Tag: vExpert

  • VMware Names First vExpert Cloud Recipients

    VMware Names First vExpert Cloud Recipients

    On Friday, VMware announced the recipients of their first-ever vExpert Cloud designation. This will be called “vExpert Cloud 2017”. This is the third specialization added to the long-running vExpert program, after vExpert VSAN and vExpert NSX. Already holding a current vExpert designation is a prerequisite for any of the specialty vExpert programs. What is a…

  • VMware Announces vExperts for 2017

    VMware Announces vExperts for 2017

    Yesterday, VMware announced their list of 2017 vExperts. The vExpert program is VMware’s way of recognizing those people who have made valuable contributions to the overall VMware and virtualization community. The program was started several years ago as a way of extending appreciation and recognition to those folks who were going above and beyond their…

  • VMware Announces vExperts for 2016

    VMware Announces vExperts for 2016

    Today, VMware announced the list of vExpert recipients for 2016. The VMware vExpert program recognizes those who have gone above and beyond their normal job description in sharing the messaging, knowledge, and “how to” of virtualization in general and VMware in particular. The vExpert program is open to VMware employees, partner, customers, and others. I’d…

  • VMware Announces vExperts for 2015

    Today, VMware announced the list of 2015 vExperts. The “vExpert” designation is not a technical certification, but instead a recognition of community engagement and personal influence within the various VMware and virtualization communities. I am simultaneously happy, honored, proud, and humbled to have been included among the 1,056 vExperts named for 2015. This marks the…

  • VMware Announces List of 2014 vExperts

    Earlier this week VMware released the list of 2014 vExperts. The community recognition program has grown since its start in 2009, with 754 vExperts being named this year — the largest group yet. I’m simultaneously proud and humbled to have been included in that list for my third year in a row. Looking over this…

  • 2013 VMware vExperts Announced

    Yesterday, VMware announced the vExpert 2013 awardees.  The vExpert program is one that recognizes those members of the VMware community who “have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.”  One of the things I like about this program is that the designation is good only for a…

  • Two New Things (with More to Follow Soon)

    Let’s call this a State of the Geek update… There are two recent new things in my life worth mentioning. Thing One: VMware vExpert 2012 I recently learned that I am one of 437 people who were awarded the VMware vExpert title for 2012. The vExpert program is something that VMware started in 2009 as…