Hard to believe that another VeeamON has come and gone… for us in the Product Strategy Team the lead up and the week is immensely busy… but this is what we live and breath for! Everyone came away from the conference extremely pleased with how it panned out and we believe it also was a success […] Read More
Tribalism in IT… Why It is in our nature to not all get along!
When I was a boy, I started following the Essendon Australian Rules Football club…I was drawn to their colours and I was also drawn to the fact they had just completed back to back premierships. Since then, I have been engaged in running battles with my father, family and friends…all who support different AFL sides. […] Read More
Infrastructure as Code vs RESTful APIs …Terraform and Everything in Between!
While I was a little late to the game in understanding the power of Infrastructure as Code, I’ve spent a lot of the last twelve months working with Terraform specifically to help deploy and manage various types of my lab and cloud based infrastructure. Appreciating how IaC can fundamentally change the way in which you […] Read More
Cloud Field Day 5 – Recap and Videos #CFD5
Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at Cloud Field Day 5 (a Tech Field Day event). Joined by Michael Cade and David Hill, we took the delegates through Veeam’s cloud vision by showcasing current product and features in the Veeam platform including specific technology that both leverages and protects Public Cloud workloads and […] Read More
Heading to Cloud Field Day 5 #CFD5
I’m currently on the first leg over from Perth to San Fransisco where I’ll head down to Silicon Valley to present at Cloud Field Day 5. This will be my first Tech Field Day event which some may find surprising given my involvement in and around the virtualisation community prior to joining Veeam. I often […] Read More
Top vBlog 2018: Thoughts, Notable Representation and Thanks
Last week the Top vBlog for 2018 where announced based on votes cast late last year on content delivered in 2017. Similar to last year Eric Siebert continued the new voting mechanisms that delivers a more palatable outcome for all who where involved. The mix of public votes and points based on number of posts […] Read More
VMUG UserCon – Sydney and Melbourne Events!
A few years ago I claimed that the Melbourne VMUG Usercon was the “Best Virtualisation Event Outside of VMworld!” …that was a big statement if ever there was one however, over the past couple of years I still feel like that statement holds court even though there are much bigger UserCons around the world. In […] Read More
More Than Meets the Eye… Veeam Backup Performance
Recently I was sent a link to a video that showed an end user comparing Veeam to a competitors offering covering backup performance, restore capabilities and UI. It mainly focused on the comparison of incremental backup jobs and their completion times. It showed that the Veeam job was taking a significantly longer time to complete […] Read More
What Services Providers Need to Think About in 2019 and Beyond…
We are entering interesting times in the cloud space! We should no longer be talking about the cloud as a destination and we shouldn’t be talking about how cloud can transform business…those days are over! We have entered the next level of adoption whereby the cloud as a delivery framework has become mainstream. You only […] Read More
vExpert 2019 – Why The vCommunity is Still Important to me.
Overnight, applications for the 2019 VMware vExperts where opened up and as per usual it’s created a flurry of activity on social media channels and well as private communications such as the vExpert Slack. There is no doubting that IT professionals still hold the vExpert award in high regard…though it’s also true that others have […] Read More