Architecting the Enterprise
::::::::::: UPDATE ::::::::::: After writing this article, and exchanging a number of emails with Architecting the Enterprise, they have refunded the fee’s that were charged so I am no longer out of pocket. This is a nice outcome, and I appreciate the customer service that they have now provided. I will happily consider booking a course with them again ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: I don’t normally write articles discussing companies and the policies they have, (thats more Colotti’s area of expertise), however I feel very strongly about this and wanted to share my bad experience with people so that they don’t fall into the same trap. Architecting the Enterprise – Beware I have wanted to complete the TOGAF certification for quite some time, and finally got the opportunity to do this in June through VMware’s Professional Development program. Basically you pay for the course yourself and once completed VMware reimburse you. Nice. After some […]
VMworld 2013 – My schedule and sessions
::::::::::: UPDATE ::::::::::: I can now confirm that Aidan Dalgleish and Kamau Wanguhu will be presenting VSVC7371 – Architecting a Software-Defined-Data Center alongside me. This is awesome news and I am really excited about this. Two of the smartest architects I know, and also really easy to present with. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Its been a crazy couple of weeks getting prepared for VMworld 2013. I have had a session added, found out one of my sessions has been added to Barcelona, and received my booth duty schedule for US. Things are in top gear and motoring along nicely. I have two sessions listed for VMworld San Francisco. PHC4750 – How to build a Hybrid Cloud in Less than Day Wednesday 11:00 am David Hill and Chris Colotti VSVC7371 – Architecting a Software-Defined-Data Center Monday 2:00pm David Hill, Kamau Wanguhu, Aidan Dalgleish I am still working on some of the final details for session […]
My VMware Home lab
I now have an updated VMware Home Lab, which you can read by clicking here. Here is my VMware Home Lab. People have been asking me to write about what I use in my VMware home lab that I use for a while. Finally one Saturday night, I have had the chance. Lets start off and talk about the physical hardware in my lab. 1 x HP ML115 G5 – Quad Core AMD Opteron 8GB RAM 2 x 256GB HD – RAID 1 2GB USB 2 x 1GB NIC 1 x 1GB On-board NIC 2 x HP Microserver N54L – 2.2Ghz 16GB RAM 4 x 256GB HD – RAID 5 2GB USB 2 x 1GB NIC 1 x 1GB On-board NIC 1 x Iomega PX4 2 x 1GB NIC 4 x 2TB HD – RAID 10 1 x Buffalo Linkstation Duo 2 x 500GB HD – Raid 1 2 x […]
UK National VMUG – Call for Papers
Simon Gallagher, one of the organisers of the UK VMUG sent an email out today asking for people to considering submitting “papers” for the UK National VMUG. Personally I think this is a great idea. I have enjoyed my trips to the UK VMUG and found the caliber of people at these events to be of the highest grade, with the sessions being as good as what you find at VMworld. This is a summary of Simon’s email: Hello friend of LonVMUG..(!), We (the LonVMUG committee) are putting together plans for the national UK VMUG on November 21st in Solihull, Brum (National Motorcycle museum). As you know I’m continually pushing for community content and ensuring that we as a VMUG provide the best community content of any VMUG, as well as excellent official VMware and sponsor content, as such I’ve opened up the community ‘call for papers’ for this event. […]