As today is Giving Tuesday, and also three days since the end of Movember, I wanted to take a few moments to look back at Movember 2019, and share some thoughts about giving. Movember 2019 As my previous blog outlined, this year was the 14th that I’ve supported the Movember Foundation by growing a moustache […]

In a few short weeks’ time, team SUSE will be packing our bags and heading to London’s Docklands for the annual Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategy Summit. If you’ve not heard of or been to this event before, it’s full of infrastructure and operations professionals and executives all looking to hear about the […]

It may feel like summer is still in full swing, but before you know it, we’ll be facing those shorter days that autumn (or fall, depending on your geographic location and/or linguistic preference) brings. To brighten up these shorter days, many in the open source community will be looking forward to the Open Infrastructure Summit […]

Last week, Denver hosted the very first Open Infrastructure Summit. Over 2,000 attendees from all around the world visited the Colorado Convention Centre with an express aim to collaborate, network, share and learn (and maybe pick up some swag from the sponsors!). The infamously unstable Colorado weather lived up to its reputation, welcoming us at […]

Next week, members of the open source community will descend upon Denver in hordes unseen since the gold rush that resulted in the city being formed back in the late 1800’s (probably). That’s right, it’s the very first Open Infrastructure Summit – bringing together some of the finest minds across the open source community to […]

My recent blog talked about the very first Open Infrastructure Summit heading to the Mile High City, Denver in May 2019. Last night, the community voting for the proposed sessions at the Summit was opened. As always, timescales are tight to ensure that everything gets organised and speakers can book travel, so please do visit […]

I may be a little late in wishing you a very Happy New Year, but Happy New Year nonetheless! In many parts of the world, January is traditionally a time for abstinence, giving things up and starting new, healthy habits through New Year’s resolutions. New Year, New You Personally, I don’t make New Year’s resolutions […]

Next week, the SUSE team will be at the Intercontinental London Hotel at the O2 for the Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud Strategies Conference. This will be a great opportunity to hear from many well-respected names within the IT community – analysts, experts and even the quite legendary Frank Abagnale, of “Catch Me If […]

It’s fair to say that open source is an important part of many industries today. Whether you’re looking at open source server hardware, open source Linux software, open source software-defined networking, open source cloud management platforms, or even open source cola, no-one can deny that it’s everywhere now. However, with so many open source options […]

In previous blogs, I’ve covered topics including are private clouds cost effective or cost prohibitive, as well as are they just too complicated to bother with. This blog is going to look at if private cloud is a dying technology, and if not, why organisations should choose a private cloud. For no other reason than […]

After a brief flurry of activity last month when the submitted talks for the OpenStack Berlin Summit were available to be voted on, the results are in and the agenda has now been released! It looks to be an exciting agenda, packed with lots of fascinating talks that will help those new to the world […]

It seems like only yesterday that we were in Vancouver for the spring OpenStack Summit, enjoying the beautiful harbour and the amazing weather there. In just a few short months, the OpenStack community will descend en masse to the historic city of Berlin for the autumn Summit. As always, everyone has the opportunity to vote […]

Recently, I was in the beautiful city of Cracow at the Poland OpenStack Day. My colleagues from the Warsaw office had sponsored the event, and had asked me to come along to give one of the keynote talks. It was great to get to meet some more of my own colleagues, but to get to […]

Yesterday was the SUSE Expert Day in London. Held at the historic Churchill War Rooms, part of the Imperial War Museum and a mere stone’s throw away from Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament. This underground nerve centre served not just as the base from which Winston Churchill and his inner circle directed the […]

As a relative newcomer to SUSE, it’s a pleasure to be writing my first blog to introduce myself, and to look at the recent OpenStack Queens release. Although I’ve only been with SUSE for just over a month now, I’ve been working in the as-a-Service and Cloud world for over twenty years (yes, I don’t […]