Category Archives: IT Transformation

EMC World 2013 – Best one yet?

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

I’ve spent the last week in Vegas, meeting incredible people and learning a lot at this year’s amazing EMC World. Amazing, just like every year, but always a bit different. Time for an EMC World 2013 wrap-up don’t you think? … Continue reading →

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Summary of Cisco Live UK 2013 through the eyes of a vSpecialist

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Hats off to Cisco for a great event last week, very well executed! I was lucky enough to be a part of this year’s event, and was there in the role of an “Expert Roamer” which meant I should pick … Continue reading →

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Going to Cisco Live in London this week? Don’t miss out on all the cool stuff!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

If you’re one of the lucky ~4000 people who’ll attend Cisco Live in London this week, I hope you’ll enjoy it to the fullest. Make sure you go to interesting sessions, attend cool vendor demos in the exhibition center, and … Continue reading →

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Managing Razor provisioning with Puppet – Part 2

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

So we went through Puppet configuration of deploying a functional Razor installation in the first part here. Now let’s look into how we can get Puppet to manage our Razor environment, namely models, images, policies and brokers. For this we’re … Continue reading →

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Managing Razor provisioning with Puppet – Part 1

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

If you’ve gone through the tutorials on how to get started with Razor and Puppet that I’ve posted earlier (see here for the first part of five) you should have a Razor and Puppet installation already up and going. For this … Continue reading →

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VMworld Europe 2012 post-event wrapup

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

Last week over 8000 registered attendees enjoyed the warmth of Barcelona, delicious tapas and an amazing VMworld. Were you there? If you were, then you might remember some of the things below. If you weren’t, continue reading to get more … Continue reading →

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VMworld Barcelona recommended sessions – Thursday

Posted on October 11, 2012 by

I hope you all had a blast at the Pixel-perfect VMworld Party yesterday, and that you’re not too tired today to attend the last day of VMworld Europe 2012. Let’s make the best of it, attend a few sessions and … Continue reading →

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VMworld Barcelona recommended agenda – Wednesday

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

Hope all of you enjoyed the start of VMworld yesterday, and that you’re ready for another full day of awesome sessions, exhibitions and labs! Not sure which sessions to focus on today? I’m sure you will find at least one … Continue reading →

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VMworld Barcelona recommended agenda – Tuesday

Posted on October 9, 2012 by

Want to know which sessions to attend today? Have a look at the following agenda, I’m sure you’ll find at least one session that you’d like to see. Also, swing by the EMC Interactive Demos right by the lunch entrance, … Continue reading →

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Automating lighttpd installations with Puppet – Part 3

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

If you’ve followed through the two earlier parts found here and here, you should now have a basic installation of lighttpd installed on your node, together with a nice small Puppet module that you’ve created yourself on your Puppet master. … Continue reading →

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