John OgdenWhat is a Sovereign Cloud — in 5 minutes or lessTechnically, it’s exactly the same as any other cloud: there will be VMs, networking, storage, databases, queues, monitoring, databases…4 min read·Aug 17, 2022----
John OgdenHow do you remember stuff for exams?We all know that watching video after video does not result in any meaningful retention of information. We also know that rereading notes…7 min read·Aug 9, 2022----
John Ogden10 years of major incidentsThis post is an attempt to summarise they many experiences I’ve had leading the response to major incidents on IT systems and draw up a…11 min read·Jun 18, 2022--1--1
John OgdenHow to prep for cloud certificationsThis post talks about more effective ways to prepare for a modern cloud certification exams. It starts off by describing why the most…8 min read·Jun 14, 2022--2--2
John OgdenHow to sit a promotion panelThis post covers the second half of the promotion process — preparing for, then going though the interiew panel, and assumes the reader…5 min read·May 17, 2022----
John OgdenHow to write a promotion caseThis is my attempt to summarise how I would write a promotion case document; it’s based on my own experiences writing/reviewing such…9 min read·May 15, 2022----
John Ogden6Rs of Cloud MigrationsThere are 6 common paths to migrating applications to the cloud — commonly known as the 6Rs:14 min read·May 12, 2022--2--2
John OgdenA Summary of Architecture Part 3: How do we do it, and how does it fit with everyone else?Overview8 min read·May 6, 2022----