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One of the many advantages to being a Veeam Vanguard is having access to products before they are released to the general public. The following guide was created for the purpose of documenting my first attempt at installing Veeam Backup and Replication v10 Beta 1 in my home lab environment. This was a clean installation... Continue Reading →
I just wanted to share a few words about my experience at the 2019 Dallas DFW UserCon and wanted to give thanks to everyone involved for providing a great opportunity for so many including myself. Thank you @MyVMUG, @DFWVMUG and the many people (literally a ton) that helped prepare me for my presentation on Combating... Continue Reading →
What seemed so far away is now here and the adrenaline running through my body is at an all time high! I was overjoyed with excitement when my application for the Veeam Vanguard program was accepted earlier this year but the reality of traveling to Prague seemed like a dream but now it's a reality.... Continue Reading →
As most organizations begin to adopt Office 365 which includes Exchange Online, it's even more important than ever to protect your data. As Theresa Miller stated, it's a shared responsibility that includes risks in the event of an emergency that involves data management, security and recovery. Exchange Online is a cloud native application and the... Continue Reading →
Project Pacific was created to solve the problems between the developers and the IT department, each with its unique issues but without a solution. Jared Roseff, one of the co-creators for #ProjectPacific and Senior Director, Product Management for the Cloud Platform Business Unit at VMware dug deeper into a technical deep dive surrounding Project Pacific... Continue Reading →
Please allow me to give some context as it relates to the blog post title. Andy Banta aka Storage Janitor at NetApp (a storage company) presented at Tech Field Day but it didn't involve storage. Well, kinda, maybe, already then.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tJGk4ofc18 Andy began the session with a discussion around Enhanced Data Center Workloads. First generation... Continue Reading →
We last met with Apstra during #NFD19 and my blog about this experience can be found here. Similar to last year, Mansour Karam (CEO and Founder) kicked off the presentation with a company update which included current and new customers, awards, and its growth which now includes over 100+ employees across the globe. According... Continue Reading →
Heading into my third VMworld, this will be my first in San Francisco and to be honest I'm very excited about this opportunity. The Moscone Center has been under a tremendous amount of renovation and construction since it last hosted VMworld in 2015. San Francisco is an interesting city with a vast array of diversity,... Continue Reading →
Much like the theme from Field Of Dreams, if you believe in something they will come. Belief is the foundation but the community coming together are the bricks needed to Build the core. Rubrik's Build is just that and to quote Archibald "Moonlight" Graham from the movie, Rubrik is willing to "Go the distance!" Rubrik has... Continue Reading →
