I recently published some metrics on which version of vSphere customers were running which highlighted that a large percentage of customers were still on vSphere 6.x. That was right around the time that vSphere 6.7 went end of support so I wanted to check again to see if there were more customers on 7.x. Here’s ..read more

VMware Virtual Volumes has been in development for quite a long time, almost 10 years now if you count the development before it launched as part of vSphere 6.0. I personally have been involved with it from a partner perspective for that long so I have had a behind the scenes view of how it ..read more

Another VMworld here and gone, blink and you might have missed it with it being a all virtual event again this year. I previously wrote that I wasn’t excited at all for this event based on my experience from last year. I did have higher expectations for this event compared to last year as this … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more ..read more

It’s that time of year again, albeit a little later than normal, time for VMware’s marquee event, VMworld. I’ve been attending VMworld since 2008 and with the event again virtual this year I’m just not feeling any excitement about it. I wrote about my experience with last year’s virtual event (spoiler alert: I hated it) … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more ..read more

Another VMworld has passed, this year it was a month later than usual and also completely virtual. The week before VMworld I wrote about how it didn’t feel like VMworld at all and seemed to be lacking all the excitement that usually leads up to the event. Having now experienced this virtual VMworld I can … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more ..read more

It’s that time of year again, albeit a bit later than usual, it’s time for VMware’s annual mega conference, VMworld. For me this will be VMworld number 13 and with VMworld being virtual this year its going to be a way different experience. I could say I won’t miss the travel, the expensive hotel rooms … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more ..read more

Despite having grown into a very large community I’ve always felt the VMware community has always been a tight and close group of people with a lot of great friendships spanning the globe. I personally have always felt a special bond to those in that community, one that extends beyond the intense competitive nature of … Continue reading » [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more ..read more

Your complete guide to all the essential vSphere 7.0 links from all over the VMware universe. Bookmark this page and keep checking back as it will continue to grow as new links are added everyday. Also be sure and check out the Planet vSphere-land feed for all the latest blog posts from the Top 100 ..read more

VMware just announced the latest release of vSphere, 7.0, and it’s their biggest release to date. Before we dive in and cover what’s in it, let’s talk about timing first. Note this is just the announcement, VMware typically does the announcement first and the GA is usually about 30 days later. VMware major releases have ..read more

All right let’s do this, Top vBlog 2020 is about ready to go. The last Top vBlog 2018 kicked off at the end of 2018 and wrapped up in March 2019 and was based on blogging done in 2017. As we were running behind the timing worked out that I didn’t do one last year ..read more