The Cloud Transition The Cloud may not be in-your-face. But it is pervasive, and gradually taking over many aspects of our traditional IT systems. Companies are not yet making wholesale…
In a previous article, "One thousand servers, start with one click", I described the design and implementation of a simple hybrid-Cloud infrastructure. The view was from a high level, and…
Cloud and Open Source The arrival of Cloud providers and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) has opened up options and possibilities for solution architects. Our company is working with a client on a…
World of Perspectives We all see the world from different perspectives, and the sum of perspectives help us to get a better/fuller understanding of our world. In this article, we…
From Technology to Business In a previous article, I looked at how some metaphors can be used to understand the engineering of software (services). Of the five listed below, I…
A Pipeline of Tasks Illustrating a Simple DevOps Chain DevOps is the amalgalm of development activities and the business continuity provided by operations teams. It unites the efforts of what…
Amazon Web Services: Background Amazon Web Services (AWS) have revolutionised the way we view IT provisioning. AWS makes so many things easier, and often cheaper too. The benefits scale from…
The problem is not the work! A Retirement Myth? In a previous article, "Making the best of your 9-5", I mentioned my dad. Along with hundreds of other employees of…