In a previous post in this series, we covered different request documents that are sent to vendors/partners/service providers such as the request for information (RFI), request for proposal (RFP), and request for quote (RFQ). These request documents all deal with different phases of the pre-procurement process of a technology, system, or application. There is anotherContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Statement of Work”
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Security+ Journey – Five Info Sec Functions
Something that I really appreciate when learning something new or working with a new technology is a clearly defined concept. When learning basic cloud concepts as part of my Cloud Essentials+ journey, I relied on the definitions from NIST to set the groundwork of my understanding of cloud computing characteristics. Well, NIST was there forContinue reading “Security+ Journey – Five Info Sec Functions”
Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Licensing Models
One major shift to migrating to cloud services was the move from capital expenses to operating expenses. With capital expenditures, we typically pay for assets up front, and own and maintain those assets. On the other hand, with operating expenditures, we are paying for a service, or furthermore, the right to use that service/application/system. ServicesContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Licensing Models”
Security+ Journey – CIA Triad
As with dealing with practically any task, project, or initiative, having a set of guidelines to assist us toward our goals can be very important and beneficial. Information security is no different. Just looking at and thinking about the words information security can be a bit daunting and overwhelming. Where do we even start whenContinue reading “Security+ Journey – CIA Triad”
Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Request for What?
Purchasing and implementing new solutions is a big part of the game for IT departments. Any time we deal with purchasing new gear or solutions, we are working with vendors, partners, and resellers. When working with these outside entities, there are different requests that we can draft to send to our partners/resellers/service providers. These areContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Request for What?”
Security+ Journey – The Beginning
From a learning an growth perspective, I have decided (at least for now) to lean more toward “going wide” than “going deep/narrow” in facets of information technology. I have enjoyed changing things up and broadening my knowledge and skillsets. Especially for the role that I am in currently, it makes sense to gain at leastContinue reading “Security+ Journey – The Beginning”
Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Cloud Migration Phases
Writing from experience, without knowing much about it, “moving to the cloud” can be a nebulous concept. It seems easy to just think that, “hey, we have applications hosted in our data center today, then tomorrow they will be in the cloud.” However, a cloud migration is much more than that. A fair amount ofContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Cloud Migration Phases”
Cloud Essentials+ Journey – What’s Your ‘Objective’?
In the previous post in this series titled Be Ready for ‘Anything’, we introduced the concept of disaster recovery. While organizations can do their best to design and implement redundant, highly available systems, disaster recovery plans still need to be made to handle the recovery process from large downtimes and/or disasters when they happen. DisasterContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – What’s Your ‘Objective’?”
Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Be Ready for ‘Anything’
An application or service is really only good to a consumer if it is functional and available for use. As much as we may wish they wouldn’t, IT systems break, go offline, and thus become unavailable. With this in mind, we know that if our business and customers cannot tolerate certain amounts of downtime, weContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Be Ready for ‘Anything’”
Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Software-Defined Networking
Networks have definitely been evolving over the years. While you can certainly still build and manage networks the good old fashioned way with the command line interface and interacting with your network on a device by device basis, there are definitely alternatives. There are technologies, applications, and systems that will automate your network operations andContinue reading “Cloud Essentials+ Journey – Software-Defined Networking”
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