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I know I am a little behind in updates lately but I promise I have been working on stuff for the communty.  Here are some of the upcoming things that are going on. 

Don’t forget to register for October.   I would like to thank our sponsor “Vizioncore” for scheduling Scott Herold to be with us for this meeting.  Here is the agenda:

October 20th VMUG Meeting Details

Vizioncore
-Presentation on new products update
-Review of recently release free products from Vizioncore
-Scott Herold will present on Virtualization EcoShell , a Desktop -Application for Script-based Administration of Windows® PowerShell

Scott Herold leads product design and architecture for Quest's Virtualization Management Division. With more than a decade of industry experience in operating system, network, security and storage design, Scott is a pioneer in architecting advanced virtualization solutions. Scott also is the co-author of two best-selling books, "VMWare ESX Server: Advanced Technical Design Guide," and "VMWare Infrastructure 3: Advanced Technical Design Guide."
Focused on helping organizations achieve the benefits of virtualization while minimizing the challenges, Scott is a frequent presenter at industry events, and contributes to white papers and articles focused on virtualization best practices.  http://www.vmguru.com/

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To kind of get you started to think about November we are working on a couple of really cools things for you.  The first is our regular meeting which will be sponsored by Emulex.  We also have Jon Dybik scheduled to talk about virtualizing Microsoft SQL server.  So bring your questions around spindles, sizing, licensing etc… should be a great learning session. 

The next day Rob Randell from VMware will be speaking at the ISSA meeting at Platform Labs at 8am.  Rob is out on Youtube with Cisco for a Next-Gen Data Center Security discussion.  I believe there is a cover fee for the door for the ISSA chapter meetings as soon as I find out I will let you know.  I want to thank Tom MacKay for getting the scheduled for us. 

There are a ton of other guest speakers I am working on as well as the all day event, tentatively schedule for the May meeting.  Send feedback on classes, birds of a feather, vendors, discussions etc... that you would like to see and we will see what we can accommodate. 

Just to let everyone know that follows the site you can follow me on Twitter so you know when I publish something.  I am “virtuallywarped” it just turned out that way, honestly.  That way I can get notes out.  I will warn you I am not on Twitter all the time so to contact me e-mail is still the best method. 

If you have any news or events you would like to share let me know so we can get the word out. 

If you missed out on this month's VMUG you missed the presentation by Reflex Systems. Don't worry though we are working on getting their presentation posted soon. In the mean time if you are interested download their appliance and documentation at http://www2.reflexsystems.com/l/19/oads-VMC-reflex-vmc-server-zip/ENGYJ also check out their site for webinars, white papers and case studies. We will get their PowerPoint posted under the shared documents section soon.

Tom MacKay did a great job (as usual) presenting a video he did as well as an overview of VMworld 2009. Additionally he covered announcements made this year like VMware GO the Vmware Terramark investment and the Wyse Pocket Cloud unfortunately these presentations are to big for this site I will see if I can find someplace to store these larger files for future presentations. This included a movie Tom created (also too large, sorry). Check out some of the VMworld 2009 videos.

Don't forget to provide some feedback on the study groups, special interest groups groups PowerShell or other topics you want to get some more info on so we can arrange it. We are always looking for ways to improve and get you the topics you want. As well we are always looking for you presentations, questions and feedback. Check back often because we will updates regularly and are opening the calendar and a vendor forum section so we can get out additional vendor activities.

At VMworld this year I was able to tour the VMware campus at part of the VMUG leadership, it was cool to check out the campus and see how they focus on being green not only by utilizing their products but at the campus level. They utilize a product call Tater ware instead of the regular plastic in the cafeteria which is all composted instead of going into the trash. The cafeteria floors are made from recycled bottles and other areas in the building have wood floors recovered from Thomas Edison's barn. The entire facility was built with green and sustainable. Even saw electric cars and a blue Prius with the VMware logo's.

Don’t forget Tuesday Sept 15 is the next meeting at Platform Labs register at the community forum and get more information about upcoming sessions.  To get things started for Oct.  I have posted a getting started guide in the document section here and on the community forum.  Take a look and check it out because right now Scott Herold  of Vizioncore is scheduled to talk about the project so bring your questions.  Also start bringing business cards or your name and info on a card for give a ways.  I am expecting some TrainSignal VMware vSphere training videos for next month.  Check out their site for more info they provide video training for a variety of topics these are awesome giveaways so make sure to register.