By Steve Rodgers A recent Network World blog post by Zeus Kerravala mentions the popular 80s song “I Need a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler. The song talks about needing a hero, a Hercules, a knight which is how Zeus perceived himself back in his IT days when his department controlled all of the devices, applications and end-to-end user experience. Today, with consumerization, the wheels of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) have already been set in motion within your company and a new hero is needed—a BYOD hero. Join Zeus Kerravala and Xangati for the upcoming webinar: How to Be a
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By David Messina, VP Marketing and Product Management, Xangati Congratulations to Gestalt IT for another job well done! Last week’s Virtualization Field Day #2 (VFD2) ran smoothly from start to finish. While we certainly missed Stephen’s presence, Matt Simmons did a fantastic job hosting. But, while the execution of this event remains flawless, the concept is what really sets Tech Field Day apart from other events and delivers its special magic. The Tech Field Day concept allows an interactive exchange of multiple viewpoints, as well as an in-depth discussion about emerging trends and product technology. When you gather an international
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Steve Rodgers, Marketing Communications Manager, Xangati Xangati greeted the delegates with the help of a few recognizable characters to set the stage of our theme “Blame Wars: The VI Admin Strikes Back” And we provided the delegates with Monique’s Chocolates to fill them with sugar. Along with a variety of bacon from The Fatted Calf – because everything is better with bacon! There were three types of bacon to choose from: House, Pancetta, and 5-spice lamb. And provided ice cream and toppings (including bacon!) to see how creative they could get. @vMackem was thinking out of the box when he
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Steve Rodgers, Marketing Communications Manager, Xangati Join analyst Bernd Harzog from APM Experts and Xangati as they explore the unique challenges of the virtualization management galaxy where legacy tools represent the “dark side of the force.” VI admins are under siege and spend too much of their workday swatting away lightsabers headed in their direction. Webinar: Blame Wars – the VI Admin Strikes Back February 16, 2011 10:00AM PT / 12:00PM CT / 1:00PM ET Attend this webinar to acquire the actionable insights to end the blame wars and strike back Documented constraints of legacy tools\frameworks and why they can’t
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Alan Robin, CEO, Xangati The Xangati team spends a lot of time – throughout the entire year – thinking about the capabilities and features that make up all of your virtualization ‘wish lists.’ We think about things like second-by-second cross-silo visibility, higher (or deeper) levels of scalability, easy-to-use and graphically pleasing monitoring systems and so on. We always want to hear from customers, partners and influencers in our growing virtualization community. As we enter the holiday season, we hope to engage to learn about your plans and expectations for 2012. Just coming back from our U.S.-based turkey-stuffing-potato-gravy-pumpkin pie-infused Thanksgiving break,
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Steve Rodgers, Marketing Communications Manager, Xangati IP EXPO, the UK’s Largest Enterprise IT Event where IP Networks, Virtualisation, Cloud, Wireless, Storage and Security work together starts in just one week. It’s a free event as long as you register by 19:00 on Tuesday 18th October 2011. This year’s keynote speakers include Steve Wozniak and Roger Black. Mr. Wozniak will present lessons in leadership, staying focused on goals, and how to champion innovation in his presentation titled, "Today's Science Fiction, Tomorrow's Science Fact" and Mr. Black will be joined by Cisco when presenting “Being at the Heart of the London 2012
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Steve Rodgers, Marketing Communications Manager, Xangati VMworld 2011 Copenhagen is less than 1 week away! This year, Xangati is pleased to offer you a private tour of the VMworld Hands On Labs infrastructure. On this tour you will see: An overall health score of the VMworld infrastructure Live interactions between the virtual desktops and the resources (servers, VMs, apps, networks, clouds, storage devices) they use to conduct the lab sessions Alerts and recordings PCoIP activity and detail Choose the 30-minute private tour you would like to book: Tuesday, 19 October, 10.00 Tuesday, 19 October, 12.00 Tuesday, 19 October, 14.00 Wednesday,
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Steve Rodgers, Marketing Communications Manager, Xangati Xangati is proud to sponsor a live webinar with David Davis and Kendrick Coleman titled, “Top 10 Free Tools for vSphere Management in 2011.” If you missed them in Las Vegas, then here’s your chance to see this encore presentation of CIM1940 from VMworld 2011 showcasing the Top 10 Free Tools for vSphere Management in 2011. David Davis of TrainSignal and Kendrick Coleman of VCE will go over some of the best free tools for vSphere that are hidden around the web. These aren’t just 30 day trials, these are completely FREE tools! Some
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Alan Robin, CEO, Xangati With attendance surging at 19,000 and counting, VMworld reminds me of its own little virtualization galaxy. But it’s a galaxy that Xangati is most glad to visit—with an energy level and excitement that is unmatched by any other conference of its kind. Xangati is always thrilled to be part of VMworld, and this year’s show in Las Vegas was no different. Xangati extends kudos to @bknudtson, @vseanclark and @theronconrey for organizing a great kick-off party at this year’s VMunderground WuPaaS. With bacon t-shirts and a bacon gift basket, we kept the pork (and ale) flowing all
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David Messina, VP Marketing and Product Management, Xangati Attention VMworld attendees, vExperts, VI and VDI managers and valued customers and partners – are you looking for a winning hand at VMworld Las Vegas? Then forget about black jack, walk by the slots, pass the roulette table and go to the one place that will deliver the best odds possible for your virtualization initiatives and your VMworld experience – Xangati’s booth #471! Xangati has hit the jackpot at VMworld and has seven surefire ways to spread the winnings and make this your best VMworld experience ever! It’s called smart gaming and
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