{"id":40504,"date":"2020-03-03T23:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=347c0c4c43786dacce0095a394d286ee"},"modified":"2020-03-03T23:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:22:53","slug":"qa-uk-cloud-awards-judge-anthony-hodson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/qa-uk-cloud-awards-judge-anthony-hodson\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: UK Cloud Awards judge Anthony Hodson"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Please could you tell us a little bit more about who you are and what you do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am an AWS Solution Architect and Consultant working for Managed Service Provider (MSP), Ensono. Ensono serves mid-tier to large enterprises. I help enterprises understand the opportunities cloud has, and then move workloads into or grow workloads within AWS\u2019 cloud. My background spans traditional managed hosting, DevOps tooling and advisory, and Fintech. I enjoy seeing the progress that cloud can bring.<\/em><\/p>\n

How would you describe the UK Cloud Awards in three words?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commending Cloud Creativity<\/em><\/p>\n

What appealed to you about becoming a judge for this year\u2019s UK Cloud Awards?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the splendid party, I wanted to hear the innovations and results that have been delivered in 2019. I can then use this inspire those I speak with in my day job.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to about being involved in this year\u2019s awards? <\/strong><\/p>\n

The quality of submissions last year was high. I\u2019m looking forward to more stories of innovation and collaboration and I\u2019m hoping for some that don\u2019t just take a bigger share of the market but make the market bigger.<\/em><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s awards have had a bit of a makeover, with new categories and some other tweaks. Tell us why people should be getting excited about all of that\/the awards?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year we\u2019re focusing less on products (three categories) and more on successful projects (ten categories) and recognition for outstanding contributions (five categories). This means, to be recognised, it\u2019s about what the people managed to achieve. We want to recognise those who\u2019ve made the biggest and most innovative strides in progress; Afterall productization can only come after a successful pilot.<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you have a category\/categories you\u2019re most excited about?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Internet of Things (IoT)\u00a0<\/em>is an area where we see technology enter our day-to-day world. This year we have a new category \u2018IoT project of the year.\u2019\u00a0<\/em>I hope to learn how these sensors can be used to improve life on the spinning rock we call home.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are you looking for when you\u2019re reading an entry? How can people make sure theirs stands out?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When I read an entry I\u2019m looking for a good story: what was the problem and how did you know there was one? Why should we care? What were the challenges to overcome it? What roles were played and who made up the team? Finally, what measurable outcome was there and what lays ahead in the sequel? Sending marketing material off the website usually does not achieve this.<\/em><\/p>\n

What would you say to those thinking about entering but haven\u2019t fully decided to do so as yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Putting together an entry that explains what you\u2019ve created, why it was hard and what outcomes were achieved, for whom is the basis for many a good sales pitch. Crystallising this into a concise and moving piece will not only offer the chance of industry recognition but it\u2019ll arm you internally with getting more backing for future projects, thereby extending out the \u2018DevOps ripple of progress\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Do you have a standout cloud moment from 2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Personally I particularly enjoyed my time with the CIF and the Containers and Functions as a Service webinar. From a technology perspective, I was excited to see AWS release its \u2018serverless\u2019 Kubernetes offering AWS ECS Fargate, in doing so, taking out more \u2018undifferentiated heavy lifting\u2019 shortening the cycle from idea to delivery.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are your top 3 cloud predictions for 2020?<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. AWS provides a fully-integrated Disaster Recovery as a Service, manifested through a check-box in the console (or API of-course)<\/em>
\n 2. Hyperscale providers will continue to hope their customers align with a single hyperscale cloud; the market (driven by compliance and risk mitigation) moves towards multi-hyperscale cloud, those savvy enough use Kubernetes to do this. Google takes the ground as the secondary site for these differentiator workloads (being the Kubernetes mothership).<\/em>
\n 3. AWS’ CEO Andy Jassy\u2019s love for Vintage Rock spills out of the Re:invent AWS keynote into the AWS re:play party with the Eagles returning from retirement\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Is there anything else you would like to add?<\/strong><\/p>\n

All too often in technology, I see great work where it\u2019s hard to prove it made a measurable impact. When you start a project (or write about a successful project), find some data which gives a base-line: ideally, it\u2019s quantifiable, it could be qualitative (surveys even). For advice and inspiration read (or listen) to Nicole Forsgren\u2019s \/ Jezz Humble \/ Gene Kim book \u2018Accelerate\u2019 Note there are free chapters on Google books.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cloud Pro<\/p>\n

3 Mar, 2020 <\/p>\n

Please could you tell us a little bit more about who you are and what you do?
\nI am an AWS Solution Architect and Consultant working for Managed Service Provider (MSP), Ensono. Ensono serves mid-tier…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40505,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40504\/revisions\/40505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}