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Here’s to 2016 (A year in the life…)
While 2015 was a year of many great accomplishments, I ended the year on a personal downer. While most people that get invited as a delegate to the Tech Field Day events consider it a great accomplishment, I went away … Continue reading
Docker? On Windows? Yep!
There’s starting to become a major timeline distinction between those of us in the IT industry. There are those of us who grew up in the industry with Microsoft being the evil empire and those that are coming into IT … Continue reading
Why REST APIs are Not Enough
Automation is a very hot topic these days. Actually, that’s probably one of the understatements of the current state of IT. Everywhere you turn, you get some sort of message about how important automation is. Unfortunately, due to the sad … Continue reading
Ready…or not.
I’m going to preface this blog post with the fact that I’ve only completed the 1st day of the Microsoft Ignite conference (2016 edition), so there might actually be more substance to some of the things that I was made … Continue reading
Is DevOps a Load of BS?
So, I tuned in at nearly the right moment to hear an extra snippet of discussion at Cloud Field Day 1 (CFD1) and it was a topic that gets my brain going. The topic was whether or not DevOps was … Continue reading
Evolving APIs
One of the things that’s interesting to watch in our industry is evolution. We see companies evolving everything about themselves. Typically, we see companies do this with their technical designs or with their marketing messages. Personally, I’ve been paying attention … Continue reading
Tech Field Day 11 Preview: CloudPhysics
Tech Field Day 11 is coming and I’ve been invited to be a delegate for the event. I am extremely looking forward to it and looking forward to hearing from the companies presenting at the event. This post is going … Continue reading
Upcoming VMUG Presentation!
Back in November 2015, I had this great idea to give a presentation at my local VMUG. A spot opened up at the last minute and I was asked by the leadership team if I had anything I wanted to … Continue reading
Learning to Code
When I was in high school, I absolutely loved getting ahold of the computer systems (in my case specifically, the Apple II gs) and spending a lot of time doing programming tasks in Apple BASIC. I once wrote a program … Continue reading
Nesting Microsoft Azure Stack POC on ESXi
Recently, Microsoft announced a public proof of concept of their latest cloud software. The intention of this software is to attempt to provide a hybrid cloud platform with the look and feel and their public cloud, Azure. Now, the technical … Continue reading
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