persius555:
Cloud computing is an exciting concept to those who have a a IT saavy background. As an entrepeneur you want to offer your customer a solution that is pocket friendly, less complicated and hitchfree (at least to a tolerable extent). Cloud computing thrives in regions where the basic infrastructure like power, high broadband penetration, robust internet exchange points, are available. If it costs 20 dollars to set up cloud infastructure in the US, u can be sure it will cost 50 dollars or more in nigeria. With a population of about 180 million people, most of whom largely depend on pirated softwares, cloud computing will thrive in developing economies like ours than in the develpoed markets. Cloud computing was developed with broadband in mind.

Can u really say that we have broadband in Nigeria? if Yes what is the population behind it? if No, how does cloud computing survives in Nigeria?

O Boy, is this thread dead? Guys how far na? what have you guys been up to?

For me, I am heavily working on System center 2012 which allows to to configure and manage private clouds. I am sure some companies in Naija should be implementing this also.

Whats you guys IT plans this year?

Skywalker5:
O Boy, is this thread dead? Guys how far na? what have you guys been up to?

For me, I am heavily working on System center 2012 which allows to to configure and manage private clouds. I am sure some companies in Naija should be implementing this also.

Whats you guys IT plans this year?

I think nigeria havent really fully adopted this cloud thing - but most companies are using office 365 in nigeria. i have implemented for 2 companies already. easy and it always works .

This year im thinking project Management and mayb deep dive into cisco more and Ubiquiti wireless networking. (And also im doing alot with some open source telephony technology like elastix IP PBX)

Mellorix:


I think nigeria havent really fully adopted this cloud thing - but most companies are using office 365 in nigeria. i have implemented for 2 companies already. easy and it always works .

This year im thinking project Management and mayb deep dive into cisco more and Ubiquiti wireless networking. (And also im doing alot with some open source telephony technology like elastix IP PBX)

I love office365. Its exactly as you said. Easy and it always works. I currently use it at work and since we have lots of users,powershell is important and its fun using powershell to automate things. Things that can be done in hours takes just minutes or seconds to do.

I dont really know must about Cisco and the whole routing stuff. It's why i ran to Microsoft because it has GUI and easy. Is wireless networking moving in Naija? I still don't understand how Naija business survive without technology. it should be the norm everywhere

Skywalker5:
O Boy, is this thread dead? Guys how far na? what have you guys been up to?

For me, I am heavily working on System center 2012 which allows to to configure and manage private clouds. I am sure some companies in Naija should be implementing this also.

Whats you guys IT plans this year?

I'm currently working on vRealize suite, Vmware's equivalent of System Center. It's actually a project for an educational institution here in Nigeria.
It's a private cloud offering but it's intended to be accessible by others from the public(like a public-private cloud ).SRM is also included. It's been challenging and fun so far.

Next I intend exploring more into SDN with VMware NSX and also openstack networking (neutron). I've fallen in love with openstack and its huge potential ever since I deployed it in my lab.

I want to learn more about KVM hypervisor because I think it's really giving esxi a run for its money and its even becoming the standard hypervisor for open source cloud management platforms.

Would have loved to delve into system Center but presently I work in a vSphere environment.

Tunee:


I'm currently working on vRealize suite, Vmware's equivalent of System Center. It's actually a project for an educational institution here in Nigeria.
It's a private cloud offering but it's intended to be accessible by others from the public(like a public-private cloud ).SRM is also included. It's been challenging and fun so far.

Next I intend exploring more into SDN with VMware NSX and also openstack networking (neutron). I've fallen in love with openstack and its huge potential ever since I deployed it in my lab.

I want to learn more about KVM hypervisor because I think it's really giving esxi a run for its money and its even becoming the standard hypervisor for open source cloud management platforms.

Would have loved to delve into system Center but presently I work in a vSphere environment.

Cool.I am running away from Vmware.don't know y.I feel hyper v has caught up with vmware with producs like ystem center and azure.I am not sure if you know but for educational institutions,Microsoft products are crazily cheap as they offer great benefits for universities.I currently work for one and microsoft products that cost thousand of pounds are just pennies for education.it's why I am trying to focus fully on Microsoft.

Is KVM hypervisor popular in Nigeria ? I know of Xen but not KVM. Are organizations embracing IAAS in Naija?

Skywalker5:


Cool.I am running away from Vmware.don't know y.I feel hyper v has caught up with vmware with producs like ystem center and azure.I am not sure if you know but for educational institutions,Microsoft products are crazily cheap as they offer great benefits for universities.I currently work for one and microsoft products that cost thousand of pounds are just pennies for education.it's why I am trying to focus fully on Microsoft.

Is KVM hypervisor popular in Nigeria ? I know of Xen but not KVM. Are organizations embracing IAAS in Naija?

Only very few organisations that I know of are looking towards IaaS. I'm thinking banks should also be looking towards using cloud computing ( IaaS or PaaS)

Talking about Hyper-v and system Center, it's a great product but
as it stands, vSphere is still the data centre virtualization product to beat. Its ease of management and its sheer amount of features is unrivalled. This might not last long though as competitors are getting stronger every year. I think system Center 2016 will be a major improvement over 2012

The disadvantage of vSphere and other VMware products is the pricing. It's usually priced higher than its counterparts though one can say the price is justifiable because it's a great product. I heard System Center 2016 will now be licenced per core which will make it more expensive too.

I've never heard of anyone or organisation using KVM in Nigeria but I'm sure there will be quite a few of them. It's open source and I think it's still free even after RedHat acquired them. It's not as easy to manage compared to Hyper-V , ESXi or even Xen but it's gaining ground and its the de-facto hypervisor for most open source CMPs .

Mellorix:


I think nigeria havent really fully adopted this cloud thing - but most companies are using office 365 in nigeria. i have implemented for 2 companies already. easy and it always works .

This year im thinking project Management and mayb deep dive into cisco more and Ubiquiti wireless networking. (And also im doing alot with some open source telephony technology like elastix IP PBX)

Have you heard of open mesh?Its a cloud managed wireless network solution that uses open mesh wireless networking. The product looks promising though there are some security concerns because it's cloud managed. You can find out more about it to see if it catches your fancy

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Tunee:


I'm currently working on vRealize suite, Vmware's equivalent of System Center. It's actually a project for an educational institution here in Nigeria.
It's a private cloud offering but it's intended to be accessible by others from the public(like a public-private cloud ).SRM is also included. It's been challenging and fun so far.

Next I intend exploring more into SDN with VMware NSX and also openstack networking (neutron). I've fallen in love with openstack and its huge potential ever since I deployed it in my lab.

I want to learn more about KVM hypervisor because I think it's really giving esxi a run for its money and its even becoming the standard hypervisor for open source cloud management platforms.

Would have loved to delve into system Center but presently I work in a vSphere environment.

Nice - i can see you are getting your hands really dirty . May i ask what location in nigeria you implementing this? KANO? I saw some online request for technical professionals in that location just wondering.It must be a government project i presume.

You guys are including SRM aswell? hmmmm even more interesting - i dont think KVM is popular from my research in Nigeria . Xenserver is winning in the Open source Hypervisor area and they are really good . But in all i think nigerias are tilting towards HyperV because of the its cost as compared to Vmware according Skywalker .

System center is Nice but the configurations to achieve one thing is like a whole lot lol (This is the only thing that kills me off it).- and loads of log files ha!!

Mellorix:


Nice - i can see you are getting your hands really dirty . May i ask what location in nigeria you implementing this? KANO? I saw some online request for technical professionals in that location just wondering.It must be a government project i presume.

You guys are including SRM aswell? hmmmm even more interesting - i dont think KVM is popular from my research in Nigeria . Xenserver is winning in the Open source Hypervisor area and they are really good . But in all i think nigerias are tilting towards HyperV because of the its cost as compared to Vmware according Skywalker .

System center is Nice but the configurations to achieve one thing is like a whole lot lol (This is the only thing that kills me off it).- and loads of log files ha!!

Yea. SCCM has loads.I had to bookmark technet when troubleshooting it. i have a feeling Microsoft is going to ruin Vmware in terms of virtualization shares. Microsoft is already eating them down now. i think system center is the future also. with Operations manager and Virtual machine manager as part of the suite, lots of companies moving to Microsoft a lot and now azure is what everyone is talking about.i dont think Vmware has anything unique apart from thier hypervisor

Skywalker5:


Yea. SCCM has loads.I had to bookmark technet when troubleshooting it. i have a feeling Microsoft is going to ruin Vmware in terms of virtualization shares. Microsoft is already eating them down now. i think system center is the future also. with Operations manager and Virtual machine manager as part of the suite, lots of companies moving to Microsoft a lot and now azure is what everyone is talking about.i dont think Vmware has anything unique apart from thier hypervisor

You are really enjoying this SCCM i can see , are you a contractor or perm? Contracting with SCCM is big money in UK. I remember when Windows 7 deployment was the talk of the day ha! almost about 250 Pounds - 400 Pounds / Day for an SCCM Specialist. Dont know of the rate now. I presume you know MDT 2013 or i think its MDT2015 now. Do you know your scripting?

Technet helped me alot while i was learning SCCM back then. Also, have a look at "spiceworks community", there are some great guys there - and they reply questions within mins.

For me i think no one can chase VMware out, they keep bringing out new stuffs and nice stuffs.

I had a look at microsoft Azure - boy!!! they are expensive if you ask me lol. Are you using this at work?

Mellorix:


You are really enjoying this SCCM i can see , are you a contractor or perm? Contracting with SCCM is big money in UK. I remember when Windows 7 deployment was the talk of the day ha! almost about 250 Pounds - 400 Pounds / Day for an SCCM Specialist. Dont know of the rate now. I presume you know MDT 2013 or i think its MDT2015 now. Do you know your scripting?

Technet helped me alot while i was learning SCCM back then. Also, have a look at "spiceworks community", there are some great guys there - and they reply questions within mins.

For me i think no one can chase VMware out, they keep bringing out new stuffs and nice stuffs.

I had a look at microsoft Azure - boy!!! they are expensive if you ask me lol. Are you using this at work?

I am not a contractor.I know a lot of organizations will be looking for contractors for windows 10 deployment soon.I am a permanent staff.i use SCCM a lot in my lab at the moment but the plan is to deploy it in production sometime this year so i have been doing a lot of practice. I can deploy windows 10 now (currently using SCCM 1511 and tried it) but i have not gone very deep like using MDT. We have another team handling the deployment so i'm not really interested in mastering it .Windows updates and application deployment and compliance are something i am working. I can write basic power shell script and then i copy someone else script online and modify if i need to.


I know spice works. That was what helped me when i started IT.

In regards to Microsoft and Vmware. read this.Microsoft has started already. This was 2014 but if you look at jobs especially in the UK, its mostly Hyper V and azure employers are really looking for now.
http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2014/07/hyper-v-is-eating-vmwares-lunch/


Azure will still be expensive but will get cheaper as time goes on. Its like when Office365 came out,it was expensive but now its cheaper. I work for an organization that is Pro-Microsoft now so i get to play with most of Microsoft's stuff

Tunee:


Have you heard of open mesh?Its a cloud managed wireless network solution that uses open mesh wireless networking. The product looks promising though there are some security concerns because it's cloud managed. You can find out more about it to see if it catches your fancy

We have that set up in one of my clients restaurant.

Whats up with everyone

We are already in Q2 2016. How's everyone's plan going?

For me, I spent the whole of Q1 on vRealize suite&vSphere, implementing a private cloud with disastr recovery using Site Recovery Manager. Though I was only actively involved in the vSphere & SRM part. In my opinion, vRealize suite still has a lot of catch up to do in the private cloud space when compared to other competitors like Cloudstack and Openstack(Baba o). I wish i had the time to do more in Q1.

Next up is network virtualization with vmware's NSX. This might take Q2 and Q3 as i'll have to go back to learning some core routing and switching concepts

Is anyone having a look at NFV?(Network Functions Virtualization) From what i've seen/read so far, the concept looks pretty interesting but I think its more suited for Service Providers/Telcos. Who knows, maybe when Nigeria is ripe for such technologies, one can be a consultant for all these Telecom companies.

Tunee:
Whats up with everyone

We are already in Q2 2016. How's everyone's plan going?

For me, I spent the whole of Q1 on vRealize suite&vSphere, implementing a private cloud with disastr recovery using Site Recovery Manager. Though I was only actively involved in the vSphere & SRM part. In my opinion, vRealize suite still has a lot of catch up to do in the private cloud space when compared to other competitors like Cloudstack and Openstack(Baba o). I wish i had the time to do more in Q1.

Next up is network virtualization with vmware's NSX. This might take Q2 and Q3 as i'll have to go back to learning some core routing and switching concepts

Is anyone having a look at NFV?(Network Functions Virtualization) From what i've seen/read so far, the concept looks pretty interesting but I think its more suited for Service Providers/Telcos. Who knows, maybe when Nigeria is ripe for such technologies, one can be a consultant for all these Telecom companies.

Currently working on system center and azure. I hardly hear of vmware products anymore.still suprised they still have this product's. Theach job market especially UK is focused more around Microsoft.it's also cheaper than Vmware

Elastix

Guys whats up? what have you guys been up to? hope you guys are up skilling? Azure and system center is really moving up a lot.

i have been working with SCCM, SCOM and AZURE AD and thats is really the future. Not sure if Naija companies can afford to go cloud or even Hybrid at the moment.

Guys share your tech knowledge. what have you all been up to?

Skywalker5:
Guys whats up? what have you guys been up to? hope you guys are up skilling? Azure and system center is really moving up a lot.

i have been working with SCCM, SCOM and AZURE AD and thats is really the future. Not sure if Naija companies can afford to go cloud or even Hybrid at the moment.

Guys share your tech knowledge. what have you all been up to?

I'm currently preparing for the VCP foundations exam before I then go ahead with the actual VCP6-DCV certification exam. Technology moves so fast, now vSphere 6.5 is out. Whew!

In the area of private cloud, Openstack is my platform of choice and I hope to still do a PoC on it before the year runs out.

In the public cloud space, IMO, Nigeria is still a bit backwards in the pay as you use model of the public cloud. Asides SaaS, they still prefer an on premise solution because they want to avoid the recurring payment model.

The benefits of shifting from capital to operating expenditure model is yet to be understood fully. As soon as this is realised, I foresee more companies jumping to the cloud.

AWS is my platform of choice for the public cloud. I read that some organisations now run their entire IT department from the cloud though I might not agree to doing that for now.

Tunee:


I'm currently preparing for the VCP foundations exam before I then go ahead with the actual VCP6-DCV certification exam. Technology moves so fast, now vSphere 6.5 is out. Whew!

In the area of private cloud, Openstack is my platform of choice and I hope to still do a PoC on it before the year runs out.

In the public cloud space, IMO, Nigeria is still a bit backwards in the pay as you use model of the public cloud. Asides SaaS, they still prefer an on premise solution because they want to avoid the recurring payment model.

The benefits of shifting from capital to operating expenditure model is yet to be understood fully. As soon as this is realised, I foresee more companies jumping to the cloud.

AWS is my platform of choice for the public cloud. I read that some organisations now run their entire IT department from the cloud though I might not agree to doing that for now.

Cool. I did the VCP foundation when it was free then but had my VCP 5 before then.i believe Organizations in Nigeria should adopt a cloud only infrastructure due to Nepa and security issues there. At least you are sure the data and services will always be available and its down to end users or individual to access data.I know its expensive but availability is assured.

I've never used AWS. I am a Microsoft junkie and pro-Microsoft which is why. I heard its stable and more robust than Azure but feature in Azure and really overtaking AWS.

Mellorix:


You are really enjoying this SCCM i can see , are you a contractor or perm? Contracting with SCCM is big money in UK. I remember when Windows 7 deployment was the talk of the day ha! almost about 250 Pounds - 400 Pounds / Day for an SCCM Specialist. Dont know of the rate now. I presume you know MDT 2013 or i think its MDT2015 now. Do you know your scripting?

Technet helped me alot while i was learning SCCM back then. Also, have a look at "spiceworks community", there are some great guys there - and they reply questions within mins.

For me i think no one can chase VMware out, they keep bringing out new stuffs and nice stuffs.

I had a look at microsoft Azure - boy!!! they are expensive if you ask me lol. Are you using this at work?

Whats up? Hows is the Tech world going at your end?

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AWS
Azure
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IAAS, SAAS, PAAS Hybrid.

likeme:
Its 2017 & Cloud ti take over.
AWS
Azure
Google Cloud Engine

IAAS, SAAS, PAAS Hybrid.

sometimes 2 jet out of dis country becos of IT de hungry me.. all dis tins person nor fit enjoy am becos of 9ja wahala sef.

Cloud is the future. AWS holds 90%

wonlasewonimi:
Cloud is the future. AWS holds 90%

Na, not 90 %. Azure is eating fast into AWS. Azure keeps getting better. Its like when Vmware was the leader in virtualisation by a long margin. Now, companbies are switching to HyperV due to its stability and easy integration to azure.

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2016/08/02/microsoft-behind-aws-in-cloud.aspx

Skywalker5:


Na, not 90 %. Azure is eating fast into AWS. Azure keeps getting better. Its like when Vmware was the leader in virtualisation by a long margin. Now, companbies are switching to HyperV due to its stability and easy integration to azure.

https://rcpmag.com/articles/2016/08/02/microsoft-behind-aws-in-cloud.aspx

I agree with you. What I think is happening is that most enterprise critical deployments are done on AWS and they use Azure as a backup which has improved Azure's market share. Anyways, this is a fine technology that would redefine IT service delivery.

Please, any cloud computing experts in the house? I beg o I need una help

Tominiola:
Please, any cloud computing experts in the house? I beg o I need una help

Depends of what platform you need help with. Microsoft Azure is what i specialize on but there are other platform like AWS which i dont have experience on

Skywalker5:


Depends of what platform you need help with. Microsoft Azure is what i specialize on but there are other platform like AWS which i dont have experience on

Oh I'm working with AWS and google app engine. Do you know anyone who is familiar with them?

Tominiola:


Oh I'm working with AWS and google app engine. Do you know anyone who is familiar with them?

its seems you are working on the developers side? Most of the guys i know are working on the infrastructure side.

Skywalker5:


its seems you are working on the developers side? Most of the guys i know are working on the infrastructure side.

Something like that please check your DM