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PKGuild is the home of The Architect’s Edge — practical field notes, architecture guidance, technical analysis, and real-world perspective focused on private cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, infrastructure operations, security, AI-ready platforms, and the decisions that shape modern enterprise technology.
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- A day at sea aboard the USS Howard #CiscoChampions #LeadersAtSea #USNavyI’d like to share with you an absolutely amazing opportunity that I got to experience this recent March in 2017! Late last year the Cisco Champions forums were abuzz with this very unique and special occasion to get…
- Test Trial using WordPress OSX App for Blog Writing!Earlier today I was faced with the biggest challenge of “Holy crap I haven’t written blogs in a million years… why? Because I hate powering on my ancient Win7VM to launch Microsoft LiveWriter” and don’t get me wrong, I *LOVE*…
- A week of Networking Celebration at ONUG with Tech Field Day! #ONUG #ONUGSpring16 #TFDx #SDWAN #CiscoChampionHey everyone! Wow what a week ahead! I haven’t been down in Silicon Valley for at least a few months now and whoa what an adventure this week will be! I am honored to be a delegate for Tech…
- A week of Networking Celebration at ONUG with Tech Field Day! #ONUG #ONUGSpring16 #TFDx #SDWAN #CiscoChampionHey everyone! Wow what a week ahead! I haven’t been down in Silicon Valley for at least a few months now and whoa what an adventure this week will be! I am honored to be a delegate for Tech…
- EMC Announces Unity! Something something sliced bread! #EMCWorld #vExpert #EMCElectOMG! Can you believe it is here! A product announcement we weren’t exactly expecting, but nonetheless it is here! I particularly love the sliced bread image, honestly that was the huge incentive for me to write this blog post….
- Fast Car Charger and GPS Tracker all-in-one!?So a while ago I was hit up by ZUS Smart to try out their Car Charger (which doubles as a GPS Tracker) and they asked if I’d like to give it a try and write a review. I’m not…
- OMG OMG VMware Announces VSAN 6.2! ONE VSAN to Rule Them All! (Well, Kind of)Wow, we’re finally here! Version 6.2 has arrived and woot is it a hoot! (That wasn’t intended to rhyme, but welcome to the party regardless! This blog post will be filled with lots of cool things, lots of announcements, and…
- Solarwinds; Rebel forces or the Empire…I often get hit up about various campaigns of stuff like, “Hey check this thing out! Share it with your readers” yada yada yada. However.. this is actually pretty cool. Solarwinds is getting behind all of the Star Wars hype…
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