Plain Virtualization

I started this blog when I was doing technical implementation and design back in IBM days. The term always use is Post Sales engineer/consultant. It was held up and I never get to start anything until I left and joined BT Frontline which is the now British Telecom. I started this blog in Apr 2011 with one main purpose, paying forward for what I have benefited from the community. I remembered clearly, during my early years when I was building a VMware View in my home lab, someone from LinkedIn VCP group was so willingly helping over message and a call from oversea to help me troubleshoot and guide me to configure a vyatta virtual router. Since then, I decided to share what I have learned if not I would not have gain as much as I have. That very year, I got an opportunity at VMware and join the company as a System Engineer which industry term it as Presales engineer. It was my dream company and I never looked back since. I carry on to share what I learned without any plan in my career. J...

VMware vExpert program is an accreditation given to an individual for their past year effort in contributing to the VMware community via multiple channels. This is a yearly accreditation and the application is open twice a year. The second application opening allows those who lack contribution to have at least 6 months more to prove themselves. I was fortunate to be appointed as a vExpert Pro with other professionals, we were tasked to assess the applications for vExpert 2019 based on past year, 2018, contribution. We have to go through thousands of applications and able to see some with great work while some fall short. This article is to provide some feedback based on my observation and hopefully, those who didn't make it can start improving your contribution when the next application comes in the middle of the year. There are three tracks and I like to mention what to expect in general first and focus on each track later. General In the application form...

The time of the year again for the voting for the top 12 vBlogs that you have find useful and you have been following.  These bloggers have put in effort to share what they know and contribute their own time outside work and using their personal time to contribute back to the bigger community. It only takes less than 5 mins to complete the voting.  Just head over here to vote for the top 12 vBlogs that you felt meaning to you in one way or the other.  If you do not have exact 12, include those you felt have put in effort in doing so.

If you have been active in contributing in the VMware communities, time to get your presence felt and recognize.  Head on to the link and read what it takes to be one.  For existing vExpert, if you are still keeping up, get it renewed. Once applied you will received a confirmation email like the one below: Now sit back and relax and wait for the results.