This week was the launch of the much anticipated VMware VSAN in General Availability. This product has been in beta for some time now, and getting a lot of attention from customers, partners, and from its competitors. Today is really the more official launch with the availability of vSphere 5.5 Update 1: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=353&downloadGroup=VC55U1 If you want to run Horizon View, …
DiscoPosse Review: Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz
Mark Lutz has been writing about Python since before Python even hit its stride as a widely used programming language. This shows in the great content contained in the O’Reilly Media Python Pocket Reference book. I’ve dabbled in Ruby and .NET, but more to hit a particular task. Now with this book I have already started to dip my toes …
Tech Field Day VFD3 – The best physics is CloudPhysics!
I have a kind of special place in my heart for the folks at CloudPhysics. Just from their name they cover two of my favorite things: Cloud and Physics. More than that though, I have been lucky to be involved in early tech briefings with the team there. For those who have been following me for a while, you also …
Tech Field Day VFD3 – Turbonomic – turbo charging your IT operations
It’s time for us to wind down the week here at Tech Field Day: Virtualization Field Day 3. Having Turbonomic be our closer for the event was a great, invigorating way to excite the delegates and viewers. Turbonomic has an interesting story in how they are attacking the issues within IT operations, so here is a little bit that I …