Forbes Selects NetApp as One of the Most Innovative Companies in the World...
Did you see the news, Forbes Magazine selected NetApp to it’s list of ‘The World’s Most Innovative Companies’, placing us at #34. This list is based on an eight-year study by Harvard Business School...
View ArticleMore On Security & Big Data…Where Data Analytics and Security Collide...
Posted in Big DataCloud ComputingCloud SecurityConsumerization Of ITDisruptive InnovationMy last blog post “InfoSec Fail: The Problem With Big Data Is Little Data,” prattled on a bit about how large...
View ArticleFortune Brainstorm -- Javier Soltero on How the Enterprise can Innovate...
Earlier this week, Javier Soltero, CTO of cloud services for VMware, participated in a fascinating panel at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen Colorodo on how the enterprise can continue...
View ArticleVMware highlights vCenter Operations at VMUG (Server Virtualization Blog)
BRUNSWICK, Maine — If vCloud Director is VMware’s manager of managers, then vCenter Operations is its monitor of monitors. VMware attempted to clarify its sometimes-confusing virtualization management...
View ArticleSetting up the ESXi Syslog Collector (ESXi Chronicles)
In my last post I went over the steps to setup the ESXi dump collector. I figured it would be good to follow-up with a quick post on setting up the syslog collector. Syslog collector also addresses the...
View ArticleBlack & White version currently $ 21.56 on amazon (Yellow Bricks)
Someone just notified me through a comment on this blog that Amazon currently has the book on sale for $ 21.56. This is the black&white edition of vSphere 5 Clustering Technical Deepdive and can be...
View ArticleInteresting recent VMware KB articles (vSphere-land)
I subscribe to the weekly VMware Knowledgebase updates and regularly go through the new articles to find interesting posts. The VMware KB has more than just solutions to problems, it also has a lot of...
View ArticlevCloud Domain Service Accounts (Chris Colotti's Blog)
This article has been updated to add some vCenter Role Assignment recommendations as of March 11th, 2011. Recently, I was having a conversation about the need for some domain service acocunts to...
View ArticleUltimate VMware VCAP4-DCA Training package from TrainSignal (ESX Virtualization)
Four Trainings in One Big Training Package – The best best value for the money. There has been a new release and announcement from TrainSignal. They released an ultimate training package for people...
View ArticleNew vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 2...
Continuing from New vSphere 5 CLI Utilities/Tricks Marketing Did Not Tell You About Part 18. There have been a few updates to the busybox utility in ESXi Shell which now includes unzip and sync...
View ArticleHow to Add a Splash of Remote Color to ESXi Shell (virtuallyGhetto)
This morning I noticed a very interesting retweet by fellow vExpert Wil van Antwerpen from another vExpert: Richard Cardona (You may know him as rcardona2k on the VMTN Community Forums) about a neat...
View ArticleCut/Paste in vCloud Director Remote Console (Chris Colotti's Blog)
This is a quick note to share something I happened to find out yesterday that I admit I was not even aware of. I actually asked around and thought that cut and paste was simply not supported in vCloud...
View ArticleConfigure a vCenter 5.0 integrated Syslog server (VMware Virtualization...
Now that VMware offers an ESXi only platform in vSphere 5.0, there are logging decisions to be considered which were a non-issue on the ESX platform. Particularly with boot from SAN, boot from flash,...
View ArticleThe Importance of People Like John Troyer (PlanetVM)
Many companies employ people to run their social media, but very few employ technically competent, truly community focused individuals. I had been following John Troyer for a while on Twitter and then...
View ArticleBig JT – The Wookie of Virtualization (RTFM Education)
Today’s post is dedicated to John Troyer of VMware – it’s big JT’s birthday (21 again eh, John!). I’ve known John professionally since 2003/4 when I first setup my VMware Forum account because I...
View ArticleThe leader of the pack (The Saffa Geek)
Having only got into the virtualisation community with the past year and a half I’m obviously a relative newcomer compared to the likes of Duncan Epping of Yellow Bricks Fame and Scott Lowe of...
View ArticleA Special Happy Birthday to John Troyer #vTHNX (Technodrone)
Today is a special day. Not for me, but for someone that not only I think has done such a great service to the VMware community - but so many other agree as well. And that is you John Troyer! Instead...
View ArticleWhat has Troyer Done for you? (PlanetVM)
Once long ago, on a Saturday Afternoon, a little bit before dinner time some vEXPERTs were plotting. vEXPERT1: We get in through the underground heating system here… up through to the main audience...
View ArticleJohn Troyer – A Leader by Example (It's Just Another Layer)
One of the challenges any leader has is how to motivate and encourage people to contribute their time and energy to a cause. This can be done a variety of ways and a company that wants to foster a...
View ArticleFrom Bangkok with love (PlanetVM)
Hello John, thank you for your support to the VMware community and for everything you do. It is just too much to start listing it down here. I just wanted to thank you and wish you the best birthday ever.
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