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Greetings, fellow humans! I'm a proud dad of two awesome kids, and my other love is Cloud! Working for 20+ years in tech has taught me 2 things; always have a backup and yes, it was the network! When I'm not working as CTO, AWS @SoftwareOne, I write blogs and occasionally do a bit of podcasting too...-
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Author Archives: Alex Galbraith
Safely Shrinking VMware Server / Workstation .vmdk Files
If like me, you originally implemented some of your VMs in VMware Server (or Workstation) as thick provisioned, and have subsequently changed your mind, the process for converting [..]
VMware VCP5 Exam Prep Guide
So its that time of year again, when we VCPs have to bone up on the latest developments in the VCP world and get our exam done in [..]
Migration to WordPress
After some time running my site using Joomla CMS, and testing WordPress for my photo blog, I have moved my main site over to WordPress too. Quite simply [..]
Spam Alert!
Having only had the site up for a few days, I was VERY disappointed to see that I already had my first spam regsitration (in laymans terms, spam [..]
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