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VMworld Session VAP2340BU – Driving Organizational Value by Virtualizing AI/ML/DL and HPC Workloads

Cover slide for session VAP2340BU

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our session at VMworld! And an even bigger thanks to those visiting who weren’t able to attend in person. Gina and I want to make sure you have the resources you need to understand how you can gain a competitive advantage by virtualizing your AI/ML/DL/ and …

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VMworld 2018 Stickers… it’s not to late

A pair of glasses with tape around the middle. Other super heros lose the glasses, the Wondernerd puts them on!

This is going to be a short blog entry…  In case you hadn’t heard VMworld is coming up in Vegas. One of the things that happens a lot at VMworld among community members is sticker trading.  And the stickers find their way to the lid of a laptop. This post stems from a discussion on …

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VMworld VMTN6636U: GPU Enabled Linux VDI

Front slide of VMworld Session

It’s Wednesday of VMworld… Today I present my vBrownbag Tech Talk on GPU Enabled Linux VDI (VMTN6636U). I want to provide access to the slides used in this session. I will link the recording here as well once the session is posted. VMTN6636U VMworld Session It’s important to note with the material I’m covering in …

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Distributed Computing Protecting Archeological Sites

Deep learning to detect looting

    Sarah Parcak Satellite Archaeologist, University of Alabama at Birmingham Winner of the TED Prize for 2016. Like a space age Indiana Jones, Sarah uses satellite imagery to locate lost ancient sites. Winner of the prestigious 2016 TED Prize, she is making civilization’s invisible history truly visible and offering new understandings of our past. …

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Signing up for a VMware Advanced Exam

For those of us out there who are seeking an advanced VMware exam like a VCAP-DCD or VCAP-DCA at VMware Partner Exchange or PEX or for any other reason. You may have discovered its not quite as easy as it once was. After talking with folks at both VMware (Partner, Education, and Certification) and Pearson …

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So Long and Thanks For All The Fish

For those who are familiar with the movie Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy you will know that “So Long & Thanks For All the Fish” is the opening song for the movie. This line also has a significant role in the books by Douglas Adams. In the movie the dolphins tried to communicate the impending destruction …

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Redacted Presentation

Here are the slides for my VMworld Community Presentation powered by vBrownbag on VDP. The reason its called redacted is because until VMworld came out I was not able to publicly talk about VDP and so all of the posts on twitter and other social media sites always used redacted as my reference to this new technology. …

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VMworld Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

If you have attend VMworld in the past you have no doubt seen all the contests and opportunities to win this or that if they let you scan your name badge. If you haven’t attended please let the previous statement serve as warning or an invitation for you. [notice]These tips are not guaranteed to help you win. They are …

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Testing Centers at VMworld

So this is my first VMware blog post. I’ve had two major blocks to blogging. One I’ve not had time. Two working for a VAR a lot of the things I work on are on NDA or my employer wants to protect as they see the material as something of value which they can leverage. …

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