Open-Source Can Help With Portability And Lock-In But It Is Not A Silver Bullet
We have spent years chasing cloud portability and warning against vendor lock-in. And yet, every enterprise I have worked with is more locked in today than ever. Not because they failed to use open-source software (OSS). Not because they made bad decisions, but because real-world architecture,...
Disaster Recovery With OCI Dedicated Region
While studying for the OCI 2025 Network Professional exam, I ran into something that is easy to miss at first: OCI Realms. They define boundaries between regions, and they matter a lot, especially when working with OCI Dedicated Regions. One of the most asked questions during technical workshops...
OCI Dedicated Region Is A Strategic Enabler Of Transformation
Many enterprises are reaching a tipping point. Rather than continuing to extend and maintain aging legacy systems, they are taking a bolder path: building new IT foundations from the ground up. This greenfield approach reflects a desire to move faster, innovate with fewer constraints, and finally...
The State of Application Modernization 2025
Every few weeks, I find myself in a conversation with customers or colleagues where the topic of application modernization comes up. Everyone agrees that modernization is more important than ever. The pressure to move faster, build more resilient systems, and increase operational efficiency is not...
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – The Cloud That Actually Delivers
In 2024, I wrote an article about cloud repatriation (aka reverse cloud migrations) and the fact that businesses are adopting a more nuanced workload-centric strategy, instead of just bringing some of the workloads back to on-premises data centers. The article did not focus (primarily) on costs,...
Becoming an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified DevOps Professional Part 2 – DevSecOps with OCI
DevSecOps is the backbone of modern software delivery. Whether you are a fast-moving digital startup or a large enterprise modernizing legacy systems, having an automated, secure CI/CD pipeline is what separates high-performing teams from those always stuck firefighting. Most teams stitch together...
Becoming an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified DevOps Professional Part 1 – Introduction to Oracle Kubernetes Engine
I have just started diving into the OCI DevOps Professional certification course, so why not share some lessons and important information I gathered from the official Oracle course as part of my preparation? My goal? To pass the exam in the next few weeks. In this first part, I’m covering the core...
Evicted Pod Problem When Deploying App on Kubernetes
Recently, while deploying Longhorn, I encountered a frustrating issue: my pods were always showing "evicted" even though it was a freshly deployed Kubernetes Cluster. Since I am new to Kubernetes, I had no clue which commands would help me to better understand and then solve the problem. Luckily,...
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.
