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12 min read

Comparing CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible Part #2

The feedback I received from the first comparison was great – thank you all. Obviously the example I used was not really something that you would use in the real world – because no-one actually …

  • Scripting
  • Ansible
  • AWS
  • Cloud
11 min read

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 …

  • opinion
  • Miscellaneous
  • Cloud
1 min read

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 …

  • Kubernetes
  • containers
  • Miscellaneous
  • Cloud
2 min read

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 …

  • cloudwalkabout
  • Book
  • author
  • Announcement
1 min read

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 …

  • AWS
  • Cloud
7 min read

Buying a Car or Understanding the aaS Concept

This past week - I have been working a lot with an account team to provide an RFP for a potential customer, and it is quite clear that sometimes the sales teams do not understand what an As-A-Service …

  • Miscellaneous
  • service
  • Cloud
2 min read

Cloud-Agnostic: Friend or Foe?

I have been working on a project for a while that includes the deployment of a large number of moving parts that are in a significant state of flux. Drops every two weeks, new features added all the …

  • Automation
  • OpenStack
  • AWS
  • Cloud
10 min read

VMware on AWS - My Thoughts

The world shook a few days ago, with the announcement of a partnership between VMware and AWS. There are a number of posts that have been released, by a number of bloggers and analysts, about what …

  • Amazon
  • VMware
  • Announcement
  • AWS
4 min read

I Don’t Want to Talk to my Cloud Provider

A short while back I participated in an internal event. A number of priority customers of our internal cloud service were invited for a feedback session, to voice their thoughts, listen to roadmap …

  • Miscellaneous
  • service
  • Cloud