Ned Bellavance — Veteran IT professional and founder of Ned in the Cloud, creating courses, podcasts, and technical content on cloud and infrastructure.
209 articles from this blog
A critique of modern software development's 'move fast and break things' ethos, arguing it leads to fragile, unreliable technology.
A technical guide on deploying the Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) using nested virtualization on Microsoft Azure, including cost considerations.
AT&T open-sources its dNOS network operating system, signaling a major shift towards disaggregated, open-source networking hardware and software.
A critical analysis of Microsoft's announcement to run VMware workloads on bare metal Azure hardware, questioning its strategic value.
Argues that running VMware on AWS is a flawed strategy, missing the true benefits of cloud-native computing.
The article critiques the use of SSNs as both a secret and a universal ID, arguing it's a core problem behind data breaches like Equifax.
A technical guide on deploying a Kubernetes cluster with Windows container hosts on Azure using Terraform.
A developer returns to blogging, outlining a list of modern DevOps and cloud technologies to explore and asking readers to vote on the next topic.
A guide on creating and adding a custom Windows Server 2012 R2 VM image to an Azure Stack deployment using PowerShell.
A guide on adding Linux VM images to Azure Stack, including retrieving Azure Cloud image metadata and using PowerShell for deployment.
A reflection on career progression in IT, exploring options like staying technical, specializing, moving into management, or presales roles.
Part 4 of a series on configuring a CI/CD pipeline for Azure Stack, focusing on using PowerShell scripts for deployment via TFS.
Analysis of a major AWS S3 outage, its widespread impact, and key lessons for building resilient, fault-tolerant cloud architectures.
Part 3 of a series on setting up a CI/CD pipeline with Azure Stack, covering automated Windows updates and TFS deployment.
A critical analysis of HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI) vendors' misleading deployment claims and the reality of complex, often flawed, installation processes.
A guide to updating the Windows Server 2012R2 image in Azure Stack using PowerShell and sysprep.
Part 2 of a series on building a CI/CD pipeline in Azure Stack, covering ARM templates, TFS build agents, and SAS tokens.
First part of a series on setting up a CI/CD pipeline for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments targeting both Azure and Azure Stack.
A guide to installing Azure PowerShell modules on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell commands and GitHub.
A 2017 tech trends analysis focusing on AI/ML advancements in cloud platforms and the rise of hybrid cloud/hyperconverged infrastructure.
