Author Archives: Gabriel

PuppetConf 2013

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Gabriel

I’m here in San Francisco at PuppetConf, a special thanks to Trevor Pott who provided me with a pass to the expo. I’ve had very limited exposure to Puppet, and the other orchestration/config management platforms. For those of us who … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – August 19th 2013

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Gabriel

This weeks digest is ready for your casual consumption.With VMworld 2013 is only a few short days away. I’ve been busy prepping for all that I must do that week. In fact I’ll be in San Fran this Thursday attending … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – August 12th 2013

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Gabriel

Another delayed entry this week. With VMworld coming up soon, much of my time has been geared towards preparation. This week we have some interesting posts around the Horizon View, some new books just published around VCP-DT, and lots of … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – July 31st 2013

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Gabriel

Sorry for the delay in publishing this weeks release, as I have been doing some extensive traveling and preparation in advance for VMworld. One new nice thing, is that Flipboard now allows you to view the web magazines via a … Continue reading →

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vExperts Weekly Digest – July 16th 2013

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Gabriel

This week in the digest, has a little  shameless self promotion, VMware Insight Log Manager, and lots of VDI discussions. Not to mention VMware seems to be in transition as of late. Shakeup news coming out  this last week  with … Continue reading →

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Challenge your biases, change your preconceived notions.

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Gabriel

In 2011 I was at VMworld and spent a lot of time at the solutions exchange visiting all the storage vendors. At the time I was the primary storage and virtualization administrator at my company and this was my first … Continue reading →

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VCP5-DCV Achievement Unlocked

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Gabriel

So I passed VCP5-DCV today. In typical #vDB fashion, I was the last of the group to actually get this cert in a group of significant over-achievers. VCP was my first certification in IT, having worked in the space for … Continue reading →

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vExpert Weekly Digest – July 8th 2013

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Gabriel

This week on vExperts Weekly Digest: #v0dgeball is coming! The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Virtualization is out (MS is gaining). Visual ESXTOP is a new Fling, and VMworld is looking for Bloggers. Hope everyone had a Happy Independence day and managed … Continue reading →

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vExperts Weekly Digest – July 1st 2013

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Gabriel

For the first day in the month of July, I have a collection of great links and stories from the vExpert team. Make sure you take a look through Derek Seaman’s 4 part post on Cloud Volumes. Apparently Derek doesn’t … Continue reading →

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My Biggest Competitor: The Status Quo

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Gabriel

For the record, I’ve never heard of the British band “The Status Quo“. Apparently they are a pretty big deal in the UK, but unlike say the British Invasion bands (The Who, Beatles, The Rolling Stones, or even later Pink … Continue reading →

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