Happy Virtual Holidays; Best Practices for Virtualizing Mission Critical Applications, Storage and Hyper-V!
Hey everyone out there! I hope this finds you well and your holidays are off to a festive start. I find no better gift…
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Eating your own dog food and drinking your own Champagne
I’m sure some of you have heard this term before “Eating your own dog food” it’s even referenced in this Wikipedia entry, but I…
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Taking a Tech Sabbatical – Oh what the future may hold in my Career Transition
Hey Guys! Friends, fellows, colleagues and peers, hearty analysts, random readers, dear twitter and facebook friends.. All of you! A crazy year of…
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The Definitive Guide to Prepare for VMworld 2012 in San Francisco (+#CXIDinner Details)
An archival VMworld 2012 San Francisco travel and event guide, including planning, community gatherings, transportation and attendee tips. Details and offers reflect the 2012 conference.
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With 2 Days remaining to vote on VMworld submissions; VOTE FOR THESE NOW! (ENDS Jun 8 2012)
I know what you’re saying, “Hey, Christopher isn’t asking us to take time from our schedule to go vote for some sessions, right” Yes. …
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Top Paying IT Certifications, Skills and Capabilities
The other day or so, I came across this article: 15 Top Paying IT Certifications for 2012 by Randy Muller, Global Knowledge Instructor, MCT,…
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With great travel comes great responsibility! #InTheAir
Hopefully this blog post finds you well! Here I am… 37,000 feet (Okay, I have no idea how high I’m up, I’ve had my…
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When did Christopher get a new job as EMC Global Cloud and Virtualization Lead?!
A personal update from 2011 about joining EMC in a global cloud and virtualization leadership role, reflecting on career planning and years of technical community work.
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How to REALLY Mass Unfollow on Twitter! (OMG IT’S FREE AND EASY?!?!)
I’ve written on this subject a number of different times (See bottom of post for all of the various links on this matter!) However…
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Accelerate Intl Travel and Airport tips to avoid getting fondled by the TSA!
I was talking with the infamous Steve Kaplan @roidude about travel after he mentioned getting a “Checkpoint Friendly” approved TSA Bag! So knowing he…
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EMC and @lynxbat Present: A Chiropractor for your Virtual Machines
A 2011 overview of virtual-machine disk alignment, why it mattered for older VMDK and VHD storage workloads, and Nick Weaver’s UBERAlign tool.
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Recruiting Virtual Talent: Tips and Tricks to hire and get hired at #VMworld
Hiring and job-seeking advice for virtualization professionals attending VMworld in 2011, with practical career networking ideas for candidates and managers.