Category Archives: General

Granite Containers in Kubernetes

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Alastair

Getting Granite to operate in containers wasn’t a huge deal, as I covered in my last post. Containers are a packaging mechanism; I still need an orchestration platform to run these containers in production. Kubernetes is the de facto standard … Continue reading →

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Granite in Containers

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Alastair

In my last post, I gave an outline of the Granite demonstration application and how I use Granite to create a production-like data centre workload across a group of VMs. I am migrating that workload to containers, Kubernetes, and the … Continue reading →

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Faking Production for Education.

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Alastair

Most of my work as a trainer and analyst involves helping people learn about IT infrastructure. I like to use a storytelling teaching method based on real-world, hands-on deployment considerations. The problem is that real-world environments aren’t usually amenable to … Continue reading →

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Can You Afford To Replace (or To Keep) VMware in Your Datacenter?

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Alastair

The packaging and pricing changes that Broadcom has made to the VMware product suite have left many customers wondering whether there is still value for money. These customers are often caught between the cost of keeping VMware in place and … Continue reading →

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Hello from the CTO Advisor

Posted on February 9, 2024 by Alastair

This year (2024) is shaping up to be a very exciting time. I have joined a few of my friends at the Futurum Group. You may recognize that name as where Keith Townsend took the CTO Advisor, and Stephen Foskett … Continue reading →

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Containers as Application Services?

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Alastair

I maintain that the real reason for AWS’s success is that it is a developer enablement platform. Many AWS services exist to enable developers to write code specific to the business problem they are trying to solve. Do you need … Continue reading →

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Thousands of Containers Without Kubernetes?

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Alastair

Often marketing departments and analysts like buzzwords and want to hear every vendor using the popular buzzwords, whether they represent value or not. Kubernetes is a fantastic container orchestrator with its origins in Google and a footprint in every public … Continue reading →

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Mako Networks, I Haven’t Heard That Name In Years

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Alastair

I recognized the name Mako Networks as an innovative local company in New Zealand, although it had been a while since I heard the name. It turns out, the New Zealand company is now a Chicago company, but the development … Continue reading →

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The Scale Computing Edge

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Alastair

This week I will be at Edge Field Day in San Francisco, I’m looking forward to being back in person with my old and new Tech Field Day friends. Speaking of things that are both old and new, this will … Continue reading →

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What is your edge?

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Alastair

Words mean things, so defining what I mean by some words is important. I talked with Charles Uneze about definitions of edge computing and feel that it is important to have a framework for discussing edge and its older cousin, … Continue reading →

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