Truth be told, I’m a bit tired of online virtual events. OK, some events (and especially speakers) nailed it. They managed to bring better user engagement and interaction, but a lot of the online events I attended in the past 18 or so months (or presented at) didn’t do too well in this area. I ...
With roughly two weeks to go, VMworld 2020 is just around the corner. The number of sessions available in the catalog is HUGE! If I just look at the number of sessions available with the general (free!) pass … wow! The schedule builder allows you to easily search and filter through the catalog. All sessions ...
Five reasons why I’m looking forward to VMworld 2020 Digital Edition I’m not going to do a big introduction and talk about the pandemic to explain why VMworld 2020 will be a digital online event. If you’re reading this blogpost, I’m guessing you already know: September 29th – October 1st 2020 will go in the ...
DHPA TechFest 2018 I was invited to talk at the DHPA TechFest 2018. The DHPA foundation is a collaboration between market-leading hosting and cloud providers in The Netherlands. DHPA TechFest is not your regular IT event. It is called an IT festival by the organization with the tagline “work hard, play hard”. Besides several technical ...
Update: my slidedeck: I’m very honored and proud to be speaking at the Dutch NLVMUG UserCon 2018 on March 20th. In the last few years I have been speaking at numerous events but funny enough, this is my very first appearance at a VMUG. Last year I really wanted to present at the UserCon but ...
AWS re:Invent 2017 Keynote Day Three of AWS re:Invent 2017 was a real kicker. The keynote presentation by AWS CEO Andy Jassy was awesome. The keynote started a bit slow for me and I’m not a big fan of the whole “I’m bigger and bolder and rougher and tougher” thing with all the numbers, charts ...
AWS re:Invent summary: Queues, queues …. queues everywhere On Monday, November 27nd, AWS re:Invent 2017 kicked of in Las Vegas. If I had to summarize the day in a single word, it would have to be “queue“. Twitter exploded yesterday with people complaining about the enormous queues at re:Invent. It was pretty crazy. There were queues for ...
Why am I going to AWS re:Invent? Hybrid Cloud momentum I’m really excited about the upcoming AWS re:invent 2017 conference in Las Vegas. With five VMworld’s on my belt, and being part of the VMware community for some time now, I feel pretty at ease at a VMworld conference. Each consecutive year I attend VMworld, ...