Year: 2015

Nutanix XCP Deep-Dive – Part 1 – Overview

You have been given the task of bringing a brand new Nutanix Xtreme Computing Platform (XCP) solution online.  However, you are used to traditional server and storage infrastructure (eg. HP, IBM, EMC).  If you are asking yourself, “What is hyper-converged infrastructure? How do I configure this thing?” Then this series of posts is for you.

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Tech101 – Amazon Web Services

As part of my NPX preparation (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional is one of the recommended qualifications) and my RapidMatter GitHub project (will run from AWS), I have been delving into the world of Amazon Web Services.  One statement: “Wow!”  I can see why they are the world leader in Public Cloud services.

Here is the cool thing, as an Enterprise/Cloud Architect you have a MASSIVE library of services (40+ at time of writing) that you can use to develop Cloud-based solutions for your customers.  As you read through the list below, you will see the fundamental building blocks for every solution.  By having this service matrix, you do not have to reinvent the wheel; it already exists and is ready to go.  Thus, you can focus on making sure your customer requirements are being met with elegant and innovative designs.

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RapidMatter – Enterprise-Architecture-Design-as-a-Service

RapidMatter_Logo I am kick-starting a GitHub project called RapidMatter.  The live version of this GNU General Public Licence prototype will run at RapidMatter.com, which I will fund personally through the earnings of my blog VCDX133.COM.  I have been thinking about this since 2013 when I first started my VCDX journey and it is time to put it out there and make it a reality.

Mission Statement: To provide a vendor-agnostic Enterprise-Architecture-Design-as-a-Service for Infrastructure.

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