Cloud is a large topic, and understanding the best training options and priorities is important as a IT practitioner. Karl manages the Certifications business for VMware. Karl joins the podcast to speak to the Cloud strategy.

Eric and Jean talk about VMUG and chapter participation, the ultimate way to engage with your local community friends in your city. Always a great way to meet others and move your career forward. Friends and People are the fun of the journey!

Niels Hagoort takes us through 1VMC-A: The New Instance Type, new Storage Options, and Cloud Flex Compute. Niels is a Staff Technical Marketing Architect on the VMC team at VMware.

Enrique Estrada - Senior Director, Healthcare Industry Solutions and Riley Bui - Product Marketing Manager will join Eric and Matt to discus how the healthcare industry uses Horizon.

Bob Plankers explains what we did wrong when our HomeLab was hacked and Ransomed for 2.1 bitcoins. Bob also explains how we might recover because poor encryption.

Homelab on the Network was hacked over the weekend, the Ransom was 2.1 bitcoin, completely not worth it, but good topic to have Bob come update us and discuss the realities of even home labs need security. This podcast was a fun chat just remind ourselves that homelabs are vulnerable.

Jack Madden talks about his impression of EUC annoucements at VMware Explore Europe

European Community Members discuss their expectations of what's going to be happening in 2024. Including VMware Explore in Barcelona 2023!

Did you miss the vExpert gift this year, you can get a great NUC system for 249.99 to start your holiday project this year. With this hardware you get a silent home lab system (no fan) that will run vSphere 8. Pick up the VMUG advantage membership for 200.00 and get a vSphere 8 license and all the rest. A great 2023 kickstart to update your skills and have fun.