2014 Atlanta User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the Atlanta 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 Atlanta VMUG User Conference:

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Good

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Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended: (8:30 am-9:30 am)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
SDDC is Inevitable: Are You Ready? - Chris Wolf, VMware	SDDC is Inevitable: Are You Ready? - Chris Wolf, VMware Excellent	SDDC is Inevitable: Are You Ready? - Chris Wolf, VMware Good	SDDC is Inevitable: Are You Ready? - Chris Wolf, VMware Fair	SDDC is Inevitable: Are You Ready? - Chris Wolf, VMware Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (10:00 am-10:50 am):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 - Dan Palmer, VMware	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 - Dan Palmer, VMware Excellent	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 - Dan Palmer, VMware Good	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 - Dan Palmer, VMware Fair	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 - Dan Palmer, VMware Poor
vSOM: Monitoring Health, Performance, and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations - Chima Njaka, VMware	vSOM: Monitoring Health, Performance, and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations - Chima Njaka, VMware Excellent	vSOM: Monitoring Health, Performance, and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations - Chima Njaka, VMware Good	vSOM: Monitoring Health, Performance, and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations - Chima Njaka, VMware Fair	vSOM: Monitoring Health, Performance, and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations - Chima Njaka, VMware Poor
It's Time to Virtualize the Network! - Ed Shmookler, VMware	It's Time to Virtualize the Network! - Ed Shmookler, VMware Excellent	It's Time to Virtualize the Network! - Ed Shmookler, VMware Good	It's Time to Virtualize the Network! - Ed Shmookler, VMware Fair	It's Time to Virtualize the Network! - Ed Shmookler, VMware Poor
vCloud Air: Deep Dive - Chris Colotti, VMware	vCloud Air: Deep Dive - Chris Colotti, VMware Excellent	vCloud Air: Deep Dive - Chris Colotti, VMware Good	vCloud Air: Deep Dive - Chris Colotti, VMware Fair	vCloud Air: Deep Dive - Chris Colotti, VMware Poor
vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Brent Holt, VMware	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Brent Holt, VMware Excellent	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Brent Holt, VMware Good	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Brent Holt, VMware Fair	vCenter Site Recovery Manager - Brent Holt, VMware Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:00 am-11:40 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
The 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection, Dell Software	The 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection, Dell Software Excellent	The 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection, Dell Software Good	The 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection, Dell Software Fair	The 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection, Dell Software Poor
Demystifying Software-Defined Storage, DataCore Software	Demystifying Software-Defined Storage, DataCore Software Excellent	Demystifying Software-Defined Storage, DataCore Software Good	Demystifying Software-Defined Storage, DataCore Software Fair	Demystifying Software-Defined Storage, DataCore Software Poor
Unleashing SDDC Awesomeness with Atlantis USX: Building a Storage Infrastructure for Tier 1 VMs with vVOLS, VASA, VSAN and Atlantis USX Data Services, Atlantis Computing	Unleashing SDDC Awesomeness with Atlantis USX: Building a Storage Infrastructure for Tier 1 VMs with vVOLS, VASA, VSAN and Atlantis USX Data Services, Atlantis Computing Excellent	Unleashing SDDC Awesomeness with Atlantis USX: Building a Storage Infrastructure for Tier 1 VMs with vVOLS, VASA, VSAN and Atlantis USX Data Services, Atlantis Computing Good	Unleashing SDDC Awesomeness with Atlantis USX: Building a Storage Infrastructure for Tier 1 VMs with vVOLS, VASA, VSAN and Atlantis USX Data Services, Atlantis Computing Fair	Unleashing SDDC Awesomeness with Atlantis USX: Building a Storage Infrastructure for Tier 1 VMs with vVOLS, VASA, VSAN and Atlantis USX Data Services, Atlantis Computing Poor
Practical Steps to Becoming Software-Defined, CiRBA	Practical Steps to Becoming Software-Defined, CiRBA Excellent	Practical Steps to Becoming Software-Defined, CiRBA Good	Practical Steps to Becoming Software-Defined, CiRBA Fair	Practical Steps to Becoming Software-Defined, CiRBA Poor
vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution - Cody Bunch, Rackspace	vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution - Cody Bunch, Rackspace Excellent	vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution - Cody Bunch, Rackspace Good	vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution - Cody Bunch, Rackspace Fair	vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution - Cody Bunch, Rackspace Poor
Network Virtualization for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks	Network Virtualization for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Excellent	Network Virtualization for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Good	Network Virtualization for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Fair	Network Virtualization for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Poor
10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Veeam Software	10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Veeam Software Excellent	10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Veeam Software Good	10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Veeam Software Fair	10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Veeam Software Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:00 pm-1:40 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Lead with Speed: Redefine Your VDI Environment, EMC	Lead with Speed: Redefine Your VDI Environment, EMC Excellent	Lead with Speed: Redefine Your VDI Environment, EMC Good	Lead with Speed: Redefine Your VDI Environment, EMC Fair	Lead with Speed: Redefine Your VDI Environment, EMC Poor
How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery Solution to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines?, Symantec	How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery Solution to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines?, Symantec Excellent	How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery Solution to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines?, Symantec Good	How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery Solution to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines?, Symantec Fair	How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery Solution to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines?, Symantec Poor
Is Your VM Data Management Solution Really Modern? How Do You Know?, CommVault Systems	Is Your VM Data Management Solution Really Modern? How Do You Know?, CommVault Systems Excellent	Is Your VM Data Management Solution Really Modern? How Do You Know?, CommVault Systems Good	Is Your VM Data Management Solution Really Modern? How Do You Know?, CommVault Systems Fair	Is Your VM Data Management Solution Really Modern? How Do You Know?, CommVault Systems Poor
Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Excellent	Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Good	Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Fair	Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Poor
All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier, Pure Storage	All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier, Pure Storage Excellent	All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier, Pure Storage Good	All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier, Pure Storage Fair	All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier, Pure Storage Poor
Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VMware Environment With 360° Datacenter Visibility, Splunk	Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VMware Environment With 360° Datacenter Visibility, Splunk Excellent	Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VMware Environment With 360° Datacenter Visibility, Splunk Good	Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VMware Environment With 360° Datacenter Visibility, Splunk Fair	Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VMware Environment With 360° Datacenter Visibility, Splunk Poor
Best Practices for Smarter Virtualization Management: Customer Case Study with VMTurbo, VMTurbo	Best Practices for Smarter Virtualization Management: Customer Case Study with VMTurbo, VMTurbo Excellent	Best Practices for Smarter Virtualization Management: Customer Case Study with VMTurbo, VMTurbo Good	Best Practices for Smarter Virtualization Management: Customer Case Study with VMTurbo, VMTurbo Fair	Best Practices for Smarter Virtualization Management: Customer Case Study with VMTurbo, VMTurbo Poor

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* 6. Please rate the qualiy of the Business Track Talk if you attened (1:00 pm - 1:50 pm)?

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Business Track Topic #1: SDDC - Chris Wolf, VMware	Business Track Topic #1: SDDC - Chris Wolf, VMware Excellent	Business Track Topic #1: SDDC - Chris Wolf, VMware Good	Business Track Topic #1: SDDC - Chris Wolf, VMware Fair	Business Track Topic #1: SDDC - Chris Wolf, VMware Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:00 pm-2:40 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
A Cross-Customer View of Hidden Issues Affecting Actual VMware Environments, Opvizor	A Cross-Customer View of Hidden Issues Affecting Actual VMware Environments, Opvizor Excellent	A Cross-Customer View of Hidden Issues Affecting Actual VMware Environments, Opvizor Good	A Cross-Customer View of Hidden Issues Affecting Actual VMware Environments, Opvizor Fair	A Cross-Customer View of Hidden Issues Affecting Actual VMware Environments, Opvizor Poor
Cisco and VMware: Transforming Desktops into End User Workspaces, Cisco	Cisco and VMware: Transforming Desktops into End User Workspaces, Cisco Excellent	Cisco and VMware: Transforming Desktops into End User Workspaces, Cisco Good	Cisco and VMware: Transforming Desktops into End User Workspaces, Cisco Fair	Cisco and VMware: Transforming Desktops into End User Workspaces, Cisco Poor
Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc	Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc Excellent	Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc Good	Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc Fair	Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc Poor
Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM, PernixData	Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM, PernixData Excellent	Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM, PernixData Good	Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM, PernixData Fair	Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM, PernixData Poor
Modern Disaster Recovery Workshop: Hands-on Look at Lessons Learned, tw telecom + Bluelock	Modern Disaster Recovery Workshop: Hands-on Look at Lessons Learned, tw telecom + Bluelock Excellent	Modern Disaster Recovery Workshop: Hands-on Look at Lessons Learned, tw telecom + Bluelock Good	Modern Disaster Recovery Workshop: Hands-on Look at Lessons Learned, tw telecom + Bluelock Fair	Modern Disaster Recovery Workshop: Hands-on Look at Lessons Learned, tw telecom + Bluelock Poor
VMware Design and Product Integration options with Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Micro	VMware Design and Product Integration options with Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Micro Excellent	VMware Design and Product Integration options with Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Micro Good	VMware Design and Product Integration options with Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Micro Fair	VMware Design and Product Integration options with Trend Micro Deep Security, Trend Micro Poor
Hear from your Peers: Protecting VMware Applications through the Acquisitions, Zerto	Hear from your Peers: Protecting VMware Applications through the Acquisitions, Zerto Excellent	Hear from your Peers: Protecting VMware Applications through the Acquisitions, Zerto Good	Hear from your Peers: Protecting VMware Applications through the Acquisitions, Zerto Fair	Hear from your Peers: Protecting VMware Applications through the Acquisitions, Zerto Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the Business Track Talk if you attended (2:00 pm - 2:50 pm)?

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Business Track Topic #2: EUC - Dan Palmer, VMware	Business Track Topic #2: EUC - Dan Palmer, VMware Excellent	Business Track Topic #2: EUC - Dan Palmer, VMware Good	Business Track Topic #2: EUC - Dan Palmer, VMware Fair	Business Track Topic #2: EUC - Dan Palmer, VMware Poor

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* 9. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:00 pm-3:50 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud - Clayton Walters, VMware	vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud - Clayton Walters, VMware Excellent	vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud - Clayton Walters, VMware Good	vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud - Clayton Walters, VMware Fair	vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud - Clayton Walters, VMware Poor
vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive - Brent Holt, VMware	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive - Brent Holt, VMware Excellent	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive - Brent Holt, VMware Good	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive - Brent Holt, VMware Fair	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive - Brent Holt, VMware Poor
Virtual SAN: Technical Overview and Best Practices - James Lefort, VMware	Virtual SAN: Technical Overview and Best Practices - James Lefort, VMware Excellent	Virtual SAN: Technical Overview and Best Practices - James Lefort, VMware Good	Virtual SAN: Technical Overview and Best Practices - James Lefort, VMware Fair	Virtual SAN: Technical Overview and Best Practices - James Lefort, VMware Poor
Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery - Chris Colotti, VMware	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery - Chris Colotti, VMware Excellent	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery - Chris Colotti, VMware Good	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery - Chris Colotti, VMware Fair	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery - Chris Colotti, VMware Poor
Airwatch: Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified - Jeff Tongel, VMware	Airwatch: Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified - Jeff Tongel, VMware Excellent	Airwatch: Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified - Jeff Tongel, VMware Good	Airwatch: Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified - Jeff Tongel, VMware Fair	Airwatch: Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified - Jeff Tongel, VMware Poor

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* 10. Please rate the quality of the closing keynote if you attended (4:00 pm-5:00 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
How Does VMware Do It? - Tony Scott, VMware	How Does VMware Do It? - Tony Scott, VMware Excellent	How Does VMware Do It? - Tony Scott, VMware Good	How Does VMware Do It? - Tony Scott, VMware Fair	How Does VMware Do It? - Tony Scott, VMware Poor

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* 11. 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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* 12. 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

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

Highly Relevant

Relevant

Somewhat Relevant

Not Very Relevant

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

Yes

If no, why?

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

Yes

If no, why?

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* 16. What are you using the mobile app for?

Build an agenda

Receive more information on sponsors

Event survey

Venue/sponsor room maps

Learn more about the sessions/speakers

Connect with other attendees

Other (please specify)

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* 17. 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 (please specify):

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* 18. 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

None

Other (please specify):

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

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

Yes

If no, how can we improve?

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.