A series of posts on a related topic.
I’m about to pen a series of blogs about VMware’s vRealize Operations Manager product (vRO), and in the interests of full disclosure, I need to tell you that I’m being paid to do so, and the parameters of this engagement. By now I hope you’re familiar with my approach to disclosure, and… Read More
If you haven’t read them already, check out Part 1 and Part 2 in this series. We discussed the rule of thumb for investor returns of 10-20x money raised in the first post in this series. Let’s have a look at some numbers that we actually know to see if… Read More
This past weekend, I added a bunch of sound dampening tiles to my home office to make it sound less “echo-y” when recording audio in the room. I’ve always loved sound recording rooms, the walls covered in sound dampening foam tiles. There’s just something about the quietness of these rooms.… Read More
Update: Check out the #AdviceForVMworld tag on Twitter for more helpful hints from conference veterans, and add your own! Update: Additional options for survival packs during VMworld Conferences are a bit like camping: it takes you a few attempts before you figure out a good packing regime. You need to… Read More
My good friend Craig Waters (@cswaters) recently asked me about my audio gear on Twitter, and suggested I write it up. Hopefully this will help others who, like me, are relative newbies to audio and so don’t understand all the highly technical lingo. Zoom H6, the Heart and Soul The… 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
I touched on my mobile rig in my post on Daily Tools, so today, let’s dig into my mobile setup in a little more detail. My workhorse is my laptop, a Dell Latitude E5530 with SSD. SSD is blazingly fast and complements the Intel i7 chip in it nicely, as… Read More
