2012 Chicago User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank You for attending the Chicago 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 Chicago VMUG User Conference:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the session(s) you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (9:30-10:15 AM):

	Excellent	Good	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
Dell - Optimize Your Vmware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure	Dell - Optimize Your Vmware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Excellent	Dell - Optimize Your Vmware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Good	Dell - Optimize Your Vmware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Poor
ServiceNow - Discover the Benefits of IT Automation	ServiceNow - Discover the Benefits of IT Automation Excellent	ServiceNow - Discover the Benefits of IT Automation Good	ServiceNow - Discover the Benefits of IT Automation Poor
CommVault - Modern Protection for Virtual Servers	CommVault - Modern Protection for Virtual Servers Excellent	CommVault - Modern Protection for Virtual Servers Good	CommVault - Modern Protection for Virtual Servers Poor
HP - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere	HP - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere Excellent	HP - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere Good	HP - Understanding and Optimizing Storage Performance in vSphere Poor
AHEAD - Understanding DynamicOps	AHEAD - Understanding DynamicOps Excellent	AHEAD - Understanding DynamicOps Good	AHEAD - Understanding DynamicOps Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (10:30-11:15 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jon Raines	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jon Raines Excellent	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jon Raines Good	VMware - Performance Best Practices for vSphere, Jon Raines Poor
VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices, Jeff Huber	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices, Jeff Huber Excellent	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices, Jeff Huber Good	VMware - ESXi Operational Best Practices, Jeff Huber Poor
Raj Jethnani, VMware and Eric Shanks - VMware SRM 5.1 Features and Design	Raj Jethnani, VMware and Eric Shanks - VMware SRM 5.1 Features and Design Excellent	Raj Jethnani, VMware and Eric Shanks - VMware SRM 5.1 Features and Design Good	Raj Jethnani, VMware and Eric Shanks - VMware SRM 5.1 Features and Design Poor
Chuck Hirstrus, VMware - View/PCoIP	Chuck Hirstrus, VMware - View/PCoIP Excellent	Chuck Hirstrus, VMware - View/PCoIP Good	Chuck Hirstrus, VMware - View/PCoIP Poor
VMware - Architecting and Building a Secure Virtual Infrastructure and Private Cloud, Keith Luck	VMware - Architecting and Building a Secure Virtual Infrastructure and Private Cloud, Keith Luck Excellent	VMware - Architecting and Building a Secure Virtual Infrastructure and Private Cloud, Keith Luck Good	VMware - Architecting and Building a Secure Virtual Infrastructure and Private Cloud, Keith Luck Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (11:30-12:15 PM):

	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
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
Nimble Storage - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI	Nimble Storage - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI Excellent	Nimble Storage - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI Good	Nimble Storage - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI Poor
Vmturbo - Are optimized performance and high resource utilization mutually exclusive?	Vmturbo - Are optimized performance and high resource utilization mutually exclusive? Excellent	Vmturbo - Are optimized performance and high resource utilization mutually exclusive? Good	Vmturbo - Are optimized performance and high resource utilization mutually exclusive? Poor
Integrated Data Storage - Desktops Made Easy: The Assessment, Implementation and Deployment Methodology of VDI	Integrated Data Storage - Desktops Made Easy: The Assessment, Implementation and Deployment Methodology of VDI Excellent	Integrated Data Storage - Desktops Made Easy: The Assessment, Implementation and Deployment Methodology of VDI Good	Integrated Data Storage - Desktops Made Easy: The Assessment, Implementation and Deployment Methodology of VDI Poor
TrendMicro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud	TrendMicro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud Excellent	TrendMicro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud Good	TrendMicro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud Poor

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* 5. Please rate the quality of the keynote you ATTENDED (12:45-1:30 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Scott Lowe - 5 Thoughts on Staying Sharp and Relevant (how to keep up with need for constant learning in IT)	Scott Lowe - 5 Thoughts on Staying Sharp and Relevant (how to keep up with need for constant learning in IT) Excellent	Scott Lowe - 5 Thoughts on Staying Sharp and Relevant (how to keep up with need for constant learning in IT) Good	Scott Lowe - 5 Thoughts on Staying Sharp and Relevant (how to keep up with need for constant learning in IT) Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (1:45-2:30 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Hitachi - Storage Systems Basics for Virtualized Environments	Hitachi - Storage Systems Basics for Virtualized Environments Excellent	Hitachi - Storage Systems Basics for Virtualized Environments Good	Hitachi - Storage Systems Basics for Virtualized Environments Poor
Embotics - Lessons Learned in Deploying Private Clouds	Embotics - Lessons Learned in Deploying Private Clouds Excellent	Embotics - Lessons Learned in Deploying Private Clouds Good	Embotics - Lessons Learned in Deploying Private Clouds Poor
PureStorage - Debugging Storage Performance Bottlenecks Using Flash Memory	PureStorage - Debugging Storage Performance Bottlenecks Using Flash Memory Excellent	PureStorage - Debugging Storage Performance Bottlenecks Using Flash Memory Good	PureStorage - Debugging Storage Performance Bottlenecks Using Flash Memory Poor
Tintri - How Northwestern University Created a Simple, Scalable Server & Storage Pod for vCloud Director	Tintri - How Northwestern University Created a Simple, Scalable Server & Storage Pod for vCloud Director Excellent	Tintri - How Northwestern University Created a Simple, Scalable Server & Storage Pod for vCloud Director Good	Tintri - How Northwestern University Created a Simple, Scalable Server & Storage Pod for vCloud Director Poor
Quest Software - Virtualization Infrastructure Protection Doesn't Have to Complicate Your Life	Quest Software - Virtualization Infrastructure Protection Doesn't Have to Complicate Your Life Excellent	Quest Software - Virtualization Infrastructure Protection Doesn't Have to Complicate Your Life Good	Quest Software - Virtualization Infrastructure Protection Doesn't Have to Complicate Your Life Poor
Symantec -The Virtualization Security Journey: Beyond Endpoint Security and vShield	Symantec -The Virtualization Security Journey: Beyond Endpoint Security and vShield Excellent	Symantec -The Virtualization Security Journey: Beyond Endpoint Security and vShield Good	Symantec -The Virtualization Security Journey: Beyond Endpoint Security and vShield Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (2:45-3:30 PM):

	Excellent	Good	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 - A Guide to vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) Deployments	VMware - A Guide to vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) Deployments Excellent	VMware - A Guide to vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) Deployments Good	VMware - A Guide to vSphere Distributed Switch (VDS) Deployments Poor
VMware - ThinApp Product Intro & Demo, Ray Dusseault	VMware - ThinApp Product Intro & Demo, Ray Dusseault Excellent	VMware - ThinApp Product Intro & Demo, Ray Dusseault Good	VMware - ThinApp Product Intro & Demo, Ray Dusseault Poor
VMware - Step Into Virtualization and Transform Your IT with VMware Virtualization, Chris Fox	VMware - Step Into Virtualization and Transform Your IT with VMware Virtualization, Chris Fox Excellent	VMware - Step Into Virtualization and Transform Your IT with VMware Virtualization, Chris Fox Good	VMware - Step Into Virtualization and Transform Your IT with VMware Virtualization, Chris Fox Poor
Cody Bunch - Automation & Orchestration	Cody Bunch - Automation & Orchestration Excellent	Cody Bunch - Automation & Orchestration Good	Cody Bunch - Automation & Orchestration Poor

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* 8. 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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* 9. 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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* 10. Please rate the value of this event relative to your professional challenges:

Highly Relevant

Relevant

Somewhat Relevant

Not Very Relevant

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

Yes

If no, why?

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

Yes

If no, why?

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* 13. 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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* 14. 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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* 15. What could VMUG do to improve these events in the future?

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

Yes

If no, how can we improve?

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* 17. 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.