{"id":1887,"date":"2016-07-05T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tekhead.it\/blog\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:08:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:08:06","slug":"a-bit-of-good-news-its-time-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekhead.it\/blog\/2016\/07\/a-bit-of-good-news-its-time-for-a-change\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit of good news&#8230; It&#8217;s time for a change!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So for those of you who have been following my meandering mutterings for a while, you may know that I&#8217;ve been working as a Solution Architect for the UK arm of a pan European managed service provider over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>As such, as of next week, I am very excited to be starting a new role as a Solution Architect for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rackspace.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rackspace Ltd<\/a> in the UK, based out of the (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oo3_dDdwlSg\" target=\"_blank\">rather awesome<\/a>) main office in Hayes!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/OpenStack-logo-150x150.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1885\" src=\"http:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/OpenStack-logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"OpenStack-logo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>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? \ud83d\ude09 ), and go all in on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack<\/a>. That said, it is actually one of the things I am most looking forward to learning more about.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/uk\/products\/openstack\" target=\"_blank\">VIO<\/a> becoming more and more popular, helping enterprises who might otherwise be reluctant to jump on board without enterprise levels of support.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Are we right on the edge of mass <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpenStack?src=hash\">#OpenStack<\/a> adoption? Many large enterprises now paying it attention behind closed doors&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealWorldIT?src=hash\">#RealWorldIT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Galbraith (@alexgalbraith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexgalbraith\/status\/730789696700350464\">May 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>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! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/techfieldday.com\/event\/sfd9\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tech Field Day<\/a> 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!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/new-job-gandalf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1886\" src=\"http:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/new-job-gandalf.jpg\" alt=\"new-job-gandalf.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/new-job-gandalf.jpg 304w, https:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/new-job-gandalf-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tekhead.it\/wp-uploads\/www.tekhead.org\/2016\/06\/new-job-gandalf-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So for those of you who have been following my meandering mutterings for a while, you may know that I&#8217;ve been working as a Solution Architect for the [..]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New Blog Post: A bit of good news... 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