One of the things I wanted to do this year was get back into technologies, applications, platforms or solutions that I have drifted away from over recent years. The reason for this is two-fold… Firstly, I’m interested to see how far they have progressed over the years (or maybe they have not) and secondly get […] Read More
There is a lot of FUD around crypto at the moment, with a large number of technologists remaining ice cold and almost combatively against the thought of the next wave of the internet being built on Blockchain on what is being touted as Web3. I’m clearly on the side of Web3 and what it offers […] Read More
Late last year, I was part of a working group that aimed to come up with the top tech trends in data protection for 2022 and beyond. Being a Technologist, part of my job is looking forward at emerging trends in technology and seeing how they fit into current day operations and what enhancements, if […] Read More
Yes… I still prefer WordPress! Just like how I prefer running MacOS these days for its relative simplicity and minimal operating overheads, so to have I come to the realisation that WordPress is still the best choice of platform for this blog. I have toyed with Ghost and in fact I am running a few […] Read More
Real word Kubernetes… that is a slightly tongue in cheek title however in reading through a lot of blogs and how-to’s around Kubernetes, I never get a sense of real world application for Infrastructure and Platform Ops who are trying to get their hands dirty or even just understand what it is to run production […] Read More
I’ve been talking a lot about Managed Kubernetes this year. About a month ago I submitted a session for Cloud Native Data Management Day around Managed Kubernetes for learning and labbing. What I wanted to do was take a very quick look at some examples of how you can leverage the resources that are out […] Read More
Cloud Field Day 12 has come and gone…and for the third time virtually, I had the pleasure of presenting to the delegates. This time around it was the first Hybrid Tech Field Day event, meaning some delegates and vendor presentations where done on-site in Palo Alto with other joining in virtually. Again, while it was […] Read More
Releases are different in the Cloud Native world… unlike more traditional software vendors that release less often with more fixes and features, in this world the idea is to release fast to fix issues and add features quicker. Kasten by Veeam is no different to this, and today released K10 v4.5.0. Though there have been […] Read More
Earlier this year at VeeamON 2021 we made a significant new product announcement which was the unveiling of Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization. This has now been released a v1.0 Public Beta (Build 1.0.1488). The intent and direction of this release means that we will have supportability for a fourth hyper-visor, meaning that we […] Read More
At VeeamOn Update overnight we announced that Veeam Backup for Salesforce would be our next SaaS backup product, with intentionality to release some time in 2022. This is a huge announcement from us and one which is sure to produce a great amount of interest from existing and prospective customers. As Danny Allan talks about […] Read More