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Ask a good server engineer where their server configuration is defined and the answer will likely be something similar to In my Puppet manifests. Ask a network administrator the same thing about the network devices and they'll probably look at you in confusion. Likely responses may include: * Uh, the device configuration…
Despite all the talk of all our jobs being replaced by automation, my experience is that the majority of enterprises are still very much employing engineers to design, build, and operate the infrastructure. Why, then, are most of us stuck in a position where despite experimenting with infrastructure automation, we have…
Now that Microsoft Windows server 2016 is generally available as of October 12, 2016, everyone is ready to upgrade their servers right? With every new Operating system release there is obviously going to be a list of new features and improvements. However, are these worth it to be bleeding edge and upgrade before the next…
You’ve made the leap and have implemented a DevOps strategy in your organization. If everything is going just great, this post may not be for you. But if you haven’t implemented DevOps, or you have and things just don’t seem to be progressing as quickly as you had hoped, let’s discuss some of the reasons why your DevOps…
While the previous two posts in this DevOps series have been open-ended and applicable to people on both the development and operations side, this post is focused on operations personnel. After all, if you're a developer and asking if you need to learn to code, then you might not be in the right job. I've recently had the…
You've just been given the following assignment from your boss: He's asked you to make the organization more DevOps-oriented. You've gone back and forth on what his definition of DevOps is and what he wants you to accomplish. You're ready to get going, and think, "What could go wrong?" A good bit, it turns out. In the…
The “cloud” can mean so many things to different people. Depending on who you ask, it could mean SaaS ( software as a service ) running Salesforce in the cloud but another person may say it's running servers on AWS. The definition of cloud can be cloudy but the transition to cloud is the same regardless of what your…
Love or hate it, Office 365 is here to stay. For most companies that have not made the transition to the Office 365 yet, I say yet because it is a matter of time before the majority of business are running email in the cloud. When you are planning to move email to the cloud there are many considerations to make and one of…
Simplifying network management is a challenging task for any organization, especially those that have chosen a best of breed route and have a mix of vendors. I ask my customers to strive for these things when looking to improve their network management and gain some efficiency. * Strive for a Single Source of Truth—As an…
Technology moves fast in today's world. We go from zero to breakneck speed on a new concept before we can even catch a breath. New software enables new business models and those new models drive our understanding of people forward in ways we couldn't imagine before. I can catch a taxi with my phone, perform a DNA analysis…
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