Category Archives: Virtualization

Hyper-V vs VMware a response to Nate at TechopsGuys

I read this post by Nate over at TechOpsGuys about Hyper-V vs VMware. It’s a good read and Nate brings several salient points to discussing the challenges facing VMware in the future as Hyper-V comes into feature parity with VMware. … Continue reading

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VSPEX – The rebirth of the Mainframe/Mini in x86 form?

EMC has trademarked a new product name: VSPeX. So what the heck is it? Alternative: slow news day at El Reg. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that with EMC’s hardware and coding chops, and direct line into VMware … Continue reading

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How a love of bacon and a trip to vmworld opened the world of Twitter to me.

In case you didn’t know, my twitter handle is @Bacon_Is_King. At first I had no intention of ever getting on twitter under the guise of thinking that “real men don’t tweet”. Then I started actually seeing that almost all the … Continue reading

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Symantec files frivilous lawsuit against Veeam and Acronis

Symantec filed a lawsuit against both Veeam and Acronis claiming “patent infrigement” and loss of business. Full disclosure, I know a good number of people who work at Veeam. I also was a participant at their recent Sales Kickoff as … Continue reading

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Memes for vNerds

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Late to the party, passed VCP4 today.

This is the first certification exam I have ever taken. In the past  I looked into taking MCSE and its variants, I have also gone through the RHCE courses but that was mostly for my own personal knowledge, not so much about certification. … Continue reading

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Virtual Toys for Tots

The good folks over at Xangati are running a #virtualtoysfortots campaign  Xangati pledges to donate up to 250 toys to the program – but we need your tweets – to fill up the bins before Dec 20th. Take the few seconds now to … Continue reading

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Holiday Present from Veeam

Are you a vExpert? VCP? VCI? VMUG member? Well if you are then Veeam has a present for you.  If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), VMware Certified Instructor (VCI) or VMware User Group (VMUG) member, you can … Continue reading

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Ultimate ESX Virtrualization Contest Update

A Winnar is Me! Wow I won! But in all honesty, I already have all 3 prizes, so in good conscious I could not accept the 3rd place prize of Mastering VMware 5 by Scott Lowe. I already have Veeam … Continue reading

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