Earlier this year at the Toronto VMUG UserCon, I had the opportunity to speak with Demetrius Malbrough, Technical Marketing Engineer at Rubrik. We discussed the MSP capability of the Rubrik platform and how it can benefit partners and integrators. Rubrik has the ability to provide a multi-tenant model for MSPs so that tenants / clients, [...]
At the beginning of this year I did an interview with Dahlia Mahlki of VMware research on the evolution of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and some of the advances that VMware was contributing to in the industry. For a recap of that interview, click here. There was a lot of buzz generated from that interview, [...]
Are there fire escapes in your mind palace? The method of loci (loci being Latin for "places") is a method of memory enhancement which uses visualizations with the use of spatial memory, familiar information about one's environment, to quickly and efficiently recall information. The method of loci is also known as the memory journey, memory palace, or mind palace technique. There [...]
Understanding patterns in monitoring metrics, logs and analytics. When is it the time to get worried? When everything is on fire and your trying to put it out, wondering what the fallout will be? Or how about when a pedestrian is about to cross the street, and you see a bus speeding down the road towards them, [...]
Interview with Dahlia Malkhi, founding member of VMware Research When people hear the term blockchain, they think of Bitcoin. However, that would be similar to thinking that the internet is the same as email. Cryptocurrency is a single use case for an underlying technology that has many use cases. The initial use case for cryptocurrency [...]
As a Solution Architect, I engage clients on many types of projects with many stakeholders. Too often, things are taken for granted. Assumptions are made but not spoken. The easiest way to set back, or derail a project is to not have enough communication and assume that everybody is on the same page and thinks [...]
In this long-form interview, I talk with Martin Zorn, the President and COO of the world's leading provider of risk management solutions, Kamakura Corporation. I reached out to Kamakura recently because of their unique position in relation to what could have been ground zero for a catastrophic event to the likes that we have not [...]
In the beginning of January 2018 VMware launched a 2 week pilot course for Architects that is meant to teach a set of methodologies of engagement called the IT Value Model and the Digital Workspace Journey. This methodologies are foundational for Architects to utilize as a means of deriving business outcomes from IT problems and business requirements. [...]
The first three-phase hydroelectric power plant in North America was built in 1893 in Redlands California. This was a landmark innovation that allowed power to be transmitted on power lines for over a hundred miles, vastly increasing the spread of power throughout the region. However, with innovation comes new uncharted territories and a lack of [...]
Recently, I had the had the honor of being a guest on the Nutanix Community Podcast with Angelo Luciani. We discussed the new book and the writing process. There are many methods that writers use to get their thoughts out on paper or pixels. I prefer to write things down as quickly as they come [...]
Designing Risk in IT Infrastructure 