Scott Driver

You Too Can Stink at Information Security!

01/06/20 “Security? We don’t need no stinking security!” I’ve actually heard a CTO utter words this effect. If you subscribe to a similar mindset, here are five ways you too can st…

A POwerful SHortcut to Automating Operations

12/23/19 A few years back I was working at a SaaS provider when we had an internal hackathon. The guidelines were simple: As part of your project you had to learn something, and yo…

Start Automating Your Career

12/06/19 In a recent episode of a popular tech podcast, I heard the hosts say, “If you can’t automate, you and your career are going to get left behind.” Some form of this phrase h…

Who’s the Boss? 5 Things to Ask Yourself Before Making the Leap Into Management

11/11/19 We talk a lot about professional development these days—how to develop your speaking or writing skills to make you a better practitioner. But what if you’ve reached a cert…

Beyond IaaS, Cloud for the SMB, the Enterprise, and Beyond!

11/04/19 We come to you today with a late-breaking breaking postscript! When we last left our IT hero, they were asking themselves deep and probing questions like Will I Save Money…

I’m Still On-Premises, Is That OK?

10/25/19 If you stop and think for a moment, cloud computing is still in its youth. EC2 has only been a public offering since 2006. Gartner® first treated “the cloud” as a real thi…

Will I Save Money by Moving to the Cloud?

10/14/19 This post is part one of two, taking an atypical look at the public cloud and why you may or may not want to leverage it. Did you know AWS came about partly because Amazon…

It’s the Year of VDI! (Again) – A Costing Examination

09/12/19 If you attended a major conference or read any industry press over the last handful of years, you’d be excused for thinking everyone would be running on virtual desktop in…

Know Your IT Department Frenemies (aka Why Can’t We Be Friends?)

08/26/19 If you’re in tune with the various tech communities, you’ve probably noticed a big push for professional development in the technical ranks. I love the recognition that IT…

The Most Important Skill You’re Not Hiring For

08/15/19 Anyone who’s hired for a technical team can understand this scenario. You’re hiring for “X” positions, so of course you receive “X” times infinity applications. Just becau…