Author Archives: timantz

About timantz

I am a Solutions Architect at SimpliVity, helping people around the country with their virtualization, storage, backup and recovery projects.

Overcoming PowerPoint – Virtual Whiteboarding

Posted on December 3, 2011

How do you whiteboard to an audience of 200+ people without a whiteboard? As a Solutions Architect, my job entails not only giving presentations to customers, but also at Lunch & Learn sessions and at conferences. It is very important … Continue reading →

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Building a portable vSphere lab

Posted on October 13, 2011

When you are in the business of delivering virtualization solutions to customers, it helps if you know what you are talking about. While that is pretty obvious in and of itself, there is a great deal of work required to … Continue reading →

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My VCAP-DCA experience

Posted on October 13, 2011

There is an old joke that starts out “What do you call the guy that finishes last in his class at Medical School?”  The answer is “Doctor”. As bad as that joke is, it is kind of how I feel … Continue reading →

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My VCAP-DCD experience

Posted on September 19, 2011

After much procrastination, I decided to pursue my VCDX4 certification.  As most of you know, this means completing the VCAP-DCD and VCAP-DCA exams first.  I have been working with VMware for over 7 years and have my VCP on v3 … Continue reading →

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DRaaS? The way of things to come

Posted on August 31, 2011

My week here at VMWorld 2011 has been quite hectic. With the recent release of vSphere 5, SRM 5, View 5, and all of the other Cloud offerings from VMware, it has been a whirlwind of activity. As I fly … Continue reading →

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Hybrids are Bleeping Magic

Posted on August 2, 2011

I can’t state it enough.  When you are designing a virtual desktop environment, you need to correctly size the back end storage correctly.  I have been involved with several VDI deployments, VMware View in particular, and storage performance can make … Continue reading →

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High Performance Clients and VMWare View

Posted on July 9, 2011

Another customer exchange, this one relating to high performance user experiences in VDI environments, that I thought I would share… The company develops graphical software for the engineering industry. Having successfully virtualized the datacenter with vSphere they’re currently considering some … Continue reading →

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