Tag Archives: Architect
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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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 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
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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Different Strokes For Different Folks: Hybrid Cloud Edition
No doubt you’ve heard plenty about the concept of hybrid cloud (or even hybrid IT) recently. Personally, my Twitter timeline has been rampant with opinion pieces (some good, some bad) and your usually array of bickering between the various factions … Continue reading
Becoming a Leader
Leadership. We hear this term thrown around but I think few people actually know what it means to be a leader, let alone an effective leader. Personally, I scoffed at the idea that I would ever be a “leader”. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Architect, Cisco Champion, Community, Culture, Off Topic, vExpert
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An Azure Stack Primer for vSphere Folk
Over the last year, I’ve been involved in a journey that is changing my core competency in the technology industry. My employer, a managed service provider, has been working with Microsoft in the Early Adopter Initiative in their hybrid cloud … Continue reading
Tech Field Day 14 Preview – Datrium
Most of my peers know that I’m not one to dig deep into many nuances of storage. I consider storage to be a necessary evil in which there will always be a surly storage administrator to give me the runaround on … Continue reading
Why I’m Heading to OpenStack Summit – An Architect Perspective
The other day I was presented with a question from someone in my office. They had seen a LinkedIn update I had posted about being invited to Tech Field Day 14 and that I was going to OpenStack Summit. I … Continue reading
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