2012 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:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (9:40-10:20 AM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
EMC- Virtualization of Mission Critical Applications and Unstructured Data	EMC- Virtualization of Mission Critical Applications and Unstructured Data Excellent	EMC- Virtualization of Mission Critical Applications and Unstructured Data Good	EMC- Virtualization of Mission Critical Applications and Unstructured Data Poor
Dell/AppAssure - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure	Dell/AppAssure - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Excellent	Dell/AppAssure - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Good	Dell/AppAssure - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Poor
Symantec - High Availability and Business Continuity For Applications in VMware Environments	Symantec - High Availability and Business Continuity For Applications in VMware Environments Excellent	Symantec - High Availability and Business Continuity For Applications in VMware Environments Good	Symantec - High Availability and Business Continuity For Applications in VMware Environments Poor
International Computerware, Inc. - Elevating End User Computing with Mirage	International Computerware, Inc. - Elevating End User Computing with Mirage Excellent	International Computerware, Inc. - Elevating End User Computing with Mirage Good	International Computerware, Inc. - Elevating End User Computing with Mirage Poor
Actifio - Virtual Data Management for Your Virtual Data Center	Actifio - Virtual Data Management for Your Virtual Data Center Excellent	Actifio - Virtual Data Management for Your Virtual Data Center Good	Actifio - Virtual Data Management for Your Virtual Data Center Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (10:35-11:15 AM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Poor
VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and other Tier 1 Business Critical Applications	VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and other Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Excellent	VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and other Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Good	VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and other Tier 1 Business Critical Applications Poor
VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices Excellent	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices Good	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices Poor
VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure	VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Excellent	VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Good	VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Poor
VMware - Site Recovery Manager	VMware - Site Recovery Manager Excellent	VMware - Site Recovery Manager Good	VMware - Site Recovery Manager Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (11:30-12:10 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Focus Technology - Virtual Data Protection / VDI Case Study Review	Focus Technology - Virtual Data Protection / VDI Case Study Review Excellent	Focus Technology - Virtual Data Protection / VDI Case Study Review Good	Focus Technology - Virtual Data Protection / VDI Case Study Review Poor
Hewlett- Packard - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere	Hewlett- Packard - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere Excellent	Hewlett- Packard - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere Good	Hewlett- Packard - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere Poor
Clearpath Solutions - What You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know Before Implementing VMware View	Clearpath Solutions - What You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know Before Implementing VMware View Excellent	Clearpath Solutions - What You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know Before Implementing VMware View Good	Clearpath Solutions - What You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know Before Implementing VMware View Poor
Greenpages - Empowering the Mobile Workforce Without Losing Your Mind	Greenpages - Empowering the Mobile Workforce Without Losing Your Mind Excellent	Greenpages - Empowering the Mobile Workforce Without Losing Your Mind Good	Greenpages - Empowering the Mobile Workforce Without Losing Your Mind Poor
Veeam - 5 Ways Smart VM Backups May Surprise You	Veeam - 5 Ways Smart VM Backups May Surprise You Excellent	Veeam - 5 Ways Smart VM Backups May Surprise You Good	Veeam - 5 Ways Smart VM Backups May Surprise You Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (1:00-1:40 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Mosaic - Next Steps: Taking Virtualization Beyond the Datacenter	Mosaic - Next Steps: Taking Virtualization Beyond the Datacenter Excellent	Mosaic - Next Steps: Taking Virtualization Beyond the Datacenter Good	Mosaic - Next Steps: Taking Virtualization Beyond the Datacenter Poor
Teradici Corporation - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience	Teradici Corporation - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience Excellent	Teradici Corporation - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience Good	Teradici Corporation - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience Poor
Cisco - Evolving the Data Center to Private Cloud	Cisco - Evolving the Data Center to Private Cloud Excellent	Cisco - Evolving the Data Center to Private Cloud Good	Cisco - Evolving the Data Center to Private Cloud Poor
Presidio - End User Computing Architecture (EUCA)	Presidio - End User Computing Architecture (EUCA) Excellent	Presidio - End User Computing Architecture (EUCA) Good	Presidio - End User Computing Architecture (EUCA) Poor
AdvizeX - The Proper Use of Flash Storage in a Complete BYoD/EUC Architecture	AdvizeX - The Proper Use of Flash Storage in a Complete BYoD/EUC Architecture Excellent	AdvizeX - The Proper Use of Flash Storage in a Complete BYoD/EUC Architecture Good	AdvizeX - The Proper Use of Flash Storage in a Complete BYoD/EUC Architecture Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (1:55-2:35 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere Poor
VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and Other Tier One Business Critical Applications	VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and Other Tier One Business Critical Applications Excellent	VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and Other Tier One Business Critical Applications Good	VMware - Eliminating Obstacles to Virtualizing Oracle and Other Tier One Business Critical Applications Poor
VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices Excellent	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices Good	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices Poor
VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure	VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Excellent	VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Good	VMware - Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure Poor
VMware - Site Recovery Manager	VMware - Site Recovery Manager Excellent	VMware - Site Recovery Manager Good	VMware - Site Recovery Manager Poor

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* 7. Which of the following topics would you like to see at future VMUG events (please check all that apply).

VMware vSphere

VMware vSphere Hypervisor

VMware vCenter Operations

VMware vCloud Director -

VMware vShield

VMware View

VMware ThinApp

VMware Horizon

VMware Workstation

VMware Fusion

Zimbra

SpringSource

VMware vFabric Cloud Application Platform

Performance Monitoring

Global Support Services

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Which of the following topics are important to your organization's business and IT initiatives?

Server Consolidation

Virtualization Management

Business Continuity

Disaster Recovery

Enterprise Desktop & Control

Cloud Computing

Application Development

Other (please specify)

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

Highly Relevant

Relevant

Somewhat Relevant

Not Very Relevant

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

Yes

If no, why?

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

Yes

If no, why?

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* 12. 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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* 13. What was the LEAST valuable aspect of the event?

Technical Sessions

Peer Networking

Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays

VMware Sessions

New Product Information

Hands On Labs

Other

Other (please specify)

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

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

Yes

If no, how can we improve?

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* 16. 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.