Virtualisation | Cloud | Strategy
Data management and security is a big issue for most organisations, whatever the size of your organisation the way data is managed and secured has never been under more focus. Data breeches have far reaching consequences for organisations and individuals. As organisations relay more and more on digital information, spending more on security products, it […]
vCenter Server Migration Tool With the recent announcement that the Windows based vCenter server is being depreciated, many thoughts will inevitably be turning toward how to migrate away from the Windows platform. Migrations and updates of the vCenter platform have been serious undertakings, work that required a great deal of planing, coordination and time to […]
How to become a Zerto Certified Professional? Was probably not first on the list of questions you woke up with today. In fact there is probably a fair number of individuals who have never heard of Zerto, let-alone thought they could gain a certification. Read on to find out how to become a Zerto Certified […]
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
Serverless Architecture I’m a big fan of serverless architecture. My view is that removing the infrastructure and operating systems from the business processes and services enables a different kind of thinking. Ultimately, a business is only really interested in the successful operation, experience and outcomes of the applications, systems and data they are running on […]
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.
Requirements Perhaps not the most eye catching of blog titles, however this is an area I see problems with time and time again. Perhaps it is human nature to get excited and eager, in wanting to skip the requirements phase of any project and jump straight to the solution. It’s something that I’ve been guilty […]
Backup and Recovery During a recent engagement, I had the privilege of getting back hands on with some backup technology, namely CommVault. I’d worked with CommVault extensively in the past as part of a multinational organisations centralised backup and recovery strategy for the UK. It was great fun getting back hands on with the technology […]