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How Can VMware Explore Boost Your career?

GrahamJune 29, 2022August 10, 2022

I've been fortunate to be able to attend VMworld (Now VMware Explore) for the last few years, both in-person and online during the pandemic. People have asked me, is VMworld worth it and why do you go? This is what I intend to answer in this blog post. Why do...

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vRetreat 7 – Datrium & Snapt Demos

GrahamJune 28, 2020

Last month I was invited to attend vRetreat #7 but for one reason or another, I was unable to attend. The host, Patrick Redknap was able to provide a recording of the event and there were some interesting topics covered. Snapt Snapt is an ADC company (Application Delivery Control), essentially...

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Being Colour Blind in IT

GrahamOctober 28, 2017January 21, 2018

I never used to talk about my colour blindness until this year when I realised just how "colour blind" I really was. It's something that you are born with and my parents didn't know until I was around 5 when I was unable to see our dog's red ball on...

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Backup Exec – Insufficient winsock resources available to complete socket connection initiation

GrahamJuly 22, 2017July 22, 2017

A few months back I encountered this issue which was stopping the backup exec beremote.exe process which is required to backup Virtual Machines. Insufficient winsock resources available to complete socket connection initiation The cause In my case it was a recent Windows Update that caused hundreds of false sockets to...