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…Aug 17, 2022Aug 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…Aug 9, 2022Aug 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…Jun 18, 20221Jun 18, 20221
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…Jun 14, 20222Jun 14, 20222
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…May 17, 2022May 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…May 15, 2022May 15, 2022
John Ogden6Rs of Cloud MigrationsThere are 6 common paths to migrating applications to the cloud — commonly known as the 6Rs:May 12, 20222May 12, 20222
John OgdenA Summary of Architecture Part 3: How do we do it, and how does it fit with everyone else?OverviewMay 6, 2022May 6, 2022