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Celebrating four years at VMware

Wow! What can I say?  Its four years at VMware this month! I cant quite believe how quickly its gone by.  I received the email saying that my VASA cubes will be delivered shortly! How awesome is that, a company that honours your four and eight years with some really nice glass art. To read more about the VASA Cubes and how Diane Green got the idea,click here. During my four years at VMware, my life has changed quite significantly.  Both personally and professionally.  From a personal perspective, I have got married, had a child, moved from the UK to California, then had another child (the first Hill to be born outside of the UK).  Phew! What a crazy few years that has all been!  I need a break from the family craziness now and lets escape into the tranquility of my daily work… (Tranquil? Yeah right lol) Highlights of […]

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Bring your own licenses to the cloud

Bring your own licenses to the cloud

A little while ago Gabrie van Zanten (aka Gabes Virtual World) asked me a question about how you license Microsoft products in a cloud? Specifically he wanted to know how VMware states “You can bring your own licenses to the cloud”. Lets take a look at this.  Currently VMware has two cloud offerings: VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) and Dedicated Cloud.  The key differences here is that a Virtual Private Cloud is multi-tenant.  You are logically separated from other consumers of the service.  A dedicated cloud on the other hand is each customer is hosted on physically isolated servers, away from other customers.  Its exactly that, its your dedicated cloud.  This has an impact on how you license your apps and OS’s. So back to licensing, how does it differ across the two services: Operating Systems – Microsoft requires all customers on multi-tenant public cloud environments to purchase the Windows Server licenses […]

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vExpert 2014

vExpert 2014 status announced

The people being awarded vExpert 2014 status have been released today. On April 1st of all days! I have now been awarded vExpert status for three years in a row, and every year I always feel very accomplished when I see my name on the list. People I have known well have dropped off, and it is with great pleasure and honour that I received this status. Anyway, thanks to the judges who decide. Awarding to 754 people must be a tough job to judge, so thanks for including me for another year. To view the full list of people who have been awarded the status, click here.

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silicon valley vmug

Silicon Valley VMUG here I come

I have been asked to present at the upcoming Silicon Valley VMUG covering the topic of VMware vCHS, specifically around Disaster Recovery. The conference is scheduled for April 23 2014. You can register by clicking here. San Jose Convention Center 150 West San Carlos Street San Jose, CA 95113 Living around the Silicon Valley area and getting to present at the VMUG is one of the really cool experiences you dont always expect to happen. I already know a few people from the community who are attending, but will be great to meet new people and see old friends. Please don’t hesitate to come and talk to me. The agenda hasn’t been released yet, but once it is, I will be sure to post it here.

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Austin VMUG

Presenting @ Austin VMUG

I have been asked to present at the upcoming Austin VMUG covering the topic of VMware vCHS. The conference is scheduled for March 20th 2014.  You can register by clicking here. AT&T Conference Center 1900 University Ave Austin, TX 78705 Im really looking forward to presenting in Austin, it is one of my favourite cities, and will be good to get to go back. I already know a few people from the community who are attending, but will be great to meet new people and see old friends.  Please don’t hesitate to come and talk to me. The agenda is looking pretty packed. The full agenda can be read by clicking here. TIME EVENT LOCATION 7:30 AM – 8:15 AM Registration | Breakfast Ballroom Foyer 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM VMUG Welcome Salon ABC 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM VMware Update – Eddie Blackwell Salon ABC 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Virtualization […]

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