2013 Sydney User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank You for attending the Sydney 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 Sydney VMUG User Conference:

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Good

Fair

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Virtualization is a Stack of Lies, Stephen Foskett	Virtualization is a Stack of Lies, Stephen Foskett Excellent	Virtualization is a Stack of Lies, Stephen Foskett Good	Virtualization is a Stack of Lies, Stephen Foskett Fair	Virtualization is a Stack of Lies, Stephen Foskett Poor

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Autolab as a Learning Tool, Alastair Cooke	Autolab as a Learning Tool, Alastair Cooke Excellent	Autolab as a Learning Tool, Alastair Cooke Good	Autolab as a Learning Tool, Alastair Cooke Fair	Autolab as a Learning Tool, Alastair Cooke Poor
Actifio - Solving the Data Explosion for Virtual Environments, Jeff O’Connor	Actifio - Solving the Data Explosion for Virtual Environments, Jeff O’Connor Excellent	Actifio - Solving the Data Explosion for Virtual Environments, Jeff O’Connor Good	Actifio - Solving the Data Explosion for Virtual Environments, Jeff O’Connor Fair	Actifio - Solving the Data Explosion for Virtual Environments, Jeff O’Connor Poor
Fusion-IO - Flash as a Cache – Rethinking Virtualization	Fusion-IO - Flash as a Cache – Rethinking Virtualization Excellent	Fusion-IO - Flash as a Cache – Rethinking Virtualization Good	Fusion-IO - Flash as a Cache – Rethinking Virtualization Fair	Fusion-IO - Flash as a Cache – Rethinking Virtualization Poor
Autonomy, HP	Autonomy, HP Excellent	Autonomy, HP Good	Autonomy, HP Fair	Autonomy, HP Poor

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Hitachi Data Systems - It’s Time to Transform: Hitachi Accelerated Flash with vSphere 5	Hitachi Data Systems - It’s Time to Transform: Hitachi Accelerated Flash with vSphere 5 Excellent	Hitachi Data Systems - It’s Time to Transform: Hitachi Accelerated Flash with vSphere 5 Good	Hitachi Data Systems - It’s Time to Transform: Hitachi Accelerated Flash with vSphere 5 Fair	Hitachi Data Systems - It’s Time to Transform: Hitachi Accelerated Flash with vSphere 5 Poor
NetApp - Next Generation Storage For The Cloud	NetApp - Next Generation Storage For The Cloud Excellent	NetApp - Next Generation Storage For The Cloud Good	NetApp - Next Generation Storage For The Cloud Fair	NetApp - Next Generation Storage For The Cloud Poor
From Zero to Colo – vCloud Director in my Lab, Mike Laverick	From Zero to Colo – vCloud Director in my Lab, Mike Laverick Excellent	From Zero to Colo – vCloud Director in my Lab, Mike Laverick Good	From Zero to Colo – vCloud Director in my Lab, Mike Laverick Fair	From Zero to Colo – vCloud Director in my Lab, Mike Laverick Poor
Symantec - Virtualize and Protect Business Critical Applications with Confidence using Symantec	Symantec - Virtualize and Protect Business Critical Applications with Confidence using Symantec Excellent	Symantec - Virtualize and Protect Business Critical Applications with Confidence using Symantec Good	Symantec - Virtualize and Protect Business Critical Applications with Confidence using Symantec Fair	Symantec - Virtualize and Protect Business Critical Applications with Confidence using Symantec Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (12:45-1:30 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - vSphere Best Practices and Performance Tweaks, Simon Lynch - Part 1	VMware - vSphere Best Practices and Performance Tweaks, Simon Lynch - Part 1 Excellent	VMware - vSphere Best Practices and Performance Tweaks, Simon Lynch - Part 1 Good	VMware - vSphere Best Practices and Performance Tweaks, Simon Lynch - Part 1 Fair	VMware - vSphere Best Practices and Performance Tweaks, Simon Lynch - Part 1 Poor
VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Excellent	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Good	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Fair	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Poor
VMware - Automation and Management (concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge	VMware - Automation and Management (concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Excellent	VMware - Automation and Management (concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Good	VMware - Automation and Management (concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Fair	VMware - Automation and Management (concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Poor
VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Excellent	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Good	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Fair	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (1:45-2:30 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - vSphere Automation – Use Cases From the Field- Part 2, Nick Marshall	VMware - vSphere Automation – Use Cases From the Field- Part 2, Nick Marshall Excellent	VMware - vSphere Automation – Use Cases From the Field- Part 2, Nick Marshall Good	VMware - vSphere Automation – Use Cases From the Field- Part 2, Nick Marshall Fair	VMware - vSphere Automation – Use Cases From the Field- Part 2, Nick Marshall Poor
VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Excellent	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Good	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Fair	VMware - EUC Portfolio – Horizon Suite, Wibowo Leksono Poor
VMware - Automation and Management (Concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge	VMware - Automation and Management (Concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Excellent	VMware - Automation and Management (Concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Good	VMware - Automation and Management (Concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Fair	VMware - Automation and Management (Concentrating on Orchestrator and vCOPs), Duncan Cambridge Poor
VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Excellent	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Good	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Fair	VMware - Hybrid Cloud, Simona Lewis Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:00-3:45 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Quest Software (now part of Dell) - Real-world Effective Data Protection and Capacity Management for Today’s Dynamic Virtualised Environments, Danny German	Quest Software (now part of Dell) - Real-world Effective Data Protection and Capacity Management for Today’s Dynamic Virtualised Environments, Danny German Excellent	Quest Software (now part of Dell) - Real-world Effective Data Protection and Capacity Management for Today’s Dynamic Virtualised Environments, Danny German Good	Quest Software (now part of Dell) - Real-world Effective Data Protection and Capacity Management for Today’s Dynamic Virtualised Environments, Danny German Fair	Quest Software (now part of Dell) - Real-world Effective Data Protection and Capacity Management for Today’s Dynamic Virtualised Environments, Danny German Poor
CommVault - Why A Successful Virtualization Strategy is Based on Caring for your Most Important Asset – Data	CommVault - Why A Successful Virtualization Strategy is Based on Caring for your Most Important Asset – Data Excellent	CommVault - Why A Successful Virtualization Strategy is Based on Caring for your Most Important Asset – Data Good	CommVault - Why A Successful Virtualization Strategy is Based on Caring for your Most Important Asset – Data Fair	CommVault - Why A Successful Virtualization Strategy is Based on Caring for your Most Important Asset – Data Poor
VCAP5 Certification QuickStart, Alastair Cooke	VCAP5 Certification QuickStart, Alastair Cooke Excellent	VCAP5 Certification QuickStart, Alastair Cooke Good	VCAP5 Certification QuickStart, Alastair Cooke Fair	VCAP5 Certification QuickStart, Alastair Cooke Poor
The I/O Blender: How Virtualization Challenges Storage, Stephen Foskett	The I/O Blender: How Virtualization Challenges Storage, Stephen Foskett Excellent	The I/O Blender: How Virtualization Challenges Storage, Stephen Foskett Good	The I/O Blender: How Virtualization Challenges Storage, Stephen Foskett Fair	The I/O Blender: How Virtualization Challenges Storage, Stephen Foskett Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the closing keynote if you attended: (4:00-4:45 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Disaster Recovery & Cloud – To? In? Off?, Mike Laverick	Disaster Recovery & Cloud – To? In? Off?, Mike Laverick Excellent	Disaster Recovery & Cloud – To? In? Off?, Mike Laverick Good	Disaster Recovery & Cloud – To? In? Off?, Mike Laverick Fair	Disaster Recovery & Cloud – To? In? Off?, Mike Laverick 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

Disaster Recovery

Server Consolidation

Business Continuity

Virtualization & Cloud

Cloud Computing

Private Cloud

Public/Hybrid Cloud

Business Process Desktop

Mobile Secure Desktop

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. What was the MOST valuable aspect of the event?

Technical Sessions

Peer Networking

Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays

VMware Sessions

New Product Information

Other

Other (please specify)

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

Technical Sessions

Peer Networking

Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays

VMware Sessions

New Product Information

Other

None

Other (please specify)

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

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

Yes

If no, how can we improve?

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* 18. 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.