Lester WadeGroundhog Day with Azure StackI used to work on Eucalyptus, one of the earliest private cloud implementations, out of which OpenStack was born. Eucalyptus used AWS API…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
Lester WadeAzure & AWS: Closing the Gap?My day job now sees me focusing on building a Microsoft Azure practice inside a large global SI. Before this I was busy doing the same…May 31, 2017May 31, 2017
Lester WadeWhy the rush to public cloud?I spend a fair amount of time talking to clients who call out public cloud as their future platform — new stuff lands on it and old stuff…Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017
Lester WadeinA Cloud GuruWorried About Lock-In? Encourage Cloud Skills To Enable Platform MobilityReducing the switching cost and burden of lock-in is highly dependent on the skill level of your development teamsMar 1, 2017Mar 1, 2017
Lester WadeThe Ball and Chain for Enterprise IT ServicesAmazon recently posted its Q2 2016 earnings. It showed that AWS generated $2.88 billion in revenue in the second quarter of this year…Aug 1, 2016Aug 1, 2016
Lester WadeHere Be Dragons: The Enterprise Dangers for AmazonOne thing I've heard from clients is that dealing with Amazon (AWS) can often be refreshing. Refreshing in the sense that they are building…May 11, 2016May 11, 2016
Lester WadeThe age of BYOT (or BYOTch) in cloudFirst it was BYOD (Bring Your Own Desktop), now it’s BYOT (Bring Your Own Tools). A colleague of mine prefers the acronym BYOTCH (Bring…May 9, 2016May 9, 2016
Lester Wade3 things to do before you start your enterprise cloud migration…Over the past year I’ve seen a very notable increase in the number of large organisations showing a very clear desire to migrate as many…Apr 14, 2016Apr 14, 2016
Lester WadeWhat you should know about a “Cloud Broker”A Cloud Broker is typically a form of CMP (Cloud Management Platform) which touts the ability to deploy and move a service (a set of cloud…Apr 8, 2016Apr 8, 2016
Lester WadeThat shadow IT thing …… otherwise known as “argh we’re all outta jobs!” syndrome.Mar 31, 2016Mar 31, 2016