Eric Sloof

Dennis Zimmer founded icomasoft ag  on July 18, 2008 and was appointed Chief Technology Officer and Director of the Board. In this function, Dennis Zimmer assumes responsibility for icomasoft® ’s technology strategy, R&D and software architecture. Prior to joining icomasoft ag, he held the position of a Virtualization Specialist and Systems Engineer EMEA Central with the storage vendor Pillar Data System. Earlier stages of his career include the position as Senior Consultant with Mightycare Solutions, a leading consulting company for virtualization in the German market. He designed, implemented and supported some of the largest VMware infrastructures in Europe.

Interview with Dennis Zimmer, founder icomasoft from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

I captured a little demo movie, the Nokia N800 running a VMware hypervisor.

Nokia N800 running VMware from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

Congratulations! Eric Sloof, we would like to thank you for all the work you’ve done giving back to the virtualization community and sharing your expertise with others. We are pleased to present you with the VMware vExpert Award for 2009. VMware is giving this award to individuals who have contributed significantly to the community of VMware users over the past year.

Viktor van den Berg interviewed me while we were standing on the keynote stage :-). He also published a list with the Dutch vExpert’s. Here are the links :

http://www.vmug.nl/cms/index.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNwnV9pT8j8

I was invited by Scott Herold to join the Virtualization PowerShell community night. Scott has been working with Carter Shanklin on planning such a night in Cannes during VMworld Europe 2009.  It was an open discussion on Virtualization and PowerShell and how we can continue to drive and keep this combination of technologies at the forefront of virtualization management. 

Scott also told more about today’s launch of the VESI EcoShell which is community intended to be organized around a new freeware application called the Virtualization EcoShell. The Virtualization EcoShell will enable any level of virtualization administrator to take advantage of PowerShell capabilities provided by Microsoft and virtualization vendors through a customizable, consolidated graphical interface. Virtualization experts will be able to further make use of the flexibility provided by a powerful scripting engine and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to customize administrative tasks specific to their organization’s needs.

Virtualization PowerShell community night from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

I attended Carter Shanklin’s “TA01 - Managing VMware With PowerShell” session. There wasn’t enough room to get all the people in, so his next sessions will be in a bigger hall. I recorded the complete session, but it’s 900 MB of data which is a tremendous job to process. The next video shows you the first ten minutes, the remainder will be available later this week.

TA01 - Managing VMware With PowerShell from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

I made a little video impression of the first day at the VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes. It’s a ten minute video with a part of the keynote, the labs and a short interview with Mike Laverick at VMware community lounge.

First day video impression of the the VMworld Europe 2009 from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

Viktor van den Berg did an interview with Herco van Burg, Heco is the developer of the EDA appliance. In this interview which van be found on the Dutch VMUG site, Herco reveals the plan to combine UDA and EDA in one new virtual appliance. This means that  Herco van Burg and Carl Thijssen (UDA) are going to join their forces and build a new unattended ESX deployment appliance with the best of both worlds.

The VMworld Europe 2009 Flickr Group provides a great way to swap your VMworld stories and photos. This VMworld Flickr Group is much the same as other Groups you can join online. Flickr Groups are places where people of similar interests meet to exchange photos, videos and stories. At this Flickr Group, you also can follow other VMworld Europe 2009 fanatics who are visiting Cannes.

The annual Dutch VMUG meeting was held at the Café Le Crillon, situated near the Palais des Festivals.  This informal meeting started at Monday 21:00. Paul Davey and Peter Grant, two members of the Xtravirt team were also present.

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Xtravirt was present at the Dutch VMUG Meeting in Cannes from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

David Bieneman wishes you a great VMworld in Cannes.

David Bieneman wishes you a great VMworld in Cannes from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.