{"id":5335,"date":"2019-10-31T16:11:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:11:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:11:23","slug":"why-getting-fit-for-cloud-is-about-more-than-just-the-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/why-getting-fit-for-cloud-is-about-more-than-just-the-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Getting Fit for Cloud is about more than just the bike!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Craig<\/p>\n

By: Craig Leppan, Head of Business Development at Synthesis Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n

The #GetFitForCloud journey starts now! October leaves six crucial months of training to get your Business Solution into the AWS Cape Town Data Centre by March 2020.<\/p>\n

Like preparing for any race, it is about more than just the actual cycling or running on the day. Success comes down to preparation, goal setting and serious work. Change and energy are needed to adapt the organisational muscles and skills to stand up to a secure production workload in AWS in 2020.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about more than the bike, technology and the equipment. Those things are easy. They can be bought or rented.\u00a0The best bike won\u2019t help an unprepared rider and the best preparation comes down to training the people to take the race. It is all about the people who take the journey. It is about navigating and managing people and skills change.<\/p>\n

As with many journeys, the technology is not the hard part, it\u2019s the people part that counts. Yes, you have to have the technology in place, working, maintained and monitored, but getting fit for cloud is as much about people change, new habits and disciplines as it is when a non-cyclist prepares for a race of 3-to-5 hours when they might only have spent 30 minutes in vigorous exercise!<\/p>\n

So, here is a fun table of some of the parallels and analogies of getting fit for cloud as they relate to training for the Cycle Challenge 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
108km Cycle Race\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nAWS Production Workload\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Equipment\/Basics<\/strong><\/td>\nTechnology Map<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bike<\/td>\nAWS account<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helmet<\/td>\nSecurity in place<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Race entry<\/td>\nArchitecture sign off<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shoes<\/td>\nS3 buckets secured<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chamois<\/td>\nLanding zone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunglasses<\/td>\nMonitoring tool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cycling top<\/td>\nFront end<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bike service<\/td>\nWell Architected review<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunblock<\/td>\nSecurity assurance tooling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HR monitor\/head unit<\/td>\nMonitoring dashboards and alerting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skills\/Training\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nSkills\/Training<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First ride around the block<\/td>\nAWS certification<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ride with friends 1 hr<\/td>\nFirst access to AWS sandbox\/hackathon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indoor training<\/td>\nDev ops disciplines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hill training 2 hrs<\/td>\nAWS game day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bike repair \/ mechanical Lesson<\/td>\nCloud economics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 hour rides every week<\/td>\nJetPack training<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90km training ride<\/td>\nNon-Prod Account<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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