Head of PS @RackspaceANZ. Cloud strategist with pinch of managed services (10 yrs). Addicted to BJJ, Bikram & improving mobility. Love Japan. Views are my own.

Joined February 2010
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Define application profiles when migrating lots of apps to #cloud. Conceptually basic, in practice hard but worth it bit.ly/1S5ZpIR

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Teams who say their DC is >secure #cloud DC work for multi-billion bank or fearful of roles becoming inconsequential bit.ly/1RqiW6h

Like fashion, #cloud takes traditional trends and revamps them to be relevant to the now: Amazon Dedicated Hosts bit.ly/1TfnZpf

Trick isn't to avoid #cloud lockin but go in with eyes open. Understand the risk vs return and impact to change. bit.ly/1PXjYWB

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More consolidation in the #cloud tooling market - red hat buys ansibke bit.ly/1kdRn3a

"Bold prediction: Microsoft will rule the #cloud" - unlikely but illustrates Microsoft is good at acquisitions bit.ly/1GdHbl5

New AWS security and compliance tools for the #cloud bit.ly/1R1Ddwn

thought this was a fear mongering article RE #cloud and #shadowit. Not true. Is progressive with some hard truths. bit.ly/1LKZy1I

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3 mistakes enterprises make that kill their #cloud initiatives. "Clouds simple, I don't need new heads to manage" bit.ly/1Wh9XFo

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fairly rudimentary but good start if looking into autoscaling an app on #cloud for the first time bit.ly/1LdceOx

support for its own #cloud /platforms Azure, AWS (coming) and O365, rackspace headed to solve this support problem bit.ly/1OoQ4rj

good points about automation but one selling points of #cloud is reusability of scripts. Use a code repository! bit.ly/1NTrMaW

"3 tips to avoid disaster in your cloud migration" -Add step 0: assess best migration approach per app InfoWorld bit.ly/1PijBDj

Detail on one of #Docker steps towards securing containers. Ensure publisher is who they say they are. bit.ly/1JdA5OO

Hear, hear! "The more #OpenStack becomes container soln, the better chance of retaining relevance in container world" bit.ly/1DHBeMk

100% agree. I know enterprises that deliver private #cloud cheaper than public. It comes down to scale & efficiency. bit.ly/1Wdxgkk

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Emma Pudney retweeted
30 Jul 2015
DevOpsifying... it's totally a thing. With @emmapudney at #RackspaceSolve
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Emma Pudney retweeted
"Transformation to the cloud is not just a technology decision, it's an ROI decision" @emmapudney #rackspacesolve
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Emma Pudney retweeted
THANK YOU ALL for making #RackspaceSolve #Sydney so special! We hope you had a great time today & enjoy the evening!
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A tad dramatic! States role of CIO could become redundant due to #cloud. IMO CIO/IT needs to evolve not retire. bit.ly/1GZKEND