Satyam Vaghani at MVMUG vBeers 21 May 2015
Satyam Vaghani, CTO at PernixData, spoke at vBeers for Melbourne VMUG o 21 May 2015. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can hear what he said, right here! Enjoy! Read More
Satyam Vaghani, CTO at PernixData, spoke at vBeers for Melbourne VMUG o 21 May 2015. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can hear what he said, right here! Enjoy! Read More
The Melbourne VMUG UserCon 2015 was held last week, and was a great success. The vibe on the day was wonderful, and aside from the usual niggles that always crop up, attendees and sponsors alike told me they enjoyed the day. Numbers were slightly down on last year, but it… Read More
Last night I officially joined the Melbourne VMUG Steering Committee. I’d been helping out informally for a little while anyway, so now I just have one less excuse to not turn up to things. :) While I don’t have any official responsibilities, I plan to help the committee with the… Read More
I recorded the presentations at the Melbourne VMUG meeting last week, and have finally uploaded them all to YouTube. You can view the entire playlist here, or watch pieces embedded in the post below. The slides for the talks are available here. Introduction and Update Craig Waters introduced the meeting… Read More
Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) said something on a recent Geek Whisperers Podcast Community Building is the New Marketing that struck home with me. She said: These that the rare technologists that are articulate and super-engaged, and often feel like they don’t fit in any one organisation or department. I really do… Read More
Simon Sharwood (@ssharwood) is APAC editor for The Register and a regular at the Melbourne VMUG User Conference. We spoke about “What Hath VMware Wrought” and what automation and cloud means for IT pros and their future career prospects. He shared his thoughts on what it all means, and we… Read More
Josh Odgers (@josh_odgers) is a VCDX from Melbourne, Australia, and a regular at local VMUG meetings. He works for converged systems startup Nutanix in their R&D division. He spoke to me about the value of network virtualisation, and how it may start in the datacentre, but will expand out into… Read More
In this interview with Scott Lowe, we discuss how collaboration across IT silos is more necessary than ever, and is a trend that won’t be reversed. Virtualisation admins may not need to learn BGP peering, but they’ll need to understand networking more than they do today. Similarly, other teams, like… Read More
In this interview with Michael Webster, we cover why the VCDX certification is so different to other certifications. We also discuss how pursuing the VCDX can help safeguard your career, and how you’ll learn things well beyond simply designing vSphere deployments. Michael blogs at Long White Clouds and can be… Read More
The Melbourne VMware User Group User’s Conference is over for another year, and we set a new attendance record, with 374 people there for at least part of the day. There was a real buzz to the event this year. The venue was full of people early in the morning,… Read More