Sam Naqvi

Transfer Azure Subscriptions Between Two Organizations

Why Organizations need to Transfer Azure subscriptions – It could be because of business scenarios, such as mergers & acquisitions, company restructuring, or cloud cost optimization. A smooth transition is crucial to maintain uninterrupted services, avoid compliance issues, and align cloud resources with new organization’s policies Key prerequisites and Considerations – Subscription Type & Eligibility […]

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Agile Sprints – And a Multi Team Priority Environment

  Foster Shared Vision and Priorities – Define overarching OKRs that guide teams toward common results. Each team can break these down into specific sprint goals, ensuring their work aligns with higher-level business priorities. Cross-Team Stand-Ups or Syncs – Schedule periodic cross-team syncs (SCRUM) to review progress, address blockers, and manage dependencies. Utilize tools e.g.

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Afraid of Cloud Service Provider Lock-In? Implement a Multi-Cloud Strategy

Workload Compatibility, Interoperability & Potability – Verify that Apps & workloads can run seamlessly on multiple cloud enviros. Implement containerization e.g., Docker, Kubernetes & other abstraction layers. Avoid reliance on any one proprietary services, design Apps that can be easily migrated/replicated on different cloud platforms with minimal changes Cost Efficiency & Optimization – Multi-cloud setups

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Cloud Security Blind Spots Created Due to Artificial Intelligence

Cloud computing security blind spots created by AI stem from the complexity of cloud infrastructure and unique challenges AI introduces in this environment. These blind spots can reveal vulnerabilities that traditional security measures such as strong governance, transparent AI model development, and robust data management practice may not fully address. Here, I offer some suggestions

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Benefits of Using AI With Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Faster & Error-Free Deployments – AI can detect and prevent misconfigurations in IaC scripts before deployment – It enables automated remediation, reduces human intervention which results in minimizing downtime.Intelligent Automation & Optimization – AI can analyze historical deployment data to recommend most efficient configs – It automates Performance tuning, ensures optimal resource allocation which contributes

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Key Considerations for Responsible AI – Algorithm

Fairness and Biased Mitigation – Devs should work on techniques to detect and minimize bias, such as: re-sampling data, adversarial debiasing, & any fairness constraints in model training. AI systems should be inclusive and not propagate biases present in training data or Devs assumptionsExplainability & Transparency – Algorithm should be understandable to Developers (Devs), stakeholders,

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Benefits of Generative AI (GenAI) For Cloud Computing

Improved Productivity – It automates repetitive tasks e.g. report writing, email drafting, & documentation, saves time & effortContent Generation with Enhanced Creativity – GenAI can generate text, images, code, and music, enables businesses & creative professionals to automate content creation.Automates Software Development – Assists in code generation, bug fixing, and documentation, accelerates software development cyclesAdvanced

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Virtual Machines (VMs) & AI

High CPU/GPU Requirements – Be aware that your VM has sufficient resources i.e. to avoid bottlenecks. CPU, GPU, and memory, to perform resource-intensive functions – AI workloads can demand dynamic scaling of resources, especially for cloud-based VMsNetwork Latency – If large datasets stored in multiple locations, network latency can become a significant performance bottleneck.Cost Management

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Why AI is A Perfect Partner For Cybersecurity

Proactive Threat Detection – AI identifies potential threats before they can cause any damage – Technically, AI doesn’t sleep – it monitors systems 24/7, identifying even smallest anomalies. It analyzes vast amounts of data in seconds, reducing time to detect & mitigate risksPersonalized Defense Mechanisms – AI adapts to specific needs of an Org., provides

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True Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Dev Community

Automation – AI has significantly automated routine & repetitive coding tasks, allowing Dev to focus on complex & creative aspects of software development. For example, AI-powered tools, i.e. GitHub Copilot & Tabnine offer code suggestions & help with boilerplate code generation.Debugging & Code Review – AI transforms the way code is reviewed & debugged with

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