Ian Crosby

The golden age of public cloud is over, and a more balanced future is taking shape. A Revolutionary Beginning The advent of public cloud services marked a transformative era in the technology sector. Providers such as Amazon, leading the way with the launch of AWS, followed by Google (GCP) and Microsoft (Azure), redefined infrastructure management, […]

For years, organizations embraced the “cloud-first” strategy, aiming for a full migration to cloud infrastructures. This vision was fueled by promises of scalability, cost efficiency, and technological agility. However, as organizations deepened their cloud adoption, a reality check emerged. Challenges such as rising costs, increased complexity, and the rigidity of one-size-fits-all solutions led to a […]

Understanding Today’s Complex IT Ecosystem The current IT landscape has evolved into a hyperconnected mesh of heterogeneous, interdependent software and hardware systems. This didn’t happen overnight, but gradually and continuously over decades. When we experience an incident like the massive global outage triggered by CrowdStrike, it’s natural to look for blame and attempt to isolate […]

Introduction KubeCon EU, the biggest Cloud Native conference of the year, just wrapped up in Paris. With over twelve thousand attendees, over 160 sponsors, this was the biggest KubeCon ever. The growth of this event, from its first incarnation in London just 8 years ago has been phenomenal to watch and reflects the growth and […]