Thanks to those who attended. Please see below for today's presentation. If you'd like a PDF, please just let me know at amiller@varrow.com. Thanks to Christopher Kusek (@cxi), VMware, and Confio for their contributions to the presentation. Varrow Q4 Lunch & Learn Presentation - Virtualizing Business Critical Applications
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Charleston AITP Presentation
I greatly appreciate all who attended the AITP luncheon in Charleston on Thursday - and especially those who stayed awake as I talked about Disaster Recovery for 40 minutes. For anyone who would like to view the slides from my presentation "Disaster Recovery: Business and Technology", they are available on Slideshare (see link below) as … Continue reading Charleston AITP Presentation
Virtualizing Tier One Applications Presentation
I'd like to thank those who came out this afternoon to hear a bit about Tier One App Virtualization (as I'm sure it was all about the content and not the venue after all). See below for the Slideshare version of the presentation. If you'd like a copy, please drop me an email at "amiller … Continue reading Virtualizing Tier One Applications Presentation
How I became a vExpert
In case you're coming across this in 2017, I've tweaked the post below but it's still correct I believe as I've been a vExpert for 6 years now. Just reach out me to on Twitter if any questions - @andriven I may write a followup post soon about what vExpert has meant to me over the … Continue reading How I became a vExpert
Varrow Madness Session Slides
I greatly appreciate all who attended my session at Varrow Madness as well as the good discussions afterwards. For anyone who would like to view them the slides from my presentation "Disaster Recovery: Business and Technology" are available on Slideshare. Disaster Recovery - Business & Technology If you'd like them in another format, just … Continue reading Varrow Madness Session Slides
VNX & Isilon, Isilon & VNX…oh the dilemma.
As an EMC partner, I'm definitely seeing a lot of excitement around Isilon right now…which given it's a fantastic product is very cool. While VNX and Isilon both have clear strengths, they do overlap at a high level so I've found myself having a "what's the best fit?" conversation somewhat regularly with customers. Along those lines, … Continue reading VNX & Isilon, Isilon & VNX…oh the dilemma.
Session Notes Compendium – VMware Partner Exchange
Just a wrap-up post given I posted a lot while at Partner Exchange -- bootcamps, sessions as well as both keynotes. Believe it or not, I was in more sessions than this but on some didn't take notes or ducked out when realized I didn't think the session was worth the time (not inherently that … Continue reading Session Notes Compendium – VMware Partner Exchange
Closing Thoughts – VMware Partner Exchange
So I'm now on a plane headed home from being at VMware Partner Exchange in Las Vegas; suffice it to say a couple months ago I didn't expect to have been in Vegas twice -- VMworld in September 2011 and now Partner Exchange in February 2012. You can see my schedule in an earlier post … Continue reading Closing Thoughts – VMware Partner Exchange
Keynote – VMware Partner Exchange
Summary = I dare you to find more detailed notes on the keynote anywhere else. 🙂 In a large Venetian ballroom in the 5th floor of their convention area -- smaller than the VMworld keynote but still a pretty large room with a couple thousand people. Kickoff videos by EMC (customer videos), NetApp (Julie Parrish … Continue reading Keynote – VMware Partner Exchange
Session Notes – VMware vSphere 5 Storage Troubleshooting Boot Camp – VMware Partner Exchange
Summary = great design considerations around VDI and awesome deep dive by Mostafa -- buy his book when it comes out. Presenters = Mostafa (VCDX #02) for Troubleshooting and Jeff Whitman & Jim Yanik (both Senior SE's) for initial VDI part. Note: as with all my session notes this is a mix of what's on … Continue reading Session Notes – VMware vSphere 5 Storage Troubleshooting Boot Camp – VMware Partner Exchange
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