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Yes hardware debt can be easier to both see and solve but also more financially costly (depends on payment model) this usually appears when the hardware team don't understand what is required of them or their infrastructure and just order the latest shiny and new box without understanding the problem they need to solve.…

Putting lipstick on a pig comes to mind. all they have done here is make it twice as complex to solve later (if ever)

Indeed, if you want to take up the torch and carry this into a series I'm happy to support.

Indeed you cant continuously improve if you are not monitoring your service operation.

You raise a good point that you proper investigation into the issue at hand and see if it can be solved with IT. If it can, the need to understand the risk etc that can be overlooked are all factors which need to be considered.

This Boeing story just keeps getting worse. You have to wonder if they even have an understanding of the true problem. Servers are like cups of coffee, they are great and just what you need for a period of time but sooner than later your going to need another.

Your welcome glad you like it

Some times it does come down to likes and dislikes, but in the future don't let this get in the way of properly evaluating your options.

NICE BIKE!! Scripting is just the first step and you start looking at things like terraforming you will wonder how did we not do this before now? 2020 will see more people start to look at their infrastructure as code or possibly move towards this as it will allow the flexibility and speed for their business to grow. start…

It's also good advice to plan for a disaster when things are going well

Yup spread the word Microsoft EOS and sec updates 14th Jan 2020. One of the reasons I know of that people don't patch is the fact that their application stack is just so fragile when any LOB application should be as bulletproof as possible not made of glass

Hopefuly they start to automate testing soon into the process and good luck.

Spread the love around. AWS, GCP, Azure, SalesForce, RackSpace, verizon, IBM Cloud. The possibilities are endless.

Well put

Yes the idea of chunks does sound like the sensible way to go, and these are the organisations who are succeed in the transition to cloud. Those who rush or cram the round peg .. are the ones with huge bills and the horror stories we hear around the water cooler. AS with regards to security in this day and age EVERYONE…

your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it

good to see you having some positive impact on the business! You have started to show the value and cost of IT to the business so when they come and say how can we improve or reduce costs you have metrics to rely on and also use to your advantage when you want to improve a service and what it will mean to the business.

Sadly I cant claim that its one of mine. I first came across it in the Phoenix Project. but it has stuck with me https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phoenix-Project-Devops-Helping-Business/dp/1942788290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1551745851&sr=8-1&…

yup but tomorrow is another day to fight the good fight. If your DC has a firewall or DMZ with a flaw then they could also quite easily exploit that as an attack surface and hello Mr Ransomware. Security in the public cloud can be achieved to as good if not better level to many organisations if done properly. With Public…

I would hope there are people out there looking at the hardware and software upgrades they currently undertake and think, is there a better way? If you plan to refactor some of it now and more in the future, you will be in a better position. Can you say you competitors are not thinking the same? Or could this be the way to…

So very true. If only proper regression testing was undertaken.

For those companys that see it as effort they will be behind if they ever make the transition. for those that understand it as a challenge and accept that they need to change then they with thrive in due course thanks to this undertaking

I cant remember who said it but if you cant explain your idea to a 6 year old you don't understand it yourself. Sometimes you need to be simplistic and I understand what you are saying. When you were deciding to make the move to the cloud you needed to either inform the business that their expected SLA is going to have a…

Think you forgot to say ***SPOILER ALERT*** Yes its someone else's hardware and software stack, but does offloading to them give you any advantage, could you free up resource to look at other things, What are you willing to pay for that advantage? If not then maybe keeping it in a darkened dungeon somewhere is the best fit.

Good luck my friend. We've all had the "joy" of an office move.