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Raspberry Pi running VMware View client

By on July 4, 2012 in General, VMware Posts

This is pretty cool. Looking through the internet at stuff I can do with my Raspberry Pi (apart from running RISC OS natively) I was interested to see if anyone had begun running a VMware View client on it. The Raspberry PI costs £25 so makes a perfect Thin Client. The video below shows the Pi running the View client nicely. All credits go to the author (not sure of his name) you can visit his blogsite here. He needs help working on thin clients for the Raspberry Pi if anyone has some free time. Further information on the Raspberry Pi can be found here:

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VMworld 2012 – Session accepted

By on July 3, 2012 in Cloud Computing, General

Another year another VMworld. It is a crazy ride working for VMware. I have just returned from PTO to the news that one of my sessions has been accepted. AWESOME news. This is a similar session to the one Duncan Epping and I presented at PEX. Session: VSP1168 – Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Presenters: David Hill, Chris Colotti, and Aidan Dalgleish Abstract: This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting the foundation for every solid cloud environment: vSphere 5.0. We will start with sizing and scaling and end with some operational guidance. Different examples will be used to show the impact design considerations can have on the availability of your services. I hope to see you all there, it will be another awesome week.  I will write a follow up article on the sessions I think are must see from a vCloud perspective.

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VMworld public voting open

By on May 29, 2012 in General

Its that time of year again where the VMworld session voting is open to the public.  I have submitted two sessions this year that I think will help pass on some of the information I and my colleagues have learnt over the year. The sessions I have submitted are: Session 1166: Monitoring a vCloud Infrastructure: Presenters – David Hill and Andy Troup Abstract: For a VMware vCloud to be successful and operationally sustainable, an absolutely critical step is developing a solid monitoring solution. This session will help customers address this by exploring the proven, practical activities and considerations VMware has defined, based on experience, for developing a monitoring architecture. A participant in this session will leave with a deep technical understanding of the guiding principles underlying a VMware vCloud monitored architecture utilising VMware VCOps and VMware Hyperic. In addition to the technical aspects, this session will also provide the participant with […]

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Wish I had a whiteboard desk

Wish I had a whiteboard desk

By on May 15, 2012 in General

Frank Denneman wrote a great article “Whiteboard desk” demonstrating his whiteboard desk, and frankly I think it is awesome!  Once I have established where I am going to live next, I will also be purchasing an Ikea kitchen worktop. Frank has asked in his article that people share there workspace/areas with him, so I thought I would certainly partake in this. The pictures below show my “home office” and while it is certainly not minimalistic like Franks, it serves me well, and also doubles as my “Man Cave” aka the place I hide away from my wife when she is on a cleaning/mad mission in the house. Lets start with the important work area: It has everything I need, a nice 21″ Monitor, my iPad and iPhone Docks.  A 17″ monitor connected to my home lab equipment, and my new shiny Mac Book Air to the left of me.  My favourite […]

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Looking for players – North East England vFooty (vFootball, vSoccer)

By on April 23, 2012 in General

David Owen aka @vMackem and myself are trying to organise 5 or 6 a side football game each week in the North East of England.  We will be looking to play somewhere between Middlesbrough and South Shields. If anyone is interested in playing either ping us on twitter or leave a comment on this post.  Once we have enough numbers we will vote on the location (based on the majorities location). We will also hold a North East vBeers afterwards as well, to finish off the game in traditional style 🙂

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