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Join me at the SolarWinds vMixer party at VMworld 24 Aug 2013 | 06:35 am
Looking for a party to attend on Monday at VMworld, of course you are. SolarWinds is throwing their vMixer party again this year and I’ll be there so stop on by. If meeting me and other vExperts and b...
Who were the first virtualization people that you followed on Twitter? 22 Aug 2013 | 10:28 pm
I was looking through the people that I follow on Twitter the other day and decided to tweet out the first people that I followed on Twitter related to virtualization. After I did that it seemed to ca...
Tips and tricks for surviving and enjoying VMworld 21 Aug 2013 | 06:45 am
Another year, another VMworld, this will be the 10th anniversary of VMworld since the first one held in San Diego in 2004. The first VMworld only had 1,400 attendees, this year I would expect that at ...
The VMworld bands over the years 9 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am
I’ve been attending VMworld since 2008 and the official parties have always been a fun way to unwind for a bit and escape from virtualization. VMware has had a variety of different bands to play at th...
The Top 10 Things You MUST Know About Storage for vSphere 8 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
If you’re going to VMworld this year be sure and check out my session STO5545 - The Top 10 Things You MUST Know About Storage for vSphere which will be on Tuesday, Aug. 27th from 5:00-6:00 pm. The ses...
Top 5 Tips for monitoring applications in a Virtual Environment 23 Jul 2013 | 09:03 pm
The focus on applications often gets lost in the shuffle when implementing virtualization which is unfortunate because if you look at any server environment its sole purpose is really to serve applica...
The new HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 - a great virtualization home lab server 15 Jul 2013 | 01:20 am
I’ve always liked the small size of the HP MicroServer which makes it perfect for use in a virtualization home lab, but one area that I felt it was lacking was with the CPU. The original MicroServer c...
Hell must of frozen over… 6 Jul 2013 | 09:36 pm
…because I actually got a VMworld session approved! I last had a VMworld session approved (2 of them) in 2010 for my Deep Dive on Virtualization and Building a Home Lab sessions. I’ve really given up...
VMware & Microsoft positioning in Gartners Magic Quadrant over the years 3 Jul 2013 | 09:13 pm
Gartner just released their annual “Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure” report for 2013 and Microsoft continues to draw closer to VMware’s top position. If you look at the dif...
Come see me speak at the Phoenix VMUG User Conference on July 11th 2 Jul 2013 | 11:52 pm
Last year the VMUG leaders in Phoenix invited me to present their keynote at the annual Phoenix VMUG User Conference. I love VMUG’s but had to turn it down unfortunately because of conflicts and havin...
