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VCDX Defense Tips

Well folks, last week at Partner Exchange 2011 marked the final sessions of the VCDX3 version of the defenses.  We now move onto VCDX4 in 2011 for those of you who are looking into this highest level of VMware certification I wanted to provide a little input.  First off I …

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My Favorite WordPress Plugins [Updated]

So after almost a year now of using WordPress I thought it was time to write up a list of my favorite WordPress plugins that are also used on this site.  I have used many free ones, and recently have purchased others, but I think I have landed on the list I …

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VMware vCloud Director FAQ

I decided to start an ongoing list of the most common, yet in some cases basic vCloud Director FAQ.  I would love to get more questions as comments so I can keep this updated on a regular basis.  Please feel free to ask me anything and I will try to …

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How Does The Cloud Affect Your Operational Procedures?

I was asked just the other day by a very large and good VMware customer how other companies are handling their Operational changes with the implementation of vCloud and the internal private clouds.  My short answer for better or worse was, they are struggling.  The truth of the matter is …

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How To Update DELL Firmware With ESXi

The Challenge: It is no secret at this point that VMware is moving more to the ESXi hypervisor model.  This poses a few challenges the least of which is how to update a server’s firmware, Bios, and other hardware level items without a Linux Service Console.  With many of the servers also …

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VMware vCloud Director Within Enterprise IT Private Clouds

We keep hearing about “moving to the cloud”, which is great for those of us at VMware, and equally great for our customers.  I, for one, love all this cloud talk, as I’m part of our vCloud Delivery Team.  Within our group, I specifically work on the enterprise side.  We have …

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Maximizing Your Internet Connectivity Using OpenDNS

This week we saw a major outage with Comcast Internet in the Northeast.  Personally I use TDS Telecom for my DSL, but one thing I have used for the past few years at my house is OpenDNS and anyone using them were not affected by the outage.  Now why was the …

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