So for those of you who have been following my meandering mutterings for a while, you may know that I’ve been working as a Solution Architect for the UK arm of a pan European managed service provider over the last few years.
In the past I have worked in several different types of IT environment, from internal IT at a large enterprise, to working as an outsourcer for two very large vendors. Being at a service provider is really interesting as you get to work with many different customers, with many varying requirements, and help each one to find the right solution for their business. I have found it to be such a cool part of the industry, I am keen to continue working in it for the foreseeable!
As such, as of next week, I am very excited to be starting a new role as a Solution Architect for Rackspace Ltd in the UK, based out of the (rather awesome) main office in Hayes!
Before anyone asks, I should note that this does not mean that I will suddenly forget my VMware indoctrination (should that be inculcation or institutionalisation? 😉 ), and go all in on OpenStack. That said, it is actually one of the things I am most looking forward to learning more about.
Coincidentally, not long before being approached about the role I was actually tweeting about the growing popularity of OpenStack. This seems to me to be a great time to learn more about it, especially with things like VIO becoming more and more popular, helping enterprises who might otherwise be reluctant to jump on board without enterprise levels of support.
Are we right on the edge of mass #OpenStack adoption? Many large enterprises now paying it attention behind closed doors… #RealWorldIT
— Alex Galbraith (@alexgalbraith) May 12, 2016
With any luck, I may even get the time to write about OpenStack here on the blog, but of course, it will not be the only subject for my posts! I remain fiercely vendor agnostic, just at a larger independent organisation! 🙂
On that vein, fingers crossed I will still be able to put the same amount of time aside of an evening to maintain the blog and attend events such as Tech Field Day in the future, but for the next few months at least things may be a little quieter. I will be head down, brain-sponge engaged, learning all about the hundreds of products Rackspace provide, meeting my new colleagues and generally making a nuisance of myself with newbie questions!
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