How I Passed The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam
I had no professional experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) products, currently work for VMware, and passed the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam (AWS SAA-C02) with my first attempt. This article gives you an overview which content and training material I used to prepare myself...
vRealize Cloud Universal and vCloud Suite Subscription
VMware announced the availability of VMware Realize Cloud Universal (vRCU) back in September 2020. vRCU is a SaaS management suite of different products like vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight or vRealize Automation than can be consumed as managed cloud services, but VMware still gives you...
Interclouds And The Future of Cloud Computing
I am finally taking the time to write this piece about interclouds, workload mobility and application portability. Some of my engagements during the past four weeks led me several times to discussions about interclouds and workload mobility. Cloud to Cloud Interoperability and Federation Who has...
KubeCon Europe 2022 – Summary Day 1
My day 1 at KubeCon Europe 2022 started early and my expectations are high. I arrived after 7.30am and I was impressed how easy and fast the check-in was even I had to show my ID and COVID certificate, which would allow me to get inside to the badge printer. The event location is quite huge and it...
What I Expect From KubeCon Europe 2022
Twitter and LinkedIn are flooded with posts about the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 event happening in Valencia, Spain. It is one of the biggest conferences in the world, where users, developers, geeks and newbies come together, who are interested in cloud native standards, technologies and...
Current vSphere Subscription Licensing Options
Update June 27, 2022: VMware announced vSphere+ and vSAN+ VMware is giving their customers more and more the option to move towards a subscription-based licensing model. In general, companies are moving away from the large pay-up-front deals and replace them with recurring subscriptions. Vendors...
Build a Digital Manufacturing Platform with the VMware Edge Compute Stack
VMware revealed their edge computing vision at VMworld 2021. In VMware's view the multi-cloud extends from the public clouds to private clouds to edge. Edge is about bringing apps and services closer to where they are needed, especially in sectors like retail, transportation, energy and...
Multi-Cloud and Sovereign Cloud – Deploy the Right Data to the Right Cloud
According to Gartner, regulated industry customers (such as finance and healthcare) and governments are looking for digital borders. Companies in these sectors are looking to reduce vendor lock-in and single points of failure with their cloud providers, whose data centers sometimes are also...
I focus on sovereign cloud, hybrid multi-cloud architectures, and data privacy in regulated industries.
The views and opinions expressed here are entirely my own, reflecting my journey and insights.
