2014 Boston User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the Boston 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 Boston VMUG User Conference:

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Good

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended: (9:20 AM - 10:00 AM)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
New Business Networking: Making the Most of VMUG - Dave Delaney, Consultant	New Business Networking: Making the Most of VMUG - Dave Delaney, Consultant Excellent	New Business Networking: Making the Most of VMUG - Dave Delaney, Consultant Good	New Business Networking: Making the Most of VMUG - Dave Delaney, Consultant Fair	New Business Networking: Making the Most of VMUG - Dave Delaney, Consultant Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (10:30 AM - 11:10 AM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	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
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
Increasing VM Density - Realizing the Promise of More with Less - Tintri	Increasing VM Density - Realizing the Promise of More with Less - Tintri Excellent	Increasing VM Density - Realizing the Promise of More with Less - Tintri Good	Increasing VM Density - Realizing the Promise of More with Less - Tintri Fair	Increasing VM Density - Realizing the Promise of More with Less - Tintri Poor
Can it be? Simple Disaster Recovery? - Zerto	Can it be? Simple Disaster Recovery? - Zerto Excellent	Can it be? Simple Disaster Recovery? - Zerto Good	Can it be? Simple Disaster Recovery? - Zerto Fair	Can it be? Simple Disaster Recovery? - Zerto 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

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:20 AM - 12:15 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery, VMware	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery, VMware Excellent	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery, VMware Good	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery, VMware Fair	Protecting Your vSphere Environment with vCloud Air: Disaster Recovery, VMware Poor
Log Insight: Meaningful Insights Through Analytics, Aggregation, and Search, VMware	Log Insight: Meaningful Insights Through Analytics, Aggregation, and Search, VMware Excellent	Log Insight: Meaningful Insights Through Analytics, Aggregation, and Search, VMware Good	Log Insight: Meaningful Insights Through Analytics, Aggregation, and Search, VMware Fair	Log Insight: Meaningful Insights Through Analytics, Aggregation, and Search, VMware Poor
vSphere Data Protection 5.8: What’s New + Technical Walkthrough, VMware	vSphere Data Protection 5.8: What’s New + Technical Walkthrough, VMware Excellent	vSphere Data Protection 5.8: What’s New + Technical Walkthrough, VMware Good	vSphere Data Protection 5.8: What’s New + Technical Walkthrough, VMware Fair	vSphere Data Protection 5.8: What’s New + Technical Walkthrough, VMware Poor
Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified, AirWatch by VMware	Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified, AirWatch by VMware Excellent	Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified, AirWatch by VMware Good	Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified, AirWatch by VMware Fair	Enterprise Mobility Management Simplified, AirWatch by VMware Poor
EVO:RAIL - Nate Bryant, VMware	EVO:RAIL - Nate Bryant, VMware Excellent	EVO:RAIL - Nate Bryant, VMware Good	EVO:RAIL - Nate Bryant, VMware Fair	EVO:RAIL - Nate Bryant, VMware Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the noon keynote you attended: (12:45 PM - 1:35 PM)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Building a VMware Network for NFS Storage - Chris Wahl, VMUG Leader and Author	Building a VMware Network for NFS Storage - Chris Wahl, VMUG Leader and Author Excellent	Building a VMware Network for NFS Storage - Chris Wahl, VMUG Leader and Author Good	Building a VMware Network for NFS Storage - Chris Wahl, VMUG Leader and Author Fair	Building a VMware Network for NFS Storage - Chris Wahl, VMUG Leader and Author Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:45 PM - 2:25 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
How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection - Dell Software	How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection - Dell Software Excellent	How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection - Dell Software Good	How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection - Dell Software Fair	How to Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Data Protection - Dell Software 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
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
vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Architecting a DR Solution - Rackspace	vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Architecting a DR Solution - Rackspace Excellent	vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Architecting a DR Solution - Rackspace Good	vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Architecting a DR Solution - Rackspace Fair	vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Architecting a DR Solution - Rackspace 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

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:55 PM - 3:35 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments- Coho Data	Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments- Coho Data Excellent	Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments- Coho Data Good	Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments- Coho Data Fair	Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments- Coho Data 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
vCloud Air Live Demo: How/Why/When? - AdvizeX	vCloud Air Live Demo: How/Why/When? - AdvizeX Excellent	vCloud Air Live Demo: How/Why/When? - AdvizeX Good	vCloud Air Live Demo: How/Why/When? - AdvizeX Fair	vCloud Air Live Demo: How/Why/When? - AdvizeX 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
Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments - Nutanix	Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments - Nutanix Excellent	Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments - Nutanix Good	Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments - Nutanix Fair	Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments - Nutanix Poor
Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center - Arista Networks	Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center - Arista Networks Excellent	Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center - Arista Networks Good	Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center - Arista Networks Fair	Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center - Arista Networks 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
vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive, VMware	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive, VMware Excellent	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive, VMware Good	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive, VMware Fair	vCenter 5.5: Technical Deep Dive, VMware Poor
Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware	Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Excellent	Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Good	Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Fair	Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Poor
It’s Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware	It’s Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Excellent	It’s Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Good	It’s Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Fair	It’s Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Poor
Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6, VMware	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6, VMware Excellent	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6, VMware Good	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6, VMware Fair	Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6, VMware 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

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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

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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 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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* 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 (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

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. Please enter your name and email address below for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card:

Name:

Email Address:

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.