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porterseceng‌ - thank you for sharing your experience. And yes, there are studies that show that it's costlier to replace employees than it is to promote and retain current employees.

Likewise.

Thank you Damon!

My mom taught me patience, empathy, and kindness. Qualities that have served me well in IT. Love you Mom!

Awesome mesverrum‌. Thanks for sharing. In my first pass, I'll cover reporting used as a baseline for data center efficiency and effectiveness. Eventually will cover reporting for management and the Executive team leveraging my time in the Office of the CTO performing Executive briefings for customers. A great report will…

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Great comments! Keep them coming. Hybrid cloud is a term much like virtualization was a term back in the day. GSX anyone With any technology trend, IT pros need to be ready to quickly ramp up on the underlying technologies (book + practical knowledge) and develop skills to provide utility to the business. amitace's post…

Well said my friend.

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Love your firefighting analogy rharland2012‌! Experienced that many times and yes, documentation is oftentimes a low priority but it is a vital & necessary step in the change management process. Thank you for sharing your insights!

One automation example are SAM's templates​. They are blueprints that can be used to scale monitoring as a discipline to all your apps. You can also create your own custom SAM APM templates. Another example is an excellent post by Dez​ on SAM AppInsight templates. Again, automation can be more than scripting, policies &…

Lawrence - you were so gracious to me with your time and your welcome when I joined the team. I'm still stunned. Sincerest condolences to your family. I will miss you my friend.

Thanks steven.melnichuk@tbdssab.ca​ for your feedback! Noted :-)

Link to Virtualization Manager Feature Requests Forum.

Knowing your audience is key. * The CTOs and Distinguished Engineers that I presented to wanted details so that translated into long reports with references, citations, and data to back every key takeaway. Data tables, methodology, and proof points as appendices were key. * The GMs and EVPs that I presented to wanted…

Great points! Thank you for your comment pzjones. Technology inertia is tough to overcome but when it does, it's usually an avalanche of "in with the new" and "out with the old" management actions. Experience and expertise do count for something but needs to adapt to change and evolve as you've stated.

nhkelley - thank you for your reply and reference to change management's definition. Your assessment is correct. Lack of management support and organizational buy-in manifests itself in many forms including inadequate training opportunities for IT pros, uneven expectations when level setting across an organization, and…

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General rule of thumb for quickly calculating max IOPs across a RAID level array. * RAID5: ~150 IOPs per spindle * RAID10: ~200 IOPs per spindle

Great discussion thread! Enjoying the comments from the community as well. New technology always drags along the associated inertia to adoption. It could be due to the "if it ain't broke, do go around fixing it," the "don't have resources (time/money/people) to do it," and the "don't mess with my livelihood" mindsets,…