TrainSignal –1 Years Worth of Free Training for VMware vExperts

3 June 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Here is another good reason to work hard to become a VMware vExpert… The IT online video training company, TrainSignal, has kindly offered all VMware vExperts a year’s subscription to their online video training platform.  If you are a 2013 vExpert then follow this link to sign up to take TrainSignal up on their kind offer. There are multiple ways to become a vExpert, for more information check out this VMware Community page which goes into more detail.  With the vExpert 2013 list … [Read more...]

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EMC VNX and Celerra Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) – Free Download Link

30 May 2013 By 18 Comments
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Fancy running a virtualized EMC VNX or Celerra instance in your own lab?  Well, good news this is totally possible and for free (*small print: Doesn’t include lab hardware and batteries not included). I’ve run a couple of webinar sessions over the past 18 months on setting up and running the EMC VNX and Celerra virtual storage appliance (VSA), and still regularly have people ask how they get their hands on a copy of these free to use VSAs.  There are a handful of EMC VNX and … [Read more...]

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Virtualization & Cloud Podcast Directory

19 March 2013 By 8 Comments
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UPDATE: Please bookmark and visit the ‘ Tech Podcast Directory’ at the top of the page, I will be updating this going forward with all the latest podcast listings.  Here are a list of popular virtualization, Cloud and tech related podcasts, many of which I try and listen to on a regular basis as they provide an effective way of keeping on top of what it happening in the industry, particularly in the areas of virtualization and Cloud.  How much time I get listen to podcasts is … [Read more...]

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VMworld 2013 – Call for Papers

18 March 2013 By Leave a Comment
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With VMworld (Americas) 2013 fast approaching at the end of August 2013, VMware have once again calling for session/paper proposals.  In recent years it has become increasingly more competitive for non-VMware folk to get a session accepted, with a significant number of the overall VMworld session count being assigned to VMware staff, though that said there are still non-VMware employee sessions to be had. If you feel you have a fantastically interesting VMworld session in you and feel like … [Read more...]

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Phew! I made it again – Top 25 Virtualization Blog

13 March 2013 By 2 Comments
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The results for the top virtualization related blogs were recently announced on the latest vChat (if you missed this episode (#34) then check out my post with a link to the video here), and I am pleased to announce I managed to sneak in the Top 25 again, with a number 23 position.  I am very pleased with this placing especially considering the limited time I’ve had over the past year to blog as much as I would have liked due to work and personal commitments.  Most importantly however I just … [Read more...]

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