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  • VCE Announces New Vblock Offerings

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    Today, VCE announced new additions to their Vblock converged infrastructure product line. The offerings announced include the Vblock Model 340, two new specialized configurations for high-IO workloads, and version 2.5 the VCE Vision Intelligent Operations management software.

  • The Great Community Experiment, While Successful, Draws to a Close

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    If you follow me on Twitter, or have received email from my personal account, you’ve seen my tagline: “Social Media Mad Scientist”. I do think of myself that way. I really enjoy experimenting with it, trying new things to find out what works. Now, social media is new enough that — technically — we’re all…

  • EMC Announces Updates to BRS Line (Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker), Part Two

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    Today, EMC announced updates across their entire BRS (Backup and Recovery Solutions) line of products, adding new data protection features. Due to size, I’ve split my analysis of this announcement into two parts, as follows: Part One: What Was Announced Part Two: What It Means (this post) Part Two:  What It Means [DISCLAIMER: My breakdown of…

  • EMC Announces Updates to BRS Line (Data Domain, Avamar, NetWorker), Part One

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    Today, EMC announced updates across their entire BRS (Backup and Recovery Solutions) line of products, adding new data protection features. Due to size, I’ve split my analysis of this announcement into two parts, as follows: Part One: What Was Announced (this post) Part Two: What It Means Part One: What Was Announced EMC announced the…

  • 2013 VMware vExperts Announced

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    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…

  • Off to VMware Partner Exchange…

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    Next week, I’ll be in Las Vegas for VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2013.  This is a conference where VMware focuses on their partners.  It’ll be a great chance for me to hear VMware’s plans for the next year first-hand, and meet with a lot of VMware’s and my partners. This will be my third Partner…

  • Use Your Windows Laptop to Make a Bootable USB Key for vSphere Installations

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    Have you ever wanted to install ESXi on a host that doesn’t have a CD-ROM drive?  Maybe you also don’t have a TFTP server, so installing over the network isn’t an option either.  I came across this situation at a customer site recently. It turns out the easiest solution in this situation is to convert…

  • January EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

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    The New Year is here, and that means it’s time for another year’s worth of weekly webcasts from EMC. I’m curious to see how it goes. For the third year in a row, the same topic, “The Value of VMware Integration”, has started off the year. I gave that presentation in both 2011 and 2012.…

  • 2012: The GeekFluent Year in Review

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    I’ve been thinking that I really need to be taking a more deliberate approach to this blog and make sure I’m posting more regularly.  Looking around, all of the big names in blogging seem to put out a year-end post.  They tend to fall into one of two categories: The Top Ten (or Five) <Things…

  • December EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

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    I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. With it past, we head into the home stretch of 2012, and with that we have the last webcasts of the year. One of the great things about this series is that every webcast is recorded and then made available for on-demand viewing. As such, you may find…