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Virtual vs In-person Conferences

Apr 24, 2020 · 3 min read · cleur2020 vmw2020 msignite2020 #lonvmug ·

In the current pandemic situation (April 2020) a lot of events, both small and large, have had to close their doors and move from in-person to virtual on-line environments. There’s been a lot of chatter about this on the interwebs, and how some people favour the way of conferencing we have been forced into adopting.

Devs4Ops Resources

Jan 18, 2018 · 2 min read · vmug powershell #lonvmug powercli ·

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This post contains resources to accompany my Devs4Ops talk from the January 2018 London VMUG. It’s a list of links to things I mentioned (or intended to mention but forgot to) in the presentation.

VMUG London June 2017

Jul 4, 2017 · 6 min read · vmug nimble-storage vmware serverless aws #lonvmug blue-medora vbeers ·

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Last month I was back in London for another VMware User Group meeting. There was a good mixture of familiar faces and first-time attendees all ready to lap up a day of learning. As usual I came away with pages of notes, so here’s a rundown of my experiences.

Let's talk about SexiGraf

Jun 20, 2017 · 2 min read · sexigraf vmware vcenter #lonvmug ·

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I was introduced to SexiGraf by Eric Bussink during a roundtable at the April London VMUG meeting. The room was divided into those who said “Oh yeah, SexiGraf, it’s awesome” and those, like me, who hadn’t yet discovered it.

VMUG London January 2017

Jan 25, 2017 · 4 min read · vmug rubrik vmware stormagic aws #lonvmug ·

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Last week saw the first London VMware User Group of the year, another great meetup with many of the usual faces along with some new ones. This was another informative event at the TechUK site just off Fleet Street, and was again very community orientated. If you want to go and find out how people are using VMware …

London VMUG June 2016

Jun 29, 2016 · 5 min read · vmug simplivity vmware lakeside-software #lonvmug ·

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A rainy day in June saw me back in London for the latest VMware User Group event. For anyone who works with VMware products but has never been to a VMUG I cannot stress enough how great they are. VMUG is a community focussed and community run event filled with a bunch of really friendly, knowledgeable IT Professionals, …

London VMUG April 2016 (Part 2)

Apr 18, 2016 · 3 min read · vmug veeam vrealize vmware pernixdata nimble-storage vbeers 10zig #lonvmug ·

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Last week was the second London VMware User Group of 2016- and I came away with so many notes I couldn’t justify just squeezing them all into one post. So, check out Part 1 here if you haven’t already and what to know what happened in the morning.

London VMUG April 2016 (Part 1)

Apr 15, 2016 · 4 min read · vmug veeam vrealize vmware pernixdata nimble-storage #lonvmug ·

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Thursday saw another trip to TechUK for the second London VMware Users Group of the year. It was, yet again, a very educational and entertaining community driven event with sessions covering a whole range of topics from enterprise scale implementations of hardware and software right down to the nitty-gritty of running …

VMUG London January 2016

Jan 27, 2016 · 3 min read · vmug vrealize 10zig vmware bitdefender tegile vbeers #lonvmug ·

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The New Year brought a new venue and new committee members to the London VMUG meeting, now held at TechUK near Fleet Street. It was another great event, an informative and educational presentation of the latest and greatest in the VMware ecosystem without anyone pushing too hard for sales.

VMUG London January 2015

Jan 26, 2015 · 4 min read · vmug PernixData docker vmware 10zig vbeers #lonvmug ·

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Despite having attended the annual VMware-hosted London vForums a few times this was my first VMware User Group meeting.