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Cloudflare Cache Reserve Walkthrough and Demo [Video]

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Humair

Many organizations store large, infrequently changing assets like videos, images or large binary files on cloud provider networks for easy access. Unfortunately, any time an asset is fetched from the origin server, many cloud providers charge an egress fee. These … Continue reading →

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Cache Reserve: Eliminating the Creeping Costs of Egress Fees [Video]

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Humair

Checkout the below video on how Cloudflare via Cache Reserve can help minimize egress fees many cloud providers charge. I also show a demo and walk through features/capabilities. Watch directly below or on the DevOpsTV YouTube channel here. Follow me … Continue reading →

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Web3 and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways Walkthrough [Video]

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Humair

Checkout my latest video on Web3 and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways below or directly on the Cloudflare YouTube channel here. Cloudflare Web3 Gateways include IPFS Gateway and Ethereum Gateway. In this video I walkthrough what Web3 is and the motivation behind … Continue reading →

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Cloudflare CDN Walkthrough – Benefits, Configuration, Traffic Flow, and Performance

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Humair

Checkout my latest video on Cloudflare CDN embedded below or directly on the Cloudflare YouTube channel here. The Cloudflare CDN is SaaS that helps address the challenges customers face around latency, performance, availability, redundancy, security, and costs. In this video … Continue reading →

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Webinar Recording: Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways [Video]

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Humair

If you missed the Cloudflare Webinar on March 9th where I presented on IPFS, Ethereum, and Cloudflare Web3 Gateways, you can now watch the recording by registering here or simply watch on YouTube here, I’ve also embedded the video below.

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Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Getting Started

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Humair

Nutanix Clusters on AWS is available globally across 20 geographic regions and 61 availability zones. See the Nutanix Clusters website for the most up-to-date information. In my prior post, I discussed the availability of Nutanix Clusters on AWS, use cases, … Continue reading →

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Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Platform

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Humair

Starting from last Tuesday, August 11th, 2020, Nutanix Clusters, similar to what many customers have in on-prem data centers, can now be deployed on the AWS Cloud globally – 20 regions, 61 availability zones and counting. Super cool. In this … Continue reading →

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First Impression – Using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Humair

What is my first impression of using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)? Short answer – very easy to use, even for a first time user, and intuitive design with well thought-out integrations with other Nutanix products; love the one-click feature/service … Continue reading →

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VMworld 2019 Sessions – VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Humair

VMworld 2019 was my fifth year presenting at both the US and Europe VMworlds. Presenting at VMworld has always been something I look forward to every year, and this year was no exception. Like usual, this year, my calendar for … Continue reading →

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Second VMware Press Book Published – My Thoughts and Tips

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Humair

Yes, above is the very first official print I received for approval. This is my second VMware Press book, this time co-authored with Gilles Chekroun and Nico Vibert. Caught a few slight print errors last minute and sending back to … Continue reading →

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