Here is a quick summary of the activities and places you’ll be able to find the #vBrownBag folks at VMworld: Tech Talks Powered by the #vBrownBags All week at the show, the #vBrownBags will be rocking out Tech Talks in the Communities / Bloggers lounge. For an idea of how awesome this will be, take
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Last week the US vBrownBags had Josh Atwell pulling double duty on hosting and presenting the vBrownBag covering the VCAP-DCA Blueprint Objective 8.1. He also had the pleasure of announcing the VMware Communities Tech Talks powered by the vBrownBags at VMworld US (more on this in a bit). The APAC vBrownBags also knocked it out
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You heard it first tonight on the #vBrownBag with Josh Atwell. The entire #vBrownBag will be on the ground at VMworld San Francisco and we’ll be rocking out some awesome sauce in the communities lounge. How awesome? Well, all week at VMworld we will be having a number of Lightning Tech Talks with folks who
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Hersey had to take a pass on this week, so we’ll be doing something a bit different. Our occasional (well, more than occasional) host Josh Atwell, will be presenting this week. Also of note, we have some exciting VMworld announcements to make. Details: Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613559281Date/Time: 7/18/2012 @ 7 PM CST
This week’s US #vBrownBag coincides with a US holiday of great importance, thus, we’ll be taking a pass this week in favor of celebrating the birthday of our great nation. That said, I do still have some awesome #vBrownBag related news. USB Keys! So, what’s so cool about these keys (besides the fact that they’re
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Tonight’s #vBrownBag continues our VCAP-DCA series with @bobbyfantast1c (Bobby Stampfle) covering Objective 8.2 on the vSphere Management Assistant. Details Register: https://vbrownbag.comm/brownbags/ Date/Time: 6/27/12 @ 7PM CST
Did you get an e-mail similar to this recently? Dear Cody, Thank you for your interest in speaking at VMworld 2012. We received a record number of submissions this year and were only able to accept ~12%. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept your session proposal, but we greatly appreciate and value the time
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Tonight, #vBrownBag regular Hersey Cartwright (blog | twitter) will be presenting on the VCAP5-DCA Objective 1. Hersey is a long time presenter, and his sessions are always informative. Heck, don’t take my word for it, you can find all his old sessions here. Critical Details Topic: VCAP-DCA Objective 1Date/Time: 6/20/2012 @ 7PM CSTRegister: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613559281 About
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Last night we rocked out to the VCAP-DCA Objective 7. Video Slides More Info You can find all prior shows here. Additionally, we’re on iTunes: http://t.co/07DGNQsT or Feedburner: http://t.co/2Fic71ZW
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This week’s #vBrownBag has Hersey Cartwright returning to present on the VCAP-DCA! Specifically he’ll be tackling Objective 9. To register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613559281
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Tonight Damian did an excellent improv of Host Profiles, VUM, and other Operational Maintenance objective best practices. If you are studying for your VCAP (or maintaining a vSphere environment), you’ll want to watch this. Video
Last week we had Chris Wahl on to cover the VCAP-DCA Networking Objectives (Objective 2). Video
Nick Marshall took a step out from behind the scenes to drop some major know-how on last weeks APAC vBrownBag around the VCAP-DCD Performance Design objective. Video ;
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