Johan van Amersfoort
For a while, I had an item on my to-do list as one of the preparations for VMware Explore US, which was writing a pre-event blog post. Let me start by saying I’m really glad that we are back in Vegas again. Although it’s very hot in august and congested with people just wanting to party, it still has my preference over San Francisco. The last two in-person years, the…
It’s nearing November, which it will be time for a lot of jamon, cerveza, amigos y amigas, and (of course) some knowledge sharing at VMware Explore 2022 in Barcelona! I’m really looking forward to the event and am really curious to see if it will differ from VMware Explore 2022 in the US (which was held a couple of weeks ago). This blog post shares some of the sessions I’m... Read more
VMware Explore 2022 in San Francisco is already a couple of weeks ago, but I’m still processing everything that happened at the very first edition of this rebranded/revamped/remarketed flagship event of VMware. The whole idea behind the rebranding is obviously because of the broader scope of solutions that VMware offers. When purely looking at the EUC-side-of-things, there was a lot to learn and some really interesting announcements, outside of just... Read more
In the end of this month, VMware’s first edition of VMware Explore (the event formerly known as VMworld) will take place in the Moscone event center in San Francisco. It’s going to be the first large in-person VMware in years and I’m beyond excited to go overseas and learn new things, meet up with the international VMware community again, and first and foremost, present a couple of sessions about VMware... Read more
Early 2021, I had a chat with my buddies Duncan Epping and Frank Denneman. We spoke about stuff we have shared passion for, like sharing knowledge (on stage), and also how we wanted to do something new in terms of sharing knowledge. We quickly came to the conclusion that we all like to listen to podcasts and that podcasting in general was something we all liked to do. In the... Read more
While I’m writing this, It’s the final week of August, which meant that I normally would be attending VMworld 2021 in the US. Although it’s going to be another virtual edition this year, my week (like last week) was still mainly focused on VMworld. I got 4 sessions in the content catalog, which means that a lot of slides, demos, stories, etc needed to be created, rehearsed, and recorded before... Read more
The moment you all have been waiting for has finally come. After 10 months of regularly hiding in my man-cave, listening to EDM, and feeding my caffeine addiction, I can proudly announce that the result is finally available for everyone to enjoy. The original VDI Design Guide has a sequel. It’s not a revision of the first book, it’s a new book (which does lean on the first book). What... Read more
It’s been 2,5 years since the VDI Design Guide was launched. Thousands of people have been enjoying the book, and quite often I received tweets, emails, DMs, etc from VDI enthusiasts all around the world. Those messages explained how the book helped to design and build platforms that performed better with increased stability, scalability, and even with a lowered TCO. I like to keep those messages because they’re one of... Read more
One of my passions is sharing knowledge, especially about VMware tech. Blogging, creating videos, podcasting, writing books, and especially being on stage and presenting a cool topic, is what seriously drives me. I had the honor of presenting various sessions at all VMworlds since 2017, VMUGs in Manchester, Prague, Paris, London, Belgium, Budapest, Sofia, Copenhagen, E2EVC, and many other great events. The first time I got the opportunity to speak... Read more