Author Archives: Ross

Hello Triangle!

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Ross

Today I start my new role as a Technical Architect Consultant with Triangle specialising in Datacenter Automation. Triangle have been a VMware Partner for over 10 years and they were recently made one of 13 Elite partners worldwide for their … Continue reading →

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Farewell Betfair

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Ross

After 3 years & over 100,000 deployed VMs it’s time to move on. Amongst all the project work and cool tech I had the fortune to use I got to make some really good friends and probably the odd enemy … Continue reading →

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Containers with VMware Photon

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Ross

A few days ago I was set a challenge by a buddy to test out VMware’s new containerisation solution called Photon. I had heard the theory and seen the demos at the VMworld keynotes but had never tried to deploy … Continue reading →

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Solar Astrophotography

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Ross

I’ve been turning my hand to Astrophotography recently and usually we all think of it being a nighttime activity however after some experimentation I’m going to be trying some daytime shots of the surface of our Sun. My first proper … Continue reading →

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Supermoon Eclipse

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Ross

New Lens, Eclipse, Insomnia. The perfect combination… Luckily there were no clouds in the sky at the time which is a rarity in Ireland however the big challenge was to get the focusing right on the moon when there was … Continue reading →

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Astrophotography – A First Attempt

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Ross

I’ve recently been admiring a friend’s amazing shots on Flickr and got the urge to try my hand on some astrophotography myself. I live in Dublin city where light pollution is pretty bad so my options are limited so while … Continue reading →

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Nikon 200-500mm f5.6E Unboxing

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Ross

Today I got a delivery of the latest Nikon super telephoto lens, the immense 200-500mm f5.6E. So far my main comment is that it’s a beast to hold but I can see the new possibilities for my photography career, airshows … Continue reading →

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My VCIX-NV Exam Experience

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Ross

Last week I sat the new VCIX-NV exam from VMware which is based all around NSX 6.0 for vSphere. The exam itself is just like a VCAP-DCA/CIA type exam with a real live lab and having to conduct various tasks … Continue reading →

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My VCP-NV Experience

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Ross

As most VMware Pros will have heard the VCP-NV (Network Virtualisation) exam is out and is primarily all about NSX. Since the announcement I’ve been doing some reading up on it and took a hands on lab to get a … Continue reading →

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My VCAP5-DCA Experience

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Ross

Last month I sat the VCAP-CIA exam which I previously blogged about. This month it was the Datacenter track which took centre stage with the VMWare Certified Advanced Professional 5 – DataCenter Administration exam. Again I took the exam in … Continue reading →

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