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5 Reasons Datrium helps CIOs during an Economic Downturn

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:21:15 +0000

CIOs are advised to have plans in place in advance of a time of economic uncertainty or a possible downturn. However, IT organizations do not always have stable budgets to operate in a business-as-usual-mode, and in many cases, headcount reduction or deferral of IT projects is a reality.

How I Automated my Smart Home with Apple HomeKit and Raspberry Pi

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:14:34 +0000

Nowadays when it comes to home automation, the possibilities are practically endless, and virtually every device in a home can be connected and automated with a little bit of patience and some extra money to spend. There are proprietary and open-source platforms and accessories to choose from and deciding on how to go about automating your home can be a daunting task for newbies.

Top vBlog 2017 is now Open. Please Vote and Support Bloggers!

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:37:44 +0000

Eric Siebert has opened the Top vBlog for this year's voting with sponsorship support from Turbonomic. This blog myvirtualcloud.net has ranked 14th place for the last four years, coming down from the 17th and 39th in years before.

All bloggers do an excellent job, using their personal time to share experiences and challenges with the broader community. I also found myself in work and technology transition, moving companies and trying to talk and demonstrate different viewpoints and technologies.

My Top Mac OS X "Must Have" Apps (Business & Geek)

Mon, 29 May 2017 10:38:48 +0000

A somewhat a casual blog post if compared to my usual Storage, Virtualization, and Cloud topics. My day-to-day activities involve a high degree of organization with productivity tools to manage the business side of my job, but I also need comfort and easiness when geeking out with infrastructure solutions, demos, automation and even 'hobby' coding.

My Personal Challenge to Build Verticals and Ecosystems

Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:07:45 +0000

I’ve been fortunate enough to have had a varied & wide ranging career in IT from roles in Consulting, IT Management, R&D and most recently in Alliances at Nutanix. Diversifying into a new role can be seriously challenging from a learning and comfort perspective…. Let’s face it, we all have a comfort factor depth of specialized knowledge we attain in a field of expertise and it’s comfortable and natural to work within this.

[New Release] Alfred Workflow for Nutanix v1.0.7

Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:42:36 +0000

I am releasing a new version of my Alfred workflow for Nutanix. In case you have missed my initial blog post check it out here. In the blog post you will understand how to install and use the workflow to allow you to execute administrative tasks on your Nutanix cluster using MacOS Spotlight. Also checkout the official Alfred WF for Nutanix page /?page_id=8167.

VDI Calculator is now Open-Source and Available on GitHub

Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:44:17 +0000

What a phenomenal journey this VDI calculator has been through. The VDI Calculator is today in its 7th major release and dozens of features have been added to the application over the years.

It all started as an Excel spreadsheet in 2010 and later on evolving into a Flash based app and later into a Java app. Since June 2013 when I implemented access counters using GoogleAnalytics this calculator has been used over 60,000 times with United Stated and UK leading the pack.

AOS 4.7, DelEMC, Cisco UCS, Hackathon 4.0, On Tour, Langone Biz... and I'll see you in Sao Paulo

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:34:47 +0000

It's been a whole month since my last post here and I am starting to feel that I might be turning into a slacker in regards to my blogging. Well... to be honest, life has been both hectic and exciting here at Nutanix. For this reason I decided to write a little about some of the news around Nutanix - more like a quick summary.

The Art of Being Ready

Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:31:23 +0000

The Olympics provides a great opportunity for us all to find inspiration - be it personally, professionally or in business.

A few years ago I attended a talk from the Australian 2002 Winter Olympic Games speed skater winner Steven Bradbury. Steve won Australia’s first ever winter gold medal. His path through the heats to the final was aided mostly by competitors being disqualified. In the final he was pitted against a crack field of four and he knew he could not match their raw speed.

Top vBlog 2016 Voting is Open now! The surprising truth about what motivates us.

Tue, 10 May 2016 08:10:17 +0000

Eric Siebert has opened the Top vBlog for another's year voting. myvirtualcloud.net has finished in 14th place for the last three years, coming down from the 17th and 39th the years before. All bloggers do an excellent job, using their personal time to share experiences and challenges with the broader community.

[New Release] Alfred Workflow for Nutanix v1.0.6

Sun, 01 May 2016 18:08:15 +0000

Don't miss out on major Healthcare Transformation during HIMSS2016

Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:45:53 +0000

Nutanix simple and scale-out technology has struck the right chord with healthcare entities where operations are not mission critical, but rather are Life Critical - our technology adoption has been nothing less than extraordinary in the healthcare market.

The healthcare industry is currently witnessing remarkable innovation and technology transformation. Everything from new artificial hearts to electronic aspirin and nanobots, the healthcare industry is slowly but surely becoming agile, effective and cost-effective.

.NEXT 1st Call for Proposals Is Open!

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:14:08 +0000

The Call for Proposals is now open for the .NEXT conference. If you’re an industry expert or thought-leader who enjoys out on all things virtualization and web-scale, and you would like to share your know-how in out-of-the-box formats, this is your opportunity to submit your session ideas.

My Top 12 Predictions for 2015 and Few Shockingly Bad Predictions

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:31:43 +0000

Last week I published on Twitter some of my enterprise datacenter predictions for 2015. While predictions are easy to be made up because they do not hold anyone accountable, I personally believe my top 12 will hold true for 2015. Here they are:

Kind of a big deal…$500K Web-Scale Wish!

Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:37:59 +0000

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. - John Burdett

From this life we take nothing, but memories and the good deeds we have done. While we try to build the future of our children, there are less fortunate people in this world that need help, a lot of help. There are also people who devoted their lives to help others creating foundations, organizations and entities that do exactly that – help others!

Nutanix, Software Defined Storage Players and My VMworld Sessions!

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:41:34 +0000

I should be on leave this week in preparation for the marathon during next two weeks, but I am not. I am rather working furiously on a number of different Nutanix partnerships and announcements. BTW - Big Nutanix announcement coming sometime next week. Next week is also the Nutanix SKO 'Sales KickOff' and this time it's happening in Vegas at they ARIA. I hope I get some recovery time over the next weekend because right after Nutanix SKO is that time again, VMworld. As always VMworld will happen as if it was a blur... so many conversations, interactions, sessions and parties. It's always nice to see friends and colleagues that otherwise I would only communicate via twitter and email.

Nutanix named a 'Visionary' by Gartner (My take on it!)

Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:36:41 +0000

When I decided to join Nutanix 6 months ago I knew exactly what the company 'grand' vision was and I also knew that Nutanix had a fantastic engineering team that came from Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. For this reason an award like the one recently announced by Gartner doesn't surprise me at all. I've known Nutanix is the most visionary converged infrastructure player for a long time.

Talent Retention in the Virtual World

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 22:03:26 +0000

Are you concerned about retaining your internal virtualization team? You should be! In a tight market, skills and experience in Hypervisors, Storage, VDI, Networking and other related areas are rare and hard to come by.

Your predicament is that demand exceeds supply, which is certainly advantageous from an individuals perspective, but can be tough if you need to retain these skills and experience within an organization. What can you do to safeguard your talent?

Join me for the Carolina VMware Users Summit, June 5th

Sun, 01 Jun 2014 19:16:33 +0000

Join your fellow VMware users at this full-day event for in-depth technical sessions, demonstrations and exhibits. This is a great opportunity to meet with your peers to discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

VMware vExpert 2014

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 17:45:30 +0000

Last week I found out I have been awarded with the VMware vExpert 2014.

The vExpert program is a recognition to the contributions to those who have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.

Join Nutanix for the Gartner IT Infrastructure Conference Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:07:02 +0000

Conferência Gartner de Infra-estrutura , Operações e Data Centers

Se você é um dos meus seguidores Brasileiros ou Latino-Americanos voce precisa participar da Conferência Gartner de Infra-estrutura , Operações e Data Centers em São Paulo durante a primeira semana de Abril. A Nutanix estará patrocinando a conferência, e estará presente com um estande. Eu também estarei presente ao evento e quero ter certeza de que você venha falar comigo sobre o que a Nutanix, tecnologias Web-Scale e infra-estruturas convergentes representam para o futuro do datacenter.

Join me for the Varrow Madness

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 18:30:51 +0000

Varrow Madness 2014

If you are not sure what to do next week you should register and attend the Varrow Madness in Charlotte, NC. The event is happening on March 20th.

If you are not familiar with Varrow you should check out their website. In a nutshell, "Varrow provides world-class technology solutions through advanced consulting and design services from the industry's most talented engineers."

Understanding Web-Scale Properties

Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:52:17 +0000

Last week Gartner released an article saying that by 2017, Web-scale IT will be an architectural approach found operating in 50 percent of global enterprises.

Gartner Says By 2017 Web-Scale IT Will Be an Architectural Approach Found Operating in 50 Percent of Global Enterprises

Join us for the Minneapolis VMUG User Conference

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:59:06 +0000

If you are in the Minneapolis area make sure you attend the Minneapolis VMUG User Conference. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Jun 11th 2013 at the Minneapolis Airport Marriott.

Horizon View Offline VDI Calculator (Sneak Peek)

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:44:45 +0000

If you are wondering why my blog posting frequency has slowed down in the last couple weeks - worry not!

Many consulting professionals and architects asked for a portable - offline - version of my well-known VDI Calculator. I'm happy to say that the new tool finally coming and I've been busy trying to reach code complete.

Made to Top 15 on Top Blog 2013

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:07:00 +0000

Eric Siebert (@ericsiebert) from vSphere-Land has just published results for the 2013 Best VMware and Virtualization Blog Election. My blog finished in 14th place, coming down from the 17th position last year and 39th place the year before.

Thanks to all my readers for the votes!

EMC World 2013 & EUC

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:40:08 +0000

EMC World is only in May (May, 6-9) but I am very excited because for the first time I'll have a session in such amazing conference. As most of you probably know I used to work for EMC as a vSpecialist, and that's what makes it even more special. I am also looking forward to meet my EMC colleagues.

My Work & Home Lab Environments

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:45:12 +0000

This is one of those geek posts that are interesting to the community IMO. I am frequently asked about the lab environment I am using for prototyping End User Computing stuff and general VMware product learning and testing. People ask me what kind of physical hardware and logical setup I am using to interact with multiple different VMware products.

VMworld TechTalks powered by vBrownBags

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:35:21 +0000

There are many interesting community driven events happening at VMWorld this year, but there is one in special that I would like to share here. The vBrownBag team has organized a series of TechTalks for this VMWorld. They have a fantastic lineup of guests and topics for the whole week.

Unboxing Google Nexus 7 Tablet: Is it that hard?

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:56:00 +0000

I have to warn you that this post is a little bit different than my usual VDI, VMware, Cloud and DaaS topics. However, in one way it is still End User Computing .

I also decided to join the bandwagon and bought the new Google Nexus 7 tablet with Android Jelly Bean. The buy decision came down to it’s low price of $199,00 for the 8GB version and considering that my daughter took over my old iPad1. This is my first Android device.