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…
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How to Choose a Hyperconverged Infrastructure Solution
09/06/19 Running a traditional data center infrastructure for years can put your company in a rut, especially when it’s time to pick a new solution. When electing to trade out your…
Varying Approaches to Hyperconverged Infrastructure, or Why This Over That?
09/05/19 In this third post on the subject, I’ll discuss hyperconverged architectural approaches. I want to share some of my experiences in how and why my customers have taken diff…
VMware Certifications
08/30/19 Obtaining a VMware certification requires effort, dedication, and a willingness to learn independently with a commitment to the subject matter. To fulfill the requirements…
What’s Up With Virtualization? Virtualization Basics 101
08/28/19 In part one of this series, I tried to apply context to the virtualization market—its history, how it’s changed the way we deploy infrastructure, and how it’s developed in…
Is Hyperconverged Infrastructure Beneficial for the SMB?
08/22/19 So much in IT today is focused on the enterprise. At times, smaller organizations get left out of big enterprise data center conversations. Enterprise tools are far too ex…
Why Choose HCI Over Other Virtualization Approaches?
08/21/19 This is the second of a series of five posts on the market space for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). To be clear, as the previous blog post outlined, there are many o…
What Is Virtualization?
08/09/19 We’ve all been there. It’s time to consider building a home lab, whether it’s for testing a scenario, preparing for a certification, or learning more about a software appl…
Top 5 Benefits of Hyperconverged Infrastructure
08/07/19 Hyperconverged infrastructure is adopted more and more every year by companies both big and small. For small- to medium-businesses (SMBs) and remote branch type companies,…
What Is Hyperconverged Infrastructure and How HCI Works
08/05/19 This is the first of a five-part series on HCI. I hope you enjoy and this prompts discussion. Please feel free to reach out to me via Twitter at @MBLeib. What Is Hyperconv…
What Makes a Good Project Manager? Why a Big Project Without a Great PM Is Bound to Fail
06/07/19 The bigger the project, the more risk there is. Any decent-sized project needs a professional project manager to run it and help mitigate that risk. When it comes to big p…
It’s 2 a.m., Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
08/29/18 If you are old enough, you might remember that commercial that played late at night and went something like this… “It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your children are?” This…