Tuesday keynote at VMworld included the announcement that VMworld 2016 will be in Las Vegas. I personally like this as hotels are cheaper (unless my wife comes and we stay at the Cosmopolitan), lunches always include a hot option (instead of cold boxed lunches we've had in San Francisco), and the WiFi in the conference... Continue Reading →
VMworld Day 2
Day number 2 is in the books for me at VMworld 2015. I'm not huge on details coming out while I'm here as there's way to much content to make complete rational decisions, YET. Here's what I found interesting and will be ready to investigate further: Need to look into REAL use cases for Photon... Continue Reading →
VMworld Day 1
Sunday, August 30th was my first day at VMworld 2015. So far it contained the following: Over 10 miles of walking/running Playing dodge ball to raise money for the Wounded Warriors charity Checking in to conference and collecting conference material Attending Opening Acts 2015 via #VMunderground group Talking with a lot of community friends at opening... Continue Reading →
Keeping Good Employees
Over the past +21 plus years of working in IT I've worked for six different companies. I've worked on some great teams and those that really need some help. A few times both of these occurred at the same company over time. The thing I've noticed is there's usually a change that drives away the... Continue Reading →
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Over they years I've been commended for being able to explain technologies to system administrators, managers, and end users with terms and examples that allowed them understand the technology. Because of this a friend tried numerous times over a three-year period to get me work for him as a technical pre-sales solutions architect. For multiple... Continue Reading →
vExpert 2015 Selections Announced
Today the vExperts for 2015 were announced via the VMTN blogs here. I'm proud to be selected for the third time and was excited to see some newcomers who are doing great things within the community. For those of you who don't know what a vExpert is please know that this is not a certification.... Continue Reading →
Citrix Summit Day 1 Thoughts
I'm in Las Vegas this week for Citrix Summit and there's been some very nice announcements, failed live demos (happens to us all), freezing cold rooms, great lunch, and a lack of pop/tea for those of us who don't drink coffee. Overall all it's been a good conference so far. Some of the announcements that caught... Continue Reading →
Sending Multiple Variables to a VCO Workflow
I don't consider myself to be a great scripter but I'm really good at searching Google and piecing together what I need. Lately I've been working on a vCenter Orchestrator workflow that called via a PowerShell script within another application. This is pretty easy to do for static workflows but gets more complicated when needing to pass... Continue Reading →
vExpert 2014 Awards
First off I'd like to state how extremely blessed I feel to have been chosen as a VMware vExpert for 2014. This is my second year receiving the award and I feel I could have received it another year or two but I honestly didn't know about the program until I became deeply involved within... Continue Reading →
Citrix Visio Stencil Set
In my new job I create a lot of Visio diagrams. Here's a link to a Citrix stencil set that will help you with any Visio diagram where you need NetScaler's, different server roles, or any Xen products. Get the latest stencil set here.
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