Those who know what a Raspberry Pi is will know that computers come in all shapes and sizes (for those who don’t, it’s a very small computer). And those who know the IT sector will know that IT professionals do too. That is to say they come from all kinds of backgrounds.
Following the event of the successful and large scale ransomware attack, and a very busy weekend for a lot of Managed Service Providers, we wanted to inform you and your organisations what actions you can take now, and in future, to assist in reducing the exposure and risk from these types of cyberattacks.
Myles Gray is a cloud technologist at Novosco, primarily focussing on public cloud R&D, designing customer platforms and services, and utilising automation for both self-hosted and private customer clouds. He is also a: VMware vEXPERT 2016-2017 (NSX, vSAN), VCIX-NV, VCAP-DCV and a Veeam Vanguard.
You can find him blogging at blah.cloud and climbing the occasional mountain.
Question: What do you do, and what do you love about it?
Myles: Essentially, I get to design, tweak, improve-upon, and play with really cool technologies!
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