I’ve been in new new role with Xtravirt now so seven weeks or so now, and it’s interesting at this point to take a quick checkpoint and look at what I’ve observed already. I’ve been in the End User Computing game for some 14 of the 16 years I’ve been in the IT industry, in [...]
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Yesterday was my last day at NDS8. I can’t believe it’s been a little over two years since I decided to have a go at life on the road in consulting. It’s been a fun and tiring time, and I’ve learned so much. Not just about technologies, but about project management, business process, other people [...]
For those looking for it, here is my response to Virgin Media’s “Did we answer your question? How are we doing?”, which was too long to publish on Facebook, Twitter or anything else pithy :- It’s usually a joy to ask a question as one finds the customer service representative doesn’t read it before ploughing [...]
So the week before last was spent in the delightful (but blinking expensive) city of Copenhagen. I was there to attend my first VMworld, and what an interesting week it was. I’ve been fortunate enough to attend a couple of Novell BrainShare events (well four in fact), but the scales are completely the opposite. I [...]
Much has been said and read about Cloud Computing in the last few months, I think my over reaching comment on the whole scene is that it’s the usual IT Jedi mind trick - one solution/one vendor/both can solve all your IT problems. I believe it pays to retain a degree of cynicism around anything [...]
I hadn’t realised it was so long since I last blogged. I feel the need at the moment due to my recent trip to India with work. I’m often on the road as part of the job, but every now and again fate deals you a great hand and you get to see things most [...]
I often remark that in order to be a good photographer, you have to have an eye for a good shot. I don’t think I have this, but every now and again, inspiration strikes. I’m especially pleased with this shot of a Scottish sunset, taken earlier this week…
What makes a good leader? I thought long and hard about this post – many miles rode on the bike and many laps of the swimming pool. I felt inspired by memories of Churchill speech anniversaries and somewhat conversely, the many digital column inches in the IT press dedicated to the HP/Mark Hurd saga. It [...]
Took a whole day yesterday to upgrade my test rig from VMware ESXi 3.5.5 to 4.1 (the new one that shipped a few days ago). As well as having to buy a new network card (I can recommend the Intel Pro 1000/GT – cost me just shy of 30 quid and works just fine), I [...]
There’s an expression – “crossing the Rubicon”. I’d often thought it pretentious and didn’t really know what it meant until I went looking. As it turns out, the expression effectively means “passing the point of no return”. This sums up my thoughts quite succinctly at the moment with regards to Apple. They’re going through interesting [...]
