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VMUG Voice Feature
Just a quick post to reference this months edition of VMUG Voice partly because I’m the featured blogger :-) (ever the self promoter), but seriously i wanted to mention the Voice because this is a...
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Around the Storage Block Feature
Just wanted to reference a recent podcast I did with Calvin Zito (@HPStorageGuy) and Andre Carpenter (@AndreCarpenter) from HP. I met Calvin at VMworld last year and we’ve been talking about doing a...
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A New Hope
I’m writing this blog from a hotel room in San Jose after spending about 18 hours flying here from Melbourne Australia… So, why am I here you might be asking and what’s this blog about, well the first...
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vExpert 2013 Awardee
http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2013/05/vexpert-2013-awardees-announced.html Just a quick post to thank everyone at VMware and in our greater community for being awarded vExpert status for the second...
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Keep Challenging Yourself
For me the last 3 months have been pretty unique, some of the highlights include (but are not limited to): - Receiving an invitation to advise the board of a locally based technology startup called...
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VMworld 2014 US – My Thoughts on Day 1
After an evening of catching up with vPeeps at the excellent VMunderground/vBrownbag party hosted at a new central venue (great work to all involved in organising). I settled in at the Hang Space to...
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VMworld 2014 US – Day 3 Insights
Today is really about: - Sessions Solutions Exchange VMUG Leader Lunch Booth Time in the Solutions Exchange. Sessions NET2745 vSphere Distributed Switch: Technical Deep Dive with @thejasonnash &...
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VMworld 2014 US – Wrap Up
General Session So this was the last General Session today and (as in previous years) were dedicated to the TED Talks (for those of you that don’t know about TED). I really like these and still...
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
The main purpose of this blog is to get down some of the ideas I have and get some feedback on those ideas! Also I wanted to use it as a means to discuss what I do day to day in my current contract...
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Operational Support Structures and Cross Skilling
I’m currently working on the design phase of a Data centre for my client and the topic of operational support was being discussed. The client currently has about 10 people in IT who are split between...
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My VCAP-DCA (VDCA550) Experience
So, here I am at the other side of this exam and like many others I feel the need to share my experiences on what my journey was like and what I did to get here, so here goes… Brief History of ‘Hands...
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[Updated] Open Letter to VMware Certification/Education
[Updated 23/12/2014] In this update I’d like to share VMware’s response below: Ticket Opened with VMware Education: - Hi Craig, I replied to your Open Letter in the community, and now I see that your...
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Top vBlog 2015 – Please Vote!
Eric Sebert’s (@ericsebert) Top vBlog Voting for 2015 by vSphere-land.com has commenced and is sponsored this year by Infinio. This is the time when we reflect on which blogs have been the most...
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My VCAP-DCD (VDCD550) Experience
After sharing My VCAP-DCA (VDCA550) Experience I felt it was only right to repeat this for the VCAP-DCD which, after several attempts (more on this later) I have now successfully completed. Brief...
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VMworld (Day 1) Friday 28 August
This year I’m going to document my activities during VMworld to try to capture what goes on and why attending this event is important to me for many different reasons… Day 1 was a short day for me...
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VMworld (Day 2) Saturday 29 August
Today I spent all day at the mothership VMware offices in Palo Alto, where the Partner Exchange (PEX) boot camps are being held, my friend @g_mulholland was also presenting the VSAN deep dive so It was...
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VMworld (Day 3) Sunday 30 August
Today started with registering for VMworld, the 10 minute walk from the apartment seems to be quiet reasonable on the feet although I’ll update you on how it feels on the last day… I checked in and was...
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VMworld (Day 4) Monday 31 August
The day started with the usual walk over to Moscone where I was finally able to visit the Hang Space, this is where I do most of my event blogging as there are dedicated bloggers tables which are...
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VMworld (Day 5) Tuesday 1 September
My day started with the usual walk from my airbnb apartment to Moscone, happily I ended up joining @vcdx133 at Denny’s for a decent breakfast to help start the day. I’m also happy to report that my...
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VMworld (Day 6) Wednesday 2 September
No general session today, but that doesn’t mean it’s time for a lay in, oh no I did my usual walk to Moscone this morning trying another coffee shop I noticed walking back from the party last night....
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