Tag: Cloud

Bad Cloud / MSP

This is my new favorite forum post: Almost Giving Up This post perfectly represents what happens to many Organizations when they engage a major Cloud/MSP for the very reason that they believe “bigger is better.” Fact is: many Big Clouds and MSPs do not have your best interests in mind and will not treat your
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You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em

As an IT or Infrastructure Director you are faced with tough choices all the time. Right now, that choice is: Do I keep on-premises Compute Infrastructure or move services to The Cloud? Unfortunately, many IT departments have a long history of problems, ranging from availability to security. Moreover, costs always seem to be on the
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Cloud permissions for VMware vSphere (Roles, Privileges and Permissions)

VMware vSphere offers powerful native tools to manage users’ access to resources in a vSphere environment. Administrators may create custom Roles that are composed of one or more granular Privileges. Each Privilege is the most granular right that can be ascribed within vSphere, such as the ability to power-on a virtual machine (NOTE: power-off is
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