VMworld Session 7482 – How do I become an Elite Architect?

Gregg Robertson and myself are asking for your support in voting for our proposed VMworld session.  Unfortunately, the VMworld Catalog does not display the complete text of each proposed session, so I have provided that below to clearly explain what we intend to cover.

The voting process is very simple: Click on this session link, login with your VMworld credentials and press the “Favourite star” on the right side to vote.

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US E3 Visa Process for Aussies

This post describes the process for an Australian Citizen with a specialty skill-set to obtain the US E3 Visa.  I applied for mine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using my BSc(Hons) degree, Enterprise Architect experience and qualifications to meet the “specialty skill-set” requirement.

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Announcement – VMware VSAN 6.2

VMware Virtual SAN version 6.2 has been announced.  Two big improvements are the inclusion of Data Integrity (checksum on write and read) and improved UI integration into the vSphere Web Client.

This is the fourth major release of VSAN functionality.  VMware is definitely taking this product seriously and trying to evolve VSAN to a true enterprise-grade SDS stack.

If you are a customer that has an extensive investment in the VMware eco-system from a people, process and technology perspective, then VSAN could be a good choice if you are dipping your toes into the HCI space for a small part of your infrastructure.  Use-cases such as Management, DMZ, PCI, Dev/Test and EUC Clusters are a great fit, in my opinion.  If you are selecting an enterprise-wide solution for mission/business critical applications, then a more mature SDS vendor would be worth considering to minimise risk.

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