Category Archives: General

VMware Cloud Infrastructure Launch

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Alastair

If you didn’t already know, VMware made their biggest launch ever on Wednesday.  I got to spend some time discussing it with Michael Warrilow and posted that podcast on Wednesday night. The blogosphere and twitterverse are full of discussion about … Continue reading →

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VMware Site Recovery Manager – real user experience

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Alastair

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Daniel, a past student, on what it was like to implement SRM for a large customer.  In this podcast we talked about some things that aren’t clearly spelled out in the product … Continue reading →

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Mike Laverick postponed, no live podcast today, 6 July 2011

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Alastair

Unfortunately Mike isn’t able to make it tonight so we will have to reschedule him, hopefully for the not too distant future.

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable – Mike Laverick – Future SRM – 6 July

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Alastair

Mike will be back, sharing the secrets of the next version of SRM.  All  the details on the podcast site as usual.  

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vExpert 2011

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Alastair

I’m very pleased to say that my efforts for community have been deemed worthy and I have been awarded vExpert for 2011. Blogging and podcasting sometimes feels like sending things into a vacuum, so it’s nice to get the recognition.  … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Auckland New Zealand vBeers

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Alastair

The first vBeers event will be at the Bluestone Room on Durham Street in Auckland on July 12th from 7-9pm. Details on the vBeers web site I hope to see you there.

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable – VMUG, what why and when? 22 June

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Alastair

Craig Waters and Virgil from the Australian VMUG organisation will be my guests to talk about what VMUG is, who should attend and what they get from being part of VMUG. Get all the details at the podcast blog

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VCP4-DT, VMware Certified Professional 4 – Desktop

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Alastair

I sat and passed the VCP4-DT exam yesterday. The exam was good, a 90 minute exam of 70 multiple choice questions.  I finished in my usual sort of time (1/3 of the time allowed) and got a good pass.  The … Continue reading →

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable, Quest Server Virtualization and Application Management, the old Vizioncore, 8 June

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Alastair

This week Rodos will be interviewing Chris Akerberg, Quest software’s VP for Server Virtualization and Application Management. Check out the details on the podcast blog.

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APAC Virtualization Roundtable, Scott Drummonds, Storage magic– 25 May

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Alastair

The APAC Virtualisation podcast has a new home, visit apacvirtual.wordpress.com for the latest updates. This week Roman Tarnavski will be joined by Scott Drummonds, I’m looking forward to it. http://apacvirtual.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/apac-virtualization-roundtable-scott-drummonds-storage-magic-25-may/

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