At TransUnion Interactive, we offer each associate a desktop virtual machine. We use VMware Horizon View for this. I am the primary system administrator responsible for our Horizon infrastructure. Another team deals with the details of desktop support. I recently… Continue Reading
At work, we just went over 3000 VMs. This is with a relatively small team, thanks to some innovative automation of provisioning and management.
I took the VCP550 exam for VCP5-DCV on 26 Feb 2015 and passed! Here’s my thoughts on the test and how I prepared for it.
After a few years of working at Cal Poly, SLO and SJSU, I retired from the CSU on Halloween 2014 (Boo!). I was retired 2 days, and I started the following Monday 03 Nov 2014 as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer… Continue Reading
Our organization at SJSU is implementing IT service management based upon ITIL. To support this, I recently took a ITIL Foundation class from Global Knowledge on site at SJSU from March 26-28, 2014…
I recently attended Cisco DCUCI v5.0 – Data Center Unified Computing Implementation at Global Knowledge in Santa Clara. This is one of the Cisco classes for using their Unified Computing System, which are basically a blade chassis system for servers.… Continue Reading
I recently had the pleasure of attending VMware View: Desktop Fast Track [V5.1] online. We bought this directly from VMware, which gives you the (BONUS!) free voucher for the VMware Certified Professional 5 – Desktop examination. The Fast Track class is… Continue Reading
I attended the Manager Tools Effective Manager Conference in San Jose on 28 May 2013. This was a great introduction to Manager Tools concepts, like one on ones, feedback, and coaching. If you are in a hurry to get up… Continue Reading
As a new Cisco Unified Computing System user, I recently attended the quarterly SF Bay Area UCS Users Group on April 25, 2013 at Cisco in Santa Clara. It was informative and I’m glad I went. The public is invited… Continue Reading
My friend and co-worker Debu (Debashish Basak) is a amateur photographer. He has an exhibit of his works at Keeble & Shuchat Photography in Palo Alto…