2019

The obvious, less obvious and your (tech) predictions for 2020 and beyond…

January 7, 2020 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 8 minutes

To start, I think that predicting technological developments or trends on a yearly basis is not the way to go. It doesn’t really work like that. “predicting” probably isn’t the best word either. A product, trend, proposition, or technology slowly evolves into something bigger, when successful that is (hence the “develop” or “trend” entitlement). Saying that 2020 will be the year of xxx isn’t fair, at least not without proper context. I’ll try and explain what I mean by this.

A personal look in the rear-view mirror – what happened in 2019?!

December 10, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 4 minutes

It’s that time of the year again, Christmas is on its way and before you know it 2019 will be done. I’ve skipped these types of posts for a couple of years, but I thought it would make a nice conclusion to a busy 2019. Of course, it also gives me the opportunity to thank you all and to wish everyone a merry Christmas, happy new year, and a fun, healthy, and successful 2020.

Windows Virtual Desktop features announced at Ignite, cheat sheet

November 11, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: < 1 minute

During Microsoft Ignite 2019, last week in Orlando, Florida the Windows Virtual Desktop was a hot topic. A ton of announcements were made, almost too much to get a grip on. This weekend I took some time to sort them all out and dig in a bit deeper. The result, a cheat sheet holding all major, minor and community WVD announcements, straight from Ignite (including some personal thoughts) on a single A4 page (barley). And I can tell you, it’s much more than you think or have seen previously.

20 years in IT, here’s what I’ve picked up along the way. Big read, skimming optional

October 8, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 15 minutes

A catchy title, right? “Here’s what I’ve picked up during my last 20 years of my life” would have worked as well, if you know what I mean. But hey, we’re in IT, we are ambitious, hungry for knowledge, eager to learn, over achievers, workaholics, and what not. It’s fun, potentially stressful, hard work, but also very satisfying and rewarding at the same time. At least that’s how I would describe my career so far.

My presentation slide-deck on WVD for SBC-Solutions

June 20, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 6 minutes

On June the 19th (2019) I delivered a presentation on the Windows Virtual Desktop for a company named SBC-Solutions, fitting, right? I had around 75 minutes to deliver including questions and discussion. It all turned out very nicely, my session was well received with tons of interaction from the audience. Below are the slides I used. They are in Dutch, though I’m sure most of it will make sense.

Yes! It’s here, it’s live, our Community Byte-Sized book is AVAILABLE NOW !

June 11, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 3 minutes

After months of hard work and community (that’s you!) efforts we’ve finally reached the point where we can say, our book: Byte-Sized: Cloud design principles and architectural recommendations is now available for purchase, the paperback version that is. Read this blog to find out how and where to get it.

My presentation slide-deck on the Windows Virtual Desktop

April 15, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 5 minutes

Last week (April the 11th) I was invited to speak at the Avensus MCS (Managed Cloud Services) networking and technology event. Below you’ll find my slide-deck. Even-though the slides are in Dutch I’m pretty sure you’ll ‘get’ the main point, except for some of the statistics perhaps. If you have any questions, please do let me know.

When trying out the Windows Virtual Desktop (today), keep the following in mind

April 10, 2019 by Bas van Kaam Leave a Comment

Average time to read: 4 minutes

A lot of companies offer free support while you evaluate their software. The idea behind this is simple. If you don’t know how the product works, how to implement or configure it etc, there is a good chance you’ll eventually quit because it might seem overly complex, and you can’t get it to work (properly). This, while in fact it’s you doing it wrong, not reading the FAQ’s, being impatient (sounds familiar?), and so on. By providing (free) support companies hope to prevent this from happening and to get you to purchase the product, or at least to evaluate further.

It’s a wrap! Submissions for (book) Project Byte-Sized are closed

April 3, 2019 by Bas van Kaam 1 Comment

Average time to read: 4 minutes

THANK YOU – that’s probably the best, or only way to start this blog. We (= myself and Christiaan Brinkhoff) started the Byte-Sized book project back in January and we never expected this amount of attention and help from the community (of course, we hoped for it).

Byte sized Cloud design principles and architectural recommendations

January 30, 2019 by Bas van Kaam 1 Comment

Average time to read: 9 minutesThe idea behind this project is simple, we’re looking for as many Cloud related design principles, best or common practices, (funny) quotes, tips & tricks, and architectural recommendations as possible. Almost anything goes. Forget about AWS, Azure, Google, IBM, Oracle, and all others, it’s the concept that matters, not the underlying vendor – 99 out of 100 times anyway. It can involve SaaS, IaaS, DaaS, PaaS, RaaS, or whatever aaS you can think of – private, public, or hybrid Cloud are all optional. General recommendations are more than welcome as well, it doesn’t have to involve technology per se. Please, read on.

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