Today I attended the Dutch edition of this year’s Partner Exchange event where VMware was sharing their strategic direction and discussed about how they are already taking customers on the journey to the cloud. The VMware Partner Exchange events provide tailored educational tracks for business owners, sales, technical and marketing professionals within their partner community. I’ve recorded some video footage and took some pictures.
Tuesday, May 17. 2011
VMware Partner Exchange on Tour 2011
Wednesday, April 13. 2011
Running WebApps at CloudFoundry.com
Here’s a little write-up regarding my experiences with creating a WebApp and uploading it to the CloudFoundry.com website. The first step is to go to the website and sign-up for an account, after signing up, you will receive an email within one business day containing a user ID and a password. Besides the username and password, the email contains some additional information including a link to the getting stared guide on the CloudFoundry.com website.
To start using CloudFoundry.com you should first download the vmc command line tool and change your password. To learn how to download and use this tool please follow the instructions here:
http://support.cloudfoundry.com/entries/20012337-getting-started-guide-command-line-vmc-users
gem install vmc
gem install Sinatra
============== System Services ==============
+---------+---------+-------------------------------+
| Service | Version | Description |
+---------+---------+-------------------------------+
| mysql | 5.1 | MySQL database service |
| redis | 2.2 | Redis key-value store service |
| mongodb | 1.8 | MongoDB NoSQL store |
+---------+---------+-------------------------------+
Put this in your pipe (taken from http://www.sinatrarb.com/)
require 'sinatra'
get '/hi' do
"Hello World! (Eric Sloof-NTPRO.NL)"
end
c:\Ruby192\hello>hello
== Sinatra/1.2.2 has taken the stage on 4567 for development with backup from WEBrick
[2011-04-13 13:10:47] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
[2011-04-13 13:10:47] INFO ruby 1.9.2 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32]
[2011-04-13 13:10:47] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=4676 port=4567
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Apr/2011 13:11:43] "GET /hi HTTP/1.1" 200 34 0.0068
EricSloof-PC - - [13/Apr/2011:13:11:43 W. Europe Daylight Time] "GET /hi HTTP/1.1" 200 34
- -> /hi
127.0.0.1 - - [13/Apr/2011 13:11:43] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 441 0.0010
EricSloof-PC - - [13/Apr/2011:13:11:43 W. Europe Daylight Time] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 441
- -> /favicon.ico
http://127.0.0.1:4567/hi
Hello World! (Eric Sloof-NTPRO.NL)
Now let’s push this WebApp to the cloud with c:\Ruby192\hello>vmc push hello and see what happens.
http://ntpro.cloudfoundry.com/hi
Hello World! (Eric Sloof-NTPRO.NL)
Thursday, April 7. 2011
Video - VMware Forum 2011 in Den Bosch
VMware Forum 2011 is the place to learn how VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, and our partners are building on virtualization to deliver cloud infrastructure and management solutions that significantly reduce IT complexity, improve security and accelerate how applications are being built, deployed and run.
Check out this page for the upcoming worldwide events because this is your chance to catch up with top speakers from both VMware and its partners. Over the course of just one day, they will deliver actionable information that will ensure you can get started on optimizing your infrastructure immediately. They will show you what steps to take in building an innovative IT department that adds value and leads the company towards growth and success.
Thursday, February 24. 2011
VMware Labs V2
VMware is happy to announce an updated version of VMware Labs. As you know VMware has launched flings a few months back and their goal has been to make VMware Labs a home for collaboration by sharing information and ideas. As part of this they have now expanded their offerings to include:
• Flings: You can now view those cool flings sorted by Top Rated and Most Commented plus addition of latest fling - XVP Manager and Converter
• Publications: Listing of academic and technical papers authored by VMware engineers.
• Academic: Find details on our collaborative work with academic institutues or review the request for proposals for research projects.
• Conference: Want to meet a VMware engineer? Find a listing of conferences sponsored by VMware where engineers are usually giving a talk or presenting a paper.
VMware Labs contains a wide range of information and we want to provide you with a centralized place to go for unique, cool and useful content. VMware's engineers are constantly coming up with new and interesting flings, papers, and other material. They encourage you to browse through, check out our flings and give them your feedback.
Tuesday, February 8. 2011
Getting Started with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware
Alberto Farronato reports: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For VMware Now Available To Many More VMware vSphere Customers - I am very happy to share some very exciting news for VMware vSphere customers: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware - VMware’s OEMed version of Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) - is now available for free to customers with qualifying VMware vSphere licenses regardless of when these licenses were purchased.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for VMware is an enterprise Linux operating system based on the industry proven Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server that VMware offers to qualified VMware vSphere™ customers, together with subscription to patches and updates, at no cost. Customers can also streamline their support experience by purchasing technical support directly delivered by VMware Global Support Services.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware is a highly reliable, interoperable and manageable server operating system built to power mission-critical workloads in virtual environments and optimized to run on VMware vSphere. With this affordable application foundation, companies can cost-effectively deliver core business services, enable secure networks, simplify heterogeneous infrastructure, and maximize efficiency and value. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware carries the same independent software vendor (ISV) application certifications of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-SLES-GettingStartedGuide-EN.pdf
Tuesday, January 25. 2011
New VCP4 Store - Merchandise for VMware Certified Professionals
http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=85823
There's also a VCP LinkedIn group which you can join. Members of this group have gained the in-depth skills and industry-recognized certification on VMware technology. The VMware Certified Professional Program is designed for everyone who wants to demonstrate their expertise in virtual infrastructure and increase his potential for career advancement. If you are a VCP you can join this group.
If you don’t know what a LinkedIn group is, here is a short explanation : Many professionals advance their careers and business goals by counting on industry and professional groups, alumni organizations, industry conferences and corporate alumni groups to help them make vital new business contacts. The VMware LinkedIn Groups offers extra features stay in touch with one another and discover powerful new business contacts within their groups and beyond.