Tech Talks - Azure Information Protection

In this episode of TechTalks, Concurrency CTO, Nathan Lasnoski, goes over protecting legacy data with Azure Information Protection.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 4, 2018

Striping Disks in Azure

Azure disks.  You can do this by using Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 or 2016.  Storage Spaces is similar to RAID or the old dynamic disk technology in Windows and allows you to combine multiple disks into a single volume.  Doing so will aggregate the size and performance of the Azure disks.

by Mitchell Grande Nov 16, 2017

Azure Updates

Ignite 2017, held late last month, contained many exciting announcements for Azure.  Here, we'll highlight some of the best new and updated features.  There are many more than can be listed here so be sure to check out this blog post for a complete rundown.

by Mitchell Grande Oct 19, 2017

Azure Resource Management

Within Azure, there are two primary ways to organize deployed resources.  Subscriptions are the top-level organizational boundary and provide complete isolation between resources.  Resource Groups are the next tier of separation and only provide a logical organization of resources. 

by Mitchell Grande Sep 6, 2017

Tech Talks - Azure Cosmos DB: The Do-Anything, Planetary-Scale Database

In this week's episode of TechTalks, watch as Concurrency CTO, Nathan Lasnoski, explains how Azure Cosmos DB improves your userexperience and reduces headaches for your IT Department.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jul 14, 2017

Tech Talks – Declarative Configuration Management with PowerShell DSC and ARM

In this episode of Tech Talks, Concurrency CTO Nathan Lasnoski discusses Declarative Configuration Management and Infrastructure as code.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 30, 2017

Tech Talks - Azure Migrations and What People Forget

In this episode of Tech Talks, Concurrency CTO Nathan Lasnoski discusses the key things organizations should consider when moving to the cloud, as well as, what they most often forget.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 22, 2017

Tech Talks - Azure Functions

In this inaugural episode of Tech Talks, Concurrency CTO Nathan Lasnoski shows how Microsoft's Azure Functions makes life easier for developers by allowing them to build and deploy into an environment in a controlled way, removing the constraints of the infrastructure.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 19, 2017

Managing Azure Automation Deployments with VSTS

Discover ways to manage and deploy Azure Automation artifacts with VSTS

by Michael Dugan May 17, 2017

PASS SQL Saturday April 8, 2017

Thank you to PASS for organizing Madison's SQL Saturday event!
http://www.pass.org/

by Nick Adams Apr 12, 2017

10 Ways Manufacturers Can Do More with Less in 2023 - Part 1

As we enter the new year, manufacturers are assertively focusing on how they optimize their business during uncertain economic conditions.  The goal of most manufacturers is to do more with less, or at minimum optimize their ability to execute their mission for their customers.  Working with many manufacturers, I am seeing a variety of ways that companies can leverage technology to do more with less year. 

Part 1 of this series outlines the first five ways that manufacturers can do more with less.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 17, 2023

10 Ways Manufacturers Can Do More with Less in 2023 - Part 2

As we enter the new year, manufacturers are assertively focusing on how they optimize their business during uncertain economic conditions.  The goal of most manufacturers is to do more with less, or at minimum optimize their ability to execute their mission for their customers.  Working with many manufacturers, I am seeing a variety of ways that companies can leverage technology to do more with less year. 

Part 2 of this series outlines the second five ways that manufacturers can do more with less.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 25, 2023

Driving Efficiency from Cloud Investments

I’m asked frequently, “how do I know if there is waste in my cloud environment?” or “how do I know if my cloud environment is following best practices?”.  In response, I have six initial tests to evaluate the state of an already deployed cloud environment.  These tests can also be used in reverse to think about the critical tests for a cloud environment you are deploying new.  In this article I’ll walk through each of those six tests and how to evaluate them. 

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 22, 2023

10 Optimizations for Your Azure Environment - Part 1

As we enter the new year, I’d like to challenge every company with an Azure environment to “do more with less” by raising the operational maturity of their cloud environment.  Successful companies look at the cloud as a financial advantage to their businesses because of the opportunity to apply optimizations across each spending area.  The unsuccessful companies deploy services and are ineffective at applying spend to improvement, likely leaving it as they initially provisioned it.   

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 8, 2023

Cost Savings Ideas for Your Azure Environment

I’ve seen that 20% – 40% of cloud spend is waste!  In this post I’ll cover cost savings ideas for your Azure environment that will help you “get more with less” from your cloud spend.  

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 14, 2023

10 Optimizations for Your Azure Environment - Part 2

As we enter the new year, I’d like to challenge every company with an Azure environment to “do more with less” by raising the operational maturity of their cloud environment.  Successful companies look at the cloud as a financial advantage to their businesses because of the opportunity to apply optimizations across each spending area.  The unsuccessful companies deploy services and are ineffective at applying spend to improvement, likely leaving it as they initially provisioned it.   

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 10, 2023