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Microsoft TechEd 2014 recap

By admin on May 17, 2014 in Microsoft

Right time for my whole Microsoft TechEd 2014 Recap. Where to start? There can be only one place to start! VMware Virtual SAN was the winner of best Virtualization at TechEd! Lets say that again, VMware Virtual SAN won best of Microsoft TechEd. Brilliant! TechEd 2014 Recap Right, thats enough boasting and gloating! Although VSAN is an awesome product, its not what I was at TechEd for. First of I have written two articles reviewing the first two days, unfortunately I was unable to write on the third day, due to other commitments, but you can read Day 1 here, and Day 2 here. Lets pick up where I left the second article, and quickly review the sessions I attended on day 3 and day 4. Unlike the previous articles, I won’t write a review of the key points. All the sessions are recorded and available online, and I will […]

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Microsoft TechEd Review – Day 2

By admin on May 14, 2014 in Microsoft

Here we are on Day 2 on the Microsoft TechEd Review. Its going quickly. The days are long, but the learning never stops. You can read my Day 1 initial review here. The first session of the day: Migrating effortlessly from VMware to Hyper-V (it wasn’t very effortless for sure) Now I don’t like to criticise people for presenting, standing up in front of people is one of the hardest things in the world, so this is not a criticism of the presenters. However, the demo they tried to show did not work. It failed on a simple part, and it really didn’t look that effortless to me. However, how long has virtualisation been around, and this product is only just coming out? Wow! VMware convertor has been around since for ever. This tool only allows you to move your VM’s offline. The other part of this session was how […]

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Microsoft TechEd Review – Day 1

By admin on May 13, 2014 in Microsoft

Lets begin with my Microsoft TechEd review. This is day one. I plan (time permitting) to write a quick review every day until the conference closes. Microsoft TechEd Review Lets begin by saying, this is the year for the Cloud Wars. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, VMware. Every conference by every vendor is talking about all new features GA’ing and new services being added on and price drops. Its pretty awesome to watch if you are a consumer of cloud resources. Pretty cool. Keynote Disclaimer: I wont really be covering the keynote, as most of it was about Microsoft Azure, and as most people know I work for VMware in the Hybrid Cloud Business Unit, and ultimately as Azure is a direct competitor to VMware vCHS I wont talk about the announcements they made. I am sure anyone that interested can Google or as Microsoft would prefer BING to find out more. I […]

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vCloud Hybrid Service Ask Me Anything – Reddit

By admin on May 10, 2014 in vCloud Air

Interested in VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service? Have questions you want to ask? Well if you answered yes, then you need to sign up to the vCloud Hybrid Service – Reddit Ask Me Anything. It sound really cool. This is what the registration page says: Have a burning question about hybrid cloud? Curious about the vCloud Hybrid Service, but don’t know how to get started? Now’s your chance to ask and receive answers straight from some of the best and brightest hybrid cloud experts at VMware! On Monday, May 19 from 1-2pm PT, VMware will be on hand to answer any and all of your hybrid cloud questions live during hybrid cloud AMA on Reddit. Here’s who will be attending: Mathew Lodge, Vice President, Cloud Services at VMware Angelos Kottas, Director, Product Marketing, Hybrid Cloud Services at VMware Jason Lochhead, Chief Architect, vCloud Hybrid Service at VMware Looking for advice? Have a technical question? […]

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vCloud Hybrid Service launches two new offerings

By admin on May 6, 2014 in Cloud Computing, vCloud Air

Yesterday vCloud Hybrid Service launched two new offerings and released them into the public cloud. This is of personal interest to me as I was the Tech Marketing lead for these two new releases. For me, being part of the team that is launching these offerings, and the rapid speed of delivery and growth within VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service gives me great pleasure, and pride. Anyway, lets get on with the technical stuff. Standard Storage Tier First up is storage tiering. vCHS now offers two types of storage tier. SSD Accelerated and Standard. SSD-Accelerated is exactly that, an SSD-Accelerated tier, that uses SSD Caching to increase the performance. Standard storage is slightly different, it is just plain old spindle based storage without any SSD Acceleration, resulting in a lower performance. As The Register puts it “Plain old spinning rust”. For me, its an important part of cloud, offering multiple types of […]

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