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Greg Stuart

Greg Stuart

Greg is a technologist at heart. He has spent the last 20 years supporting various information technology projects in both the private and public sector. He started his career out as an intelligence analyst in the United States Air Force and is a veteran of both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Greg spent a couple of years floating around the help desk pool before he worked his way into becoming a network administrator. In 2010 he was first introduced to VMware and quickly fell in love with the virtualization technology. Since 2010, Greg has been blogging, tweeting and podcasting about anything and everything related to virtualization. After a 3-and-a-half-year stint at VMware as a Sr. Consultant, he is back to working independently as a contractor supporting various private and public sector projects.

The Latest Posts Featuring Greg Stuart
Choosing Monitoring Tools for the SMB
March 29, 2019
Network
Small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tend to get overlooked when it comes to solutions that fit their needs for infrastructure monitoring. There are many tools that exist today that cater to the…
Not All Monitoring Tools Are “One Size Fits All”
March 11, 2019
Network
Monitoring tools are vital to any infrastructure. They analyze and give feedback on what’s going on in your data center. If there are anomalies in traffic, a network monitoring tool…
How to Pick the Best Data Center Monitoring Tools for Your Business
February 26, 2019
Tools

Many organizations grow each year in business scope and footprint. When I say footprint, it’s not merely the size of the organization, but the number of devices, hardware, and other data center-related items.
The Pros and Cons of Open-source Tools
February 15, 2019
Monitoring and Observability
Cost plays a factor in most IT decisions. Whether the costs are hardware- or software-related, understanding how the tool’s cost will affect the bottom line is important. Typically, it’s the engineer’s…
Do I Need an Enterprise Management System?
February 7, 2019
Network
When it comes to getting something done in IT, the question of “How?” can be overwhelming. There are many different solutions on the market to achieve our data center monitoring…
Implementing a Systems Monitoring Tool: What’s in it for You?
September 26, 2018
Monitoring and Observability
I don’t think there’s anyone out there that truly loves systems monitoring. I may be wrong, but traditionally, it’s not the most awesome tool to play with. When you think…
How to Use Monitoring Tools to Sniff Out the Root Cause
September 12, 2018
Monitoring and Observability
When it comes to IT, things go wrong from time to time. Servers crash, memory goes bad, power supplies die, files get corrupted, backups get corrupted…there are so many things…
It’s 2 a.m., Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
August 29, 2018
Infrastructure
If you are old enough, you might remember that commercial that played late at night and went something like this… “It’s 10 p.m., do you know where your children are?” …
Top 5 Best Practices for Systems Monitoring
August 15, 2018
Monitoring and Observability
Systems monitoring has become a very important piece of the infrastructure puzzle. There might not be a more important part of your overall design than having a good systems monitoring…
Monitoring Your Systems in the Cloud
July 25, 2018
Applications
What happens to our applications and infrastructure when we place them in the cloud?  Have you ever felt like you’ve lost insight into your infrastructure after migrating it to the…
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