By Chinwag

 

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Ed Grigson is a vExpert and based here in the UK, I know him well from the London User Group – and I’d forgotten that I’d been his instructor in the previous decade when I was VMware Certified Instructor. Of course like every vExpert he runs a blog where he shares what he learns and his views called vexperienced.co.uk and when he’s not doing real work he also tweets @egrigson . Of course, he’s too busy doing real work to be social media butterfly like yours truely…

Here’s a cut & paste job from Ed “about” page:

This is the blog of Ed Grigson, an IT professional with over 14 years experience. I’m based in London, UK and live with my wife Sarah and cat Jasper, both of whom are very tolerant of my geek tendencies…
Like many I started out with the personal computers of the eighties (BBC, Commodore 64 etc) and turned a hobby into a profession. I’ve followed a fairly typical path in my technology career starting with Microsoft desktops and Novell networks back in 1995 through server support and now onto virtualisation (predominantly with VMware). I’m certified by several leading vendors (Microsoft, VMware, Netapp, Cisco) plus a degree in computer science. Despite all that I’ve maintained my passion for technology and hence this blog was born!
I’m not expecting to turn into the world’s most prolific blogger – I’m a lurker by nature, preferring to listen and learn rather than educate the world. This blog is to provide somewhere to record issues I encounter and to interact with the community, however rare that may be.
Industry recognition:
  • Chartered IT Professional
  • BSc (Hons) Brighton University
  • VMware vExpert 2012
  • Certifications:
  • VMware VCP3/4/5/, VCAP-DCA 4/5
  • Netapp NCDA
  • RedHat RHCSA (v6)
  • Microsoft MCSE (NT4, Windows 2000)
  • Cisco CCNA
  • ITIL Foundation (v2 & v3, just to annoy @stevie_chambers)
  • CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster)
I love that line about “just to annoy @stevie_chambers”. Stevie (formerly of VMware, Cisco, VCE and now at a Cloud Start-Up) is known to have a hate-hate relationship with ITIL. I see both sides…

In this weeks chinwag we didn’t so much have “questions” but more talking-points – so in the episode you will hear Ed give his views on the way Oracle are packaging the DB, OracleVM and hardware together in a single stack – is that a good thing? Ed’s not so sure… He also talks about his views on using vCloud Director as “lab management” system, and some of the challenges he’s faced in finding a good vCloud Service Provider… finally we talk more light-heartedly about his experience of being on Stephen Foskets Storage Field Day in Silcon Valley.

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