Paralyz[ed]

June 2, 2020
I am about to introduce a topic that I am sure you've heard or read about many times over. I will do my best to give you real-life experience from my years in the data center, and hopefully, I'll stir your thinking a little. Let's take a quick look at two definitions of the word paralyze. Render (someone) unable to think or act normally, especially through panic or fear. Bring (a system, place, or organization) to a standstill by causing disruption or chaos. The words panic, fear, standstill, disruption, and chaos got me thinking. While working in the data center,…

Micro-seg-men-ta-tion

April 28, 2020
I remember back in 2016 when I started on my AWS journey. There was something about how security groups and network access control lists intrigued me. At first, I was somewhat perplexed. As I began to do more in AWS, I was able to wrap my head around the process of securing virtual machines, as well as applications. It started to make sense, conceptually. It only took a glance at "Authorizing inbound traffic for your Windows instances" for me to figure out the basics. I then had Linux instances to figure out. That also was straight forward. I had not…

Recovery, what?

April 14, 2020
As I work from home more than ever now, it is becoming blatantly evident that there are some processes that I need to get in order. Am I the only one suddenly realizing that my daily activities are scattered all over the place? I mean, my notes are being taken by hand, Apple Notes, GoodNotes, Evernote, and elsewhere. My files are stored locally, in OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, and other various locations.  My unorganized workflow got me to thinking. I have to get this cleaned up, and quickly! What happens if my computer crashes? If I need to recover a…

We don’t do cloud!

April 7, 2020
I have been in front of many companies that quickly sideline a Nutanix conversation simply because they are uninterested in the cloud. Or, they are not ready to move to the cloud. Now, there are a few approaches to a response that I could take.  Nutanix is not a public cloud; it is a private cloud.What do you mean, you aren't interested in the cloud? Everybody is going to the cloud. I understand your concerns with the public cloud. Let's talk about Nutanix as a cloud alternative.  Ok. Those are approaches but, in my opinion, not the correct approach. What I…