Colin McNamara - CCIE 18233 , VCP, RHCE, GCIH, GEEK

The folks over at TechWise TV just posted an interesting video on virtualization, and its effect on the Data Center.
They broke down a couple key challenges of virtualization - Policy Enforcement, Security in a virtual environment, Management, Automation and the change from network plumbing to fabrics. At the core of the message, is the Data [...]

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Life has been busy lately, with the promotion, CCDE practical, and new team members I have been working 60 to 70 hour weeks for the past month or so. Part of my new role is developing new reference architectures surrounding Data Center technologies. Of course, VMware and virtualization technologies in general are key pieces of [...]

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To answer the question that everyone is bound to ask -  “did you pass?”. The answer is, I’ll tell you in 6-8 weeks. The CCDE Practical Beta is just that, a beta. From what Dr Sarah and Russ White have said, there will be many iterations of psychometric analysis, as well as throwing out certain [...]

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