Ned Bellavance — Veteran IT professional and founder of Ned in the Cloud, creating courses, podcasts, and technical content on cloud and infrastructure.
205 articles from this blog
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.
A technical guide detailing the process and pitfalls of performing a system recovery on an HPE HyperConverged 250 appliance running VMware ESXi.
A critique of modern software development, arguing that the rush to release features in the cloud leads to perpetually buggy and poorly documented products.
A guide to automating AWS EBS snapshot creation and cross-region copying using PowerShell for disaster recovery purposes.
A guide to deploying AWS AutoScale groups with Windows instances that automatically join a domain and rename themselves using CloudFormation and PowerShell.
