2014 Silicon Valley User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank you for attending the Silicon Valley 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 Silicon Valley VMUG User Conference:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended (8:45 am-9:30 am):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - Keynote, Ben Fathi	VMware - Keynote, Ben Fathi Excellent	VMware - Keynote, Ben Fathi Good	VMware - Keynote, Ben Fathi Fair	VMware - Keynote, Ben Fathi Poor

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

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
EMC - VDI and Storage	EMC - VDI and Storage Excellent	EMC - VDI and Storage Good	EMC - VDI and Storage Fair	EMC - VDI and Storage Poor
Symantec - How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery to Tens of Thousands of VMs?	Symantec - How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery to Tens of Thousands of VMs? Excellent	Symantec - How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery to Tens of Thousands of VMs? Good	Symantec - How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery to Tens of Thousands of VMs? Fair	Symantec - How Do You Scale a Backup and Recovery to Tens of Thousands of VMs? Poor
Veeam - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups	Veeam - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups Excellent	Veeam - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups Good	Veeam - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups Fair	Veeam - 10 Things NOT To Do With Your VM Backups Poor
Rackspace - vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution	Rackspace - vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution Excellent	Rackspace - vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution Good	Rackspace - vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution Fair	Rackspace - vSphere with OpenStack: Foundations For A Hybrid Solution Poor
Splunk - Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VM Environment with 360o Visibility	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VM Environment with 360o Visibility Excellent	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VM Environment with 360o Visibility Good	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VM Environment with 360o Visibility Fair	Splunk - Troubleshoot, Analyze and Optimize Your VM Environment with 360o Visibility Poor
Bitdefender - Understanding the Impact of Virtualization Security	Bitdefender - Understanding the Impact of Virtualization Security Excellent	Bitdefender - Understanding the Impact of Virtualization Security Good	Bitdefender - Understanding the Impact of Virtualization Security Fair	Bitdefender - Understanding the Impact of Virtualization Security Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:05 am-12:05 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough, GS Khalsa	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough, GS Khalsa Excellent	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough, GS Khalsa Good	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough, GS Khalsa Fair	VMware - VMware vSphere Data Protection - What's New and a Technical Walkthrough, GS Khalsa Poor
VMware - vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide and Virtual Appliance Security Overview, Mike Foley	VMware - vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide and Virtual Appliance Security Overview, Mike Foley Excellent	VMware - vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide and Virtual Appliance Security Overview, Mike Foley Good	VMware - vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide and Virtual Appliance Security Overview, Mike Foley Fair	VMware - vSphere 5.5 Hardening Guide and Virtual Appliance Security Overview, Mike Foley 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, Doug Baer	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Doug Baer Excellent	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Doug Baer Good	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Doug Baer Fair	VMware - Virtual SAN - Technical Best Practices, Doug Baer Poor
VMware - Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 , Kris Boyd	VMware - Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 , Kris Boyd Excellent	VMware - Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 , Kris Boyd Good	VMware - Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 , Kris Boyd Fair	VMware - Best Practices for Desktop and Application Management and Delivery with VMware Horizon 6 , Kris Boyd Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the noon panel session if you attended: (12:40 pm-1:30 pm)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Panel Session - Emerging Trends in End-User Computing	Panel Session - Emerging Trends in End-User Computing Excellent	Panel Session - Emerging Trends in End-User Computing Good	Panel Session - Emerging Trends in End-User Computing Fair	Panel Session - Emerging Trends in End-User Computing Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:50 pm-2:35 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Dell - Achieving Security, Agility and Mobility Through VDI	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility and Mobility Through VDI Excellent	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility and Mobility Through VDI Good	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility and Mobility Through VDI Fair	Dell - Achieving Security, Agility and Mobility Through VDI Poor
Nimble Storage - Evolve Your Virtualized Data Center with Hybrid Storage	Nimble Storage - Evolve Your Virtualized Data Center with Hybrid Storage Excellent	Nimble Storage - Evolve Your Virtualized Data Center with Hybrid Storage Good	Nimble Storage - Evolve Your Virtualized Data Center with Hybrid Storage Fair	Nimble Storage - Evolve Your Virtualized Data Center with Hybrid Storage Poor
Nutanix - Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments	Nutanix - Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments Excellent	Nutanix - Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments Good	Nutanix - Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments Fair	Nutanix - Leveraging Web-scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments Poor
Vision Solutions - Migrations – Anytime to Anywhere	Vision Solutions - Migrations – Anytime to Anywhere Excellent	Vision Solutions - Migrations – Anytime to Anywhere Good	Vision Solutions - Migrations – Anytime to Anywhere Fair	Vision Solutions - Migrations – Anytime to Anywhere Poor
Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration with Trend Micro Deep Security	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration with Trend Micro Deep Security Excellent	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration with Trend Micro Deep Security Good	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration with Trend Micro Deep Security Fair	Trend Micro - VMware Design and Product Integration with Trend Micro Deep Security 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

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:55 pm-3:40 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
Infinio - Conquering Storage Performance with Sun Tzu	Infinio - Conquering Storage Performance with Sun Tzu Excellent	Infinio - Conquering Storage Performance with Sun Tzu Good	Infinio - Conquering Storage Performance with Sun Tzu Fair	Infinio - Conquering Storage Performance with Sun Tzu Poor
Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments Excellent	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments Good	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments Fair	Coho Data - Architecting with Flash for VMware Environments Poor
tw telecom & Bluelock - Hands on Workshop: Disaster Recovery & Networking in the Modern World	tw telecom & Bluelock - Hands on Workshop: Disaster Recovery & Networking in the Modern World Excellent	tw telecom & Bluelock - Hands on Workshop: Disaster Recovery & Networking in the Modern World Good	tw telecom & Bluelock - Hands on Workshop: Disaster Recovery & Networking in the Modern World Fair	tw telecom & Bluelock - Hands on Workshop: Disaster Recovery & Networking in the Modern World Poor
SolidFire - Hypervisor-based QoS: Helps with Symptoms, but by Itself it’s Not the Cure	SolidFire - Hypervisor-based QoS: Helps with Symptoms, but by Itself it’s Not the Cure Excellent	SolidFire - Hypervisor-based QoS: Helps with Symptoms, but by Itself it’s Not the Cure Good	SolidFire - Hypervisor-based QoS: Helps with Symptoms, but by Itself it’s Not the Cure Fair	SolidFire - Hypervisor-based QoS: Helps with Symptoms, but by Itself it’s Not the Cure Poor
Tintri - Advances in Virtualization Performance Troubleshooting with VM-aware Storage	Tintri - Advances in Virtualization Performance Troubleshooting with VM-aware Storage Excellent	Tintri - Advances in Virtualization Performance Troubleshooting with VM-aware Storage Good	Tintri - Advances in Virtualization Performance Troubleshooting with VM-aware Storage Fair	Tintri - Advances in Virtualization Performance Troubleshooting with VM-aware Storage Poor
Xangati - Achieving Intelligent Workload Performance Management for Your Virtualized Environments	Xangati - Achieving Intelligent Workload Performance Management for Your Virtualized Environments Excellent	Xangati - Achieving Intelligent Workload Performance Management for Your Virtualized Environments Good	Xangati - Achieving Intelligent Workload Performance Management for Your Virtualized Environments Fair	Xangati - Achieving Intelligent Workload Performance Management for Your Virtualized Environments Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (4:00 pm-5:00 pm):

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware - vCloud Hybrid Service Deep Dive, David Hill	VMware - vCloud Hybrid Service Deep Dive, David Hill Excellent	VMware - vCloud Hybrid Service Deep Dive, David Hill Good	VMware - vCloud Hybrid Service Deep Dive, David Hill Fair	VMware - vCloud Hybrid Service Deep Dive, David Hill Poor
VMware - How to Troubleshoot VM Performace Across Applications, Infrastructure and Storage Using vCenter Operations Management, Jim Medeiros	VMware - How to Troubleshoot VM Performace Across Applications, Infrastructure and Storage Using vCenter Operations Management, Jim Medeiros Excellent	VMware - How to Troubleshoot VM Performace Across Applications, Infrastructure and Storage Using vCenter Operations Management, Jim Medeiros Good	VMware - How to Troubleshoot VM Performace Across Applications, Infrastructure and Storage Using vCenter Operations Management, Jim Medeiros Fair	VMware - How to Troubleshoot VM Performace Across Applications, Infrastructure and Storage Using vCenter Operations Management, Jim Medeiros Poor
VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operation Manager, Kyle Gleed	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operation Manager, Kyle Gleed Excellent	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operation Manager, Kyle Gleed Good	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operation Manager, Kyle Gleed Fair	VMware - Monitoring Health, Performance and Efficiency of vSphere with vCenter Operation Manager, Kyle Gleed Poor
VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Amit Agrawal	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Amit Agrawal Excellent	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Amit Agrawal Good	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Amit Agrawal Fair	VMware - Network Virtualization - The Future of Networking, Amit Agrawal Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Mohan Potheri	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Mohan Potheri Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Mohan Potheri Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Mohan Potheri Fair	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Mohan Potheri Poor

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* 9. Please rate the quality of the hands-on labs if you attended: (1:30 pm-3:00 pm & 3:30 pm-5:00 pm)

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
VMware Virtual SAN™ Hands-on Labs Workshop	VMware Virtual SAN™ Hands-on Labs Workshop Excellent	VMware Virtual SAN™ Hands-on Labs Workshop Good	VMware Virtual SAN™ Hands-on Labs Workshop Fair	VMware Virtual SAN™ Hands-on Labs Workshop 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

Other (please specify)

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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.