Monitoring and Observability

Will I Save Money by Moving to the Cloud?

10/14/19 This post is part one of two, taking an atypical look at the public cloud and why you may or may not want to leverage it. Did you know AWS came about partly because Amazon…

Getting to Know vSphere

10/07/19 vSphere, which many consider to be the flagship product of VMware, is virtualization software with the vCenter management software and its ESXi hypervisor. vSphere is avai…

Hyperconverged Infrastructure—Summary

09/27/19 Here’s the fifth part of the series I’ve been writing regarding HCI. Again, I don’t want to sway my audience from one platform to another. Rather, I want them to follow th…

The vCommunity

09/23/19 We all want to be part of something special and have a common bond. It includes doing what’s best for you but also keeping others in mind to provide them the support they …

Virtualization – How We Got Here and Does It Have a Future?

08/14/19 In over 20 years I’ve spent in the IT industry, I’ve seen many changes, but nothing has had a bigger impact as virtualization. I remember sitting in a classroom back in th…

IT Pros: How to Know When You’ve Jumped on the Hype Train

07/12/19 All aboard the hype train—departing soon! I think most people love to have the latest and greatest thing. Lines outside of Apple stores waiting for each new product is pro…

Having and Testing Backups is Key to Running Systems

06/28/19 The title of this post says it all. In IT, we’ve said for years you need to take and test backups regularly to ensure your systems are being backed up correctly. There’s a…

Are ETL Processes Still Relevant for Today’s IT Automations

04/11/19 Relatable chatbots are the present and future of ITSM, so learn more about why it’s important to develop their backstories. The post Are ETL Processes Still Relevant for T…

Must-Have Tools for the Enterprise Data Center

04/08/19 When VM performance isn’t monitored, you can miss a CPU overload or max out memory. When the right enterprise monitoring tools are in place, it’s easier to manage the work…

Facebook Outage 2019: SysAdmins, Hug Your Servers and Tell Them You Love Them

03/15/19 This week’s Facebook outage is in the news right now, and it’s inevitable that some people are going to rush to post their hot-as-the-surface-of-the-sun takes. Thankfully,…

The Pros and Cons of Open-source Tools

02/15/19 Cost plays a factor in most IT decisions. Whether the costs are hardware- or software-related, understanding how the tool’s cost will affect the bottom line is important. …

To Infinity and Beyond!

12/06/18 I’ve covered a lot in this series of posts around artificial intelligence (machine learning); from the beginning (Not Another AI Post…) to why I love it (My Affection for …