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Solarwinds Orion from a UNIX user perspective

Solarwinds Orion from a UNIX user perspective Solarwinds Orion from a UNIX user perspective Happy Independence (in IT) Day – What does Independence Mean? How to become known within your Industry – Show up. Contribute. Share. VMware Advocacy

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Today’s Storage: Same As It Ever Was

Today’s Storage: Same As It Ever Was Today’s Storage: Same As It Ever Was Data storage has always been one of the most conservative areas of enterprise IT. There is little tolerance for risk, and rightly so: Storage is persistent, long-lived, and must be absolutely reliable. Lose a server or network switch and there is […]

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vSphere 6 – VMware is heading toward VM-aware

#vSphere 6 – VMware is heading toward VM-aware vSphere 6 – VMware is heading toward VM-aware VMware vSphere 6 was released in early February 2015.The must read “Mastering VMware vSphere X” book series for vSphere 6 is already available.There are tons of blog posts on what is new in vSphere 6 available on the Internet […]

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VMworld 2015 Session Recommendations (by Jason…

#VMworld 2015 Session Recommendations VMworld 2015 Session Recommendations (by Jason… The last couple of years, I carved away the VMworld content catalog to 50 sessions I recommend to my customers. This year, there are 658 session available at VMworld 2015, which is an overwhelming amount of sessions! My recommendations are from past experience of seeing […]

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VSAN vs. Nutanix — Head-to-Head Performance…

#VSAN vs. #Nutanix — Head-to-Head Performance Testing — Part 4 — Exchange! VSAN vs. Nutanix — Head-to-Head Performance… For those of you have been following this thread for a while, you know we’re in the midst of head-to-head performance testing on two identical clusters: one running VSAN, the other running Nutanix. Recently, we’ve updated the […]

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CIOs need holistic view for FITARA to have…

CIOs need holistic view for #FITARA to have maximum effect CIOs need holistic view for FITARA to have… In late Apri,l the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released proposed guidance for the implementation of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). FITARA is the IT reform package signed into law in December 2014. VMware […]

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