2013 Chicago User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the Chicago 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 Chicago VMUG User Conference:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended: (9:00 am-9:45 am)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Keynote - Jay Cuthrell	Keynote - Jay Cuthrell Excellent	Keynote - Jay Cuthrell Good	Keynote - Jay Cuthrell Fair	Keynote - Jay Cuthrell Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (10:15 am-11:00 am):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Sigma Solutions - From Enterprise Datacenter to Private Cloud	Sigma Solutions - From Enterprise Datacenter to Private Cloud Excellent	Sigma Solutions - From Enterprise Datacenter to Private Cloud Good	Sigma Solutions - From Enterprise Datacenter to Private Cloud Fair	Sigma Solutions - From Enterprise Datacenter to Private Cloud Poor
Fusion-io - Memory-Attached Flash Hybrid SANs with QoS	Fusion-io - Memory-Attached Flash Hybrid SANs with QoS Excellent	Fusion-io - Memory-Attached Flash Hybrid SANs with QoS Good	Fusion-io - Memory-Attached Flash Hybrid SANs with QoS Fair	Fusion-io - Memory-Attached Flash Hybrid SANs with QoS Poor
Intel - Deploying VMware* vSphere 5.1 using 10Gb Ethernet	Intel - Deploying VMware* vSphere 5.1 using 10Gb Ethernet Excellent	Intel - Deploying VMware* vSphere 5.1 using 10Gb Ethernet Good	Intel - Deploying VMware* vSphere 5.1 using 10Gb Ethernet Fair	Intel - Deploying VMware* vSphere 5.1 using 10Gb Ethernet Poor
Splunk - Troubleshoot, Optimize and Analyze Your VMware Environments with In-Depth Holistic Visibility	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Optimize and Analyze Your VMware Environments with In-Depth Holistic Visibility Excellent	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Optimize and Analyze Your VMware Environments with In-Depth Holistic Visibility Good	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Optimize and Analyze Your VMware Environments with In-Depth Holistic Visibility Fair	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Optimize and Analyze Your VMware Environments with In-Depth Holistic Visibility Poor
HP - Top 10 Things You Must Know About Storage for vSphere	HP - Top 10 Things You Must Know About Storage for vSphere Excellent	HP - Top 10 Things You Must Know About Storage for vSphere Good	HP - Top 10 Things You Must Know About Storage for vSphere Fair	HP - Top 10 Things You Must Know About Storage for vSphere Poor
Palo Alto Networks - Securing Microsoft Applications in VMware Environments with Next-Generation Firewalls	Palo Alto Networks - Securing Microsoft Applications in VMware Environments with Next-Generation Firewalls Excellent	Palo Alto Networks - Securing Microsoft Applications in VMware Environments with Next-Generation Firewalls Good	Palo Alto Networks - Securing Microsoft Applications in VMware Environments with Next-Generation Firewalls Fair	Palo Alto Networks - Securing Microsoft Applications in VMware Environments with Next-Generation Firewalls Poor
Veeam - 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 Excellent	Veeam - Tales from the Field: Don’t Let This Happen to Your VMs Good	Veeam - Tales from the Field: Don’t Let This Happen to Your VMs Fair	Veeam - Tales from the Field: Don’t Let This Happen to Your VMs Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:15 am-12:00 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - Software Defined Datacenter	VMware - Software Defined Datacenter Excellent	VMware - Software Defined Datacenter Good	VMware - Software Defined Datacenter Fair	VMware - Software Defined Datacenter Poor
VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance Excellent	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance Good	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance Fair	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance Poor
VMware - End User Computing - The hottest news from VMworld Europe!, David Stafford	VMware - End User Computing - The hottest news from VMworld Europe!, David Stafford Excellent	VMware - End User Computing - The hottest news from VMworld Europe!, David Stafford Good	VMware - End User Computing - The hottest news from VMworld Europe!, David Stafford Fair	VMware - End User Computing - The hottest news from VMworld Europe!, David Stafford Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Fair	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Poor
VMware - vCenter Site Recovery Manager	VMware - vCenter Site Recovery Manager Excellent	VMware - vCenter Site Recovery Manager Good	VMware - vCenter Site Recovery Manager Fair	VMware - vCenter Site Recovery Manager Poor
VMware - VMware Horizon Mirage Image Deployment Deep Dive, Jerrid Cunniff	VMware - VMware Horizon Mirage Image Deployment Deep Dive, Jerrid Cunniff Excellent	VMware - VMware Horizon Mirage Image Deployment Deep Dive, Jerrid Cunniff Good	VMware - VMware Horizon Mirage Image Deployment Deep Dive, Jerrid Cunniff Fair	VMware - VMware Horizon Mirage Image Deployment Deep Dive, Jerrid Cunniff Poor
VMware - vSphere Platform Group Discussion	VMware - vSphere Platform Group Discussion Excellent	VMware - vSphere Platform Group Discussion Good	VMware - vSphere Platform Group Discussion Fair	VMware - vSphere Platform Group Discussion Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the afternoon keynote you attended: (12:30 pm-1:15 pm)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Symantec - Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications	Symantec - Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Excellent	Symantec - Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Good	Symantec - Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Fair	Symantec - Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:30 pm-2:15 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Hosting - DR to The Cloud: How Cloud Replication can turn Disaster Recovery into DRaaS	Hosting - DR to The Cloud: How Cloud Replication can turn Disaster Recovery into DRaaS Excellent	Hosting - DR to The Cloud: How Cloud Replication can turn Disaster Recovery into DRaaS Good	Hosting - DR to The Cloud: How Cloud Replication can turn Disaster Recovery into DRaaS Fair	Hosting - DR to The Cloud: How Cloud Replication can turn Disaster Recovery into DRaaS Poor
EMC - Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware	EMC - Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware Excellent	EMC - Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware Good	EMC - Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware Fair	EMC - Evolving to the Software-defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware Poor
ADTRAN - The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Customer Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware”	ADTRAN - The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Customer Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware” Excellent	ADTRAN - The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Customer Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware” Good	ADTRAN - The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Customer Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware” Fair	ADTRAN - The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Customer Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware” Poor
Condusiv - 50% Faster VMs—No Hardware Required	Condusiv - 50% Faster VMs—No Hardware Required Excellent	Condusiv - 50% Faster VMs—No Hardware Required Good	Condusiv - 50% Faster VMs—No Hardware Required Fair	Condusiv - 50% Faster VMs—No Hardware Required Poor
CommVault - 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 Excellent	CommVault - How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment Good	CommVault - How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment Fair	CommVault - How to Adapt Your Data Management and Protection Methodologies to a Cloud Scale Environment Poor
Trend Micro - 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 Excellent	Trend Micro - Key Elements to Securing your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments Good	Trend Micro - Key Elements to Securing your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments Fair	Trend Micro - Key Elements to Securing your Data Center: Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments Poor
Cisco - Virtual DC / Virtual Networks	Cisco - Virtual DC / Virtual Networks Excellent	Cisco - Virtual DC / Virtual Networks Good	Cisco - Virtual DC / Virtual Networks Fair	Cisco - Virtual DC / Virtual Networks Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:45 pm-3:30 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
SanDisk - Serving up Flash-based Technology in VMware	SanDisk - Serving up Flash-based Technology in VMware Excellent	SanDisk - Serving up Flash-based Technology in VMware Good	SanDisk - Serving up Flash-based Technology in VMware Fair	SanDisk - Serving up Flash-based Technology in VMware Poor
Presidio - vSphere 5.5 Storage Enhancements	Presidio - vSphere 5.5 Storage Enhancements Excellent	Presidio - vSphere 5.5 Storage Enhancements Good	Presidio - vSphere 5.5 Storage Enhancements Fair	Presidio - vSphere 5.5 Storage Enhancements Poor
Silver Peak Systems - The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA)	Silver Peak Systems - The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) Excellent	Silver Peak Systems - The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) Good	Silver Peak Systems - The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) Fair	Silver Peak Systems - The Emerging Role of Software Defined Acceleration (SDA) Poor
American Digital - HP BladeSystem Networking	American Digital - HP BladeSystem Networking Excellent	American Digital - HP BladeSystem Networking Good	American Digital - HP BladeSystem Networking Fair	American Digital - HP BladeSystem Networking Poor
Arista Networks - OpenWorkload - Simplifying the Network for VMware Deployments	Arista Networks - OpenWorkload - Simplifying the Network for VMware Deployments Excellent	Arista Networks - OpenWorkload - Simplifying the Network for VMware Deployments Good	Arista Networks - OpenWorkload - Simplifying the Network for VMware Deployments Fair	Arista Networks - OpenWorkload - Simplifying the Network for VMware Deployments Poor
Kaminario - Solving Performance Issues in Virtualized Oracle DB Servers	Kaminario - Solving Performance Issues in Virtualized Oracle DB Servers Excellent	Kaminario - Solving Performance Issues in Virtualized Oracle DB Servers Good	Kaminario - Solving Performance Issues in Virtualized Oracle DB Servers Fair	Kaminario - Solving Performance Issues in Virtualized Oracle DB Servers Poor
Netapp - Going Full Virtual: Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with VMware and NetApp, NetApp	Netapp - Going Full Virtual: Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with VMware and NetApp, NetApp Excellent	Netapp - Going Full Virtual: Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with VMware and NetApp, NetApp Good	Netapp - Going Full Virtual: Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with VMware and NetApp, NetApp Fair	Netapp - Going Full Virtual: Virtualizing Business Critical Apps with VMware and NetApp, NetApp Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:45 pm-4:30 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - 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 Excellent	VMware - How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend your Datacenter to the Cloud Good	VMware - How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend your Datacenter to the Cloud Fair	VMware - How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend your Datacenter to the Cloud Poor
VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices Excellent	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices Good	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices Fair	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices Poor
VMware - Network Virtualization	VMware - Network Virtualization Excellent	VMware - Network Virtualization Good	VMware - Network Virtualization Fair	VMware - Network Virtualization Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Fair	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Poor
VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough Excellent	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough Good	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough Fair	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough Poor
VMware - Upgrading to vSphere 5.5	VMware - Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Excellent	VMware - Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Good	VMware - Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Fair	VMware - Upgrading to vSphere 5.5 Poor
VMware - Real World Automation using vCenter Orchestrator	VMware - Real World Automation using vCenter Orchestrator Excellent	VMware - Real World Automation using vCenter Orchestrator Good	VMware - Real World Automation using vCenter Orchestrator Fair	VMware - Real World Automation using vCenter Orchestrator Poor

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* 9. 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

Other (please specify)

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* 10. 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

Other (please specify)

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

Highly Relevant

Relevant

Somewhat Relevant

Not Very Relevant

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

Yes

If no, why?

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

Yes

If no, why?

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* 14. Did you find the mobile app useful?

Yes

Didn't Use It

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* 15. 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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* 16. 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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* 17. What could VMUG do to improve these events in the future?

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

Yes

If no, how can we improve?

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* 19. 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.