Browsing Posts published in March, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes VMware has introduced a new certification policy (is effective as of March 10, 2014) that require a re-certification every two years. Actually this does not differ too much from other vendor’s technical certifications. Note that, at least in this phase, this only apply to VCP certifications (and not like other have written also to VCAP or VCDX): VMware is implementing a recertification policy for VCP certification. To recertify, VMware Certified Professional (VCP) holders must pass any VCP or higher-level exam within two years of earning their most recent VCP certification. Some people have several concerns […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tech Field Day events bring together innovative IT product vendors and independent thought leaders to share information and opinions in a presentation and discussion format. Independent bloggers, freelance writers, and podcasters have a public presence that has immense influence on the ways that products and companies are perceived and by the general public. The world of media has changed, with social media and blogging gaining special importance. But first to all, in my opinion, is a community event for the community: each session is live and available on YouTube and Vimeo some hours after, completely […]

Reading Time: 8 minutes During the second day of the third edition of Virtualization Field Day (#VFD3) one of the company that we (as delegates) met was Coho Data that is a (new) cool company in the big storage arena. Their beginnings as Convergent.io with a specific goal of shifting the way that storage is built and managed. This session also match the announcement of the General Availability (GA) of their Web-Scale Storage Appliance for the Enterprise. Formally they are a software company, but the solution is a storage appliance already packet with both the hardware part and the software part (there are different reasons […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Only few hours left until the third edition of the Virtualization Field Day (#VFD3), scheduled on March 5-7 in Silicon Valley (California). As written, for the first time I’ll be a delegate and I’m very excited and curios about this type of events. Also the Tech Field Day sessions are often streamed live, and recordings will be available after the event and could become available also for non delegates. In most cases they become a must to understand some technologies (see this post on why you need to be watching Tech Field Day). Virtualization Field […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute After the great success of the first Italian VMUG User Conference, there will be the second edition on May 7 2014 still in Milan. A VMUG User Conference is not your regular VMUG meeting, it’s a full blown conference, with separate tracks and prominent guest speakers. A good opportunity to learn more, share experiences, and make networking.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Interesting European IT events: NL VMUG User Conference – ’s-Hertogenbosch (Mar, 6) CeBIT – Hannover (Mar, 10-14) SambaXP – Göttingen (Mar, 13-16) NFV & SDN Summit 2014 – Paris (Mar, 18-21)

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