It just got to my attention that one of my blog sponsors, Turbonomic, is running a pretty cool social media promotion during the 2017 VMworld event in Las Vegas which started yesterday, 27 August. There are three really nice prices: Oculus Rift Google Home Nvidia Shield The only thing you need to do to participate …
As you might have seen over the last couple of days VMware has announced that a few components and or features will be deprecated in the next major release of vSphere. The next release of vSphere will be a terminal release and the information in this blog post does not apply. vCenter Server for Windows …
For the fifth time I have been selected by the VMware vExpert team to get a VMworld blogger pass and I would like to send a big thank you to the team. This makes it possible for me to attend the VMworld event in Las Vegas later this year which will be my first visit …
Just received a notification that i have been awarded with the VMware vExpert title for 2017. The current vExpert count is 1 472 people and it was the fifth year (2013-2017) I was awarded with the title. Read more about the VMware vExpert 2017 Announcement on the VMware official blog All VMware vExperts are listed in …
The third and closing day, 2016-10-20, of VMworld is a bit different compared to the first two days since it does not contain a keynote session meaning the breakout sessions starts at 09:00 AM. The other VMworld 2016 Europe daily summaries can be found here: VMworld 2016 Barcelona – Day 1 Summary VMworld 2016 Barcelona – Day 2 …
Second day, 2016-10-19, of VMworld started way better than the day before. Not stuck in traffic meaning ready when it started 09:00 AM CET. The other VMworld 2016 Europe daily summaries can be found here: VMworld 2016 Barcelona – Day 1 Summary VMworld 2016 Barcelona – Day 3 Summary Keynote The second days keynote is usually …
So today, 2016-10-18, was my first day at VMworld and it started with being stuck in traffic for about 30 min so i made it to the general session about 20 seconds before it started…. I’ll structure my daily summaries, yes i’ll keep that concept as well, this year pretty much same way as last year …
I happy to announce i just received an email including a VMworld Barcelona blogger pass:) This is actually the fourth year i have been selected by the VMware vExpert team to get a free VMworld blogger pass. I’m really grateful for this since it’s given to a selected few VMware vExperts and makes it possible …
The vExperts for 2016 was actually announced the same days this year as the last one. Much better date compared to 1:st April which was the announcement date 2014:) Information on the official VMware VMTN blog can be found here. I really glad and proud of bening included in the group of people awarded with the vExpert title …
So once again it is time to apply for the VMware vExpert award since VMware opened the vExpert application for 2016 a few days ago. I have been awarded with the title for the past three years and i will apply this year as well. There are four different paths you can select from when applying …
Last day at VMworld this year and it was quite a busy one. Spend quite some time at the solutions exchange and i think it was a pretty good move since it was a lot less people and easier to find the type of person per both you wanted to talk to compared to the …
Keynote Today’s keynote started with a short reminder of the end user demands in terms of availability from any device any time + choice and the IT organizations focus on e.g. Service Level Agreements (SLA), stability and security. After a few minutes VMware announced an acquisition of Boxer, read more about it here, that will be added to the VMware …
Even though there was a lot of activity yesterday at VMworld as you can see via the schedule here i only participated, based on late Monday arrival, in the vExpert gathering held at Elephant Restaurant & Lounge Club Barcelona. It was a good event and i got the chance to catch up with quite a few people that …
Last year i saw the vExpert announcement the 1:st of April and decided to wait until i received the official email from VMware before publishing the VMware vExpert 2014 blog post:) This year the announcement were made the 5:th of February at the official VMTN blog post which can be found here. I really glad and proud of bening …
Yesterday, 2014-11-05, VMware opened the vExpert application for 2015. Three different vExpert paths exists: Customer Path Evangelist Path VMware Partner Network (VPN) Path Being a vExpert includes many benefits and the two most valuable benefits for me the past two years have been the free product licenses and free access to VMworld conference materials online. There are three …
Today, 2013-11-05, i received the VMware vExpert 2013 gift from SimpliVity, a Raspberry Pi. This is really cool and would like to send a big thank you to SimpliVity for this gift and for the commitment they’ve shown too the VMware vExpert community. I haven’t decided what to do with the Raspberry Pi yet so expect an update …