The need for User Groups

I remember Paul Turley saying a few years ago at a Speaker Dinner, "We're literally aging out". I am almost done with my European Tour, and it is obvious that a number of things are the same across the pond: The need for cloud migration. Like it or not the cloud is here to stay in all of its weird and wonderful permutations. Whether you choose Azure or AWS or other competitors, the migration...

The Power of Networking

Here I am, finally fulfilling a dream started back when I was 14 to see Europe. In my Freshman German class, I paid a small amount of money to have some penpals around the world. I remember I had a German girl, a French girl, and an Australian girl that lived in Adelaide. She and I kept in touch through college and I still have a cassette tape she sent me. I've described this trip as being a...