Random thoughts and technical bits
“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake Update: I have updated the wording on the constraints section to reflect a Twitter comment from Martijn Baecke thanks for the fix to wording and reading. The VMware Certified Design Expert certification (VCDX) represents the highest tier of VMware’s certifications. I recently …
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I was very pleased to receive news on Friday morning that I had been awarded a second VMware certified design expert (VCDX) certification this time for Cloud Management and Automation. Recently a coworker asked me my secret to career achievement. I told him outright it was a lot of hard work. It takes work every …
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Some of my normal readers will have noticed that I have been missing from the blog of late. My family has been noticing me missing in life for the last six months. This is all due to my goal to become a VMware certified design expert. It’s a certification created by VMware to identify individuals …
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Warning: This is a love rant for VMware. You might want to skip if you are looking for the normal technical details of my blog. Great title eh? Really catchy and intended to get you to read and it’s true. Two months ago I left a great job with IBM to work with VMware …
As a VMUG leader and a double VCDX I have seen one technology trend only increase over the years. It’s the number of storage vendors! Last year at our VMUG UserCon every sponsor looking for a presentation slot was a storage vendor. We had to choose between storage vendors and other storage vendors I would …
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A few weeks ago my family went on vacation to Disney World. It was a fun-filled week for my two girls. They were most excited about meeting their hero’s: Disney Princesses and characters. The rides were of little interest compared to the opportunity to meet their hero. We waited for long periods …
While attending VMworld I have made a habit of taking advantage of the discounted certifications. Each year I have pushed into a new certification and given a try. This year I have my sights set on VCIX-NV. I normally like to schedule these tests during the general session to avoid the impact …
I am really excited to attend VMworld this year. There is so much going on. As a VCDX, vExpert and VMUG Leader my schedule is already packed. I just wish I had two weeks to attend sessions… there are too many sessions to attend. I wanted to take a minute to provide …
There have been a number of articles of late on systems architecture all with the tag VCDX. While I appreciate using that tag on my posts gets me 40% more hits it would like to focus on the larger concepts of systems architecture. I am a VCDX certified person but really all that …
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Twice in the last week people in IT have asked this question of me. My answer has been it depends. When I first started my career I hated certifications. This is mostly because in college I attended a Microsoft certification course. This course was a memorize the content don’t worry if you don’t understand …