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From Zero to Cloud in Minutes: Let’s Take a Vote
- September 7, 2018
- Posted by: Isaac Johnson
- Category: Applications, Cloud Computing, Cloud-Native Apps, Education, Microsoft Azure, Public Cloud, Serverless Computing, Tools, Training
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Getting serverless apps to the cloud can be easy. A common question asked though is, “Where do I start?” However, it can be easier than you may realize to get from zero to the cloud. Let’s start with a common problem: We would like to poll a room an icebreaker question such as, “Would you
5 Critical Success Factors for the Journey to the Public Cloud
- August 30, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Kaplan
- Category: CIO, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, IT Strategy, Migration, Operations, Public Cloud, Thought Leadership
(This blog post originally appeared on Information Management.) The pace of cloud adoption continues to accelerate due to its promise of speed, flexibility, and lower costs. And it’s not just tech departments vying for cloud adoption anymore. The C-suite also realizes the many positive effects of the cloud – from empowering frontline employees and decision
Nutanix AHV: From Trojan Horse to Flagship Feature
- August 13, 2018
- Posted by: Yon Ubago
- Category: Converged Infrastructure, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Nutanix, Partners
As the Converged Infrastructure (CI) and Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) practice lead at AHEAD, I spend a significant portion of my time evaluating and designing solutions. I wrote my last blog post on Nutanix all the way back in 2016. Back then, Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) was still fairly new having been launched in 2015, and for
Using AWS CodeDeploy to Push New Versions of Your Application
- August 3, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Shanks
- Category: Applications, AWS, CodeDeploy, Configuration Management, Servers
Getting new code onto our servers can be done in a multitude of ways these days. Configuration management tools can pull down new code, pipelines can run scripts across our fleets, or we could run around with a USB stick for the rest of our lives. With container-based apps, serverless functions, and immutable infrastructure, we’ve
HashiCorp Vault Storage Backend Decision Tree
- July 24, 2018
- Posted by: Martez Reed
- Category: Architecture, Cloud Computing, HashiCorp, Storage
With over 15 supported storage backends, it can be a bit of an arduous task to determine which storage backend should be used for a HashiCorp Vault deployment. The goal of this blog post is to help simplify that process with a simple visual decision tree that accounts for some of the common decision points
Should I Use a Transit VPC in AWS?
- July 16, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Shanks
- Category: AWS, Cloud Computing, Networking, Partners, VPC
A common question that comes up during AWS designs is, “Should I use a transit VPC?” The answer, like all good IT riddles is, “it depends.” There are a series of questions that you must ask yourself before deciding whether to use a Transit VPC or not. In this post, I’ll try to help formulate
Improve Subscription Management with Azure Management Groups
- July 9, 2018
- Posted by: Cooper Lutz
- Category: Azure Management Groups, Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Microsoft Azure, Subscription Management, Training
Organizations and individuals often utilize multiple Subscriptions across their Azure environment. Depending on the needs of an organization, these may be split up by department, life-cycle, business unit, etc., and result in one or hundreds of Azure Subscriptions. The more Azure Subscriptions we have, the more difficult it becomes to manage each Subscriptions access controls
VMware vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) Vault Integration
- June 25, 2018
- Posted by: Martez Reed
- Category: HashiCorp, VMware, vRealize, vRealize Orchestrator, vRO
The goal of this post is to walk through configuring vRO to leverage HashiCorp Vault for reading secrets that will be used as part of our example workflow. The first thing we need to do is take a look at the API documentation for Vault to determine how we can interact with Vault using REST
Cisco Live 2018: Cisco Returns to Its Roots With the ‘New’ Network
- June 14, 2018
- Posted by: Andy Sajous
- Category: Cisco, Cloud Computing, Data Center Infrastructure, Enterprise IT, Events, Networking, Security
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins stood on stage this week at Cisco Live! in front of a crowd of more than 30,000 attendees and boldly said, “The cloud wouldn’t be possible without the network.” That’s certainly a striking statement coming from an executive charged with transforming Cisco from the traditional infrastructure powerhouse we’ve been accustomed to
Use Hashicorp’s Vault to Dynamically Create MySQL Credentials
- June 6, 2018
- Posted by: Eric Shanks
- Category: API, Enterprise IT, HashiCorp, MySQL, Security, Servers, SQL
Passwords are a necessary evil to keep bandits from running away with your confidential data. We’ve come up with various strategies to manage these secrets, such as: Using one password for all of your stuff so you don’t forget it Using a password vault to store a unique password for each of your logins Using