Monthly Archives: March 2013

I’m Alastair Cooke and this is how I work.

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Alastair

I’m a fan of the web site www.lifehacker.com and particularly enjoy their “this is how I work” articles. I originally wrote this as an audition piece for LifeHaker but decided to stay with writing about Enterprise tech for now. Location: … Continue reading →

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Fixing PowerCLI slow loading

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Alastair

In the AutoLab build we’re using a lot of PowerCLI, the whole DC and VC build is migrating into PowerShell and there are a few places where we use PowerCLI. On big issue I have had with PowerCLI is the … Continue reading →

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Crossing the VMware certification streams

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Alastair

You probably know that VMware has been rationalising it’s product lines into Datacentre Virtualization (DV), Cloud and End User Compute (DT in the certification names but EUC everywhere else).  The certifications have also been aligned to the products, with VCP, … Continue reading →

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vBeers Auckland in March

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Alastair

The first Auckland vBeers for 2013 will be on March 20th at the Northern Steamship on Britomart from 5pm. As always vBeers is a chance to talk with other virtualization professionals and enjoy a relaxing refreshment after a long days … Continue reading →

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