I listened to a recent Nutanix .NEXT Community Podcast (Episode #6) that had Mark Brunstad talking about the education and certification plans of Nutanix. Very interesting, it confirms a speculative post I wrote last year after VMworld US 2014 based upon rumours I heard around the Blogger’s Area. There is also Steve Kaplan’s blog post that alludes to this.
Month: January 2015
vBrownbag VCDX series
Last week we had a vBrownbag VCDX panel discussion with Chris Colotti, Karl Childs, Rob Nolen, Greg Robertson and myself.
Greg is planning additional vBrownbag VCDX sessions over the coming weeks, just tweet @vBrownbag with your suggested topics for discussion and he will try to make it happen.
Tech101 – Ads with Hosted WordPress
You have been blogging for a good while and a vendor contacts you about advertising from your blog site. What do you do? Well, if you are using “Hosted WordPress”, then you cannot use BuySellAds.com. You will have to manage it yourself. Here is how to do it.
VCDX – Recoverability impacting Availability Explained
I have mentored quite a few VCDX candidates over the past year and the biggest weakness I see (and I was no different) is how Recoverability impacts Availability. In particular, the relationship of SLAs to BC/DR and Backup/Recovery.
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VCDX Deep-Dive Series
This post aggregates all of my “VCDX Deep-Dive” content since 2014.
Private Cloud – SDDC 1.0
You may have read my recent Next-Generation Data Center post, that summarised the Conceptual Model and Logical Design of my ideal Private Cloud solution. This post describes the current vendors that are the leaders of their respective markets and I believe they have a compelling integration story with the highest chance of success. The back-bone of the strategy relies upon VMware, who in my opinion are the current leaders of SDDC for technology, professional services, training and support.
VCDX – Ask, Listen, React
I was on a group VCDX conference call with Chris Colotti, Matt Vandenbeld, Alexander Thoma, Karl Childs and a few other VCDX’s, where the discussion focused on the upcoming PEX VCDX Workshop (formerly known as the bootcamps). One of the key messages from Chris, Matt and Alex that is going to be delivered to VCDX candidates: “During the Design and Troubleshooting scenarios, be careful about what questions you ask and make sure you listen to the Panelist’s answer and react to it.” – Matt Vandenbeld
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