This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. There’s a very interesting theme to the presenters at CFD3 and that highlights one of the challenges of… Read more »
This post is one of a series of previews of companies presenting at Cloud Field Day 3, an invitation-only event in Silicon Valley, taking place 4-6 April 2018. For more information, see the dedicated CFD3 events page https://blog.architecting.it/events/cloud-field-day-3/. When processes get too complex and time-consuming, there’s a temptation to stick in another layer of abstraction and… Read more »
This is one of a series of posts looking at data mobility for the hybrid cloud. You can find a link to all of the published articles as they become available here. (link). Caching is not a new technology. In fact, it’s been used as a technique to cost-effectively accelerate I/O performance since computers were… Read more »
I’m doing a little more structured work with public cloud, so have been going back and cleaning up and standardising the existing accounts I already have. The first thing is to create accounts that are company, not user specific. I like to use distribution groups or mailing lists for setting up accounts. They are more… Read more »
Over the last few weeks, I’ve talked a lot about data mobility and exactly how we should get data into the public cloud from on-premises locations. You can find links to the posts at the end of this blog entry. Much of what I’ve talked about revolves around moving data in a relatively static way,… Read more »
On the day the Dell/EMC acquisition/merger completed, HPE announced it was selling off a load of non-core software assets in a “spin-off” merger with UK’s Micro Focus. HPE gets $2.5 billion in cash and HPE shareholders get a 50.1% ownership of the new entity, which will continue to be called Micro Focus. In addition SUSE… Read more »
In a deal worth $4.3 billion, Rackspace is being acquired by investment company Apollo Global Management for $32 a share. From what I’ve read so far, the press releases are putting a spin on it that implies the private route allows Rackspace to transform the company without the stress and attention of being a public… Read more »
I often find myself searching for facts to dispel “hearsay” and guesswork in troubleshooting discussions between the Network and Windows VM teams. This article is intended to show just how straightforward it is to use the VMware distributed switch SPAN port capability, to put a virtual sniffer on a virtual port on a virtual distributed… Read more »
The post mortem summary on Microsoft’s most recent Azure outage is available and online here. The content makes for interesting reading. To summarise, the outage occurred as a result of an unanticipated code error but was exacerbated by the accelerated rollout made by an employee who hadn’t adequately assessed the risks of pushing the change… Read more »
