If I had a £1 for every time someone used the dreaded acronym JML during my career then I wouldn’t need to work anymore. Its usually followed by “… is rubbish” or preceded by “We need a better process for….”. The reality is, understanding who is joining your business, who is moving roles or departments or who is sadly leaving your business is a challenge. Here’s my thoughts on how to make this process slick(er)
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Fully automating server infrastructure for most is the holy grail for a majority of sysadmins (or whatever the modern day job title is). Not having to click through a wizard, manually apply IP addresses or patch a machine, is attractive for anyone who has sat around as Microsoft’s latest patch update trickles through your virtual NIC. But are you doing it for the right reasons, and are you making sure you are getting the most value out of your automation?
Continue readingA few months back, I had some fun playing round with Terraform with VMC on AWS. It’s fair to say, I caught a bit of the old automation bug, so this time I thought I’d play around with Ansible. This is how I got myself started….
Continue readingFor years, just about every marketing department for any software company has been going on about automation and orchestration. They are pretty much the ultimate buzzwords and I can’t thing of a single sales pitch where one of those words weren’t used. But I’m struggling to think of a pitch where either of those words have related to desktops and laptops. Well ladies and gentleman, that is about to change…
Continue readingHaving worked in IT for a number of years, I’ve come across various dumb CCTV systems used to assist in securing physical buildings, but with AI and machine learning becoming commonplace, has video surveillance finally gained some intelligence?
Continue readingWhen I was a (much) younger man, I spent a good percentage of my time partaking in far too much drinking, not enough studying, and far too much online gaming. This was around the time of huge franchises starting up, such as Call of Duty and my personal favourite Battlefield. I spent many-a-night staring at my 19″ CRT monitor, with my top of the range 512kbps ‘broadband’ connection and my cutting edge AMD Athlon CPU… times have changed in the gaming world significantly, but now enterprise methodologies are making their way into the gaming market – but will they be successful?
Continue readingSince the start of the year, and the beginning of the pandemic pretty much everyone’s work and personal life has been distrupted. High streets are empty, offices are earily quiet and gyms, well I don’t know – I don’t ever visit them 😉
But aside from my lack of cardio action in 2020, many workers are now working from home, on kitchen tables, home offices and sofas – whilst IT teams scramble round to get laptops so people can work, and install security tools to protect their data. So why bother with a corporate network any more?
Continue readingAs we enter November, the penultimate month in a rather turbulent year, my thoughts normally wander on to what the next year will bring tech wise for me. Despite a punishing year for many businesses, the big tech companies (on the whole) have continued to grow, AWS posted revenues $11.6bn for Q3 2020, up by 29% year on year and Google Cloud made $3.44bn compared to $2.38bn for same quarter in 2019. But forget about the big boys, what’s more interesting is those tech companies on the way up, and theres a few!
Continue readingSince its inception in 2012, the Raspberry Pi has been in the arsenal of many a developer, enthusiast and even school curriculums – but I for one have never seen it as anything more – something to play around at home with. But have VMware with their ESXi on ARM fling, opened the doors to any number of commericial applications?
Continue readingInfrastructure-as-code, automation and particularly Terraform is the hot topic at the moment, and rightfully so. There has been some fantastic articles by people far more adept and intelligent than me on how to use Terraform in conjunction with VMware Cloud and the NSX-T networking. However, I thought I’d come at this from a different angle, not using a brand-new or greenfield SDDC, but one already in use and ‘worn in’. In other words, one with VMs and NSX-T rules, services and groups already in-situ.
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Blogs are back. This morning, I'm talking JML processes - joiners, movers and leavers. https://t.co/ihdYeLPSfX
Blogs are back. This morning, I'm talking JML processes - joiners, movers and leavers. https://t.co/ihdYeLPSfX
3 weeks ago
Awfully sad news to hear of Peter Lorimer passing. A wonderful player, and a superb representative for not just @lufc but for football in general. #rip
Awfully sad news to hear of Peter Lorimer passing. A wonderful player, and a superb representative for not just @lufc but for football in general. #rip
4 weeks ago
Despite a lack of sleep (gotta love kids) I sometimes find myself popping an energy drink and working till 2am in the morning. I’ve been doing this since I was 18 and despite the morning regret I will inevitably experience, this will not be the last time! #olderbutstillstupid
Despite a lack of sleep (gotta love kids) I sometimes find myself popping an energy drink and working till 2am in the morning. I’ve been doing this since I was 18 and despite the morning regret I will inevitably experience, this will not be the last time! #olderbutstillstupid
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