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VMTN Community Experts

This will be the third installment of the VMTN Community Experts LIVE panel (IO34 2007). Several moderators from VMTN will answer questions from the audience about virtualization related topics. Questions will range from how to best implement virtualization solutions to the future of virtualization

Technical Overview Session

Networking; Storage / Backup; VMware Infrastructure; Virtualization Platform / Hypervisor

1 Hour

Ken Cline( WellsLanders ), Edward Haletky( AstroArch Consulting, Inc. ), Stephen Beaver( Florida Hospital ), Tom Howarth( TCA Consulting ), Eric Siebert( Boston Market Corporation ), Thomas Bryant III( Vizioncore, Inc. )

Eric is a 25 year IT veteran and has been involved in many different areas of IT. His primary job for the last 14 years has been supporting Windows server environments and has been working with VMware for 3+ years.
He is a user moderator on the VMTN Community Forums and holds the elite Guru status as a forum member. He also maintains the popular vmware-land.com VI3 information website and is a regular contributor on Tech Target's searchvmware.com.

Stephen Beaver, Co-Author 'Scripting VMware Power Tools: Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration' and 'How to cheat at configuring VMware ESX Server' as well as 'Essential VMWare ESX Server.' Stephen is currently a systems engineer with one of the largest private hospitals in the United States, Florida Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Stephen has a solid background of over ten years in the industry and has been focused on virtualization for the last five years. Stephen is one of the most active participants and a moderator on the VMware Community forum.

Thomas Bryant is a Senior Technical Architect for Vizioncore. His main focus is developing and implementing software solutions around the virtualization space. He has a solid background in information technology, including storage area networks, networking and large enterprise deployments. He currently holds several industry certifications including VMware's VCP. Thomas devotes his time to sharing his knowledge with the community by speaking at most industry events, posting on community forums and being a moderator for various groups such as VMware's VMTN.

Ken Cline is the Technical Director for Virtualization Technologies at Wells Landers Group. His main focus is developing and implementing virtualization solutions that deliver maximum value to the customer. Ken has extensive experience with large-scale VMware deployments at many Fortune 100 companies. Ken shares his knowledge through speaking engagements and serving as a user moderator on VMware's Community Forums.

Edward L. Haletky graduated from Purdue University in 1988 with a degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Since then, he has worked with programming graphics and other lower-level libraries on various UNIX platforms. Edward owns AstroArch Consulting, Inc., providing virtualization, security, and network consulting and development. Edward is Champion and Moderator very active on the VMware Discussion Forums providing answers to security and configuration questions.

Tom Howarth is a UK based Independent Virutalisation Consultant. His main focus is developing and implementing next generation solutions around the virtualization space with a slant towards VDI. He has a solid background in information technology, including Server Based Computing, networking and large enterprise deployments. He currently holds several industry certifications. Tom devotes his time to sharing his knowledge with the community and being a moderator VMware's VMTN.