2014 Holiday Round-up

In addition to our regular meeting on Thursday, December 18th, we’re working on some additional events to bring the year to the close and have some fun during the end-of-year holiday madness.

First up is the small-format movie premiere sponsored by SimpliVity. We’re being treated to some product information and a private showing of the new Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay, Pt1 on Friday, November 21 from noon to 5pm. Attendance will be extremely limited and managed through EventBrite registration rather than the VMUG website.

Second is a vBeers/Happy Hour following the movie event—regardless of whether you attend the movie event or not—coordinated by the KCVMUG Volunteers committee. Unline your typical vBeers, we’re requesting donations (suggesting $20) to help the committee reach a goal of $700 to donate to The Salvation Army’s Childrens’ Shelter. This event is being held at Rock & Brews on W 135th Street in OPKS. We will be able to collect cash donations as well as have a couple laptops available for you to make a donation either directly to the Salvation Army or via another private EventBrite page. (If you plan to make a direct donation before the event, just bring a copy of your confirmation with a date from this month and we’ll count it towards our goal.)

March Madness!!

As mentioned earlier, we’ve been working on something special for VMUG members!

Come join the Steering Committee and our sponsor—PernixData—and get away from the small screen as we host an afternoon of college hoops on the big screens of the 810 Zone in Leawood (119th & Roe) on Friday, March 21st from 11am to 5pm.

Registration for the event is open now http://www.vmug.com/e/in/eid=1281

VMUG Special Event: Nimble Storage

Discover one of the hottest new storage platforms that’s taking the industry by storm, and have lunch & a Boulevard Beer with your peers!

Join Eagle Software as they present Nimble Storage at a lunch-and-learn hosted at our favorite meeting place, Boulevard Brewing Company.

The event is Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 1:30—4:30pm

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Disclaimer: This is not an official VMware/VMUG event; Registration is via Nimble Storage’s site, and the VMUG has no control over your contact information after registration.

Local Event: Starfire's "IT Strategy Lab"

Local VMware partner Starfire Technologies is hosting their annual “IT Strategy Lab” on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at Johnson County Community College. This all-day seminar will be of interest to VMUG members; there is both a storage management and a virtualization track on the schedule. 

VMware Performance & Support Day — Final Agenda

The final agenda for the VMware Performance & Support Day is in, so if you’ve been on the fence about coming, here’s an opportunity to take a second look:

10:45am : vStorage Best Practices
12:15 pm: Ask the Experts Luncheon
12:45 pm: Migration to ESXi
2:15 pm : Performance Best Practices
3:15 pm : Q&A with the Experts

Update on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 9:42PM by kcvmug

Although we  had some excitement with the tornado warning and evacuation to the building’s “safe area,” the seminar was a success. Here are the slide deck (pdf, 16MB) and reference deck (pdf, 2.6MB) from today’s presentation.