A friend of mine has launched a new product and I thought I would give him a plug .....

 

A New Server Room Monitor, Climate Guard LT

LITTLETON, MA (01/09/12) – Burk Technology is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Climate Guard LT, a server room environmental monitor. Climate Guard LT expands on Burk’s line of environmental monitors, offering a cost effective solution to detect and avoid temperature and other environmental problems.
                                       
Environmental problems in the server room can cause costly downtime, damage expensive equipment, and even lead to loss of mission-critical data. HVAC equipment failure, power outages, and simple human error can cause catastrophic IT problems—especially after hours. Server rooms and data centers of all sizes require comprehensive monitoring of environmental conditions to detect a problem as early as possible.

 “IT departments are increasingly looking for budget-friendly solutions that won’t sacrifice uptime and reliability,” said Jonathan Burk, Vice President of Burk Technology (www.burk.com). “Climate Guard LT facilitates cost saving and green IT initiatives by closely monitoring server room conditions and alerting IT staff to developing problems.”

Climate Guard LT features built-in temperature, light and sound sensors and is easily expandable with plug-and-play external sensors.  Climate Guard LT uses a built-in web interface and requires no software installation or browser plug-ins, allowing use from any computer, tablet or smartphone. Email, SMS and SNMP notifications ensure that responsible personnel can respond to problems quickly and effectively.

Climate Guard LT is the newest model in Burk Technology’s award-winning line of environmental monitors. For a live demo, visit   http://www.burk.com/Products/ClimateGuard.aspx.

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The Thanksgiving Holiday is almost upon us. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, full of good food and friends. Every year we have quite a big group. I think the count this year will be over 14 people. As I think about thanksgiving, its hard not to think about the Pilgrims. So I decided to do a little web search and see what came up that I might share with you. At the End of this I will give you some useful information on how to cook your Thanksgiving turkey.

On the  History News Network, I came across Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving

Here are a portion of that article...

Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving

By Rick Shenkman

MYTH # 1

The Pilgrims Held the First Thanksgiving

To see what the first Thanksgiving was like you have to go to: Texas. Texans claim the first Thanksgiving in America actually took place in little San Elizario, a community near El Paso, in 1598 -- twenty-three years before the Pilgrims' festival. For several years they have staged a reenactment of the event that culminated in the Thanksgiving celebration: the arrival of Spanish explorer Juan de Onate on the banks of the Rio Grande. De Onate is said to have held a big Thanksgiving festival after leading hundreds of settlers on a grueling 350-mile long trek across the Mexican desert.

Then again, you may want to go to Virginia.. At the Berkeley Plantation on the James River they claim the first Thanksgiving in America was held there on December 4th, 1619....two years before the Pilgrims' festival....and every year since 1958 they have reenacted the event. In their view it's not the Mayflower we should remember, it's the Margaret, the little ship which brought 38 English settlers to the plantation in 1619. The story is that the settlers had been ordered by the London company that sponsored them to commemorate the ship's arrival with an annual day of Thanksgiving. Hardly anybody outside Virginia has ever heard of this Thanksgiving, but in 1963 President Kennedy officially recognized the plantation's claim.

MYTH # 2

Thanksgiving Was About Family

If by Thanksgiving, you have in mind the Pilgrim festival, forget about it being a family holiday. Put away your Norman Rockwell paintings. Turn off Bing Crosby. Thanksgiving was a multicultural community event. If it had been about family, the Pilgrims never would have invited the Indians to join them.

MYTH # 3

Thanksgiving Was About Religion

No it wasn't. Paraphrasing the answer provided above, if Thanksgiving had been about religion, the Pilgrims never would have invited the Indians to join them. Besides, the Pilgrims would never have tolerated festivities at a true religious event. Indeed, what we think of as Thanksgiving was really a harvest festival. Actual "Thanksgivings" were religious affairs; everybody spent the day praying. Incidentally, these Pilgrim Thanksgivings occurred at different times of the year, not just in November.

MYTH # 4

The Pilgrims Ate Turkey

What did the Pilgrims eat at their Thanksgiving festival? They didn't have corn on the cob, apples, pears, potatoes or even cranberries. No one knows if they had turkey, although they were used to eating turkey. The only food we know they had for sure was deer. 11(And they didn't eat with a fork; they didn't have forks back then.)

So how did we get the idea that you have turkey and cranberry and such on Thanksgiving? It was because the Victorians prepared Thanksgiving that way. And they're the ones who made Thanksgiving a national holiday, beginning in 1863, when Abe Lincoln issued his presidential Thanksgiving proclamations...two of them: one to celebrate Thanksgiving in August, a second one in November. Before Lincoln Americans outside New England did not usually celebrate the holiday. (The Pilgrims, incidentally, didn't become part of the holiday until late in the nineteenth century. Until then, Thanksgiving was simply a day of thanks, not a day to remember the Pilgrims.)

MYTH # 5

The Pilgrims Landed on Plymouth Rock

According to historian George Willison, who devoted his life to the subject, the story about the rock is all malarkey, a public relations stunt pulled off by townsfolk to attract attention. What Willison found out is that the Plymouth Rock legend rests entirely on the dubious testimony of Thomas Faunce, a ninety-five year old man, who told the story more than a century after the Mayflower landed. Unfortunately, not too many people ever heard how we came by the story of Plymouth Rock. Willison's book came out at the end of World War II and Americans had more on their minds than Pilgrims then. So we've all just gone merrily along repeating the same old story as if it's true when it's not. And anyway, the Pilgrims didn't land in Plymouth first. They first made landfall at Provincetown. Of course, the people of Plymouth stick by hoary tradition. Tour guides insist that Plymouth Rock is THE rock.

MYTH # 6

Pilgrims Lived in Log Cabins

No Pilgrim ever lived in a log cabin. The log cabin did not appear in America until late in the seventeenth century, when it was introduced by Germans and Swedes. The very term "log cabin" cannot be found in print until the 1770s. Log cabins were virtually unknown in England at the time the Pilgrims arrived in America. So what kind of dwellings did the Pilgrims inhabit? As you can see if you visit Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims lived in wood clapboard houses made from sawed lumber.

MYTH # 7

Pilgrims Dressed in Black

Not only did they not dress in black, they did not wear those funny buckles, weird shoes, or black steeple hats. So how did we get the idea of the buckles? Plimoth Plantation historian James W. Baker explains that in the nineteenth century, when the popular image of the Pilgrims was formed, buckles served as a kind of emblem of quaintness. That's the reason illustrators gave Santa buckles. Even the blunderbuss, with which Pilgrims are identified, was a symbol of quaintness. The blunderbuss was mainly used to control crowds. It wasn't a hunting rifle. But it looks out of date and fits the Pilgrim stereotype. 

How Long to Cook the Turkey

At my House, we always wonder how long to cook the turkey. Here is some very useful information on how to Cook a Turkey...

Consumer Information From USDA
Slightly Revised November 1998

Turkey Basics: Safe Cooking

Turkeys Are Cooking Faster Than Before

But "timing's NOT everything." Recommended cooking techniques must also be followed. A meat thermometer should be used to ensure a sufficient internal temperature has been reached to destroy bacteria and prevent foodborne illness -- as well as to prevent overcooking.

Many variables can affect the roasting time of the whole bird:

• A partially frozen bird requires longer cooking.
• Dark roasting pans cook faster than shiny metals.
• The depth and size of the pan can reduce heat circulation to all areas of the bird.
• The use of a foil tent for the entire time can slow cooking.
• Use of the roasting pan's lid speeds cooking.
• An oven cooking bag can accelerate cooking time.
• A stuffed bird takes longer to cook.
• Oven may heat food unevenly.
• Calibration of the oven's thermostat may be inaccurate.
• The rack position can have an effect on even cooking and heat circulation.
• A turkey or its pan may be too large for the oven, thus blocking heat circulation.

ROASTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAFETY AND DONENESS:

1. Set the oven temperature no lower than 325 °F. Preheating is not necessary.

2. Be sure the turkey is completely thawed. Times are based on fresh or completely thawed frozen birds at a refrigerator temperature of 40 °F or below.

3. Place turkey breast-side up on a flat wire rack in a shallow roasting pan 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep.

Optional steps:

• Tuck wing tips back under shoulders of bird (called "akimbo").
• Add 1/2 cup water to the bottom of the pan.
• In the beginning, a tent of aluminum foil may be placed loosely over the breast of the turkey for the first 1 to 1 1/2 hours, then removed for browning. Or, a tent of foil may be placed over the turkey after the turkey has reached the desired golden brown.

4. If a meat thermometer is not available, cook stuffing in a casserole. Mix ingredients just before stuffing a turkey; stuff loosely. Additional time is required for the turkey and stuffing to reach a safe internal temperature (see chart below).

5. For safety and doneness, the internal temperature should be checked with a meat thermometer.

The temperature must reach 180 °F in the thigh of a whole turkey (center of the stuffing should reach 165 °F) before removing it from the oven. Cook a turkey breast to 170 °F.

6. Juices should be clear. In the absence of a meat thermometer, pierce an unstuffed turkey with a fork in several places; juices should be clear with no trace of pink.

7. Let the bird stand 20 minutes before removing stuffing and carving.

APPROXIMATE COOKING TIMES

UNSTUFFED

• 4 to 6 lb breast.....1 1/2 to 2 1/4 hrs
• 6 to 8 lb breast...2 1/4 to 3 1/4 hrs
• 8 to 12 lbs................2 3/4 to 3 hrs
• 12 to 14 lbs..............3 to 3 3/4 hrs
• 14 to 18 lbs........3 3/4 to 4 1/4 hrs
• 18 to 20 lbs........4 1/4 to 4 1/2 hrs
• 20 to 24 lbs..............4 1/2 to 5 hrs

STUFFED

• 8 to 12 lbs...............3 to 3 1/2 hrs
• 12 to 14 lbs..............3 1/2 to 4 hrs
• 14 to 18 lbs..............4 to 4 1/4 hrs
• 18 to 20 lbs........4 1/4 to 4 3/4 hrs
• 20 to 24 lbs........4 3/4 to 5 1/4 hrs

 

For Further Information Contact:
FSIS Food Safety Education and Communications Staff
Meat and Poultry Hotline:

• 1-800-535-4555 (Tollfree Nationwide)
• (202) 720-3333 (Washington, DC area)
• 1-800-256-7072 (TDD/TTY)

Source:
Food Safety and Inspection Service,
Food Safety Education & Communications Staff
(202) 720-7943; Fax (202) 720-9063

USDA Food Safety Publications

What To Do When All Else Fails Cooking The Turkey

 Butterball is the nations largest turkey producer. They have run a hotline for many years. Where you can call and get help. They are very good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted Michael Corey,

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com

 

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SQLpeople was truly Unique and inspiring 

For over 20 years I have been very active in the Technology community. At this point in time I thought I had seen it all. Yet an event comes along like no other SQLPeople in New Your City.

 

 

 

 

This event was all about the people. To quote the  SQLPeople site 

SQLPeople is about inspiring database professionals to challenge “Why?” with “Why not?”

It’s about the context of what has been done, understanding what can be done, and focusing the vision for what will be done.

It’s about thinking and engineering, imagination and innovation. Most of all, it’s about community.

The event accomplished this and a lot more. I came away from the event thinking about a lot of things in a completely different way. I am not surprised by this fact as I got to know the many people active behind the scenes. People like Matt Velic, Brian Moran, Andy Leonard, Melissa Demsak and Robert Perl to name a few. They really care and that carries through the whole event. They have created a sense of community. A community I am proud to be part of.

As I sat through the Many presentations...

Telecommuting and the Virtual Office: Making the Case to Convince your Boss, Robert Perl

SQL Someday, Thomas Larock

Navigating the New Job Market, Michael Coles

Professional Services 2.0, Brian Moran

Finding Balance, Steve Jones

Big Data, BI, Big Deal!, Andrew Brust 

DBA to CEO, Myself.

Each one of the presenters were excellent and more importantly made you think. The Master of Ceremonies was Andy Leonard and he was able to bring it all together. Add to the fact that everyone there was giving up a saturday made this a very special event. 

My hat goes off to the Vendors who help sponsor this event. 

 

 

 

 

Link to Redgate

 

 

Link to Embarcadero

 

 

 

Link to Confio

I for one will be watching for more great things from SQLPeople. An event like no other. 

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.

CALLING ALL SQL Server PROFESSIONALS:

Microsoft has created a really fun event for the launch of SQL server 2012. Read Below...

SQL Server 2012 is the most important release ever of SQL Server with its’ mission critical, breakthrough insight and cloud on your terms features. Do your part to bring the SQL Server 2012 roadshows to your city and get on stage with Microsoft! This March, Microsoft is teaming with PASS to bring you the SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour – a cross-country roadshowthat will take us to 12 cities across America. This is your tour, and we want to highlight you –the SQL Serveroperative, your company, and the great work you are doing through opportunities to be featured on our media channels, stage time at roadshow events, and exclusive networking session.

Here is a really neat video on the event...

http://youtu.be/jdN69o8DlbA

 

So Take the Time to Vote......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

www.specialopstour.com

Calling All Database Administrators - SQL OPS DBA Contest

In the coming weeks, you'll have the opportunity to enter a high-profile contest where we'll identify 12 SQL Professionals with the best solutions on SQL Server 2012. Winners will enjoy the Tour spotlight, the accolades of fellow agents, and more. So get ready to share your killer SQL Server 2012 skills.

So Keep Checking back at the site for more details...

www.specialopstour.com

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

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Why Event Like SQLInspire Are So Important

Years Ago I helped found PASS “Professional Association of SQL Server”.  http://www.sqlpass.org/ Not bad for someone who was also sitting on the Board of Directors for The Independent Oracle Users Group at the time. http://www.ioug.org/  Its important to me as a professional that we invest in our careers. Through these volunteer activities I worked with and met a great number of people. Many of these people I met, I consider friends today. I was able to make a difference in my profession and as a professional I became even stronger.

No matter what technical problem I encountered in my career I was always able to overcome it. As the beetles said a little help from my friends. If I needed help, I would reach out to the many people I had met at these different organizations. Through that network there was always someone who had answer I needed.

When Robert Perl and Brian Moran approached me about participating in SQLInspire I was very excited. As a side notes Brian was someone I had met during the founding of PASS.  A real mover and shaker in the SQL Server world. The same can be said about Robert Perl.

 

I loved the entire concept behind SQLPeople and the event SQLInspire. How many times have your heard the expression it’s not what you know but whom you know.  This event was about people, about getting them together and inspiring conversations that help make us better professionals. When I consider the brain trust that will be there and the ticket price of $20.00 this is a no brainer. This event is being done not to make money, but because it’s the right thing to do.  I am going to be there and I would encourage anyone who can be there joining us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Elevator Pitch For SQLInspire

SQLPeople is hosting an event, SQLInspire, in New York City on November 12^th. Come and be inspired by a great line-up of speakers, including Steve Jones, Tom LaRock, Robert Pearl, Michael Coles, Andrew Brust, Michael Corey, and Brian Moran. The focus of this event is work – whether it’s navigating the new job market, getting approval for telecommuting, or finding the right work-life balance. Space is limited so register today!

The Details For The Event

SQLPeople is hosting an event, SQLInspire, in New York City on November 12^th. Registration for SQLInspire costs $20, which helps to cover a quality lunch, drinks and snacks through the day. The event will be held in the downtown Microsoft office. (1290 Avenue of the Americas 6^th Floor, New York, NY 10104). Here is the registration link...

http://sqlinspirenyc2011.eventbrite.com

The focus of this event is work. Don’t worry: we’re not here to tell you how to do your job, but our terrific line-up of speakers are ready to share their insights to help you grow professionally and personally. Tom LaRock is going to pep you up about getting things done today. Andrew Brust is going to share his knowledge about the different technologies going into Big Business Intelligence – there’s sure to be one that fits your needs.

If you’re looking for better work-life balance, Steve Jones has got you covered. Robert Pearl follows suit by giving tips to make the case for telecommuting and being successful while doing it. And if you aren’t happy with your job, Michael Coles will be talking about navigating the new job market. And if you’ve been thinking about striking out on your own, Brian Moran shares his insights into building successful professional services companies.

Even more, we’ve just secured a special guest speaker, Mike Corey, and we’re sure his discussion is going to wow. Space is limited, so register today and we’ll see you on November, 12^th!

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

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Dreaming of a World With A Virtualized Phone

A few months ago I was talking with a friend, and we were discussing wouldn’t not be great if you could virtualize your cell phone and combine your home phone and your work phone into a single unit. As soon as you left work, you would spin up your home phone virtual image and shut down your work phone virtual image. Or better yet run both phone virtualization images at the same time.

Better yet, when you bought a new phone, you could just migrate the virtual images over to the new phone.  You could even bring it home and do it youself

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When your work phone broke, no big deal. you could just migrate the virtual images onto a new phones hypervisor.  Or migrate the virtual image onto your desktop computer for a while. Image what this could do to the price of hardware costs of a phone. When any telecom carrier virtual image could run on any other telecom carrier’s physical device. This could go a long way to driving down the cost of the physical devices.

I could image the hypervisor arguments happening all over again.  Where vendors use terms like our hypervisor is better because our phone uses Paravirtualization. Image the FUD (fear uncertainly doubt) phone vendors could bring to the marketplace. Many phone vendors remind me of bad used car salesman.

VMware and Verizon team up for mobile virtualization by Stacy Higginbotham

Well Michael Ansaldi www.Michaelansaldi.com   sent me a great article by Stacey Higginbotham at

http://gigaom.com/2011/10/18/vmware-and-verizon-team-up-for-mobile-virtualization/

The Article is titled “VMware and Verizon team up for mobile virtualization”.   The article is well worth reading. Here is a sample “VMware has signed deals with Verizon and Telefonica to offer its mobile virtualization products on phones provided by the operators. The net result of this deal is that employees who want tocombine their work phone and their personal phone will soon be able to do so with the aid of the VMware Horizon software on their phones.

As is usual when dealing with mobile operators and corporate IT, some caveats apply. So far only Android devices will work with the Horizon hypervisor with VMware unable to offer the benefits of a hypervisor-enabled virtualization on Apple’s iOS devices including the iPad and iPhone for Verizon.

Well in my office we are always debating which phone is better. The Iphone of the Andriod. This may tip the scales in the favor of the Andriod.

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.

 

MSPmentor just published an article Mark Hurd: Oracle Accelerates Managed Services Push by Joe Panettieri. This is a web site www.mspmentor.com  I pay very close attention to. They have a real pulse of where the MSP market place is going.

My company Ntirety was one of the Original MSP to focus on Remote Database Administration, which we coined the term Database Administration As a Service®.  We have been providing Database Administration Cloud Services all over the globe before the term “Cloud Services” was commonly used. The fact that Oracle is putting a push on this space is awesome. They just help legitimizes what Ntirety has successfully been doing for over 10 years.

To Quote a portion of the article by Joe Panettieri

Mark Hurd: Oracle Accelerates Managed Services Push

Posted September 30th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri

Oracle President Mark Hurd says Oracle is preparing to accelerate and promote its managed services expertise. More details will likely surface at OpenWorld , where roughly 50,000 Oracle partners and customers are set to gather next week (Oct. 2-6, San Francisco). So where is Oracle heading with managed services? And how can MSPs potentially cash in with managed database services? Here are some clues.

To read the entire article….

http://www.mspmentor.net/2011/09/30/mark-hurd-oracle-accelerates-managed-services-push/

I will be at Oracle OpenWorld. I am a presenting 6681:Trends in Database Administration and the Changing Role of the DBA. As part of this talk, I will also touch upon Oracle Exadata and the effect it is having on the DBA. I will also talk about the Cloud, Virtualization and the effect that is having on the DBA. Given I started with Oracle version 3 and have lived the many DBA changes firsthand, I feel I can bring a unique perspective to the table.

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.

 

Virtualization Tip: Comparing CPU’s

When working with virtualization technology, its important at times to understand what the physical configuration of the hosts is.  Some of the WOW features of VMware require that you have CPU’s of the same class. This free utility from www.cpuid.com called “CPU-Z” makes this a very easy thing to do.

If you have any other VMWARE tips, feel free to respond to this Blog. 

 

If you have any other VMWARE tips, feel free to respond to this Blog. 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.

 

VMworld Advice For The Newbie

There are only 11 days till Vmworld 2011 starts. For the first time visitor it is very overwhelming. There is just so much to see and do. So I thought I would share with you some things I have learned. Feel free to drop me a note with anything you feel should be added to the list. Since we are a Database Administration as a Service® company, my focus will be on Mission Critical applications in a virtualized environment. Also I am very interested in partner events. So that will be my slant as I travel through this event in 11 days.

 The first Bit of advice I would give. Attend the VMworld session for new attendees. 

 

New-V Session

Is this your first VMworld, or are you looking for an overview of what to expect during the event? Then don’t miss the special New-V session taking place Monday, August 29 from 8:00am-9:00am. Simply add it to your schedule and meet with your peers while hearing from the VMworld team on what not to miss and how to navigate VMworld 2011. 

So on Monday, Get Up early and attend the event.

 

Hands-On Labs

 

There are lots of Hands-on Labs at the event. I counted over 40 different hands-on labs. Here are some of the hands-on labs available...

Monitor and Improve the Performance of Applications in Your Cloud Infrastructure

The Lab Participant engages in a scenario that uses VMware’s next generation Application Performance Management product vFabric AppInsight. The scenario positions the Participant as an Application owner deploying applications on hybrid clouds and dynamic virtual environments. Through the real-world example, the Participant will recognize the value add of vFabric AppInsight and learn how to improve the Application’s service levels (Availability, Performance), time to market and cost.

Reducing Unplanned Downtime in Your Virtual Environment

This Lab engages the participant in solving the problems of Business continuity for applications and management infrastructure. The participant uses vCenter and other vSphere offerings to bring protection to Tier 1 applications at various levels of recovery.

Improve Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning for Your Virtual Environment

This Lab provides Participants with a primer on troubleshooting and configuration using vCenter features; Performance Metric Dashboard Screens, Alarms, and Advance Chart Options. The Participant will be presented with scenarios that require the resolution of Memory, Storage, Networking and CPU issues; focusing on our latest basic feature sets.

Core Platform - Performance & Scalability: Storage Optimizations

The Participant is submerged in a real-world scenario where the use of new vSphere features to optimize the storage performance of VMs provides a tailored solution The Participant will use VMware Orchestrator, Storage I/O control, Storage DRS and Profile-Driven Storage to build solutions for the situations presented.

The Labs last one hour typically. They are very popular at the event.  They als offer certifiication Quickstarts. If you are planning on getting certified, there are a no-brainer. 

Certification Quickstarts

Here is a sample of certification quickstarts...

VMware Certification Quickstarts: VCP5

VMworld has several activities planned to help you prepare for the VMware Advanced Certifications as well as the newly released VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 5 (VCP5). Along with free education, there will be special 50% off discounts available to VMworld attendees, free prep materials, give-aways and more. Attend one of the Certification Quickstarts or stop by the Certification Lounge (Room 305) or the VMware booth to learn everything you need to know about VMware Education and Certification and receive your special exam discounts.

Get The Mobile Application

 

This will give you real time access to your schedule. So if you see something you want to attend, you can add it to you schedule immediately. 

Use the VMworld mobile application to check and modify your personal schedule, browse session information, search exhibitors and speakers, complete session surveys, and receive the latest conference news. The application is synced to email stations throughout the venues and is compatible with iPhone, BlackBerry, and all other smartphones. Visit www.vmworld.com/mobile on your phone for the mobile application. 

Join the VMUG while you are at the Conference

Joining the VMUG is a no brainer. The VMUG stands for VMware Users Group. Attending local meetings will really help you fully realize your VMware investment. The VMware advantage program is one of the best kept secrets. Funny part its no secret. Through VMware Advantage you will gets access to lots of special discounts, etc.

Join VMUG in the Solution Exchange, Booth #865

It’s a great opportunity to: 

·     Network with your follow VMUG members
·     Meet the VMUG Board and local VMUG leaders
·     Learn more about member benefits 

Check out our countdown on Twitter, and see what member activities we have in store by following the hashtag #VMUG.

Purchase Your VMUG Advantage at a Discount 

VMUG Advantage is a member-only benefit that provides customers with discounts on VMware training, certification and Workstation and Fusion licensing. VMUG is offering a special pricing, savings up to 15%, for VMworld registrants. Sign up for VMUG Advantage today using one of the codes below: 

• Individual package: $170 USD – Code: VMworld1
• Corporate package with 2 users: $165 USD per user – Code: VMworld2
• Corporate package with 3+ users: $160 USD per user – Code: VMworld3

WAKE UP VERY IMPORTANT

Dont miss this....

Along with free education, there will be special 50% off discounts available to VMworld attendees, free prep materials, give-aways and more. Attend one of the Certification Quickstarts or stop by the Certification Lounge (Room 305) or the VMware booth to learn everything you need to know about VMware Education and Certification and receive your special exam discounts.

 

Very Important to Sign Up Early For Events

 

If you dont register for an event, you wont get in. So sign up as realy as possible. This is just the tip of the iceberg as you can see. Look forward to seeing you there in 11 days.

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey

Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety

 

Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.

 

 

VMWORLD or Bust

My excitement is building, in just 12 days I will be at VMworld in Las Vegas. As I tell the many DBA's at Ntirety, it does not matter if you work with Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server virtualization is a DBA game changer. Its wide adoption already should make that obvious to the world. The many advantages from improved business continuity to plain saving a lot of money make it a no brainer. There are so many advantages to placing your mission critical applications and databases in a Virtualized infrastructure. So my excitement build, Lost Vegas or Bust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I look at the conference, there is just so much happening. So many things to choose from. Its why we are sending quite a few people to the conference. 

Here is a copy of the VMworld tracks at the writing of this blog...

VMWORLD 2011 Tracks

Cloud Application Platform

This track focuses on the VMware vFabric cloud application platform, an integrated platform to build, run and scale modern applications for organizations looking for a platform that enables rapid delivery of modern, data-intensive applications both on-premise or in the public cloud, and provides unparalled efficiencies across the application lifecycle. This track covers solutions for Cloud Foundry, vFabric, GemFire, SQLFire, tc Server, RabbitMQ, Hyperic; Spring Insight, and Elastic Memory for Java (EM4J). (Sessions in the Cloud Application Platform Track will be held at The Venetian)

Cloud Infrastructure: Business Continuity

This track focuses on virtualization products and solutions for improving application service levels and overall availability of virtual infrastructure. Topics in this track include: Local Availability Solutions such as Fault Tolerance and High Availability, Disaster Recovery Solutions including Replication, Site Recovery
Manager, Metro Clustering and DR to the Cloud, as well as Data Protection Solutions. (Sessions in the Cloud Infrastructure: Business Continuity Track will be held at The Venetian)

Cloud Infrastructure: Management and Operation

This track focuses on infrastructure and operations of highly virtualized and enterprise cloud
environments for private, public and hybrid scenarios. Attendees will learn about building infrastructure as a service (IAAS) architectures, service catalog design considerations, metering and billing for IT services, ensuring performance SLAs, optimizing capacity, and automated workload management. Topics include best practices, technology deep-dives and customer success stories, spanning from hitech, healthcare and financial services to education and government entities around vCloud Director, vCenter Operations, and IT service management solutions. (Sessions in the Cloud Infrastructure: Management and Operations Track will be held at The Venetian)

Cloud Infrastructure: Security and Compliance

This track focuses on all things related to Virtualization and Security in the datacenter. Topics include hardening and protecting your virtual infrastructure, application and endpoint protection,
perimeter/edge protection & services, how to achieve compliance with virtualized deployments, and why virtualized datacenters can be seen as having ‘better than physical’ security. (Sessions in the Cloud Infrastructure: Security and Compliance Track will be held at The Venetian)

Cloud Infrastructure: Virtualizing Business Critical Application

This track focuses on performance and best practices for virtualizing Business Critical or Tier1
Applications. Topics include virtualizing Databases such as SQL and Oracle, Email & Collaboration suites such as Exchange and SharePoint, Java Middleware and Enterprise Applications such as SAP. (Sessions in the Cloud Infrastructure: Virtualizing Business Critical Applications Track will be held at The Venetian)

Cloud Infrastructure: vSphere

This track focuses on core components of the vSphere platform, such as networking, storage,
availability, etc. These sessions will typically focus on a single feature/technology/component and are not directly related to any of the broader solutions discussed in any of the other tracks. (Sessions in the Cloud Infrastructure: vSphere Track will be held at The Venetian)

 

End-User Computing

This track is designed to focus on solutions to go from PC centric to user centric computing. These sessions focus on business cases, technology deep dives, real world examples and best practices for both IT and business. Products covered in these sessions include View, ThinApp, Zimbra, Horizon, Fusion, Workstation and many others. (Sessions in the End-User Computing Track will be held at The Venetian)

Partner Track

This track, designed especially for VMware Partners with customized content is tailored to help partners grow their business, build expertise, and accelerate sales of VMware solutions. Sessions will focus on enabling partners to effectively identify requirements across their customer’s journey to IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS), and to successfully sell and deploy VMware solutions. VMware experts will deliver best practices to help partners acquire new customers, expand business by cross-selling VMware solutions and services, and walk-away with proven go-to-market selling strategies. (Sessions in the Partner Track will be held at The Wynn)

Technology Exchange for Alliance Partner

Technology Exchange for Alliance Partners track focuses on the needs of ALL developers building and delivering solutions on VMware platforms. This track will provide valuable information on the APIs, tools and resources available to develop and delivery on VMware platforms in public or private clouds; cloud or hybrid environment; best practices for application development and delivery on VMware products delivered in the enterprise; VMware updated APIs and tools to build and integrate with VMware products; VMware product roadmaps for vSphere, vFabric, vCloud, End User Computing products and solutions; and new program benefits for Technology Alliance Partners. (Sessions in the Technology Exchange for Alliance Partners will be held at The Wynn)

Technology Partner/Sponsor

This track will showcase the latest technology and solutions from VMware’s technology partners. (Sessions in the Technology Partner/Sponsor Track will be held at The Venetian)

 

With so much happening, I feel like a kid in the candy store.

 The more I look at what is here, the better it keeps getting. Did I mention the hand-on-labs. 

Well 12 days, I plan to be there. 

 Vegas or BUST

 

 

Michael Corey

Founder & CEO, Ntirety

www.ntirety.com 

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