London VMUG – April 25th 2013

March 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment

VMUG LogoRegistration for the second London VMUG of the year is open. As usual, it will be at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (33 Queen Street, London, EC4R 1AP) between 8:30 and 17:00 and there will be vBeers afterwards.

The sponsors for this event are VMTurbo, Nimble Storage and Veeam.

The agenda is yet to be finalised but it’s likely to be awesome as usual. What are you waiting for? Head over to the VMUG website, register and stick it in your calendar before someone sticks a different meeting in there!

Update: 16/04/2013

The agenda was published a week or so ago. Lots of great sessions on there:

 Time Capital A  Capital B  Square Room 
8:30  EVENT RECEPTION 
10:00  Welcome 
10:15  Shmuel Kliger, Founder VMTurbo Software-Defined Control – Transforming IT Operations
11:00  Greg Ferro, packetpushers.net Don’t Do Virtual Networking, Do Cloud Networking. Darren and Gregg The Virtual Community, Social Media & You
11:45  Break in Thames Suite 
12:15  Barry Coatsworth, How InfoSec Can Improve Your Love Life Robbie Jerrom, VMware A Puppet Primer Atlantis Computing Lab
13:00  Lunch 
14:00  Nick Dyer, Nimble Storage Flash-Optimized Hybrid Storage Engineered For Maximum Efficiency Hans de Leenheer, Veeam Making Cloud Storage Easy to Use
15:00  Peter von Oven, VMware VMware Horizon Update Kim Ranyard, VMware vCAC Part Deux, The Return Atlantis Computing Lab
16:00  Dave Burgess, VMware SDN For Beginners Stuart Thompson and Lee Harris, Heterogeneous vCD Atlantis Computing Lab
17:00  Close 
17:15  Onward Drinks at Pavilion End 

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Virtual Machine User Group Meeting – 12th March 2013

February 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

screenshot319I’m a long standing member of the London VMUG (that being the VMware User Group) but I’ve also on occasion been to Virtual Machine User Group (VMUG) meetings as well when I’ve been able to find the time.

The Virtual Machine User Group have a meeting coming up in Birmingham on Tuesday 12th March 2013. The published agenda is:

Time Track 1 Track 2
09:00 – 10:00 Vendor Market, Welcome Address and Refreshments
10:00 – 10:50

VMware

vCloud Director & vSphere 5.1

 VeeamVeeam Modern Data Protection
11:00 – 11:50

App Cogs

Virtualisation for Sharepoint Professionals

Proact

Getting Started with NetApp Filers
12:00 – 13:00 Vendor Market, Lunch and Special Interest Groups
13:00 – 13:50

The Bunker

Panel Debate: Is the cloud secure?

Microsoft

HyperV Version3 – What you need to know
14:00 – 14:50

10ZiG

Simplifying EUC Management

Trend Micro

Securing Your Journey Through The Cloud
14:50 – 15:15 Vendor Market & Refreshments
15:15 – 16:05

Riff Cube

Is Cloud Computing the Silver Lining to PR

Freeth Cartwright LLP

IT Law
16:15 – 17:05

EMC

The Storage & Virtualisation Roadmap

Citrix

Any App, Any Desktop, Any Data, Any Device, Anywhere

Register here, it’s free but spaces are limited.

In case you’re wondering what the difference between a VMware and Virtual Machine User Group is (in their own words):

VMware User Group

The VMware User Group (VMUG) is an independent, global, customer-led organization, created to maximize members’ use of VMware and partner solutions through knowledge sharing, training, collaboration, and events.

Virtual Machine User Group

We are an association of persons with a vested interest in the successful deployment of virtual infrastructure and their associated technologies. The committee are all volunteers and are directly employed to manage and design virtual infrastructure in their organisations.

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First London VMUG of 2013 – Register Now!

January 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

VMUG Logo

You know that I love my VMUGs. They’re great events that offer plenty of opportunities to meet new people, network, learn a thing or two and – best of all – they’re free to attend!

fusion5-licensesThursday 24th January 2013 see’s this year’s first London VMUG occurring at the usual place near Mansion House tube station:

London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
33 Queen Street
London, EC4R 1AP

There are some great presenters and subjects on the agenda, including the event’s sponsors – Nutanix, 10 ZiG and Zerto. There are usually a few prizes / giveaways on offer and I’m adding to that pot with a couple of VMware Fusion 5 Professional licenses…

If you can’t make the event itself then there’s always vBeers nearby afterwards.

It’s well worth attending, register on the VMUG website here.

Agenda

Here’s the Agenda:

8:30 Event Reception
10:00 Welcome
10:15 Nutanix Plenary Presentation
11:00 Your Journey to the Post-PC Era Brian Gammage, VMware
11:45 Break in Thames Suite
12:15 EUC Panel with VDI Gurus Brian Gammage, VMware
Deploying vCD 5.1 and VXLAN Dan Senior
VMware HA Deepdive Eric Sloof
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Zerto Presentation
10Zig Presentation
15:00 Big Data for the Uninitiated Stu Radnidge
Update – What’s Here and What’s Coming Soon Spencer Pitts, VMware EUC
VMware HA Deepdive Eric Sloof
16:00 VMware Certification Update Gregg Robertson, Xtravirt
vCAC Kim Raynard, VMware
VMware HA Deepdive Eric Sloof
17:00 Meeting close
17:15 Onward Drinks at Pavilion End

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UKVMUG – 15/11/2012

October 2, 2012 by 1 Comment

The first UK-wide VMUG event went so well last year that it’s on again this year. Once again it’s on at the National Motorcycle Museum just outside Solihull (nr. Birmingham).

National Motorcycle Museum
Coventry Road
Bickenhill, Solihull, West Mids, England B92 0EJ

A detailed agenda has yet to be published but the day starts on Thursday November 15th 2012 at 8am and includes:

  • Registration and Breakfast
  • VMUG Welcome
  • VMware Update
  • Keynote
  • Breakout Sessions
  • Lunch
  • Keynote
  • Breakout Sessions
  • Closing

The night before there is a vCurry reception (also at the museum) sponsored by Veeam. What are you waiting for? Register here!

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London VMUG 19/07/2012

June 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment

It’s not been that long since the last London VMUG and already the next one is upon us. Sadly I won’t be able to make this one as I’ll be out of the country – it’ll be the first one that I’ve missed for quite some time – but it looks like there’s going to be some very good sessions on. Especially the NDA session. See what’s planned here:

  • Centrix Software Presentation
  • Fusion-IO Presentation
  • Whiptail Presentation
  • EMC Labs Throughout the Day
  • Lee Dilworth – VMware Availability Update: vSphere Replication, Stretched Clusters and BCDR
  • Darren Woollard and Gregg Robertson – vSphere Nerdknobs
  • Chris Evans – The Storage Architect’s View
  • Chris Gale – Fusion-IO More Desktops. More Virtual Machines. More Data-Intensive Applications. Faster. Cheaper. Simpler.
  • Matt Northam and Simon Hansford – Government Can Run vCloud, How Skyscape Did It
  • Martyn Storey – VMware NDA Roadmap Session - PLEASE NOTE:  Entrance to the NDA session is strictly dependent upon the following criteria: Signed, personal NDA; Photo ID and proof of where you work; not working for a vendor, partner, or competitor.

The event is sponsored by Centrix Software, Whiptail, Fusion-IO and EMC (for the labs). It’ll be in the usual place with the customary vBeers afterwards.

What are you waiting for? Register here.

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