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Saturday, 5th of June 2010 at 08:25:19 PM
Even though EMCWorld has been over for a few weeks I still wanted I get this post out telling my experience. I have been so busy that I just now got this finished.
I have not had a very long career. In fact compared to most of the guys on the team I belong to, I am the newborn calf quivering on shaky legs. But, I can say that I have had a pretty exciting one so far. I have never been short on challenges and deadlines. And I have always been surrounded by incredibly skilled people (especially now). That said, without a doubt, EMCWorld 2010 was the pinnacle of my career so far.
I really do not know how to recap everything. In some parts I am going to feel like I am bragging (which I hate to do). In others, that I am taking credit for [...]
Continue reading EMCWorld 2010 : A Week to Remember
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nick on
Saturday, 5th of June 2010 at 03:50:35 PM
Man what a roller coaster ride my life has been this year:
I started a new job with EMC on the vSpecialist team Released my major update to the vSphere Mini Monitor Created the Celerra VSA UBER edition (now version 2) Helped create the VMware TechSummit labs(VSA, lab automation) Helped create the keynote demo for the announcement of the VPlex at EMCWorld 2010 (vSphere Plugin, automation scripts, Teleportation GUI, performance tuning).
I had just spent the last two days in Atlanta helping the rocking vSpecialist team redesign their lab network. This is the granddaddy of all the vSpecialist labs with tons of great demos we use frequently (live or recorded). They have grown so much they actually outgrew their [...]
Continue reading A little bit of good news : VMware vExpert
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nick on
Saturday, 20th of March 2010 at 10:20:25 AM
Yesterday I officially passed my first EMC certification test. I am now a full fledged EMCPA! So I know, this isn’t the highest-level and I am not going to impress the ladies down at the civic center. But, this is the first *storage* certificate for me and I am happier than a tornado in a trailer park.
I am working towards the Technical Architect track and so this test (E20-001) was the first step. I went through the Web Classroom training which was good. But the real secret is studying the ISM book (Amazon link).
I really enjoyed the material on fibre-channel protocol and the in-depth work calculating IOPs/capacity. I ended up making a huge Excel spreadsheet so I could play with the formulas.
The test was challenging. Some of the questions were not in the book or Web [...]
Continue reading EMC Certification : My Experience
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nick on
Friday, 5th of February 2010 at 08:30:29 AM
This post is a big deal for me personally. It is the first public acknowledgment of a major change in my life. This blog post will be about me announcing this change; but it will also be about why I am doing it and what lessons I feel can be learned. [...]
Continue reading Change is good : Fear & Atmosphere
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