At TransUnion Interactive, we are a Juniper shop.  We have various network switches like QFabric, and a large variety of network devices, routers, firewalls, etc.  As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, I work on and are responsible for design, deployment, and… Continue Reading →

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 →