2013 Cincinnati User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the Cincinnati VMUG User Conference. We hope you enjoyed the event and found value in the opportunity to meet with your peers to discuss virtualization trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

THIS SURVEY SHOULD ONLY TAKE 3-4 MINUTES, PLEASE ONLY ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT APPLY

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* 1. Please rate the overall quality of your experience at the Cincinnati VMUG User Conference:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended: (8:45 am-9:45 am)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware Update - IT Economics Revolution and the SDDC: Misunderstood Reality? - Irish Spring	VMware Update - IT Economics Revolution and the SDDC: Misunderstood Reality? - Irish Spring Excellent	VMware Update - IT Economics Revolution and the SDDC: Misunderstood Reality? - Irish Spring Good	VMware Update - IT Economics Revolution and the SDDC: Misunderstood Reality? - Irish Spring Fair	VMware Update - IT Economics Revolution and the SDDC: Misunderstood Reality? - Irish Spring Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (10:00 am-10:45 am):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Key Elements to Securing Your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments - Trend Micro	Key Elements to Securing Your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments - Trend Micro Excellent	Key Elements to Securing Your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments - Trend Micro Good	Key Elements to Securing Your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments - Trend Micro Fair	Key Elements to Securing Your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments - Trend Micro Poor
How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment - CommVault	How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment - CommVault Excellent	How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment - CommVault Good	How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment - CommVault Fair	How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment - CommVault Poor
Stop the Virtualization Blame Game - Xangati	Stop the Virtualization Blame Game - Xangati Excellent	Stop the Virtualization Blame Game - Xangati Good	Stop the Virtualization Blame Game - Xangati Fair	Stop the Virtualization Blame Game - Xangati Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:00 am-11:45 am):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
vSphere Data Protection Advance - VMware	vSphere Data Protection Advance - VMware Excellent	vSphere Data Protection Advance - VMware Good	vSphere Data Protection Advance - VMware Fair	vSphere Data Protection Advance - VMware Poor
Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 - VMware	Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 - VMware Excellent	Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 - VMware Good	Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 - VMware Fair	Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 - VMware Poor
Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - VMware	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - VMware Excellent	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - VMware Good	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - VMware Fair	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - VMware Poor
Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud with vCAC - VMware	Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud with vCAC - VMware Excellent	Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud with vCAC - VMware Good	Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud with vCAC - VMware Fair	Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud with vCAC - VMware Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the noon keynote you attended: (12:15 pm-1:00 pm)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Business Continuity and High Availability for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint in a Dynamic vSphere Environment - Symantec	Business Continuity and High Availability for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint in a Dynamic vSphere Environment - Symantec Excellent	Business Continuity and High Availability for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint in a Dynamic vSphere Environment - Symantec Good	Business Continuity and High Availability for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint in a Dynamic vSphere Environment - Symantec Fair	Business Continuity and High Availability for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint in a Dynamic vSphere Environment - Symantec Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:15 pm-2:00 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Tales from the Field: Don't Let this Happen to Your VMs - Veeam	Tales from the Field: Don't Let this Happen to Your VMs - Veeam Excellent	Tales from the Field: Don't Let this Happen to Your VMs - Veeam Good	Tales from the Field: Don't Let this Happen to Your VMs - Veeam Fair	Tales from the Field: Don't Let this Happen to Your VMs - Veeam Poor
Virtualizing Your Business Critical Applications - RoundTower Technologies	Virtualizing Your Business Critical Applications - RoundTower Technologies Excellent	Virtualizing Your Business Critical Applications - RoundTower Technologies Good	Virtualizing Your Business Critical Applications - RoundTower Technologies Fair	Virtualizing Your Business Critical Applications - RoundTower Technologies Poor
Using Flash to Supercharge Your VMware Storage - Fusion-io	Using Flash to Supercharge Your VMware Storage - Fusion-io Excellent	Using Flash to Supercharge Your VMware Storage - Fusion-io Good	Using Flash to Supercharge Your VMware Storage - Fusion-io Fair	Using Flash to Supercharge Your VMware Storage - Fusion-io Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:15 pm-3:00 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) - Silver Peak Systems	The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) - Silver Peak Systems Excellent	The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) - Silver Peak Systems Good	The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) - Silver Peak Systems Fair	The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) - Silver Peak Systems Poor
Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Details Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC	Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Details Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC Excellent	Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Details Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC Good	Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Details Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC Fair	Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Details Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC Poor
How to Protect Your Applications from a Zombie Apocalypse and Other Less Likely Disaster Scenarios - Bluelock	How to Protect Your Applications from a Zombie Apocalypse and Other Less Likely Disaster Scenarios - Bluelock Excellent	How to Protect Your Applications from a Zombie Apocalypse and Other Less Likely Disaster Scenarios - Bluelock Good	How to Protect Your Applications from a Zombie Apocalypse and Other Less Likely Disaster Scenarios - Bluelock Fair	How to Protect Your Applications from a Zombie Apocalypse and Other Less Likely Disaster Scenarios - Bluelock Poor
Breaking Through Storage I/O Bottlenecks - PernixData	Breaking Through Storage I/O Bottlenecks - PernixData Excellent	Breaking Through Storage I/O Bottlenecks - PernixData Good	Breaking Through Storage I/O Bottlenecks - PernixData Fair	Breaking Through Storage I/O Bottlenecks - PernixData Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:15 pm-4:00 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Performance Best Practices for vSphere - VMware	Performance Best Practices for vSphere - VMware Excellent	Performance Best Practices for vSphere - VMware Good	Performance Best Practices for vSphere - VMware Fair	Performance Best Practices for vSphere - VMware Poor
vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive - VMware	vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive - VMware Excellent	vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive - VMware Good	vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive - VMware Fair	vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive - VMware Poor
vCenter Site Recovery Manager - VMware	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - VMware Excellent	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - VMware Good	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - VMware Fair	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - VMware Poor
How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Datacenter to the Cloud - VMware	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Datacenter to the Cloud - VMware Excellent	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Datacenter to the Cloud - VMware Good	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Datacenter to the Cloud - VMware Fair	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Datacenter to the Cloud - VMware Poor

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* 9. Please rate the quality of the afternoon keynote if you attended: (4:00 pm-4:45 pm)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
vExpert Keynote - Stop Being a Mine Sweeper - Chris Wahl	vExpert Keynote - Stop Being a Mine Sweeper - Chris Wahl Excellent	vExpert Keynote - Stop Being a Mine Sweeper - Chris Wahl Good	vExpert Keynote - Stop Being a Mine Sweeper - Chris Wahl Fair	vExpert Keynote - Stop Being a Mine Sweeper - Chris Wahl Poor

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* 10. Which of the following topics would you like to see at future VMUG events (please check all that apply).

vCloudSuite

vSphere

vSphere with Operations Management

NSX

Virtual SAN

vSphere Storage Appliance

Virsto

vSphere Data Protection Advanced

vCenter Site Recovery Manager

vCloud Hybrid Service

vCenter Operations Management Suite

vCenter Operations Manager

vCenter Configuration Manager

vCenter Log Insight

vCenter Server

vCloud Automation Center

vCenter Orchestrator

IT Business Management Suite

Horizon Suite

Horizon View

Horizon Mirage

Horizon Workspace

Socialcast by VMware

Fusion

Fusion Professional

Workstation

Player Plus

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* 11. Which of the following topics are important to your organization's business and IT initiatives?

Software-Defined Datacenter

Security & Compliance

Management

Cloud Computing

Private Cloud

Public/Hybrid Cloud

Business Process Desktop

Mobile Secure Desktop

Disaster Recovery

Server Consolidation

Business Continuity

Virtualization & Cloud

Other

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* 12. Please rate the value of this event relative to your professional challenges:

Highly Relevant

Relevant

Somewhat Relevant

Not Very Relevant

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* 13. Would you recommend this event to colleagues that use VMware?

Yes

If no, why?

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* 14. Do you plan to join us for future VMUG events?

Yes

If no, why?

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* 15. Did you find the mobile app useful?

Yes

Didn't Use It

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* 16. What was the MOST valuable aspect of the event?

Technical Sessions

Peer Networking

Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays

VMware Sessions

New Product Information

Mobile App

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 17. What was the LEAST valuable aspect of the event?

Technical Sessions

Peer Networking

Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays

VMware Sessions

New Product Information

Mobile App

Other

None

Other (please specify)

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* 18. What could VMUG do to improve these events in the future?

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* 19. Do you feel this User Conference provided a good networking opportunity?

Yes

If no, how can we improve?

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* 20. Are you interested in VMUG volunteer opportunities?

Yes

If yes, please provide your name, company title and email.

Thank you for your input, feedback is vital in the review process and is important so that we can continue to improve VMUG User Conferences! Please email memberservices@vmug.com for questions.