ExploreVM Podcast

Career changes can be hard. And when you add an on-going global pandemic and needing to care for your family, it can be quite stressful. Today's episode is a conversation with Matt Larson, a buddy of mine who went through just that scenario. He talks about how he approached learning a new field while balancing home schooling, and what it looked like to find a new job when the time was right. Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mlars0n Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-larson-3a1a028/ Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Host Website: https://explorevm.com/ Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevmpodcast/?hl=en To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email Paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com/ExploreVM. Also, check out my other shows! Blocks And Bites - The Grilling and Technology Show https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTbNnYQCX43YDJ4E0gGja-Kx-ifPAeBq1 The Money Badgers Associates Investing Club and Podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/money-badgers-associates Once again, thank you for listening.

Episode two brings us into a conversation around VMware's recent announcement of VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Universal, and a couple of related topics with the Head of Multi-Cloud at VMware, Marjorie Abdelkrime. Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarjASTEM Guest Website: https://cloud.vmware.com/community/2021/04/13/new-vmware-cloud-ready-framework-resources/ Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorieabdelkrime/ Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Host Website: https://explorevm.com/ Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevmpodcast/?hl=en To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email Paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com/ExploreVM. Also, check out my other shows! Blocks And Bites - The Grilling and Technology Show https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTbNnYQCX43YDJ4E0gGja-Kx-ifPAeBq1 The Money Badgers Associates Investing Club and Podcast https://www.spreaker.com/show/money-badgers-associates Once again, thank you for listening.

I'm kicking off the 4th season of the ExploreVM Podcast with a slightly different format. Episodes will be around 30 minutes, and in some cases consist of 3 different guests with their own short segment. It's all about evolving the content and keeping the show interesting. Also, I want to thank everyone for their years of listenership. I appreciate all of the followers and subscribers! 2020 was an off year for the Podcast, but I did start another show: The Blocks and Bites grilling and technology show on YouTube. Take a watch and let me know what you think! Guest Twitter: https://twitter.com/VDIHacker Guest Website: http://vdisecurity.org/ Guest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vdihacker/ Host Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Host Website: https://explorevm.com/ Host Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevmpodcast/?hl=en To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email Paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com/ExploreVM. Once again, thank you for listening.

Hello, and welcome to the ExploreVM Podcast. Today we tackle the last episode in the Hyperconverged series. As I mentioned in previous episodes, the goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the datacenter world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI. Once again, I have contacted the vendors directly ( or have been contacted) to participate. That being said, this is NOT a sponsored series. I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances. And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance. 1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors 2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast 3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product 4) No bashing other HCI Vendors And thank you for listening. This was the last scheduled HCI Series episode, but if you would like to speak to your product please do not hesitate to reach out. I would love to schedule more HCI related episodes. To continue the conversation around today's topic, submit a show idea, or be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, please contact me on Twitter @ExploreVM, Email Paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com/ExploreVM. Once again, thank you for listening.

In this episode we continue with the HCI series. This round, Nutanix gets their turn. The goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the data center world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI. Now, we are going to approach this series a bit differently as I've reached out to the vendors directly to appear on the show versus the usual community members that I have on as guests. That being said, this is NOT a sponsored series. I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances. And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance. 1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors 2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast 3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product 4) No bashing other HCI Vendors Alright, with the ground rules out of the way, let's begin. If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at paul@explorevm.com, facebook.com\explorevm, or @ExploreVM on Twitter. Once again, thank you for listening

In this ExploreVM Podcast short we discuss VMware Project Pacific with Tech Field Day's Ken Nalbone.

In a two part series, we take a look at VMworld 2019, some of the announcements, and the community around the convention. Part 2 features discussions around attending a large conference, interacting with the community, and how to get involved both before and at the conference. Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? Or just keep up the conversation about VMworld 2019? If so, please contact me on Twitter, Email, LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook

In a two part series, we take a look at VMworld 2019, some of the announcements, and the community around the convention. This episode features return guests to the show with some hot takes around recent announcements, acquisitions, and products. Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? Or just keep up the conversation about VMworld 2019? If so, please contact me on Twitter, Email, LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook

Hello and welcome to the ExploreVM Podcast. Today we continue our series on Hyperconverged infrastructure. Once again, The goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the datacenter world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI. As a reminder, my guests for this series work for the vendors, but these episodes are not sponsored. I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances. And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance. 1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors 2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast 3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product 4) No bashing other HCI Vendors Alright, let's begin Next up in the HCI Series, we have HPE Simplivity. Today's guests come to us directly from HPE. If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at paul@explorevm.com, facebook.com\explorevm, or @ExploreVM on Twitter. Once again, thank you for listening Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploreVM/

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages! It's the moment you've all been waiting for! Season 3 of the ExploreVM Podcast starts now! Hello, and welcome to the ExploreVM Podcast. I am your host, Paul Woodward Jr. Today we kick off not only 2019, but season 3 of the podcast as well. But before we do, I want to say thank you to my listeners. In 2018, the ExploreVM podcast received more than a 50% increase in downloads than 2017, and ExploreVM.com saw a greater than 300% increase in hits. Its always great when someone messages me or approaches me at an event and says how much they enjoy the show. I appreciate everyone's continued support, and look forward to providing quality content that I hope you all enjoy. As for season 3, we are going to dive head first into the Hyperconverged Series that I discussed at the end of last season. The goal for this series is to help build an understanding of hyperconverged infrastructure, it's place in the datacenter world, and spotlight the various ways that vendors are deploying HCI. Now, we are going to approach this series a bit differently as I've reached out to the vendors directly to appear on the show versus the usual community members that I have on as guests. That being said, this is NOT a sponsored series. I am not receiving any sort of compensation for these appearances. And all vendors appearing have had a strict set of rules laid out for their appearance. 1) No Bashing other HCI Vendors 2) Keep it technical, this is a technical podcast 3) This is NOT a free commercial for your product 4) No bashing other HCI Vendors Alright, with the ground rules out of the way, let's begin. We start the HCI series discussing VxRail. And thank you for listening. I'd like to take a moment to thank those of you who voted for ExploreVM.com and the ExploreVM Podcast in the 2018 Top vBlog polls. With your help, we were named #10 Favorite Podcast, and #34 on the favorite independent blogger list. I am honored and humbled to be listed among so many great contributors in our community. Thank you for your support. Let's see if we can climb higher for 2019! If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at paul@explorevm.com, facebook.com\explorevm, or @ExploreVM on Twitter. Once again, thank you for listening Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExploreVM/

In another ExploreVM Podcast short, I speak with Matt Elliot about his first time at VMworld, and what it's like to attend VMworld as a Network expert at a Virtualization conference. Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? Or just keep up the conversation about VMworld 2018? If so, please contact me at the links below: Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

On this episode of the podcast we begin a series on hyperconverged infrastructure. We're going to start with a guest who's put a few products through the ringer to decide which HCI vendor worked best for them. To continue the conversation on hyperconverged infrastructure, or if you're an HCI vendor and would like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, please reach me on Twitter, Email me: paul@Explorevm.com, or find me on Facebook. Once again, thank you for listening. Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

As 2018 comes to an end, I look back at some sessions that haven't been featured on the podcast yet this season. This episode was originally intended to be a video featuring Mike Burkhart live at VMworld 2018. Unfortunately due to some technical difficulties during the editing process, we can only enjoy as an audio podcast. If you'd like to continue the conversation about VMworld 2018, have an idea for a show, or would like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, please reach me on twitter, @ExploreVM, Email me, paul@Explorevm.com, or find me at Facebook.com/explorevm. Once again, thank you for listening. Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

On this episode of the ExploreVM podcast, we take a look back at the Nutanix .Next conference. New Orleans played host to the 2018 Nutanix .Next conference. This year marked my 3rd consecutive year attending, and 2nd as a Nutanix technology champion. Communities manager Angelo Luchiani had plenty of surprises lined up for us, including having myself and other NTCs arrive at the Opening Keynote in a Mardi Gras float. He's also done an excellent job expanding a communities area, creating lightning tech talks, and providing an area for podcasters. I made sure to take full advantage of the space and pin down a few interviews for a short wrap up podcast. In the first two segments, I chat with Angelo and Mike Gelhar about what's going on in the world of Nutanix followed by a discussion on Nutanix certification. The final segment is a bit of a one off, but it's relevant to those of us who do a lot of travel for work. I hope you enjoy. As always, thank you for listening. There were several major product announcements made at the conference. My personal favorite is Beam. I've linked a few blog posts from fellow NTCs about these announcements in the show notes, and I will have my own post up in the near future. If you'd like to continue the conversation about Nutanix .Next, have an idea for a show, or would like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, please reach me on twitter, @ExploreVM, Email me, paul@Explorevm.com, or find me at Facebook.com/explorevm. Once again, thank you for listening. Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

This special episode of the ExploreVM Podcast was recorded live at Camp Rubrik - Insiders Edition at the Rubrik Headquarters in Palo Alto, California. I was one of 15 influencer "Campers" to participate in this day long event featuring unprecedented access to the Rubrik Staff. In this round table discussion, I am joined by Byron Schaller, Brett Guarino, and Matt Crape as we chat about the day's events. Blog: www.ExploreVM.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExploreVM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorevm/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-woodward-jr

Continuing to educate yourself in new technologies has been a recurring topic on this show. Today we're going to chat with a group that went a step further and started their own academy. I strongly suggest taking a look at skylines academy to begin your Azure journey. And hey, half off with code ExploreVM isn't too shabby either. Also, what do you think of the new theme music? A long time friend of mine, Matt Carlson, sent over a song he felt was techy and nerdy, so a perfect fit for the show. If you'd like to continue the conversation on Skylines Academy, have an idea for a show, or would like to be a guest on a future episdoe of the the ExploreVM Podcast, reach out to me on Twitter, @ExploreVM, email me Paul@ExploreVM.com, or facebook.com/explorevm. https://www.skylinesacademy.com/ - Coupon Code: ExploreVM Once again, thank you for listening!

This episode of the ExploreVM Podcast was recorded live at the Wisconsin VMUG UserCon on April 5th. I was at the Wisconsin VMUG UserCon for the first time in a long time as an attendee, not a speaker. So I took the opportunity to have conversations with vCommunity members and take in more sessions. I had a different interview approach in the first group of clips as I was "Ambush Interviewing" people. I walked up with a hot mic and just started the interview! In the second session, I interview one of the nicest members of the vCommunity about his session, who turns the table on me shortly thereafter. There's a unique aspect to the WI VMUG that i felt it was important to cover. In a non-tech related topic, I spoke with one of the Wisconsin leaders about an initiative they've been working on for a couple of years. In the final segment of the show, stumbled upon a few community members having a round table conversation. They were literally sitting at a round table. I dropped my recorder in the middle of Sean Massey and Nigel Hickey's chat, where we were eventually joined by another speaker from that day's UserCon, If you've got a topic or idea for the show, or would like to be a guest on the ExploreVM Podcast, reach out to me on Twitter, @ExploreVM, email Paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com\ExploreVM. Once again, thank you for listening.

On this episode of the ExploreVM Podcast, we take a look at keeping the band, or in a more realistic setting, the family together when you and your partner are both working professionals. As we all strive to succeed in business, its important to keep your family in mind as well I know i could not have achieved half of what I've accomplished in my career if it wasn't for buy in and support from my family. Be sure to take some time away from your job, studies, or projects and keep those loved ones close. Do you have some tips on work life balance? Do you have an idea or a topic for the show? Would you like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast? If so, please contact me on Twitter: @ExploreVM, email Paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com/ExploreVM.

So you want to be an author? Learn about the fabulous world of writing, editing, publishing, and eventually swimming in a pool filled with money Scrooge McDuck style from a recently published author on this episode. ------------------------------------------- Links: http://vmiss.net itarchitectjourney.com Twitter @ITArchJourney @vmiss33 Would you like to join the conversation on today's episode, want to be a guest on the podcast, or have an idea for a future episode? Reach out to me on Twitter, ExploreVM, email, paul@ExploreVM.com, or Facebook.com/ExploreVM. Once again, thank you for listening.

In the first episode of season 2, we take a look a the future of IT, all the way to the year 2018. As always, thank you for listening. If you'd like to be a guest on the ExploreVM podcast, have a show idea for a future episode, or continue the conversation on today's topics, please contact me at Email, Facebook, or Twitter