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18 June 2011 ~ 1 Comment

How to Apply for a VMware Engineer Job

As the manager of a large virtual infrastructure, I’m always looking for excellent VMware talent for my team.  Weekly I review resumes and to be honest – Some are good, some are bad, and some are just plain ugly! What gets my attention isn’t just the words: VMware, ESX, ESXi or VCP on resumes, but moreover when [...]

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18 June 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Free Open Source Cloud Self Service Portal Software

Open Source Self Service Portal for VMware, XenServer and Others: ■ Open Eucalyptus http://open.eucalyptus.com/ ■ OpenNebula http://www.opennebula.org ■ Cloud Stack http://cloud.com VMinstall.com

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Free Citrix XenServer or Free VMware ESXi

I remember two years ago when XenServer used to come as a free package in some Linux distributions, then Citrix scooped them up and I thought – all good things must come to an end. Well, today I was reading through the virtualization news that shows up on VMinstall.org and I noticed an article about [...]

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10 Biggies to Help Managers and Admins Avoid Virtualization Pit-Falls

10 Biggies to Help Managers and Admins Avoid Virtualization Pit-Falls I wish this information was available 10 years ago when I started working with virtualization, but then again, like many reading this, I thought I was an expert and didn’t need it. Now I see myself as a student because of how fast virtualization is changing. 1. [...]

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