Blog
I’ve organized this section into several key categories, in order to make my posts more accessible. Enjoy!
Mentoring – 20 Year Plan
One of the most effective tools that I have come across in my mentoring career has been the 20-year plan. If you haven't watched it already, please see my intro video on the 20-year plan here. Here's a 20-year template for you to download in Word (.docx) and PDF...
Online Customer Loyalty Programs
Purpose: To promote customer retention to our website, leading to increased revenue due to either of the following reasons: Customers buy more when they buy - Using up-selling techniques to include bundles or packages Customers buy more frequently - Promote increased...
Technology through the lens of Organizational Culture and Ancient Empires
This is an evolving area of interest in research. I'm interested in exploring the intersection of Technology, Culture and Ancient Empires; and how a parallel can be drawn between the cultural tenets of successful empires in ancient times and the technological...
2 Years and what next?
Hi all! Ook, still swinging around, not dead yet. Embarked on a new career at a hyper growth software company and busy building a global team. Lots of interesting projects and perspectives to share. Over the next few months, I will start cleaning up this blog a bit....
Upcoming Series on Cloud Companies
Hello all, Just wanted to provide a quick update on some research that I'm working on. There's been quite a bit of coverage in the media on various types of cloud solutions, from Infrastructure to platforms and also applications that sit on the cloud. While I've...
Update from the Chimp
Hello my banana loving legions of tech-loving simians. ook! Roadchimp here, back on the road (Istanbul). Since my last post, I've left the sunny English Isles, traveled around Asia for the summer and now on my way to Eastern Europe to deliver some workshops for a...
Cloud Architectures – Storage in the Cloud
Brief Cloud technology is deployed across a wide variety of industries and applications. The term 'Cloud' itself has become so widely prevalent that we've devised additional terms in an effort to describe what type of cloud we're talking about. What's your flavor?...
Technology in Government -Big Data
Executive Brief In this article, we continue our series on technology in government by reviewing Big Data. We plan to review the impact of Big Data in the Government and common applications of technologies to manage this issue. First of all, let's look at some basic...
Cloud Architecture – Implementing Nginx in AWS
Brief: In this post, we will be deploying Nginx as an AMI instance in Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). This post will document our steps to configure and optimize Nginx for serving static pages to a global audience of users. Planning and Preparation: Nginx...
Technology in Government – Cloud Computing
Executive Brief A number of governments have implemented roadmaps and strategies that ultimately require their ministries, departments and agencies to default to Cloud computing solutions first when evaluating IT implementations. In this article, we evaluate the...
Technological Transformation in Government
Photo (c) A/P Sandy Huffaker Foreword We live in an exciting juncture when the world is undergoing massive and visible transformation. The Internet has given us instant access to information and it has affected how we do things on a global scale. Our children go to...
Web Analytics Primer: 1,2,3 Analyze!
Introduction: Since the beginning of the Internet, when people started visiting websites and (hopefully) buying stuff online, businesses have wanted to know exactly what people were doing in their virtual web storefronts. From the humble page view counter, to cookies...
Cloud Architecture – Serving Static Content
Introduction A number of cloud hosting providers provide optimized static content delivery services, such as Amazon AWS Cloudfront and Microsoft Windows Azure CDN (Content delivery network). In this article, we will explore the elements of a scalable infrastructure...
Exchange 2013 Sample Architecture Part 4: Mailbox Server Role Design
Overview The Mailbox Server role primarily serves the purpose of hosting mailbox databases and providing access to the mailboxes contained within. In this post, we will focus on several key elements of Mailbox Server Design: Storage Design: Not only must we plan and...
Cloud Architectures: The Strategy behind homogeneity
Extract So what is homogeneity? Homogeneity refers to keeping things identical or non differentiable from one another on purpose. For example, Cloud Service Providers create homogenous infrastructure on a massive scale by deploying commodity hardware in their...
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