Attending SE New Hire Bootcamp is really, really tough. Training classes from 8am to 6pm, five certification tests to take and a 70-page lab guide to complete. The key to eternal happiness is collaboration. Here you see us collaborating on the Mexicali Grill lab exercise: from left to right: Keng Seng from Singapore Ronny from Switzerland "Capo" Gelo from … Continue reading So that’s how after-training Lab Work looks like
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Partners in Crime
This, ladies and gentlemen, is our class - the April 2017 Palo Alto Networks SE New Hire Bootcamp Class. Meet (from left to right:) Abdallah from Saudi Arabia Keng from Singapore Gelo from the Philippines Jason from Oregon Samer from Saudi Arabia Marcelo from Argentina Bob from the Netherlands le moi Master of Ceremony Sean from Phoenix … Continue reading Partners in Crime
Bienvenidos a California
Stefan sees the light - finally. An essential station of my onboarding as a Palo Alto Networks employee is a two-weeks stay at the corporation's headquarter in - not Palo Alto - Santa Clara, CA. My colleague Ronny Fischer and I took the Sunday afternoon flight from Zurich and arrived at San Francisco Airport - … Continue reading Bienvenidos a California
Von HW-diktiert zu SW-defined
Meine Keynote an der Telenetfair 2016 Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen? Wir haben uns ja in unserer Branche daran gewöhnt, dass wir nebst vielen Innovationen doch auch gerne einmal alten Wein in neuen Schläuchen ausschenken. Warum sollte ein Thema, mit welchem wir vor zehn Jahren grosse Erfolge gefeiert haben, nun plötzlich nicht mehr ziehen? SW haben … Continue reading Von HW-diktiert zu SW-defined
In Praise of the Ferrywoman
I had the privilege of speaking at the Women in Presales conference in Brentford on April 27. Below you find the transcript of my speech. Good afternoon, dear women and men in Presales. Thank you very much for having me today. I am Stefan Zueger, and I run EMC’s Swiss Presales organization. Why am … Continue reading In Praise of the Ferrywoman
Agile Software-Entwicklung und IT-Betrieb: Natürliche Feinde?
Im Februar 2001 fand eine Gruppe von Software-Entwicklern in einem Hotel in den Wasatch-Bergen in Utah zu einem Gedankenaustausch zusammen. Ihnen allen gemeinsam war ihre Unzufriedenheit mit den schwergewichtigen Methoden, mittels derer SW-Projekte realisiert wurden. Sie litten unter dem Eindruck, zu viel ihrer Zeit auf Themen wie Prozess- und Toolmanagement, umfassende Dokumentation, Vertragsmanagement und Planupdates … Continue reading Agile Software-Entwicklung und IT-Betrieb: Natürliche Feinde?
Cloud-Infrastruktur: Wie billig muss sie sein?
Auch wer mit dem Preiszerfall in der IT-Infrastruktur vertraut ist, kann Angesichts der Entwicklung der Cloud-Service-Preise ein gelegentliches Nach-Luft-Schnappen nicht verhindern. Dennoch vollzieht sich die Integration der neuen Dienste in die IT-Landschaft Schweizer Kunden nicht so rasch, wie die Preise fallen. Warum? “Software is eating the World” war einer der vielgehörten Sätze an den X-Days, … Continue reading Cloud-Infrastruktur: Wie billig muss sie sein?
DevOps – Why Should We Care?
I just published my educational slide deck "DevOps - Why Should We Care" to Slideshare. Though DevOps is primarily an organizational concept, smart technology can make the difference when implementing it. I am not the authority to judge the technical feasibility, the bits and bytes of each tool that tags itself with the DevOps label, … Continue reading DevOps – Why Should We Care?
Is Online Learning the End of the Teacher’s profession?
In may tech outlooks 2015 is hailed as the year online learning will be breaking through, largely replacing the old-fashioned frontal information transfer we have all been going through in school. I have two daughters aged 5, and when I observe them dealing with technology and the speed how they adapt to new and changing … Continue reading Is Online Learning the End of the Teacher’s profession?
a postmodernist's view 