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VMworld 2013 – Public voting is open

Published on April 24, 2013 by David Hill in VMworld

Its that time of year again, where the public vote is open for the VMworld 2013 sessions YOU want to see. You can start voting straight away by clicking here. I have listed the sessions that I have submitted below, and hope that you think they are suitable and worthy of your vote. Session ID: 4517 Title: Deploying a Private cloud with vCloud Automation Center and vSphere Abstract: In this session we will cover the requirements needed to deploy vCloud Automation Center with the end goal of enabling a vSphere environment to become a private cloud. Multiple real world scenarios will be demonstrated with recommendations on best practice and potential pitfalls. Presenters: David Hill and Raman Veeramraju Session ID: 4529 Title: Architecting a Software Defined Datacenter Abstract: This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting a software defined datacenter. We will start with sizing and scaling and end with some operational guidance. Different examples will be used to show the impact design considerations can have on the availability of your services. We will cover how the different components of the vCloud suite integrate with real world examples. Presenters: David Hill and Chris Colotti Session ID: 4667 Title: Monitoring your

VMworld 2013 Call for Papers Open

Published on March 13, 2013 by David Hill in VMworld

So straight after PEX it is time to start thinking of sessions that people would like to see at VMworld 2013. Today the VMworld call for papers opened. I will be submitting four this year, hopefully one or two of them will get accepted, but the competition is tough, and looking at the guidelines for what to submit it will be even tougher this year. Be Original –Attendees do not want to see the same presentations as last year and are looking for the latest innovation in technology. Spend time developing your title, abstract, outline, and session takeaways. These will be key factors in determining whether your session is selected and can affect session attendance. Be Educational – Attendees do not like being sold on your company. Be neutral and focus on the educational value of your presentation. All sales pitches and commercially focused submissions will be rejected. Be Timely – Make sure your topic is relevant to the audience you’re targeting. Review the content topics before submitting a session. Well thought out Title and Abstract Titles - Many attendees select sessions by looking at titles only so a strong title will already get you on the content committee’s good side when they’re scoring

VMworld Barcelona

Published on September 18, 2012 by David Hill in VMware Posts, VMworld

VMworld Barcelona is just around the corner. Unlike VMworld US where I was on vacation spending most of my time in the hang space, I will be at Barcelona in an official VMware capacity. I will be carrying out some booth duty, so if anyone wants to meet me, please come over to the VMware vCloud Booth. I will be presenting a session alongside Aidan Dalgleish, Frank Denneman and Rawlinson Rivera INF-VSP1168 – Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Tuesday 12:30 – 13:30 This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting the foundation for every solid cloud environment: vSphere 5.0. We will start with sizing and scaling and end with some operational guidance. Different examples will be used to show the impact design considerations can have on the availability of your services. Look forward to seeing everyone there.

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VSP1168: Session made the top 10 at VMworld 2012

Published on August 30, 2012 by David Hill in VMworld

The session I submitted for VMworld 2012 has made it into the top 10. Massive thank you to Chris Colotti, Aidan Dalgleish and Rawlinson Riveria for presenting this session, and Duncan Epping for standing in for me in my absence. You guys rock. The presentation an be viewed below:

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Suggested vCloud VMworld sessions

Published on July 13, 2012 by David Hill in VMworld

I have been looking through the VMworld content catalogue today. There are over 250 sessions this year, covering a variety of topics. Something for everyone as they say. For me working in the vCloud space, I thought it would be good to create a list of sessions that I think will be beneficial to people wanting to learn more about the vCloud products, and how they can further enhance there current vCloud environments. Lets start with the most important session, mine INF-VSP1168 – Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure This session will discuss the various design considerations when architecting the foundation for every solid cloud environment: vSphere 5.0. We will start with sizing and scaling and end with some operational guidance. Different examples will be used to show the impact design considerations can have on the availability of your services. Presenters: David Hill, Chris Colotti and Aidan Dalgleish INF-VSP2448 - Automating Bare Metal to the Cloud and Beyond - Alan Renouf, Jake Robinson, Eric Williams INF-VSP2164 - Automation of vCloud Director Disaster Recovery - Aidan Dalgleish and Alan Renouf INF-BCO2155 - vCloud DR for Oxford University Computing Services – Real World Example - Aidan Dalgleish and Gary Blake OPS-CSM1167 - Architecting for vCloud Allocation Models - Frank Denneman and Chris

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