Serverless Architecture is a cloud computing model. In this model, instead of utilising always on servers and infrastructure, business services are developed and deployed using Platform as a Service (PaaS), Functions as a Service (FaaS) and Messaging as a Service (MaaS) cloud offerings. It doesn’t mean there are no servers, but […]
Azure Nested Virtualisation announced! I’m a little late to pick up on this with client engagements and holidays occurring at the time of the announcement. Last month Microsoft announced availability of nested virtualisation in Azure.
Patch! There are certain things in the IT world, that are if we’re being frank are unforgivable, chief amongst those is failing to patch the operating systems in your IT estate. So what options do we have for Azure Patch Management? There is a very small set of circumstances where you might be forgiven this cardinal […]
Azure Exam 70-534 Following the path I’ve been taking to validate my Azure skills to it’s natural conclusion, I recently took and passed the Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions exam 70-534. Traditionally I allow myself a short period of revision. With this exam, I felt confident and with the massed array of Azure possibilities for the […]