It’s August, and while the Microsoft Cloud news cycle tends to slow down this time of year, the latest episode of Cloudy with a Chance of Insights proved that there’s still plenty to talk about. David, Cyrus, and I dove into a mix of technical updates, strategic pivots, and philosophical tangents—all centered around the evolving... Continue Reading →
My Microsoft Certification Challenge & Journey
This week’s entry for Reaching for the Cloud slightly differs from the usual content I publish. It is unrelated to security or cloud strategy/technology and is more focused on a personal challenge or journey. About a week or so ago, someone made (probably a flippant) comment, indicating that they expect me to attain all the... Continue Reading →
Why do Cloud Migration Projects Fail?
As regular readers will know, I have posted on several elements of this topic previously, but I decided to wrap this up with a more holistic (I do dislike that word) view, based on my experience of working in this area for the past 15 years or so. What is Failure, or to put it... Continue Reading →
TWA, as an analogy for Cloud Migrations?
I had the good fortune to have lunch at the TWA Hotel at JFK Airport earlier in the week, which got me thinking about what happened to TWA and why there was still a branded hotel. I didn't get an answer to the latter, and several reasons were provided for TWA's eventual demise. Still, one... Continue Reading →
Cloud Repatriation, A Valid Option?
I was reading an article on The Stack a few weeks ago (https://www.thestack.technology/warren-buffetts-geico-repatriates-work-from-the-cloud-continues-ambitious-infrastructure-overhaul/), which was talking about their cloud journey, and more importantly about a recent decision to move some workloads back from the cloud to on-premises, the main reason provided in this article for the move was cost and complexity related to storage, and... Continue Reading →