http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk Beyond the Manual, with Mike Laverick (VCI, VCP, CCI, CCEA, MCT, MCSE) Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:32:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2006-2008 mikelaverick@rtfm-ed.co.uk (RTFM Education) mikelaverick@rtfm-ed.co.uk (RTFM Education) posts 1440 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/images/vpreview_center.png http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk 144 144 Beyond the Manual, with Mike Laverick (VCI, VCP, CCI, CCEA, MCT, MCSE) RTFM Education RTFM Education mikelaverick@rtfm-ed.co.uk no no http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/09/01/im-at-the-book-store-1st-sept-4-31pm/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/09/01/im-at-the-book-store-1st-sept-4-31pm/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:32:12 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2977 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/09/01/im-at-the-book-store-1st-sept-4-31pm/feed/ 0 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/31/vmworld-day-2-1-and-0/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/31/vmworld-day-2-1-and-0/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:50:37 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2971 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/31/vmworld-day-2-1-and-0/feed/ 1 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/30/free-book-srm-vmworld/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/30/free-book-srm-vmworld/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:33:08 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2967 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/30/free-book-srm-vmworld/feed/ 0 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/29/add-the-winner-is-gary-heron/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/29/add-the-winner-is-gary-heron/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:13:00 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2963 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/29/add-the-winner-is-gary-heron/feed/ 0 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/27/pre-vmworld-podcast-galore/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/27/pre-vmworld-podcast-galore/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:32:04 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2960 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/27/pre-vmworld-podcast-galore/feed/ 0 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/27/chinwag-with-mike-ricky-el-qasem-episode-24/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/27/chinwag-with-mike-ricky-el-qasem-episode-24/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:19:14 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2947 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/27/chinwag-with-mike-ricky-el-qasem-episode-24/feed/ 0 00:01:01 Note: Ricky is the  guy on the left... He is the winner with the longest ever chinwag. Longer than even Tom Howarth. You know what ... Note: Ricky is the  guy on the left... He is the winner with the longest ever chinwag. Longer than even Tom Howarth. You know what its like. Two Northerns in chat, they never know when to shut the * up...! This weeks chinwaggee is Ricky-El-Qasem. Me and Ricky have been pals for a while. We first met back in the days of the VMware TSX event that happened in Paris/Disney World. I think that was 2006. It was a blast we had free run of the park! Back then we were both instructors (VMware Certified Instructors). Since then a lot has changes for myself and Ricky. Ricky is now at Veeam - based in EMEA but seems to spend a lot of his time in St Petersberg recently... In his own words he is: Director of Global Education Services with Veeam Software. 18 years in the business and started using VMware about 9 to 10 years ago and have the scars to prove it. I sport a plethora of certifications including GOLD MCSE, CCEA, RHCT, VCP/VCI, vExpert, Qlogic CP, Xenserver CCA and many more. Like to be known as a jack of all trades master of none ( or VMware ;-) ) In my spare time I webmaster my own virtualisation blog site which has been running for 5 years http://www.virtualizeplanet.com <http://www.virtualizeplanet.com> and have been known to write my own Private Cloud virtualisation applications. I’m well acquainted in the virtualisation industry and well liked by all (not sure about Steve Chambers though ;-0). Follow me on twitter.com/rickyelqasem - That's my eldest daughter in the picture which some people believed VMware would be her first word. Unfortunately her first word was "bob" as in SpongeBob. As ever if you want the MP3 version of the chinwag it’s here – but to be honest it’s much easier to subscribe to the MP3 podcast via iTunes which means the podcast will be download when ever I do them. Alternatively, if you would prefer the videos on your iPAD/iPOD/iPhone – you subscribe to the video version of the Chinwags there (beware they are big!). If you don’t use iTunes, here’s the generic RSS Feed link In this weeks chinwag we chat about the tension between being a jack-of-all-trades in IT, as compared to being a Master/GUR/WarriorMonk... we also talk about how Ricky got into making applications with angle specifically on virtualization... Chinwag mikelaverick@rtfm-ed.co.uk no no http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/26/how-can-you-meet-me-at-vmworld/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/26/how-can-you-meet-me-at-vmworld/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:38:18 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2934 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/26/how-can-you-meet-me-at-vmworld/feed/ 2 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/24/best-in-vmworld-europe-user-awards%e2%80%a6-deadline-for-submission-is-sept-17-2010/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/24/best-in-vmworld-europe-user-awards%e2%80%a6-deadline-for-submission-is-sept-17-2010/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:29:26 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2930 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/24/best-in-vmworld-europe-user-awards%e2%80%a6-deadline-for-submission-is-sept-17-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/24/vcenter-heartbeat-to-be-vcshb-or-vchb-that-is-the-question/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/24/vcenter-heartbeat-to-be-vcshb-or-vchb-that-is-the-question/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:22:49 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2927 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/24/vcenter-heartbeat-to-be-vcshb-or-vchb-that-is-the-question/feed/ 0 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/23/this-weeks-draw-trainsignal-vmware-vsphere-pro-series-vol-2/ http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/23/this-weeks-draw-trainsignal-vmware-vsphere-pro-series-vol-2/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:21:56 +0000 Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=2921 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2010/08/23/this-weeks-draw-trainsignal-vmware-vsphere-pro-series-vol-2/feed/ 3