Today is the first day offical day of AWS re:Invent 2017 and things are kicking off with the global partner summit. Today also is my first day of AWS re:Invent and I am looking forward to experiencing a different type of big IT conference with all previous experiences being at VMworld or the old Microsoft […] Read More
VCSP Important Notice: 9.5 Update 3 RTM Is Out…With Insider Protection and more!
Earlier this week, Veeam made available to our VCSP partners the RTM of Update 3 for Backup & Replication 9.5 (Build 9.5.0.1335). Update 3 is what we term a breaking update, meaning that if a Cloud Connect tenant upgrades from any previous 9.5 version before VCSPs this will break backup or replication functionality. With that in mind the […] Read More
Awarded vExpert Cloud – A New vExpert Sub Program
Last week Corey Romero announced the inaugural members of the vExpert Cloud sub-program. This is the third vExpert sub-program following the vSAN and NSX programs announced last year. There are 135 initial vExpert Cloud members who have been awarded the title. As it so happens I am now a member of all three which reflects on […] Read More
What I’ve Learnt from 12 Months Working From Home
This week marks one year since I started at Veeam and it feels like that twelve months has flown by. Before I started here at Veeam I had only worked for local companies here in Perth, though the last two had national presence which meant some travel interstate and occasionally overseas for events like VMworld. […] Read More
Released: vCloud Director 9.0 – The Most Significant Update To Date!
Today is a good day! VMware have released to GA vCloud Director 9.0 (build 6681978) and with it come the most significant feature and enhancements of any previous vCD release. This is the 9th major release of vCloud Director, now spanning nearly six and half years since v1.0 was released in Feburary of 2011 and […] Read More
The One Problem with the VCSA
Over the past couple of months I noticed a trend in my top blog daily reporting…the Quick fix post on fixing a 503 Service Unavailable error was constantly in the top 5 and getting significant views. The 503 error in various forms has been around since the early days of the VCSA which usually manifests […] Read More
What’s in a name? VSPP to vCAN to VCPP
Prior to VMworld there where rumours floating around that the vCloud Air Network was going to undergo a name change and sure enough at VMworld 2017 in the US, the vCAN was no more and that the VMware Cloud and Service Provider program would be renamed to the VMware Cloud Partner Program. There has been […] Read More
VMware Cloud on AWS: Thoughts One Year On
Last week at VMworld 2017 in the US, VMware announced the initial availability of VMware Cloud on AWS. It was the focal point for VMware at the event and probably the most important strategic play that VMware has undertaken in it’s history. This partnership was officially announced at last year’s VMworld and at the time […] Read More
Top vBlog 2017: Notable Representation and Thanks
It feels like this year moving along at ludicrous speed so it’s no surprise that the Top vBlog for 2017 has been run and won. This year Eric Siebert changed things up by introducing new voting mechanisms to try and deliver a more palatable outcome for all who where involved…I think it worked well and […] Read More
Updated: VMworld 2017 – #vGolf Las Vegas
To say that #vGolf is back bigger and better than the inaugural #vGolf held last year at VMworld 2016 is an understatement! This year’s event has been very popular and has gotten a great response. I’d like to give special mention and thank you to the sponsors of this years event: Special mention going to […] Read More