Tag Archives: VMware

VMworld 2012: Not Your Usual Session Voting Plea

If you travel in some of the same online circles that I do (and, since you’ve somehow found this post, you probably do), you’ve probably noticed the same thing I have: VWSVPS. VWSVPS is VMworld Session Voting Plea Syndrome.  Symptoms … Continue reading

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June EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts – “How To”

Over in the Everything VMware at EMC community, June is “How To” month.  The webcasts in June will all follow the “How To” theme. One of the great things about this series is that every webcast is recorded and then … Continue reading

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VMware Announces Updates to View and Horizon Application Manager

[NOTE: The information in this post was provided to me by VMware in a pre-announcement briefing and was under embargo until 8:01 EDT 2 May 2012.] Today, 2 May 2012, VMware is announcing new advanced features in their End-User Computing … Continue reading

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May EMC Solutions for VMware Webcasts

I may have a new job, but I’ll be staying on as the Community Manager for the Everything VMware at EMC site. It’s great to get to continue working with both the EMC VMware Affinity Team and the EMC Community … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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What Will VAAI v2 Do for You? Part 2 of 2: NFS

This post is the second of two describing the features of the VMware vSphere Storage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI) version 2 as it works with vSphere 5.  If you missed the first part, you can read it here: What … Continue reading

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What Will VAAI v2 Do for You? Part 1 of 2: Block

Recently, someone pointed out to me that it was high time for me to write a follow-up to my “What Will VAAI Do for You?” posting.  Written shortly after the launch of VMware vSphere 4.1, it is my most-read post … Continue reading

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Social Media Experiment #1: TBaaS

I would have to say that two distinctly different things in me came together to bring about this particular experiment. First, I continue to maintain that social media is still brand-new.  That means that nobody gets to call themselves an … Continue reading

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EMC VFCache (Project Lightning) in a VMware Environment

[UPDATE: 4 September 2012: This post refers to VFCache at the time of launch and is outdated now that EMC has released VFCache 1.5. You can read my post about that release here.] Today, EMC announced their much-anticipated server-side Flash … Continue reading

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GeekFluent’s Top VMworld Session Choices

Are you going to VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas and finding yourself a little overwhelmed trying to select which sessions to attend? Don’t worry — it’s happened to all of us.  There’s a lot of great content this year (as … Continue reading

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