Trevor Pott

The shifting SANs of enterprise IT: You may have been burned in the past, but live migration is and will be your friend

Comment You got hurt, we get it. But you can't ignore your data-center's workhorse

Storage26 Aug 2019 | 14

Extract, transform, load? More like extremely tough to load, amirite?

Thankfully, now there are data integration platforms for that

Databases04 Jun 2018 | 9

VMs: Imperfect answers to imperfect problems, but they're all we have

Comment Are you a virtualization hater?

Devops10 Apr 2018 | 37

Container orchestration top trumps: Let's just pretend you don't use Kubernetes already

Open source or Hotel California, there's something for everyone

Devops13 Mar 2018 | 7

Developers, developers, developers: How 'serverless' crowd dropped ops like it's hot

What does it even mean ...and is it a good idea?

Systems12 Dec 2017 | 52

What on Earth is Terraform: Life support for explorers of terrifying alien worlds

It can create or destroy. Yes, we're still talking about IT infrastructure...

Devops06 Dec 2017 | 9

No humans allowed: How would a machine-centric data centre look?

This isn't a sci-fi premise, it'll influence how we segment our kit a few years down the line

On-Prem06 Nov 2017 | 14

C'mon, edgelords: The APIs are ours to command – do we do good or evil?

Edge computing is awesome and scary

Science31 Oct 2017 | 14

With microservices Java can at last join us in our cloudy, DevOpsy world

It's how apps are designed, not the tools used to write them

Devops16 Oct 2017 | 4

Google hooks up with Scale for cloud collab?! What does it all mean?

And what will it become?

HPC05 Oct 2017 | 2

It's a small VMworld after all – life in the shadow of re:Invent

VMware's event has become the conference of today's refresh cycle, not tomorrow's

On-Prem04 Aug 2017 | 3

Welcome to the Rise of the Machine-to-Machine. Isn't it time to 'block off' some data ducts?

Sysadmin blog Isolation-based security is getting important

Networks01 Aug 2017 | 20

Sysadmin Day 2017: Still time to get the beers in

70% of IT workers risk burnout: Don't let that be you. Pub. Now!

Networks28 Jul 2017 | 21

Not that scary or that hard: Two decades of VLANS

Sysadmin blog Classic or encapsulated? You choose

Virtualization30 Jun 2017 | 38

Can VMware exploit its VRealize refresh?

Sysadmin blog Battle beyond terrible packaging

OSes30 Jun 2017 | 5

WannaCrypt: Pwnage is a fact of life but cleanup could and should be way easier

Comment Shame on you for not going back in time

OSes31 May 2017 | 89

Dell EMC's Azure Stack: Get thee behind me, Microsoft subscriptions

Redmond chucks a lifeline. Not to you, to Big Box Co

SaaS15 May 2017 | 9

No middle ground, no compromise: VMware blocks Cisco's SDN play

Not cool, man

Virtualization20 Apr 2017 | 9

Data trashed? When RPO 0 isn't enough

Cast-iron storage policies

Storage19 Apr 2017 | 28

Finally – from brandbox to whitebox: Storage fabric is SDS realised

An existential threat to today's big players

Storage03 Apr 2017 | 7

Wanted: Bot mechanic. New nerds, apply within

Sysadmin Blog Servicing your mechanical overlords

Science21 Mar 2017 | 22

Linux, not Microsoft, the real winner of Windows Server on ARM

Sysadmin blog It's a real Peng... win

OSes20 Mar 2017 | 106

Next Generation Security: No, Dorothy, there is no magic wand

Sysadmin blog Backup software – your best friend

Security08 Mar 2017 | 23

Controversial opinion alert: Privacy and the public cloud – not just possible, but easy

My files belong to me – and it's getting easier to protect them

SaaS01 Mar 2017 | 16

One IP address, multiple SSL sites? Beating the great IPv4 squeeze

Forget IPv6. Names – I want NAMES! PACK. IT. IN

Software01 Mar 2017 | 148

You're Donald Trump's sysadmin. You've got data leaks coming out the *ss. What to do

Sysadmin Blog Beating the leaks with data loss prevention

On-Prem27 Feb 2017 | 100

It's over? Pat Gelsinger's post vSphere VMware NSX-T opportunity

Sysadmin Blog Software-defined networking? Time for an open relationship

Virtualization14 Feb 2017 | 7

This many standards is dumb: Decoding 25Gb Ethernet and beyond

Sysadmin Blog Cease this silliness with haste

On-Prem06 Feb 2017 | 22

It's holistic, dude: How to dodge the EU's £17m data regulation sting

Sysadmin blog Yep, that's gotta hurt

Legal02 Feb 2017 | 16

Dear Microsoft – a sysadmin's wishlist

Sysadmin Blog I promise I've been a good boy this year

Software01 Feb 2017 | 24

What might HPE do with SimpliVity?

Sysadmin Blog Where could the tech end up?

On-Prem31 Jan 2017 | 8

So you want to roll your own cloud

Sysadmin Blog How hard can it be?

SaaS27 Jan 2017 | 33

So. A new tech upstart wants 'feedback'. Um, maybe it actually does

Sysadmin Blog Astride both sides of data centre startup line

Storage08 Dec 2016 | 5

I was a robot and this is what I learned

Sysadmin blog The internet of me

Science07 Dec 2016 | 58

Stay out of my server room!

Sysadmin blog This is for computers, not your reams of paper!

On-Prem23 Nov 2016 | 123

Forget razors and blades, APIs are the new gotcha

Sysadmin Blog Machines nickel-and-diming other machines

On-Prem16 Nov 2016 | 21

We're going to have to start making changes or the adults will do it for us

Sysadmin Blog Tabs vs spaces? Unfortunately there are deeper, uglier issues facing IT

On-Prem07 Nov 2016 | 143

If any idiot can do it, we're heading in the right direction

Sysadmin Blog I am a simple man – and that's the way I like it

Networks02 Nov 2016 | 31

In its current state, Ubiquiti's EdgeSwitch won't have much of an edge on anyone

REVIEW Fantastic price, but connectivity more roulette than reliability

Networks27 Oct 2016 | 37

The cloud is not new. What we are doing with it is

Sysadmin blog Envisioning provisioning

On-Prem25 Oct 2016 | 7

Open-source storage that doesn't suck? Our man tries to break TrueNAS

Review FreeNAS's 2003-looking grown-up sibling examined

Storage18 Oct 2016 | 46

DIY storage startup: Tech, check. Techies, check... Er, credibility?

Part Four Nobody knows you, so how do you get there?

On-Prem17 Oct 2016 | 2

Rage-making, anxiety-inducing tech distributors: An ode

Sysadmin Blog One reselling man tells his tale of woe

Channel12 Oct 2016 | 5

Little top tech tip: Take care choosing your storage drives

Sysadmin Blog Flash, rust, MCS, SMR PMR TDMR HAMR and QLC – oh my!

Storage10 Oct 2016 | 6

Make yourself presentable, upstart: We're going out

Part Three Not you, buddy, the product's UI

Storage10 Oct 2016 |

Breaking compression, one year at a time

Sysadmin Blog DIY is hard

On-Prem07 Oct 2016 | 14

It's time for Microsoft to revisit dated defaults

Sysadmin blog Among other things, Active Directory needs an overhaul

On-Prem05 Oct 2016 | 50

Building your own storage startup: Whatever you do, don't let lead dev be CEO

Part Two Product's what we want from you...

On-Prem03 Oct 2016 | 12

Big data and the cloud: It's not even that scary

Sysadmin blog Don't believe the marketeers

On-Prem30 Sep 2016 | 2

How to build a storage startup

Part One Funding, contacts, brainboxes... a step-by-step guide

On-Prem29 Sep 2016 | 7

The perimeterless, ever-shifting enterprise: What would a real, red-blooded IT team do?

You're not trying to build an empire, you just want to secure the bloody data

On-Prem19 Sep 2016 | 6

Non-big IT vendors: Trying to understand where startups fit in tech

Sysadmin blog Part one: Who are you calling an upstart?

On-Prem19 Sep 2016 | 7

Dear sysadmin: This is how you stay relevant

Sysadmin blog Your business's flexible friend

On-Prem15 Sep 2016 | 44

My Dell merger wish list

Sysadmin Blog I want geeks, the future and a pony

Channel07 Sep 2016 | 12

VMworld 2016: What happens in Vegas ... could be just a desert trip

Sysadmin Blog But very likely we'll cop an eyeful of VMware goodies

Channel03 Aug 2016 | 17

VMware: We're gonna patent hot-swapping your VMs' host OS

Comment Changing operating system updates forever

Virtualization02 Aug 2016 | 23

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The shifting SANs of enterprise IT: You may have been burned in the past, but live migration is and will be your friend

Extract, transform, load? More like extremely tough to load, amirite?

VMs: Imperfect answers to imperfect problems, but they're all we have

Container orchestration top trumps: Let's just pretend you don't use Kubernetes already

Netflix could pwn 2020s IT security – they need only reach out and take

You can't ignore Spectre. Look, it's pressing its nose against your screen

Serverless: Should we be scared? Maybe. Is it a silly name? Possibly

Mine all the data, they said. It will be worth your while, they said

Developers, developers, developers: How 'serverless' crowd dropped ops like it's hot

What on Earth is Terraform: Life support for explorers of terrifying alien worlds

No humans allowed: How would a machine-centric data centre look?

C'mon, edgelords: The APIs are ours to command – do we do good or evil?

With microservices Java can at last join us in our cloudy, DevOpsy world

Google hooks up with Scale for cloud collab?! What does it all mean?

It's a small VMworld after all – life in the shadow of re:Invent

Welcome to the Rise of the Machine-to-Machine. Isn't it time to 'block off' some data ducts?

Sysadmin Day 2017: Still time to get the beers in

Not that scary or that hard: Two decades of VLANS

Can VMware exploit its VRealize refresh?

WannaCrypt: Pwnage is a fact of life but cleanup could and should be way easier

Dell EMC's Azure Stack: Get thee behind me, Microsoft subscriptions

No middle ground, no compromise: VMware blocks Cisco's SDN play

Data trashed? When RPO 0 isn't enough

Finally – from brandbox to whitebox: Storage fabric is SDS realised

Wanted: Bot mechanic. New nerds, apply within

Linux, not Microsoft, the real winner of Windows Server on ARM

Next Generation Security: No, Dorothy, there is no magic wand

Controversial opinion alert: Privacy and the public cloud – not just possible, but easy

One IP address, multiple SSL sites? Beating the great IPv4 squeeze

You're Donald Trump's sysadmin. You've got data leaks coming out the *ss. What to do

It's over? Pat Gelsinger's post vSphere VMware NSX-T opportunity

This many standards is dumb: Decoding 25Gb Ethernet and beyond

It's holistic, dude: How to dodge the EU's £17m data regulation sting

Dear Microsoft – a sysadmin's wishlist

What might HPE do with SimpliVity?

So you want to roll your own cloud

So. A new tech upstart wants 'feedback'. Um, maybe it actually does

I was a robot and this is what I learned

Stay out of my server room!

Forget razors and blades, APIs are the new gotcha

We're going to have to start making changes or the adults will do it for us

If any idiot can do it, we're heading in the right direction

In its current state, Ubiquiti's EdgeSwitch won't have much of an edge on anyone

The cloud is not new. What we are doing with it is

Open-source storage that doesn't suck? Our man tries to break TrueNAS

DIY storage startup: Tech, check. Techies, check... Er, credibility?

Rage-making, anxiety-inducing tech distributors: An ode

Little top tech tip: Take care choosing your storage drives

Make yourself presentable, upstart: We're going out

Breaking compression, one year at a time

It's time for Microsoft to revisit dated defaults

Building your own storage startup: Whatever you do, don't let lead dev be CEO

Big data and the cloud: It's not even that scary

How to build a storage startup

The perimeterless, ever-shifting enterprise: What would a real, red-blooded IT team do?

Non-big IT vendors: Trying to understand where startups fit in tech

Dear sysadmin: This is how you stay relevant

My Dell merger wish list

VMworld 2016: What happens in Vegas ... could be just a desert trip

VMware: We're gonna patent hot-swapping your VMs' host OS

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