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Friday, 22 February 2019

Beyond Kubernetes, what’s next in Cloud Native computing

Beyond Kubernetes, what’s next in Cloud Native computing

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

At Binaris we are offering the next generation of cloud infrastructure, stepping beyond existing infrastructure based solutions such as IaaS and Kubernetes. Think Functions

Rook Expands Support for Additional Storage Solutions, Ceph Support Moves to Stable

Rook Expands Support for Additional Storage Solutions, Ceph Support Moves to Stable

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

December10 — Seattle, WA — Today, live from Cloud Native Storage Day at KubeConSeattle, Rook, the cloud-native storage orchestrator for Kubernetes, is announcing that Ceph support has moved to stable. Starting today, Rook users can run Cephin production. In addition,…

Kublr 1.11 Enhances Kubernetes Deployments in Multiple Environments

Kublr 1.11 Enhances Kubernetes Deployments in Multiple Environments

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

New functionality empowers enterprises with greater automation and control; to be showcased in a live demo at KubeCon + Cloud Native North America

Nutanix Acropolis adding Cloud Native stack

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Initial Press Release: KubeCon 2018 – Seattle, Wa — Nutanix Cloud Native delivers reliable, automated, secure, and efficient services for developers on the private cloud and is powered by leading hyper-converged platform, Nutanix Acropolis. Bringing open source tooling and automation experience…

Quick Start Guide to CloudBerry Backup Desktop Edition

Quick Start Guide to CloudBerry Backup Desktop Edition

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

It has been a few years since my first look at CloudBerry Backup. Back then it was called CloudBerry Online Backup, it’s now called Windows Desktop Cloud Backup. (Server backup is similar but a separate product.) To bring you up…

Azure DevOps – Never manually create a Docker container again!

Azure DevOps – Never manually create a Docker container again!

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Azure DevOps is a suite of offerings from Microsoft that aims to help companies deliver better software faster. They have a great article on “what is DevOps” here. But why am I using DevOps? You may be asking yourself, why…

Importing a GitHub Repo to Azure DevOps Repo

Importing a GitHub Repo to Azure DevOps Repo

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Microsoft recently re-branded Virtual Studio Team Services into Azure DevOps. With it came a face-lift and some great new features. I have been using GitHub for my zPlanner project, and recently thought it would be cool to take advantage of…

Finally, a geek travel router I love!

Finally, a geek travel router I love!

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

My ideal travel router I’ve been kicking around the idea of building a small travel router out of a Raspberry Pi or an Asus Tinkerboard for a while. My ideal product would be something that can connect to an upstream ISP…

In 16 months Windows and SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 will no longer be supported, what’s your plan?

In 16 months Windows and SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 will no longer be supported, what’s your plan?

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Let’s not kid each other, you or someone you know is still running Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, or SQL 2008, 2008 R2 in production. I’m not trying to say you (or them) are a bad I.T. person because of…

Serial Consoles FTW like its 1978!

Serial Consoles FTW like its 1978!

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

A little history If you’re older than me I need not explain what a serial console is, but if you are younger than me then let me give you a little background information. Back in the day, they needed a way…