vNews – 30th June, 2010

vNews – 30th June, 2010

Date: Jun 30, 2010

Welcome to vNews a monthly round-up of what’s been happening in the virtualization space. This months is quite heavily dominated by stuff from VMware, but does include stuff from Microsoft, EMC, NetApp and quick survey of the bloggersphere…

Below are the links that used to build the vNews, so you don’t need to download the PPT to get to the links. I guess by looking at these links you can see what the topics are going to be in the vNews..

VMware wins awards at TechEd

VMware in the Magic Quadrant

VMware DCAP – DataCenter Admin Exam Experiences - boche.net vmwaretips.com simonlong.co.uk virtualizetips.com

VMware Courses on vSphere4

VMware Management Products on 64-bit Windows

VMware Storage IO Control

VMware VMDirect Path – For and Against1 (Chad Sakac) and Against2 (Scott Drummonds)

VMware & Novell – Independent Response (vinternals), Microsoft Response, VMware Reply

VMware Update 2 and PCoIP Bug

Microsoft Hyper-V Architecture Poster

Microsoft Ebooks – Including Virtualization (Virtualboy)

Microsoft Dynamic Memory in Depth from TechEd (Virtualboy)

EMC and Microsoft Think Big

EMC RecoverPoint Virtual Appliance

EMC Atmos Virtual Appliance

The Future of NetApp – SilconAngle, Scott Lowe

From the Bloggersphere -

TechHead Reviews of Lenovo TS200 ThinkServer and Dell Equalogic PS4000

Eric Sloof – Resource Pools as Folders is dangerous

Duncan Epping – Swapping and the vmkernel

The Work-At-Home Robot

More on VMware training videos and mediacasts

SMBwag with Stuart McHugh [Episode 81]
VIDEO - Stuart McHugh is formerly the European System Analyst for London based law firm and worked within the systems/infrastructure team as the global lead for Virtualization/Cloud Computing.
SMBwag with Raymond Overman [Episode 80]
VIDEO - This is a chat with Raymond Overman. He’s the Information Technology Manager for Microban Products Company based in Charlotte, North Carolina – leader in built-in antimicrobial product protection
Chinwag with with Dell’s Marc Stitt [Episode 77 part 1]
VIDEO - This week’s chinwag was recorded in Austin, Texas with Dell’s Marc Stitt.
Top 5 VMware VCP test prep and educational articles of 2012
Feature - The baseline certification for a VMware admin is VCP. To master the VCP test, you need to know what to expect going into the exam.
VMware Hands-On Lab online portal's beta testers share experiences
Feature - If you want to test out new VMware products without a home lab, consider joining the VMware Hands-On Lab online portal, now in public beta trials.
VMware terminology quiz: Do you speak virtualization?
Quiz - Thought you left vocab quizzes back in the classroom? See if you've grasped the VMware and virtualization lingo by taking our definitions quiz.
VMware quiz: Virtualization on a tight IT budget
Quiz - Free and low-cost VMware virtualization options exist -- if you know where to look. See if you're making the most of your IT budget with this VMware quiz.
VMware training at a discount: Is all-access eLearning worth it?
Tip - Formal VMware training is notoriously expensive. With many organizations slashing training budgets, find out if $500 for an all-access eLearning subscription is worth the money.

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