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As a vRealize user I’ve always been extremely interested in Network Insight. The ability to map traffic from one point to the next is well worth the time investment. Especially in an environment that is new, or one that you do not fully understand. I’ve been in both situations myself. The roughest is when you […]

VMware and Cloud do not normally seem synonymous or, in fact, near each other. VMware is still viewed as the on-premises solution that is used for hypervisors, and then the cloud is viewed as a regional solution in multiple locations. VMC on AWS has changed that landscape, and the landscape continues to be changed. Dell […]

With the continual mantra of “Do more with less” from management, we are continually challenged to increase velocity to production while maintaining or improving accuracy of the deployed application. Automation, Operations, and the Cloud are a mesh of solutions that need to work together. The announcements today are amazing steps for the vRealize suite to […]

This is a really weird blog for me to write. I am not great at this test. I really don’t think that I’m the best person to write this information. Let me be straight, I took this test 3 times. That’s 750$. If you just passed the CKA and you think you can do this […]

NOTICE: This information will be out of date in 9/2020 when the test is updated. Most of the information i put it here should be in-step with the new test but since the test isn’t out yet, I cant say for sure. I decided a while ago that I wanted to go for the Certified […]

So the first part of this blog topic was about the people that made me love the things I love, and be who I am in my career. I’m going to extend this half of the topic to the people that keep me in touch and help me grow. This list will be focused on […]

In this blog, I want to take the time to help anyone interested in getting the Terraform Associate Certification from Hashicorp. The test runs abbout 60 mins, has 57/58 questions, and although there is no definite answer to what a passing grade is, I’m betting it is around 70%. The certification itself is pretty young […]

I’m going to divide this topic into two parts. The first will list blogs that changed my career and by extension into my personal life. The next will be info on blogs I currently visit to keep up to date. A lot of bloggers out there think they send their words out into the void, […]