Free Download – DevOps Automation with Terraform and VMware

Content planning for 2020 is underway and I realized that it’s a good time to share the recent O’Reilly report that I had done in 2019 here with folks.  DevOps may seem a long way off, but the methods of automating your infrastructure creation in order to enable better DevOps practices is not.  Even VMware … Read more

Welcome Project Nautilus! Running Containers Natively with VMware Fusion on MacOS

There is a lot of hype around containers.  There is also a lot of truth in what’s ahead for the industry as containers are becoming important parts of many new applications.  VMware has just released what they dubbed Project Nautilus.  Shout out to Michael Roy (a fellow Canadian) who has been doing wicked cool work … Read more

Vembu Community and Free Editions Updates

There are lots of resources available which help technical practitioners and decision makers evaluate options. One of the most valuable things that I’m enjoying with partner solutions that I work with is the community and free editions that are available. I run a reasonable sized lab environment which is ideal for using these platforms. Vembu … Read more

vSphere arrives on ARM, but not for the reason most admins are thinking

There is a surprising amount of confusion on what the vSphere on ARM architecture announcement is about. The main reason for this is the pretty heavy focus on people thinking that it’s meant to run on a Raspberry Pi or similar device. Ok, I get the cool nerd factor, but seriously, we have to stop … Read more