How to Choose a Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution
09/06/19 Running a traditional data center infrastructure for years can put your company in a rut, especially when it’s time to pick a new solution. When electing to trade out your…
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Varying Approaches to Hyperconverged Infrastructure, or Why This Over That?
09/05/19 In this third post on the subject, I’ll discuss hyperconverged architectural approaches. I want to share some of my experiences in how and why my customers have taken diff…
VMworld Recap
09/04/19 This past week, I was in San Francisco for the annual VMworld conference. I haven’t been to this city since 2014, the last time VMworld was here. It was interesting to be …
Cloud Smart’s Success Relies on Smart Network Monitoring
09/03/19 The Office of Management and Budget’s Cloud Smart proposal signals both the end of an era and the beginning of new opportunities. The focus has shifted from ramping up clo…
VMware Certifications
08/30/19 Obtaining a VMware certification requires effort, dedication, and a willingness to learn independently with a commitment to the subject matter. To fulfill the requirements…
6 Risk Management Best Practices You Can Implement Today
08/29/19 Understanding risk management (and why it’s important) as I highlighted in my last post, Why Risk Management Is Critical to Your IT Infrastructure, is essential as you beg…
The Essential IT Asset Management Checklist
08/28/19 As one of the 34 practices outlined in ITIL 4, IT asset management (ITAM) is one of the most practical undertakings your IT department can carry out this year. While asset…
What’s Up With Virtualization? Virtualization Basics 101
08/28/19 In part one of this series, I tried to apply context to the virtualization market—its history, how it’s changed the way we deploy infrastructure, and how it’s developed in…
2 Key Assets in the Government’s Cybersecurity Battle (Part II)
08/27/19 Read part one here. Technology: Providing the Necessary Visibility Cybersecurity personnel can’t succeed without the proper tools, but many of them don’t have the technolo…
History of PASS, Part 3: Bylaws Version 1
08/26/19 I’ve been taking some spare time, which doesn’t come along very often, to record some of the details of PASS during its very first years of existence. In case you haven’t …
Know Your IT Department Frenemies (aka Why Can’t We Be Friends?)
08/26/19 If you’re in tune with the various tech communities, you’ve probably noticed a big push for professional development in the technical ranks. I love the recognition that IT…
Why Risk Management Is Critical to Your IT Infrastructure
08/23/19 Picture this. It’s late 2006, we’re on the verge of the 2008 economic collapse in the United States, and an investment bank makes a strategic move. Their data models show …