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Benchmarking the Cloud against on-premise data centres
In the third and final part in this series we compare the risk of Azure vs the risk of on-premise data centres, using the Swiss Cheese Risk Model.
Is JavaScript still dead?
JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages, but is it past its sell by date?
Top Gadget Purchases of 2016
In a reflective blog post, I detail some of the recent gadget purchases I've made and am shocked at how many of them are Amazon products.
A Bit of a Christmas Do in the Country with Benchpeg
In 2016, endjin redesigned the Benchpeg website, migrating it from a 10-year-old platform over to our own CMS system - Vellum – so the Benchpeg team could have greater control over their content management and halve the day-to-day workload for generating content. This is a creative post about the practical experiences gained from 1-day silversmithing workshop at the invitation of Benchpeg.
Azure ARM template patterns: t-shirt sizing and optional resources
Implement using parameters in Resource Manager templates for optional resource deployment and configuration.
Bermondsey barber gets a website for Christmas after featuring in Time Out London
Journalist Danielle Goldstein interviewed local barber Vangelos Georgiou, who has been cutting hair at George Gents' Hairdresser on Bermondsey street (near endjin's old office) since 1970. In the Time Out London article, Georgiou mentioned that he didn't have a phone or website because of the expense. The team at endjin spotted the article and decided to step in and help - building him a new website to help attract and inform customers.
Office security automation with Synology, OneDrive and Power Automate
Read about how we set up automated backups of our office security camera footage and used Power Automate to alert us if anything went wrong
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Networking
Explore AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform's offerings for cloud migration. Understand their services for your specific needs.
Welcome to an internship at endjin!
A career in software engineering doesn't need to start with a Computer Science degree. The underlying traits of problem solving, a willingness to learn and the ability to collaborate well can be built in any field. Internships provide a great way to get your foot-in-the-door in the professional world, and arm you with some real-life experience for future endeavours. This post describes an internship at endjin, including the type of work you could be asked to do and what you could learn.
How to package a web project for deployment from the command line
Creating a package to deploy a web project from the command line (for deployment into Azure) is not as easy as it should be. In this post we cover the whole process.
Reasons to: Round up of the Sessions I Attended
The 3-day "Reasons To" conference was held in Brighton in September 2016. The conference is a fusion of disciplines: design, development, illustration, 3D modelling and data visualisation to name a few. In this post Paul Waller provides an overview of the sessions he attended and the ideas that really sparked his imagination.
How to use Power BI Embedded with AspNetCore
Add a Power BI Embedded report to an ASP.NET Core site without an SDK, drop-in IHtmlHelper extensions, plus tips on PowerBI.js bundling and the missing PowerBI.MVC.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Mobile Services
This post compares mobile services from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering mobile backends, push notifications, analytics, authentication, and device testing capabilities across all three providers.
All Bootcamped Out: the 5-day workshop survival guide
We've been running workshops and training sessions for a long time now, and one thing we've learned from that is that PEOPLE DO WORKSHOPS WRONG. From MBA classes, to design sessions, there seems to be a common problem: burn-out. We give you a survival guide for multi-day bootcamps and workshops, to get the most out of them, and take care of yourself in the process.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Internet of Things
This post compares the Internet of Things capabilities of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, examining device communication, data ingestion, and real-time analytics features.
My endjin internship: proposition development, code and acronyms
During her two month internship we tried to expose her to as many different aspects of endjin as possible; from New Proposition Development, marketing, partner & business development activities, as well as our software engineering processes and the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Analytics & Big Data
This post compares analytics and big data services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering data processing, machine learning, streaming analytics, and visualization offerings.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Database
This post compares database services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, including managed relational databases, NoSQL options, data warehouses, and caching solutions for cloud migrations.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Storage & Content Delivery
This post compares storage and content delivery services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering object storage, file shares, hybrid solutions, and CDN offerings.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Compute
This post compares compute services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering virtual machines, containers, PaaS offerings, and serverless options for different cloud migration strategies.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform
This post introduces a series comparing AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services across 10 categories, helping organizations choose the right cloud provider and migration strategy.
Cloud Adoption: A Deep Dive into the Swiss Cheese Model
In the second part of this series, we take a deep dive into the Swiss Cheese Model and show how this type of threat modelling is essential for understanding the risks that adopting Microsoft Azure post your organisation, and how you mitigate them.
Querying the Azure DevOps Work Items API directly from Power BI
Discover Azure DevOps Work Items features, use RESTful API for insights, and Power BI visualization in our step-by-step guide.
Automating ALM environment creation with PowerShell and Azure DevOps
Did you know that you can fully automate the bootstrapping process of setting up an Azure DevOps enviornment? This post shows you how.
Microsoft Azure Most Valuable Professional 2016
It is with a huge amount of honour to announce that endjin co-founder, Howard van Rooijen, has been awarded an Azure MVP award for his contributions to the Azure ecosystem.