Analysis Flight Path Control: Connecting the Stages to Cloud Business Value (Part 3) Max Jahn, April 20, 2023April 12, 2023 In today’s digital age, cloud transformation has become a critical process for organizations looking to innovate, adapt and compete in the market. The cloud adoption journey involves three core stages that are interconnected and build upon one another: IT transformation, value delivery transformation, and business transformation. These stages are essential for unlocking unparalleled innovation, agility, and business success. By understanding the synergies that exist between the capabilities developed in these stages, organizations can effectively navigate their cloud adoption journey and leverage the benefits of public cloud technologies and agile practices to drive innovation and achieve long-term success. Continue Reading
Opinion Redefining the Battlefield: Conquering the Business-IT Divide Max Jahn, April 16, 2023April 12, 2023 In today’s fast-paced business world, bridging the gap between business and IT is crucial for achieving success. Business professionals are more tech-savvy than ever, but conflicts often arise from rigid and bureaucratic IT environments. To overcome this divide, organizations must foster a shared understanding of value streams, streamline work processes, create feedback loops, build enduring cross-functional teams, and reconsider the outsourcing of critical IT systems management. Continue Reading
Analysis Rocket Stages: Accelerating Cloud Business Value Realization (Part 2) Max Jahn, April 11, 2023May 29, 2023 In this post, we will embark on an in-depth exploration of the four transformational stages of cloud adoption. Each stage represents a crucial step in the journey, from IT infrastructure consolidation to business transformation, and is essential for harnessing the full potential of public cloud technologies. Continue Reading
Opinion Will AI turn labor markets into rockstar markets? Max Jahn, April 8, 2023April 9, 2023 As AI systems like GPT-4 and Midjourney continue to advance, they are taking over tasks traditionally done by junior employees, potentially reducing entry-level roles and the pool of people available to develop into masters of their craft. This shift may lead to a smaller number of highly sought-after experts and a rise in interdisciplinary skills, adaptability, and critical thinking. Continue Reading
Analysis A (Space) Journey to Cloud Business Value (Part 1) Max Jahn, April 7, 2023May 29, 2023 This blog post explores the stages of public cloud transformation that encompass IT infrastructure transition, IT transformation, lean and agile practices adoption, and a full-fledged business transformation. With each layer, organizations can unlock new possibilities and move closer to digital maturity. Continue Reading
Guides & Tutorials A Cloud Benchmarking Tools Collection Max Jahn, January 15, 2023November 13, 2024 From time to time we see the need to evaluate the performance of systems running in the cloud with those on-premises. As a reference (mostly for myself) I created a list of tools for this purpose. Note that most of these tools are in no way specific to cloud environments…. Continue Reading
Guides & Tutorials Understanding networking options for OCI cloud database for Azure Max Jahn, October 16, 2022November 13, 2024 Oracle’s new ODSA offering brings new options for organizations focusing on Azure as the primary cloud provider but who are still relying on Oracle databases. In this post, I look at common networking scenarios in OCI and Azure for running databases in OCI. Continue Reading
Analysis The Oracle Cloud Database Conundrum Max Jahn, September 26, 2022March 29, 2023 Oracle has a long track record as a provider of world-class relational database management systems (RDBMS). But it’s notoriously difficult for enterprises to move these databases to the cloud. I’ll take a look at the reasons for this and some recent developments that could be the solution in many cases. Continue Reading
Analysis A brief look at Oracle Database Service for Azure (ODSA) Max Jahn, September 20, 2022November 13, 2024 In the past, I have written several posts about the interconnect between Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Microsoft Azure. Usually, this interconnect is used to host databases in OCI. However, Azure is used to run applications and other components. While it could be a good solution for some businesses, it had several drawbacks for companies who wanted to run Oracle databases in the cloud without having to manage multi-cloud environments. In a new PaaS-style approach to running databases in OCI and hiding much of the interconnect complexity from Azure users, Oracle has released Oracle Database Service for Azure (ODSA). In my post, I will take a brief look at this solution. Continue Reading
Cloud Patching Compute Instance Fleets with Oracle Cloud (OCI) OS Management Max Jahn, December 7, 2020July 18, 2024 An annoying thing when you cannot have immutable infrastructure is that you need to patch and update your compute instances from time to time. In the worst case this needs to be done manually, a painful and error-prone process. Of course there are tools to do that in a more sensible way, one of them being the OS Management tooling that is available for free in Oracle Cloud. This post shows how to do so using OCI CLI. Continue Reading