2014 Austin User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the Austin 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 Austin 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
CA Technologies - Virtualization Data Protection and Its Dirty Little Secrets - All the Things You Want to Know But Never Dare to Ask, Greg Lamonica	CA Technologies - Virtualization Data Protection and Its Dirty Little Secrets - All the Things You Want to Know But Never Dare to Ask, Greg Lamonica Excellent	CA Technologies - Virtualization Data Protection and Its Dirty Little Secrets - All the Things You Want to Know But Never Dare to Ask, Greg Lamonica Good	CA Technologies - Virtualization Data Protection and Its Dirty Little Secrets - All the Things You Want to Know But Never Dare to Ask, Greg Lamonica Fair	CA Technologies - Virtualization Data Protection and Its Dirty Little Secrets - All the Things You Want to Know But Never Dare to Ask, Greg Lamonica 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
Arista Networks - Preparing the Network for the Software Defined Data Center	Arista Networks - Preparing the Network for the Software Defined Data Center Excellent	Arista Networks - Preparing the Network for the Software Defined Data Center Good	Arista Networks - Preparing the Network for the Software Defined Data Center Fair	Arista Networks - Preparing the Network for the Software Defined Data Center Poor
DataCore Software - Busting I/O Bottlenecks Through Infrastructure-Wide Caching and Auto-Tiering	DataCore Software - Busting I/O Bottlenecks Through Infrastructure-Wide Caching and Auto-Tiering Excellent	DataCore Software - Busting I/O Bottlenecks Through Infrastructure-Wide Caching and Auto-Tiering Good	DataCore Software - Busting I/O Bottlenecks Through Infrastructure-Wide Caching and Auto-Tiering Fair	DataCore Software - Busting I/O Bottlenecks Through Infrastructure-Wide Caching and Auto-Tiering Poor
Pure Storage - All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier	Pure Storage - All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier Excellent	Pure Storage - All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier Good	Pure Storage - All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier Fair	Pure Storage - All-Flash Storage: 5X Faster, 10X Less Power, 100X Easier Poor
Symantec - How do you Scale a Backup and Recovery Solutions to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines?	Symantec - How do you Scale a Backup and Recovery Solutions to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines? Excellent	Symantec - How do you Scale a Backup and Recovery Solutions to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines? Good	Symantec - How do you Scale a Backup and Recovery Solutions to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines? Fair	Symantec - How do you Scale a Backup and Recovery Solutions to Protect Tens of Thousands of Virtual Machines? Poor

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Ben Lin	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Ben Lin Excellent	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Ben Lin Good	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Ben Lin Fair	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Ben Lin Poor
VMware - Getting the Most Out of vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5, Justin King	VMware - Getting the Most Out of vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5, Justin King Excellent	VMware - Getting the Most Out of vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5, Justin King Good	VMware - Getting the Most Out of vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5, Justin King Fair	VMware - Getting the Most Out of vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5, Justin King Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jim Stone	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jim Stone Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jim Stone Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jim Stone Fair	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jim Stone Poor
VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager, Kris Walsh	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager, Kris Walsh Excellent	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager, Kris Walsh Good	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager, Kris Walsh Fair	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operations Manager, Kris Walsh Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the noon lunch & keynote you attended: (12:30 pm-1:30 pm)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Keynote - Andrew McDaniel, Ireland VMUG Leader and Industry Guru	Keynote - Andrew McDaniel, Ireland VMUG Leader and Industry Guru Excellent	Keynote - Andrew McDaniel, Ireland VMUG Leader and Industry Guru Good	Keynote - Andrew McDaniel, Ireland VMUG Leader and Industry Guru Fair	Keynote - Andrew McDaniel, Ireland VMUG Leader and Industry Guru Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:45 pm-2:30 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments, Bob Valentine	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments, Bob Valentine Excellent	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments, Bob Valentine Good	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments, Bob Valentine Fair	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments, Bob Valentine Poor
Dell - Achieving Security, Agility, and Mobility thru Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Andrew McDaniel	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility, and Mobility thru Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Andrew McDaniel Excellent	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility, and Mobility thru Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Andrew McDaniel Good	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility, and Mobility thru Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Andrew McDaniel Fair	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility, and Mobility thru Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Andrew McDaniel Poor
tw telecom - Virtualized, Software-Defined Networking Al Myers	tw telecom - Virtualized, Software-Defined Networking Al Myers Excellent	tw telecom - Virtualized, Software-Defined Networking Al Myers Good	tw telecom - Virtualized, Software-Defined Networking Al Myers Fair	tw telecom - Virtualized, Software-Defined Networking Al Myers Poor
Veeam Software - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Tyler Row	Veeam Software - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Tyler Row Excellent	Veeam Software - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Tyler Row Good	Veeam Software - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Tyler Row Fair	Veeam Software - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups, Tyler Row 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
Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration Options with Trend Micro Deep Security	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration Options with Trend Micro Deep Security Excellent	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration Options with Trend Micro Deep Security Good	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration Options with Trend Micro Deep Security Fair	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration Options with Trend Micro Deep Security Poor
CommVault Systems - Adapting Data Protection to Virtual Environments and Private Clouds, Robbie Wright	CommVault Systems - Adapting Data Protection to Virtual Environments and Private Clouds, Robbie Wright Excellent	CommVault Systems - Adapting Data Protection to Virtual Environments and Private Clouds, Robbie Wright Good	CommVault Systems - Adapting Data Protection to Virtual Environments and Private Clouds, Robbie Wright Fair	CommVault Systems - Adapting Data Protection to Virtual Environments and Private Clouds, Robbie Wright Poor
Nimble Storage - Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage	Nimble Storage - Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage Excellent	Nimble Storage - Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage Good	Nimble Storage - Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage Fair	Nimble Storage - Evolve your Virtual Data Center with Nimble Storage Poor
Logic Monitor - ESX, Lies and Measuring Tapes: How to Interpret and Reconcile Metrics Between the Hypervisor and the Guest, Steve Francis	Logic Monitor - ESX, Lies and Measuring Tapes: How to Interpret and Reconcile Metrics Between the Hypervisor and the Guest, Steve Francis Excellent	Logic Monitor - ESX, Lies and Measuring Tapes: How to Interpret and Reconcile Metrics Between the Hypervisor and the Guest, Steve Francis Good	Logic Monitor - ESX, Lies and Measuring Tapes: How to Interpret and Reconcile Metrics Between the Hypervisor and the Guest, Steve Francis Fair	Logic Monitor - ESX, Lies and Measuring Tapes: How to Interpret and Reconcile Metrics Between the Hypervisor and the Guest, Steve Francis Poor

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - Hybrid Cloud Service Deep Dive, David Hill	VMware - Hybrid Cloud Service Deep Dive, David Hill Excellent	VMware - Hybrid Cloud Service Deep Dive, David Hill Good	VMware - Hybrid Cloud Service Deep Dive, David Hill Fair	VMware - Hybrid Cloud Service Deep Dive, David Hill Poor
VMware - vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive, Justin King	VMware - vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive, Justin King Excellent	VMware - vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive, Justin King Good	VMware - vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive, Justin King Fair	VMware - vCenter 5.5: A Technical Deep Dive, Justin King Poor
VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Wade Holmes	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Wade Holmes Excellent	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Wade Holmes Good	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Wade Holmes Fair	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Wade Holmes Poor
VMware - Troubleshooting Your VMware Horizon View Implementation, Ernest Nichols	VMware - Troubleshooting Your VMware Horizon View Implementation, Ernest Nichols Excellent	VMware - Troubleshooting Your VMware Horizon View Implementation, Ernest Nichols Good	VMware - Troubleshooting Your VMware Horizon View Implementation, Ernest Nichols Fair	VMware - Troubleshooting Your VMware Horizon View Implementation, Ernest Nichols Poor

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* 9. Please rate the quality of the Hands-on Labs sessions you attended:

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: Virtual SAN, Equipment provided by Dell	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: Virtual SAN, Equipment provided by Dell Excellent	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: Virtual SAN, Equipment provided by Dell Good	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: Virtual SAN, Equipment provided by Dell Fair	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: Virtual SAN, Equipment provided by Dell Poor
VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: NSX, Equipment provided by Dell	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: NSX, Equipment provided by Dell Excellent	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: NSX, Equipment provided by Dell Good	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: NSX, Equipment provided by Dell Fair	VMware Hands-on Labs Workshop: NSX, Equipment provided by Dell 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

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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* 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. 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

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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 (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

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?

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.