The Open Road

I know I haven’t blogged for a while, but you’ll probably see now why. I recently left ANS to join a consulting and services company called Frontline Consultancy, who are another VMware partner in the North West. I realise I wasn’t at ANS too long, but to be honest, this new role was an opportunity not to be missed.

I wasn’t on the lookout for a new position, but it was nice to be spotted and once I found out what the role was about, I couldn’t say no. This blog has been EUC centric for quite a long time, and while there will still be some EUC content, I will be moving into a more general VMware space in terms of content. I’m headed back into the data centre and adding vCloud technologies to my bow (or vRealise, or whatever it’s called today!).

Obviously I’ve been doing DCV activities for some years, but cloud was the major missing piece of my personal skills jigsaw. Now I have the chance to close this gap and get involved with some automation projects that take me out of my comfort zone and force me to adapt once again. Ultimately, I do believe variety is the spice of life and as the picture above would suggest, the road is open for me and the chances appear to be limitless.

As I left ANS, they were recently awarded the Converged Infrastructure gong at the NetApp Partner awards, so they continue to go from strength to strength and I wish them well. As for my new role, it’s a good chance to for me to get stuck into a really high profile projects and become a better and more rounded techie.

One more thing, I have accepted the invitation to speak at next month’s North West England UK VMUG where I will be discussing the new VMware certification roadmaps and the recent changes made. Please do come along and give it a whirl, I believe we also have a vRockstar there in the shape of Duncan Epping. An event not to be missed! More details and registration are available at the event page. We’re back at Rosylee in Manchester, with the ubiquitous (and free) vBeers available afterwards.

Hope to see you there!