The upward trajectory of cloud adoption shows no sign of slowing down. Predictions surrounding future…
Life as a cloud engineer at DevOpsGroup
It’s nearly four months since I left my previous role to join DevOpsGroup. Moving from…
What to do when cloud costs get out of hand
Sometimes the pressures of cloud migration mean ‘lift and shift’ is the only way to…
3 reasons cloud migrations fail (and how to make sure yours doesn’t)
From overshooting the budget and missing deadlines to finding that things ‘just don’t work’, cloud…
Five practical ways to reduce cloud operating costs
DevOpsGroup engineers Mark Nash, Mike Lazenby, Matthew Dibble and Jamie Ward are experts in cloud…
Don’t be the last to know when your cloud-based platform goes down
If there’s one thing worse than a platform outage, it’s hearing about the outage from…
Cloud-to-cloud migration: when to do it and when to forget it
Moving data from one cloud provider to another is not easy. Whether you’re dealing with gigabytes, terabytes…
Prime your cloud strategy to deliver cost savings, not cost headaches
Why is cloud spend such a thorny subject for so many organisations? And what can…
Why Cloud and DevOps are better together
To maximise the benefits of cloud computing while optimising costs, a DevOps approach is the…
The top 5 blockers of a Cloud Migration
What are the major blockers to an organisation’s cloud migration? The Flexera State of Cloud Report …
DevOps – The next 5 years
Recently I was asked the question on LinkedIn: “Where will DevOps be in 5 years’ …
The Top 5 Benefits of Managed Cloud
Why use a 3rd party cloud managed services provider (“Cloud MSP”) to help you manage your cloud…
How to unleash the full power of Azure DevOps
What’s not to like about Microsoft’s Azure DevOps? With the ability to use the…
Andrew Urwin: Lead Azure Engineer and Microsoft MVP
Finding the right talent for any team can be one of the hardest tasks when…
CI/CD tooling: any decision is better than no decision
At the recent WinOps event, several people asked me how to select toolchains for CI/CD.…
WinOps 2019 Talks – The Practical Guide to Backing up your Hybrid Cloud Environment
Another great talk on the agenda for WinOps 2019 is “The Practical Guide to Backing…
WinOps 2019 Talks – How to run with Scissors: Acceleration with guardrails for your cloud journey
Another great talk on the agenda for WinOps 2019 is “How to run with Scissors:…
WinOps 2019 Talks – Orchestrate workflows with ASP.NET Core and Azure Durable Functions
Another great talk on the agenda for WinOps 2019 is “Orchestrate workflows with ASP.NET Core…
Cloud migration: 5 common traps & how to avoid them
For most organisations, migrating to the cloud happens in four broad phases. There’s the opportunistic…
Effective cost saving in Azure without moving to Platform-as-a-Service
Written by Chris Taylor, DevOps Consultant, DevOpsGroup Back last year, we were asked if we…