Monthly Archives: December 2011

Paul Maritz: executive of the year

It’s pretty damn cool to see Paul Maritz named executive of the year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal.

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a year of VMware acquisitions

Over at ReadWriteWeb, they catalog a year of VMware acquisitions.  We’ve made some great investments in our cloud portfolio.  I wonder what 2012 will bring?

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the password conundrum

I recently switched my home Internet service from Covad DSL to Comcast Teleworker1.  Almost everything has gone swimmingly so far: signing up online was painless, the tech came out within the assigned window and he was very nice and professional, … Continue reading

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every time a smartphone rings, an IT support guy gets his wings

Some holiday cheer from your friends at VMware: It’s possible that I find this video so funny because it was filmed on-campus and because I’ve had meetings with some of those people in those conference rooms.  Even so: it’s three … Continue reading

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2011 retrospective

Or, Nadyne’s greatest hits of 2011: the posts that were most read and that got the most search traffic. Unsurprisingly, my post about the availability of the vSphere Client for iPad got a lot of traffic this year.  I expect … Continue reading

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VMware View Client for Mac available now

Ever since I joined VMware last year, one of the top search hits for this blog has been “vmware view mac” and variants.  Today, I have great news: there is now an application to match that search.  Yes, VMware View … Continue reading

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poor kids have no work ethic, he says

For those of you who don’t care about my political views, you should skip this post. I’ve never been a fan of Newt Gingrich.  When I lived in his district, I voted against him at every opportunity.  So it’s with … Continue reading

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sometimes you don’t want search engine optimization

I ordered Mother’s Day flowers for my mother from From You Flowers, and they didn’t arrive on time.  Not only did they not arrive on time, but they didn’t inform me of the issue.  When I contacted them about the … Continue reading

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tell me more

This morning, I conducted some research with one of our customer councils.  I asked them some questions about how they go about things today, and then let one of the designers on my team show them some of his very … Continue reading

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