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Codespaces status

Codespaces is a reminder to us all, not just cloud consumers

How tragic, Codespaces.com is no longer a viable business.  This is tragic, and a massive shame.  It does serve as a critical reminder that security of our services and data is essential.  It is the most important piece of running any IT service. Personally, I find it very sad that we live in a world where this kind of thing can happen.  The note on codespaces.com website made me feel extremely sad and angry, but its the world we live in.  As an ex-business owner, this was always my biggest worry.  Someone trying to hold me or my business hostage, just for money.  Most people run businesses (especially small or medium businesses) for the passion of what they are doing, and money is a by-product of that passion.  To see this on the screen is extremely sad: However, it does prove to us all that security is key.  When I […]

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vCloud Hybrid Service Data Protection

Introduction to vCloud Hybrid Service Data Protection

Just over a month ago, vCloud Hybrid Service launched a new offering called Data Protection.  I wrote a blog article when the offering was released, which can be read here: vCloud Hybrid Service Data Protection but I wanted to go into a little more detail about the offering. vCloud Hybrid Service Data Protection So what is Data Protection exactly?  Well Data Protection is an agent-less, self-service, policy-driven backup and recovery service with image-level backups to ensure all operating system, file system and application data residing within a virtual machine are captured as a snapshot image before committed to backup media. So how does it work?  The below graphic gives you a high level overview of the procedure steps: In a nutshell:  Data Protection uses snapshots to take the image level backup of Virtual Machines.  When a backup is initiated, a snapshot is taken of that Virtual Machine.  Once the snapshot is taken, […]

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VMworld 2014

VMworld 2014 – See you there

Wow!  Its that time again already!  The VMworld 2014 content catalog has just been released.  Its going to be a busy one for me this year for sure! I am extremely looking forward to VMworld 2014, this will be my first VMworld in my new role as vCloud Hybrid Service Technical Marketing!  This year I get to talk about lots of cool cloud features, and what you can do with vCloud Hybrid Service!  I cant wait. I do not have my schedule yet, but I have four sessions accepted.  I hope you find these interesting, and come along. Session Number Session Title Abstract HBC2066 Architect the Hybrid Cloud for Exchange Email Services Enterprises globally are enthusiastically embracing hybrid cloud as both a way of reducing costs and improving the quality of service IT provides to its end customers. To achieve this, enterprises are looking to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service to […]

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Watch England World Cup Games USA TV Channels

Watch England World Cup games USA TV Channels

Are you English and living in the USA?  Wondering which TV Channel you can watch the three lions during the group stages?  You have come to the right place.  Below you will find the dates, times (PST) and channel the England games are on. Watch England World Cup Games USA TV Channels Date Time Competitor Channel Saturday 14th 3PM Pacific6PM Eastern England v Italy ESPN Thursday 19th 12PM Pacific3PM Eastern Uruguay v England ESPN 2 Tuesday 24th 9AM Pacific12PM Eastern Costa Rica v England ESPN 2 When the group stages are complete, I will post the channels for England in the group matches.

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Free vCloud Hybrid Service

Get first month free vCloud Hybrid Service

Just found out about this cool offer from VMware. Get first month free vCloud Hybrid Service If you are a new customer purchasing a VMware vCloud Hybrid Service subscription greater than one (1) month during the promotion period, you will receive the first month at no charge. In addition, you have the right to cancel your service within the first 30 days, with no penalty! Thats a pretty nice offer I think. Offer details Applies to vCloud Hybrid Service: Dedicated Cloud, Virtual Private Cloud, Disaster Recovery Your subscription service contract must be greater than one (1) month Offer applies to all subscription capacity included in your initial order Applies only to your new subscription services orders. Offer will not apply to your renewal orders. You may choose prepaid or monthly payment terms You will be responsible for metered, overage or usage-based component charges such as Microsoft licenses out of our […]

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