Tag: Me

  • The Name Has Changed, but the Job Remains (Mostly) the Same

    The Name Has Changed, but the Job Remains (Mostly) the Same

    If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I’ve been working for a great VAR and systems integrator, Accunet Solutions, for the past 4.5 years or so. Recently, that’s changed. The Announcement

  • Off to the Bio-IT World 2016 Expo

    Off to the Bio-IT World 2016 Expo

    I’ll be spending Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week at the Bio-IT World 2016 Conference and Expo at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. Mostly, I’ll be spending my time on the “Expo” side of things. I’ll be doing booth duty for Accunet Solutions, talking about the solutions we can offer Life Sciences customers.…

  • Cisco Announces Champions for 2016

    Cisco Announces Champions for 2016

    On Friday last week, Cisco started sending out email welcoming those people who have been selected to receive the Cisco Champion designation for 2016. For those of you not familiar with it, Cisco Champion is Cisco’s community recognition program. Its main goal is to encourage and recognize knowledge-sharing efforts. To quote from the welcome email:…

  • Confirmed for Storage Day 9 (#SFD9)

    Confirmed for Storage Day 9 (#SFD9)

    You may remember that I made my Tech Field Day debut last year at Storage Field Day 7. If you followed any of the video stream during, or any of the recordings afterwards, you’ll have some sense of how much fun it was and just how much information we received over the course of the…

  • Journey to EMC Elect 2015 (with Bonus Number-Crunching)

    Today, EMC announced the list of names of those people named to the EMC Elect program for 2015. Now in its third year, the EMC Elect program seeks to recognize engagement with, commitment to, and leadership in the EMC technical community-at-large. EMC has been very active in reaching out to the Elect community, working to involve…

  • Storage Field Day 7 (#SFD7) — A Delegate is Me

    I’ve been a fan of the folks at Gestalt IT for a while now. I follow them on Twitter, I read the stuff they post, and I’ve always followed their Tech Field Day events with great interest. If you’re not familiar with these events, I’ll give a brief idea here: these events bring together a…

  • 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…

  • Cisco Champions for 2015 Announced

    Last year Cisco joined the ranks of companies running community recognition programs by creating their Cisco Champion program. These programs recognize those people who go above and beyond in their efforts to share knowledge — knowledge of products, techniques, tips and tricks, you name it. In Cisco’s own words describing Cisco Champions: Cisco Champions are…

  • 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…

  • EMC Elect for 2014 Announced

    Today EMC announced the “2014 edition” of their community recognition program, EMC Elect. To borrow from the EMC Elect Community page, EMC Elect is a community-driven recognition. Candidates for this recognition have displayed three key characteristics: Engagement — Members are engaging on the EMC Community Network, on social media, and in person at events. Commitment…