This is part four of a multi-part keynote I co-created and delivered with Orin Thomas. This myth is near to my heart as I AM A MANAGER (team lead really) and I am all about working in IT. Lets just say I kinda “fell into management” and an opportunity was presented to me. As you’ll…
Fact or Fiction: You need to be a Lifelong Learner in IT
This gets used as a term so often when you work in IT, but it rings true based on what I’ve seen and experienced over the years. You always need to be learning, using different modalities and in different focus areas that are relevant to your current and future roles in IT. Each of us…
Avoiding “Bright Shiny Light” Distractions.
Working in IT means you have to get used to “New things” and how they integrate into your environment. Change is the only constant, right? How do you decide what you should focus on learning in depth vs just enough to understand? This is part 2 of a multi part keynote I co-created and delivered…
Going Beyond “How to get started in IT”
You see all sorts of advice for folks who are looking to get into IT. OK – you got the job, have the T-Shirt and are working away, enjoying the ride. What should you do as your IT career advances? This was the question I asked Orin Thomas during one of our weekly 1 on…
Moved over to Dreamhost
Thought I’d try it out, since I was already paying for a shared hosting plan for another website. Nothing much to report here now as I am still playing around with things. Why am I keeping this blog around? Well – why not? I have an aspirational goal of writing more on the personal site…
Microsoft Azure HPC goodness
Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Evan Burness, Principal PM on the Azure compute team to talk about new things in the High Performance Computing space in Azure and more. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments OR online on via Twitter with #AzureTwC…
Whats new in Azure VM Images
Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Kay Singh, Senior PM on the Azure compute team to talk about Disk Images! Introducing Shared Image Gallery with image versioning, End of Life metadata and more. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments OR online on via…
Whats New in Azure Managed Disks
Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Kay Singh, Senior PM on the Azure compute team to talk about Managed Disks in Azure! We’re talkin’ swapping the OS image, enhanced disk metrics and moving disks between Azure subscriptions. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments…
What up with Azure File Sync
Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Will Gries, Senior PM on the Azure Storage team to talk about Azure File Sync! Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments OR online on via Twitter with #AzureTwC Follow @CoreySandersWA Follow @RicksterCDN Create a Free Account (Azure):…
Azure Event Hubs with Kafka coolness
Corey Sanders, Corporate VP – Microsoft Azure Compute team sat down with Dan Rosanova, Principal PM responsible for Azure messaging services. Dan shares some new functionality around Event Hubs with Kafka compatibility. Post any questions, topic ideas or general conversation here in the comments OR online on via Twitter with #AzureTwC Follow @CoreySandersWA Follow @RicksterCDN…