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Don’t Call it a Comeback
Recently, I’ve been encouraged to dust off this blog site and begin writing again. I’ll keep this short and sweet, but expect to see some content about some of the work that I’ve doing related to automation and orchestration in … Continue reading
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The Curious Case of the Newly Defaulted Firmware Version (EFI Edition)
Let’s set the stage. It’s a few days before VMworld 2018 (US Version). I’m frantically trying to get a demo to work for a vBrownBag session I’m giving in a couple of days. I decided to make a last-ditch effort to … Continue reading
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Tagged Architect, Automation, Cloud, Microsoft, PowerCLI, Powershell, vExpert, VMware
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Flipping The Script – From Delegate to Presenter
Last Friday, I got to have an out of body experience. For the past two and a half years, I’ve attended Tech Field Day events as a delegate. Plenty of delegates have blogged about their experiences as a delegate and I … Continue reading
The Power of Community – Job Search Conclusion
In a prior blog post, I chronicled that I was thrust into a job search, due to a recent layoff. The tech communities that I participate in came rushing to my aid and sent me plenty of job opportunities to … Continue reading
Head in the Clouds: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Before I begin, I will state that I had a very hard time writing this blog post. It wasn’t that the presentation and associated information provided were that tough to disseminate through, it’s just that I felt, for a long … Continue reading
The Power of Community: Job Search Edition, Volume 1
Sitting here in my home office, I’m pondering whether to refer to my career in the present tense or the past tense. Technically, I’m currently without employment. It’s been nearly a month since I was let go by my prior … Continue reading
The Yin Yang of Dell EMC Storage
Chinese philosophy tells us that the concept of yin and yang are one of opposition and combination. Examples of such opposition combinations are easy to find; light and dark, bitter and sweet, and even order and chaos. So, why a … Continue reading
Adding More (Red)Fish to Your Diet
Imagine, if you will, you are someone in a server operations team. As a member of that team, you are expected to keep the multiple layers of that server up to date. When you have only a handful of servers, … Continue reading
Harnessing the Power of PowerShell Advanced Functions
Recently, I published (https://github.com/snoopj123/NXAPI) a community-based PowerShell module so that PowerShell aficionados could interact with Cisco NX-OS switches (specifically the Nexus 5000 and 7000 families) that were running an API package called NX-API. This API package allowed for sending NX-OS … Continue reading
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Tagged Architect, Automation, Cisco Champion, Community, Powershell, vExpert
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The Dichotomy of Mentoring
I can’t help but notice a certain amount of chatter on my social media timelines about “mentoring”. In our industry, we tend to associate this in the form of career advancement. We take someone with less experience (a “junior”) and … Continue reading
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