2013 New York/New Jersey User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the New York/New Jersey 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 New York/New Jersey VMUG User Conference:

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Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended: (9:15 am-10:00 am):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Automation Generation: Or Why Skill is the Answer to Scale - Nick Weaver, VMware	Automation Generation: Or Why Skill is the Answer to Scale - Nick Weaver, VMware Excellent	Automation Generation: Or Why Skill is the Answer to Scale - Nick Weaver, VMware Good	Automation Generation: Or Why Skill is the Answer to Scale - Nick Weaver, VMware Fair	Automation Generation: Or Why Skill is the Answer to Scale - Nick Weaver, VMware 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
Making Sense of Solid-State - NexGen	Making Sense of Solid-State - NexGen Excellent	Making Sense of Solid-State - NexGen Good	Making Sense of Solid-State - NexGen Fair	Making Sense of Solid-State - NexGen Poor
Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage - Nimble Storage	Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage - Nimble Storage Excellent	Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage - Nimble Storage Good	Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage - Nimble Storage Fair	Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage - Nimble Storage Poor
vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Scott Calvet, VMware	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Scott Calvet, VMware Excellent	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Scott Calvet, VMware Good	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Scott Calvet, VMware Fair	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Scott Calvet, VMware Poor
Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Excellent	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Good	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Fair	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Poor
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 - EMC Excellent	Evolving to the Software-Defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC Good	Evolving to the Software-Defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC Fair	Evolving to the Software-Defined Data Center: A Detailed Look at EMC Integrations with VMware - EMC 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
Private Cloud – Getting it Right the First Time - Embotics	Private Cloud – Getting it Right the First Time - Embotics Excellent	Private Cloud – Getting it Right the First Time - Embotics Good	Private Cloud – Getting it Right the First Time - Embotics Fair	Private Cloud – Getting it Right the First Time - Embotics Poor
Up and Running Quickly with the New Web Client - Nicole Johnson, VMware	Up and Running Quickly with the New Web Client - Nicole Johnson, VMware Excellent	Up and Running Quickly with the New Web Client - Nicole Johnson, VMware Good	Up and Running Quickly with the New Web Client - Nicole Johnson, VMware Fair	Up and Running Quickly with the New Web Client - Nicole Johnson, VMware 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
Software Defined Datacenter - Scott Calvet, VMware	Software Defined Datacenter - Scott Calvet, VMware Excellent	Software Defined Datacenter - Scott Calvet, VMware Good	Software Defined Datacenter - Scott Calvet, VMware Fair	Software Defined Datacenter - Scott Calvet, VMware 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

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications - Symantec	Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications - Symantec Excellent	Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications - Symantec Good	Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications - Symantec Fair	Overcome the Challenges to Virtualizing Tier 1 Business Critical Applications - Symantec 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
A Guide to VDS Deployments - Nicole Johnson, VMware	A Guide to VDS Deployments - Nicole Johnson, VMware Excellent	A Guide to VDS Deployments - Nicole Johnson, VMware Good	A Guide to VDS Deployments - Nicole Johnson, VMware Fair	A Guide to VDS Deployments - Nicole Johnson, VMware Poor
Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together - Falconstor	Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together - Falconstor Excellent	Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together - Falconstor Good	Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together - Falconstor Fair	Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together - Falconstor Poor
The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Two Customers’ Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware" - ADTRAN/Bluesocket	The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Two Customers’ Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware" - ADTRAN/Bluesocket Excellent	The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Two Customers’ Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware" - ADTRAN/Bluesocket Good	The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Two Customers’ Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware" - ADTRAN/Bluesocket Fair	The Next Step in Virtualization – Network Virtualization: Two Customers’ Deployment Stories on Why and How They Migrated to “Wi-Fi on VMware" - ADTRAN/Bluesocket Poor
vCenter 5.1 - Technical Deep Dive - Scott Calvet, VMware	vCenter 5.1 - Technical Deep Dive - Scott Calvet, VMware Excellent	vCenter 5.1 - Technical Deep Dive - Scott Calvet, VMware Good	vCenter 5.1 - Technical Deep Dive - Scott Calvet, VMware Fair	vCenter 5.1 - Technical Deep Dive - Scott Calvet, VMware Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:30 pm-3:15 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Accelerate Desktop Virtualization Deployments and Embrace BYOD with Pre-Integrated Converged Dell–VMware VDI Solutions - Dell Wyse	Accelerate Desktop Virtualization Deployments and Embrace BYOD with Pre-Integrated Converged Dell–VMware VDI Solutions - Dell Wyse Excellent	Accelerate Desktop Virtualization Deployments and Embrace BYOD with Pre-Integrated Converged Dell–VMware VDI Solutions - Dell Wyse Good	Accelerate Desktop Virtualization Deployments and Embrace BYOD with Pre-Integrated Converged Dell–VMware VDI Solutions - Dell Wyse Fair	Accelerate Desktop Virtualization Deployments and Embrace BYOD with Pre-Integrated Converged Dell–VMware VDI Solutions - Dell Wyse Poor
How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud - David Iannacconi and Sal Bruno, VMware	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud - David Iannacconi and Sal Bruno, VMware Excellent	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud - David Iannacconi and Sal Bruno, VMware Good	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud - David Iannacconi and Sal Bruno, VMware Fair	How to Use vCloud Hybrid Service to Extend Your Data Center to the Cloud - David Iannacconi and Sal Bruno, VMware Poor
Tales From the Field: Don’t Let this Happen to Your VMs - Ari Saperstein, Veeam	Tales From the Field: Don’t Let this Happen to Your VMs - Ari Saperstein, Veeam Excellent	Tales From the Field: Don’t Let this Happen to Your VMs - Ari Saperstein, Veeam Good	Tales From the Field: Don’t Let this Happen to Your VMs - Ari Saperstein, Veeam Fair	Tales From the Field: Don’t Let this Happen to Your VMs - Ari Saperstein, Veeam Poor
Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - Steven DiRienzo, VMware	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - Steven DiRienzo, VMware Excellent	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - Steven DiRienzo, VMware Good	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - Steven DiRienzo, VMware Fair	Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking - Steven DiRienzo, VMware Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:30 pm-4:15 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
The 4 A's of Data Center Security - Automate, Accelerate, Accountability, and APT's - Trend Micro	The 4 A's of Data Center Security - Automate, Accelerate, Accountability, and APT's - Trend Micro Excellent	The 4 A's of Data Center Security - Automate, Accelerate, Accountability, and APT's - Trend Micro Good	The 4 A's of Data Center Security - Automate, Accelerate, Accountability, and APT's - Trend Micro Fair	The 4 A's of Data Center Security - Automate, Accelerate, Accountability, and APT's - Trend Micro Poor
Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Excellent	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Good	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Fair	Troubleshooting Storage Performance - Aleks Saul, VMware Poor
vCenter Operations Management Suite- TechXtend	vCenter Operations Management Suite- TechXtend Excellent	vCenter Operations Management Suite- TechXtend Good	vCenter Operations Management Suite- TechXtend Fair	vCenter Operations Management Suite- TechXtend 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).

VMware vSphere

vCloud Suite

vCloud Automation Center

vCloud Networking & Security

vSphere Storage Appliance

VMware Go Pro

vCenter Operations Management Suite

vCenter Configuration Manager

vCenter Site Recovery Manager

vCenter Protect Standard

vFabric Application Director

VMware View

VMware Mirage

ThinApp

Horizon Application Manager

Horizon Mobile

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.