If you’re just joining the series now, you can find the first two posts here and here. Last time, I talked about the various decision points and considerations when using the public cloud. In this post, I’m going to look at how we build …
My previous post provided a short introduction to the series. In this post, I’m going to be focusing on public cloud. I’ll cover my day-to-day experiences in using the major hyperscalers, costs, how I think about managing them, and my reasons for adopting hybrid …
There is no getting away from it: the word “cloud” is a buzzword in the IT industry. Maybe it’s graduated onto something more. Why Cloud? I remember being asked this exact question during a technical presentation I got drafted into very last minute with …
Over the coming weeks, I will be writing a series of posts on my varied experiences with hybrid IT. These experiences come from working on countless projects over the last ten years working in a consultancy role. So, let’s start with a bit of …
Here is an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he discusses what we can expect to see in the future as federal IT professionals. Over the past couple of years, administrators have confronted a rapidly changing landscape that seems to …
Over the years, I’ve read more than a few articles about the qualities that are found in the best administrators. These articles focus on soft skills, but sometimes will list hard skills as well. In all those years, and in all those articles, I …
By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist As more agencies adopt the cloud, here’s an applicable article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he suggests achieving a balance between security and efficiency. Federal agencies are using the cloud more than …
There may still be a few skeptics out there, but cloud adoption is getting commonplace. Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, where he offers suggestions on simplifying the complexity. The idea of moving IT infrastructure to the cloud may have initially …
Modernizing legacy systems is back on the front burner. Here’s an interesting article from my colleague, Joe Kim, in which he reminds us not to forget about the network. The Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act was signed into law last year and there’s one …
