Managed Clouds and Why SMB Customers Don’t Chase Unicorns

If we look at the economy and distribution of wealth, we can see that there are some interesting statistics about what many call the 1%. Stretch a little further into the top 10% and you will find what they refer to as the champagne glass effect. In other words, the top percentile of earners have … Read more

Give your bookshelf a +1 with Networking for VMware Administrators

As a big fan of continuous learning, I am pretty aggressive on finding great content and doing what I can to share that content with my readers and peers. Hot off the presses is one of my long-awaited books to add to my reading list and that is Networking for VMware Administrators by Chris Wahl … Read more

It’s vMDM time! – Welcome AirWatch to the VMware family

As you may have read this morning, there was an announcement that VMware will purchase AirWatch (@AirWatch  on Twitter – http://www.air-watch.com), a mobile device security firm. With this move, there is a fairly clear message being sent that VMware is fully embracing workforce mobility from every angle. This wasn’t the first move A few people … Read more

VMware Network Virtualization Free eLearning – VCA-NV prep course (hopefully)

Well, I should be careful what I put here in saying that it is a VCA-NV (VMware Certified Associate – Network Virtualization) prep course, but I am guessing the release of this 3-hour self-paced learning module is a sign of the pending availability of the VCA-NV certification. This is a high level course, much like … Read more