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…
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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…
Defining an SLO – Understanding Business Needs
06/20/18 Building a monitoring and alerting system should always be driven by your business needs. This is an ongoing debate between the IT organization–which tends to focus on gra…
Business Services and their Challenges in Complex Environments
01/24/18 Business services and infrastructure services have divergent interests and requirements: business services are not focusing on IT. They may leverage IT, but their role is …
Understanding your SQL Server Monitoring: Part 2 CPU
02/05/16 Welcome back. Last time we met, I reiterated the importance of a good SQL Server monitoring solution, and not just monitoring, but monitoring intelligently. We also went o…