VMworld 2018 US: What’s New in VMware vSAN 6.7 Update 1
VMworld is VMware’s main yearly event and the time when it brings out whatever is new with the products. Naturally, VMware has a few updates in store for this one too and we as bloggers were fortunate...
View ArticleVMworld 2018 US: vSphere Platinum and other vSphere Updates
VMworld is VMware’s main yearly event and the time when it brings out whatever is new with the products. Naturally, VMware has a few updates in store for this one too and we as bloggers were fortunate...
View ArticleFarewell Atos – Hello….
This blog should have come out last week but… A little over two years ago, I decided to join Atos as a Cloud Architect. People who follow me will know that my last few career decisions have been...
View ArticleStorageCraft and The Sub-Second Recovery
While attending VMworld US this time, I was invited by Stephen to participate in Tech Field Day Extra. I had recently enjoyed Cloud Field Day very much so I had to say yes. Actually, this presentation...
View ArticleCost-Optimised EC2 Fleet with Auto-Scaling
Late last week, I noticed this blog by Jeff Barr and almost jumped with joy. I am blogging about it today to ensure you don’t miss it as it’s a significant capability in terms of cost reduction for...
View ArticleAWS re:Invent 2018 – Latest Announcements – Part I
I wasn’t lucky enough to go to AWS re:Invent but due to the magic that is the Internet, I was able to satisfy my nerd needs by waking up even earlier today and watching Monday Night Live, hosted by...
View ArticleAWS re:Invent 2018 – Latest Announcements – Part II
You might have already seen Part I of this post. Here are the rest of the announcements: Storage Intelligent Tiering and Cost Optimisation for Amazon S3 For many years, we’ve been used to storage...
View ArticleMy Review of 2018
We all enjoy the festivities that the last month brings but it’s also a time for reflection. One hopes that the coming year will bring more opportunities and happiness. But in order to improve in the...
View ArticleThe Cloud Migration Journey Series
Recently, I’ve been writing a series of posts on the journey to cloud migration and they’re being published on OrangeMatter. Being on a different site, you might be missing out so here’s a quick post...
View ArticlevRetreat February 2019: Cohesity at Stamford Bridge
vRetreat is a technology event run by my good friend, Patrick Redknap. You may have seen my post about it from last year and I also spoke about it in our OpenTechCast show too. If you are in the IT...
View ArticleTech Field Day (#TFD19): A Heads-Up
I am honoured to be invited to attend Tech Field Day 19 this week. For those who don’t know, Tech Field Day is a set of events hosted by Stephen Foskett and his team, where technology vendors get...
View ArticleAutomation Anywhere: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Everyone
I vividly remember the days when there was absolutely no integration between software products from the same company, let alone different companies. Automation has progressed a huge amount since then...
View ArticleCloud Field Day (#CFD6): A Heads-Up
This week, I will be attending Cloud Field Day 6. It is one of the Tech Field Day events that is focussed mainly on cloud technologies. I love attending these events as delegates get to meet vendors...
View ArticleLucidLink Filespaces: It’s Object Storage But Not As You Know It
Object storage is plentiful, durable and cheap. That makes it the ideal storage mechanism for long-term or archive storage. In fact, it’s so cost-efficient that many traditional storage appliances,...
View ArticleSolo.io: It’s All About Abstraction
There has been a major shift in how applications are developed, tested and deployed in recent years. Such is the need for speed in today’s fast-paced product release cycle that in addition to...
View ArticleWhat A Decade It Has Been!
Last night, I sat and looked back at the past one and thought to myself, boy, what a decade it has been! It was the hardest one that I lived through, especially considering that at one point, I didn’t...
View ArticleWhat’s New in vRealize Cloud Management 8.1? The Important Bits
This post is focussed on the important bits that you need to know about the new announcements by VMware related to the vRealize Cloud Management portfolio. If you’ve been following recent developments...
View ArticleWhat’s New in vSphere 7? The Important Bits
In recent times, organisations have become more aware of the need to develop applications that closely align with their core business and that has been taking priority, rather than the platform that...
View ArticleWhat’s New in vSphere 7 with Kubernetes, VCF 4 and vSAN 7? The Important Bits
There’s a lot more to cover for vSphere 7 so in this post, I’ll talk about the important bits with regards to vSphere 7 with Kubernetes, VMware Cloud Foundation 4 and vSAN 7. vSphere 7 with Kubernetes...
View ArticleHow to start contributing to the Folding@Home project: Tips and Tricks
A week or two ago, a team of the great people at VMware got together to create a VMware appliance, in order to help out with the Folding@Home project. The project has been around for many years but...
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