Category Archive: Virtualization

Here you will find discussions on virtualization from Citrix, Microsoft, VMware.

Feb
18

vExpert 2012 now accepting applications

It is that time of year again. VMware has opened up it’s vExpert application form. I could not find a deadline date This year they are doing something different, there are three tracks in which you can submit under. ( Below taken from http://communities.vmware.com/vexpert.jspa ) Evangelist Path The Evangelist Path includes book authors, bloggers, tool …

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Nov
30

Bringing the User back into User Group

As many of you know Matthew Brender, Jim Peluso and myself run the social media activities for the New England VMware User Group (NEVMUG). I have been talking with the President Chris Harney about getting more user involvement in the group.  It was brought up that the NEVMUG would love to have end user presentations, not just …

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Aug
23

Absolutely nothing but everything to do with #BRC2k11

Final blog post for the BRC2k11  With this being the last post from the contest, I would like to take the time to thank the judges who have provided some great incite, and really given me a lot to think about with how and what I choose to write. I really liked how HP the …

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Aug
15

HP Converged Systems #BRC2k11

Blogger Reality Contest Week #2 overview This was the 2nd week on the Blogger Reality Contest and HP delivered a webinar on their HP Converged Systems, the presenters were Kristy Ward & Jeff Kenyon from HP ESSN Alliances Solutions group. The Difference The major difference with HP’s offerings is that it supports multiple hypervisors. I …

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Aug
04

Trials & Tribulations of a Blogger #BRC2k11

Let it begin As many know we are attending various webinars being held by HP who is sponsoring this contest. I have to say it is definitely taking me outside the box in thinking and I LOVE IT! HP like many are getting into the IT As A Service (IAAS) Solution game, or the “make …

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Aug
01

Winner winner Chicken Dinner!!

I mentioned Thomas Jones from Niketown588.com was holding a contest in an earlier post of mine. You can read it here. I also mentioned that I had thrown myself into the mix. I can announce that I have been selected in the contest!!There are some great people involved and I can’t wait to read all the …

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Jul
13

Outside the Box contest

Thomas Jones from over at Niketown588.com is hosting a really sweet idea! In his latest blog post C’mon Down! You are the next contestant, Thomas talks about his idea of having 8 Bloggers compete in a reality online tv contest where they are not just typing up a blog but also having to do a vLog (Video …

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Jun
07

What is VMUnderWorld?

That is a very good question, What is VMunderworld? VMunderworld was named by Rick Vanover during a Twitter conversation about starting our own Community Based Virtual Conference. I had originally thought of Virtual Underground Conference ( #VVC). Rick came back with VMunderworld. It’s alot less characters and honestly has a nice feel to it. Rick …

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Jun
07

Did your VMworld 2011 Session get rejected?

Like many today I recieved the dredded your Session(s) were not selected email. AHHH!! Whocares! at least that’s how I’m taking it.  There are plenty of Rockstars out there who didn’t get accepted, instead of giving up I challange you to still share that information with the community. Plenty of great advice has been giving …

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Mar
22

Down and Dirty Basics Series- VDI

Like many I am very curious about Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI), I also have alot of questions pertaining to this. So like I stated previously in my last post I will be doing a series on VDI and breaking it down some. I will mainly be focusing on VMware View but maybe in some later posts …

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