I’m a fan of a good streak… but 2020 has forcefully ended a couple of existing streaks that I had in play. One of those was my annual trip over to Melbourne and Sydney for the VMUG UserCons. I’ve been doing these events since 2014 and they have always been high on my list of […] Read More
Garmin Down! – Dumbing Down Smart Devices Changes The Way We See IoT
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet of things have been hot topics for any digital transformation discussion in recent years. It’s no surprise. The IT industry is obsessed with what the future has in store. As technologists, it’s important to continue to drive conversations about where the industry is going and what the next […] Read More
Cloud Field Day Recap and Session Breakdown #CFD8
Cloud Field Day 8 has come and gone…it always amazes me the amount of preparation leading up to these events. We take them very seriously and while it was a different kind of event due to Covid-19, the feedback has been positive and just like the in person events, it is a thrill to present […] Read More
Virtually Heading to Cloud Field Day 8 #CFD8
I’m currently sitting in my home office in Perth, Western Australia…a stark contrast to where I have written my previous Cloud and Tech Field Day lead up posts… but we are in different times, and because of 2020… Cloud Field Day 8 is happening virtual and remote! Today and tomorrow will be spent finishing off […] Read More
Service Provider Console v4 Important Patch Release
Last week, Patch 1 was released for Veeam Service Provider Console v4 which brings the build to 4.0.0.4911. Contained in this patch is a number of enhancements and resolved issue that cover monitoring and reporting, licenses, server fixes, agent fixes and there are also a number of resolved issues relating to both included RESTful API versions […] Read More
Improving the Upgrade and Patching Experience with Veeam
In todays application centric world, upgrading software has almost become a non-event. We have gotten used to instant upgrades that just work without having to think twice or worry about something going wrong. Though it must be said that no upgrade is without risk, it’s clear that customers now demand the ability to be be […] Read More
Quick Post – Backup & Replication v10 Certified for vSAN 7 Data Protection
VMware still represents a strong focus for the foundation of our core platform supportability. VMware workloads are still easily the most protected workloads by Veeam Backup & Replication. In addition to that, we have also always been aligned with VMware vSAN, having offered deep backup awareness since the release of Backup & Replication 9.5. We […] Read More
v11 VeeamON Enhancements In Focus
During the VeeamON 2020 Technical Session we previewed new features and enhancements across our platform. I posted a quick review covering the platform updates around Backup for AWS, Backup for Microsoft Office 365 and Availability Orchestrator. In that review I touched on the Backup & Replication features and enhancements but didn’t go into any great […] Read More
VeeamON 2020 – My Top 5 On Demand Sessions… Available Now!
VeeamON has come and gone for another year but for those that might not have been able to virtually attend last week, the VeeamON Virtual Online Platform will be up and running for some time yet. This means you can still catch all of the sessions On Demand as well as the General and Technical […] Read More
HashiConf Digital – Top Session Picks
HashiConf Digital gets underway shortly and will offer three days of technical sessions and workshops attracting an estimated 6000 attendees from around the world and is open to all. My faith in virtual conferences was restored last week with a well executed VeeamON conference, so i’m looking forward to attending a few sessions virtually to […] Read More