Entries from Eric Sloof

This picture is (C) Viktor van den Berg.

Virtually anything is possible. Many of you have proven that to be true. VMware wants to hear your story about how you've accomplished the virtually impossible with VMware virtualization products and solutions. Your story may be featured throughout the conference in networking lounges, registration areas, hallways and general sessions.

These picture are (C) Viktor van den Berg.

I you have been to Downtown Las Vegas (Fremont Street Experience) tonight and you took a look above you and saw two guys talking about the VMworld and VMware then you saw us. :-)

I received one of the Microsoft One Dollar fiches and run a roulette with it. Didn’t win a dime.

Andrew Kutz has over 10 years of professional experience in computer systems design, security, programming, implementation, and management. Andrew's expertise lies in being able to examine a given problem and create custom solutions from the ground up. Andrew is known as an expert in virtualization, and is a site expert on SearchServerVirtualization.com on products from VMware. He has written numerous articles and whitepapers, and given many  webcasts and presentations on building virtual infrastructures using VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 (VI3) and other enterprise virtualization solutions such as XenSource XenServer. Andrew also specializes in Microsoft technologies such as Windows XP/Vista/2003, IIS 6, Exchange 2003, and .NET 1.1/2.0. He is author of the widely used security project, "Sudo for Windows." Andrew has also designed solutions using OS X and various Linux distributions. This picture is (C) Viktor van den Berg.

I was invited to the Question and Answer Session with Paul Maritz, President and CEO, VMware, Inc.

VMworld 2008 | Question and Answer Session with Paul Maritz from Eric Sloof on Vimeo.

Virtualization is changing the computing landscape - driving an architectural shift in the data center.  Enterprises are already building newer data centers and revamping existing data centers to leverage a unified infrastructure to dramatically reduce infrastructure cost and increase ability to adapt to changing business needs. This session will describe how Cisco is further evolving the data center to become virtualization-centric...where virtual machines, together with all of their key attributes and features, are reflected transparently in the network.

Designing the Next Generation Data Center - Cisco and VMware from Eric Sloof on Vimeo.

PowerShell is Microsoft's new technology for management and automation. VMware has built an incredibly powerful and easy-to-use toolkit on top of PowerShell that makes provisioning and configuring simple, whether you are dealing with 1 VM or 1000. In this session you’ll see numerous examples of how easy it is to use PowerShell to automate VMware Virtual Infrastructure management, and get all the information you need to get started right away.

Speakers: 

Dmitry Sotnikov - Manager, New Product Research Quest Software
Carter Shanklin - Product Manager VMware, Inc.
Andrey Anastasov - Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware, Inc.

VMworld 2008 | PowerShell presentation from Eric Sloof on Vimeo.

Dmitry Sotnikov is a PowerShell MVP and the man behind PowerGUI and PowerShell AD cmdlets. In his day job he is in charge of the new product research and development for Quest's Windows Management business unit. His team is actively working with partners and customers to identify the new market opportunities that the company can use to expand its business. It is out of this team that most of Quest's new products and initiatives such as the new SharePoint line of business or the recent PowerShell initiatives emerge.

Dmitry joined Quest as part of the Aelita Software Acquisition and has been now with these companies for more than 9 years holding various managerial positions in technical communications, customer support, and product management. He is the author of multiple whitepapers available from Quest's site, a regular blogger (http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com) and a presenter at various industry events.