VSAN - The Unspoken Truth
Last week VMware released the long awaited VSAN including the even more popular licensing information. Today I would like to discuss what I see as one of the points that I have yet seen to be …
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I am not a marketing genius – I don’t pretend to be – and honestly don’t think that is my line of work. I am just a customer. When you announce a product – the message should (IMHO) contain the …
Let’s Do It Differently - Voting Time. Again….
Last year I asked you Please do not vote for Me! and I still stand by every single word I said in that post last year – nothing has changed. I would like to re-iterate who I think you should be be …
OpenStack Session Voting
I have submitted three different sessions for the upcoming Openstack Summit in Atlanta. This is the first time I have submitted content for an OpenStack Summit, and I am looking forward to attend the …
The First Step toward DevOps – Bridging the Gaps
This is a re-post of my article, originally published on The Ravello Blog. Without a doubt, the traditional role of IT is changing. Traditionally IT were the ones to make the decisions about all kinds …
DevOps and the Fours Sons
I usually do not mix religion and technology together but there are places where they do have something in common. The Torah refers to four sons: One wise, one wicked, one simple and one who does not …
UCS Manager Plugin 0.9.2 (beta) for VMware vCenter
From the official blurb.. Cisco UCS vCenter Plug-in is an extension for the vSphere Web Client v5.1 or higher. It enables virtualization administrators to view, manage and monitor various aspects of …
SDN Adoption Is Not As Easy As You Think–Take 2
Kendrick Coleman wrote a post today titled SDN on the Horizon, get ready – where amongst other things he stated: If I were a betting man (and I am, considering I am avid horse racing fan), …
vCenter Orchestrator - Finally Gaining Traction
I have stated before (here), vCenter Orchestrator was the least utilized and least understood product in the VMware product suites, which is a shame – because the capabilities in Orchestrator are …
VMware and the Public Cloud – Frenemies
Historically, VMware – the pioneer in virtualization – has always been a software/solutions vendor. They were never in the business of selling hardware, they left that to the hardware vendors. With …