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  1. VMworld 2011–Top 10 Countdown – number 9 - OK – with VMworld 2011 rapidly approaching (10 business days left!) I’m doing a “My Top 10” list of things to do, see, participate in, vote on, win prizes, etc… Each day, I’ll do the next in the “top 10...
  2. VMworld 2011–Top 10 Countdown–part 1 (number 10) - OK – with VMworld 2011 rapidly approaching (10 business days left!) I’m doing a “My Top 10” list of things to do, see, participate in, vote on, win prizes, etc… Each day, I’ll do the next in the “top 10...
  3. Next Gen Backup for VMware – Chad’s World Episode 7 - Episode 7 of Chad’s World is now up and posted – a great, fun episode with Drew Kramer from VMware IT. Drew, amigo – you are a good sport :-) A great topic – backup and recovery of VMware, in...
  4. Using EMC Unisphere over high-latency RDP connection trick - I sometimes connect into my labs over high-latency connections. Sometimes, I have to have use a jump box, which makes running Unisphere in the full client manner a non-option. In those cases, I RDP to the jump box and then...
  5. VMworld 2011 Sneak-Preview Details and Links - All – the details behind VMworld 2011 are starting to solidify publicly, but there’s still lots to “sneak peak” :-) Bogomil Balkansky (VP, Product Marketing at VMware) joined me on last-week’s live VMware/EMC webcast (every week, same bat-time and same...
  6. Even MORE reasons to run Oracle on VMware - If I told you that I could do something to make your most mission critical app: Perform better. Cost less. Have higher overall availaiblity. …you would either: A) assume I’m a vendor trying to sell you something and write it...
  7. VMworld 2011–Records will be broken. - I’m deep (DEEP) in the middle of VMworld 2011 plan execution at this point – with constant goings on. We’re holding a “VMworld 2011 Preview” with Bogomil (VP Product Marketing at VMware) on thursday where we’ll talk about some of...
  8. “Hello World” - VMAXe - A busy week indeed… Tuesday, the vSphere 5 details being launched on the world. Wednesday the most powerful, the most trusted, the smartest array – the EMC VMAX - gets it’s new smaller, simpler, entry-level sibling – the EMC VMAXe!...
  9. Raising the Bar V = vSphere 5! - Ah – I always love this period :-) Finally, I can speak freely about things that have been cooking for a long time (years!) This may sound whiny, but it’s actually hard keep a lid on things this cool, to...
  10. vSphere 5 edition of “Top 10 Reasons Why EMC for VMware” - Get it while it’s hot