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  • VMware vExpert 2015 Awarded

    After much cajoling by @TroyersDog the excellent Corey Romero did a bang up job of releasing the 2015 VMware vExpert awards nice and early on Thursday 5th of February.

    I am humbled, honoured and pleased to announce that I was awarded the much coveted “non-technical” VMware award for the 4th year in a row and all I can say to Corey and the Team there at VMware is “Thank You”

    As always it’s my intention to keep up the work that has allowed me to be in the same group as loads of excellent bloggers, evangelists and keen VMware product users.

    I also wish to send a big shout out to all my fellow VMware vExperts and say to them “Well done and keep up the great work”

  • VMware vExpert 2014 Results

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    Corey Romero (@vCommunityGuy and @vExpert) just posted up the results of the 2014 VMware vExpert awards and I am pleased and humbled to be awarded the vExpert award for the third year running.

    Congratulations to my colleague Ross for being awarded his first of what I am sure will be many awards, well done that man Smile

    Last year there were over 300 vExperts awards, this year that jumped to an amazing 754 (ish as there have already been some duplications reported).

    Please head over to http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2014/04/vexpert-2014-announcement.html for the complete break down of whose who in the world of VMware vExpert 2014.

  • vExpert 2014 Nominations are Open

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    It’s that time of year so VMware have announced that they have opened the vExpert 2014 applications. You can now submit your application and invite other people. As in previous years VMware offers 3 different paths. The deadline for application is March 6th, 2013 for Q1, after that you can become a vExpert in Q2, Q3,…

    Evangelist Path
    The Evangelist Path includes book authors, bloggers, tool builders, public speakers, VMTN contributors, and other IT professionals who share their knowledge and passion with others with the leverage of a personal public platform to reach many people. Employees of VMware can also apply via the Evangelist path. A VMware employee reference is recommended if your activities weren’t all in public or were in a language other than English.

    Customer Path
    The Customer Path is for leaders from VMware customer organizations. They have been internal champions in their organizations, or worked with VMware to build success stories, act as customer references, given public interviews, spoken at conferences, or were VMUG leaders. A VMware employee reference is recommended if your activities weren’t all in public.

    VPN (VMware Partner Network) Path
    The VPN Path is for employees of our partner companies who lead with passion and by example, who are committed to continuous learning through accreditations and certifications and to making their technical knowledge and expertise available to many. This can take shape of event participation, video, IP generation, as well as public speaking engagements. A VMware employee reference is required for VPN Path candidates.

    A nice change this year is the new fast track method for those who were awarded the vExpert in 2013. If you’re a current 2013 vExpert, the 2014 application process has been shortened. Since you are a proven vExpert all VMware wants to know is what you have been doing since the May 2013 vExpert announcement. This makes it very easy to re-apply Smile

    In addition to the fast track change VMware have also introduced quarterly nominations to the 2014 vExpert program, this allows for new nominations to be presented each quarter.

    If you think you have what it takes to become a 2014 vExpert then go apply at http://bit.ly/LMJqB5! If you want someone else to apply for vExpert 2014 you can also sign them up: http://bit.ly/1bobFfF. More information on the vExpert program can be found here.

    Thanks to John Troyer & Corey Romero as well as the vExpert Team for making this happen Smile

    Good luck to everyone.

  • 2013 vExperts – Free one year subscription to TrainSignal

    What can I say, TrainSignal have a BIG gift for all of the 2013 vExperts (all 581 of us, btw who was the 581st?? as it was originally only 580) and that’s a years subscription to their Training Library.

    • Over 1,500 hours of IT pro video training
    • Over 200 hours of VMware video training
    • 30 VMware courses that include topics like vSphere 5.1, vSphere Advanced Networking, vCenter Operations Manager, vCloud Director 5.1, vSphere Performance, vSphere Troubleshooting, vSphere Design and new courses on the way (including VCAP-DCA5, EMC Storage Essentials, and more)
    • Certification practice exams (including the VCP)
    • Offline viewer (Win/Mac)
    • iPad compatible streaming

    A BIG thanks to TrainSignal for this.

    vExperts to find more information and to register for your subscription please go here

  • vExpert 2013 Award

    I am happy to announce that for a second year in a row I have been awarded the vExpert 2013. I wasn’t sure I had done enough blogging on my site over last year but then realised that it wasn’t just my blogging but also my moderation duties over at http://certforums.com that helped my chances. I run several blogs about Technology as I usually document installation guides\technical fixes and how to guides for various different products, I use my own site to assist me with obscure issues that occasionally crop up. With a family and long working days it’s not an easy thing to maintain but having a laptop\tablet and connection to my homelab certainly allows me to blog on the move.

    To give you an idea of numbers, over 1000 people applied for the vExpert award this year, only 580 succeeded in being awarded, in John Troyers words :-

    There were a lot of very smart, very accomplished people, even VCDXs, that weren’t named as vExpert this year.

    I will continue to blog and post on the various forums I attend so please continue to visit regularly.

    I would also like to congratulate all the new and renewed vExperts for 2013, especially Andrey and Craig, two of my fellow Certforum colleagues.