I’m trying something a little different today, Tuesday, at VMworld. Stick with me as I take a crack at live blogging this morning’s keynote. It’s set to start in just a few minutes, so here we go… Quick update: I had hoped to have...
As always, Monday at VMworld 2015 is the first General Session and the proper start to the week. How’d it go? Let’s find out. PernixPro Breakfast PernixData held a breakfast for PernixPro’s and PernixPrime’s at the ThirstyBear (disclosure: I’m a PernixPro). It was...
Away we go! Unlike last year, there wasn’t really anything blog worthy on “Day 0” (Saturday). There was a VCDX Bootcamp scheduled for Saturday morning, however I arrived in SFO in the afternoon and had attended last years any. So Saturday was a...
I’ll admit it was through their VMworld vExpert offer that I first heard of Catalogic Software. The fact that they landed Trevor Pott (@cakeis_not_alie) to host a roundtable during VMworld also caught my attention. Catalogic invited vExperts to attend a pre-VMworld webinar to...
With VMworld 2015 US only a day away, it’s time to get your game face on. Not only will you interact with vendors, attend sessions, take labs, partake in breakouts, etcetera, but you’ll also have the chance to network with your peers. They may...
VMworld 2015 US is almost upon us, and many of you attendees likely have your schedules pretty well sorted by now. Just in case you’re looking for a few extra sessions to squeeze in, here are my Top 5 most anticipated sessions this...
The vExpert 2015 Second Half announcement was made recently, welcoming in a new batch of passionate contributors to the virtualization community. With VMworld US right around the corner, let’s have a look at some of the exclusive vExpert offers that will be available there....
A while back, last October in fact, I presented at the Edmonton VMUG. Being my first public presentation I wanted to keep things simple and familiar. I decided my topic should be the virtualization journey I’ve been on these many years. A big picture view...
During an infrastructure provisioning conversation the other day a comment was made that, as a best practice, EVC should be avoided if possible. I was taken aback by this statement as the use of EVC is clear to me. Unfortunately I haven’t had a...
I recently watched Mike Rohde‘s [amazon text=The Sketchnote Handbook Video&asin=0321885139] DVD. In it, Mike describes what a sketchnote is and provides some tips and tricks to help you start sketchnoting. Sketchnotes are a more visual approach to note taking. Imagery, layout and typography are...
