Welcome to BEZSEZ_. I’ve spent more than twenty years designing, building and operating enterprise technology — and most of what’s worth knowing sits between the architecture diagrams: operating models, ownership, governance, cost and the practical constraints of delivering change.
If this is your first visit, these three articles are the best introduction to what this site is about.
2025
We're All Getting FinOps Wrong
FinOps is often presented as a way to reduce the cloud bill. That's part of the story, but it misses the bigger opportunity: maximising the value of technology investment and creating real accountability.
2025
Going on a Cloud Journey? Make Sure Everyone Is on the Bus
Cloud transformation isn't simply a technology migration. Architecture, security, operations, finance and business leadership all need to understand the destination and their role in reaching it.
2025
A Matter of ROUTinE
Sometimes following an established architecture pattern introduces an unexpected problem. A look at Azure hub-and-spoke networking, asymmetric routing, and why good practice still needs to be understood rather than followed blindly.
What I write about
You’ll find articles covering several connected areas:
- Azure architecture, including landing zones, networking and platform design
- FinOps, cloud economics and technology value
- Cloud adoption and operating-model transformation
- Platform engineering, automation and Infrastructure as Code
- Managed services and enterprise operations
- Resilience, recovery and operational improvement
- Technology leadership and lessons from consulting
- Regulated environments, where security, governance and operational constraints shape the solution
The common thread is practical delivery: what works, what doesn’t, and what I’d do differently next time.
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Everything published here represents my own experience and perspective.
You may have solved the same problem differently. You may disagree with one of my conclusions. You may have encountered a constraint I haven’t considered.
That’s a good thing.
The best technical communities are built by people sharing what they’ve learned, challenging assumptions and helping one another improve.
If something here helps you, or starts a useful conversation, BEZSEZ_ is doing its job.