September, 2009

Vote for the best training and certification product!

I need your vote for the best training and certification product!

There are lots of training and certification options out there but what is the “BEST” training and certification product available today?

In my opinion, Train Signal has the best solution because they provide what the training that you need, for a price you can afford, and you can watch it at your own pace on just about any device.

Well, Train Signal has been nominated for the Windows IT Pro  2009 Community Choice Awards and now they need your help to WIN!

Hopefully you have enjoyed some of my Train Signal video courses or some of Chris Bryant’s Cisco training videos.

If so, Vote for Train Signal in category #30: Best Training & Certification Product or Service.

Click here to place your vote now!

Voting is easy — you just select your favorite IT companies — and you can have a chance to win a $250 cash gift card or a Windows IT Pro t-shirt — from Windows IT Pro.

Interviewed by J. Peter Bruzzese about vSphere

I was recently interviewed by InfoWorld author and Microsoft guru J. Peter Bruzzese (aka @JPBruzzese on Twitter) about vSphere. The hypervisor battle is a hot topic and I tried to cut through some of the marketing fluff to provide the “real deal” on the difference between Hyper-V and vSphere.

I hope you will checkout the interview at:

The hypervisor wars: Is vSphere compelling for Microsoft admins?

Get your daily virtualization calendar - the vCalendar!

When I went to VMworld 2009, the top item on my list to bring home was the “vCalendar”. This is a printed daily tear-off calendar with a virtualization tip of the day on every page. The calendar was written by virtualization guru and fellow vExpert, Jason Boche (@jasonboche on Twitter). I picked up a free copy at the Veeam booth and then bought another copy at the VMworld bookstore.

You can order your own copy at the PrintedOwl vCalendar webpage!

Also, you can add your own widget to iGoogle or to your own blog page, like I did over at my other blog, VMware Videos. To get the widget, just visit the PrintedOwl vCalendar widget page.