My commentary on Gartner’s Cloud MQ - 2018
As a true technologist – I am not a favor of analyst reports and in some circles Gartner is a dirty word – but since most of the industry swears by Gartner – I went over the report. Here are my …
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I am sure you are all familiar with those select few in your company who supposedly have super powers or hidden technological gifts. Yes, I mean those co-workers who know exactly how to fix the most …
Time for a New Chapter - Hello CyberArk!
The cat is out of the bag. The beginning of a new journey — Maish Saidel-Keesing (@maishsk) March 20, 2018 A bit of history After 13 years at Cisco - I have decided to challenge myself and …
5 AWS Certifications in 237 days
Today I completed my 5th AWS Certification. Something which I had hoped to complete before the end of 2017, but life got in the way. I started working dabbling with AWS a while ago - signed up for a …
Kubernetes Is Not the Silver Bullet
Does the following sound familiar to you? The industry latches on to a new technology and everyone falls under its spell, a spell that makes them think this latest technology will solve any and all of …
The AWS PowerShell Docker Container
I cannot believe it is over 3 years since I created the openstack-git-env container. At the time I was really frustrated at how hard it was to get started with setting up an environment to start …
The Cloud Walkabout AWS
Some people say that once you write a book - you never stop at only one. I think I tend to agree. There is something about creating something from nothing, and even more so for me - I enjoy sharing …
Keeping Kosher at re:Invent 2017
I hardly mix my professional and personal life here on this blog. I will every now and again throw in some thoughts and feelings from my personal beliefs into my blog posts, when appropriate. The last …
Self Publishing my New Book AWS
If you have been following the hints that I have been dropping on Twitter - you may have noticed that I am about to go public with a new book. A sneak peak… #AWS #real #soon pic.twitter.com/2lwuf47q7A …
I’ve Got a Plan for re:Invent 2017. Do You?
I am no IT conference novice. I’ve attended several VMworld events over the years (last year, together with over 25,000 other IT professionals). But even though I’ve been in this business for quite a …