2012 Kansas City User Conference Follow Up Survey

Thank You for attending the Kansas City 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 Kansas City VMUG User Conference:

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

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* 2. Please rate the quality of the opening session if you attended: (9:00-9:45 AM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Chat with Steve Wozniak	Chat with Steve Wozniak Excellent	Chat with Steve Wozniak Good	Chat with Steve Wozniak Poor

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* 3. Please rate the quality of the session(s) you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (10:30-11:15 AM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Nimble - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI	Nimble - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI Excellent	Nimble - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI Good	Nimble - Stress-Free Data Protection for VMware and VDI Poor
Pure Storage - Affordable 100% Flash Storage Delivers Performance & Simplicity for VMware	Pure Storage - Affordable 100% Flash Storage Delivers Performance & Simplicity for VMware Excellent	Pure Storage - Affordable 100% Flash Storage Delivers Performance & Simplicity for VMware Good	Pure Storage - Affordable 100% Flash Storage Delivers Performance & Simplicity for VMware 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
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
Teradici - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience	Teradici - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience Excellent	Teradici - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience Good	Teradici - How to Enhance Your VDI Experience 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
Andre Leibovici - VMware EVC Vision and What's New and What's Next for VMware View	Andre Leibovici - VMware EVC Vision and What's New and What's Next for VMware View Excellent	Andre Leibovici - VMware EVC Vision and What's New and What's Next for VMware View Good	Andre Leibovici - VMware EVC Vision and What's New and What's Next for VMware View Poor
Cisco - VDI Scalability Testing	Cisco - VDI Scalability Testing Excellent	Cisco - VDI Scalability Testing Good	Cisco - VDI Scalability Testing Poor

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* 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:30-12:15 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Gerald Combs - Care and Feeding of Wireshark	Gerald Combs - Care and Feeding of Wireshark Excellent	Gerald Combs - Care and Feeding of Wireshark Good	Gerald Combs - Care and Feeding of Wireshark Poor
Jeff Hu - vCloud Suite: Towards the Integrated Datacenter Management System	Jeff Hu - vCloud Suite: Towards the Integrated Datacenter Management System Excellent	Jeff Hu - vCloud Suite: Towards the Integrated Datacenter Management System Good	Jeff Hu - vCloud Suite: Towards the Integrated Datacenter Management System Poor
Irish Spring	Irish Spring Excellent	Irish Spring Good	Irish Spring 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 - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive	VMware - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive Excellent	VMware - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive Good	VMware - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive Poor
VMware - Why Virtualize Business Critical Applications (Oracle, SAP, Exchange, SQL, Java)?	VMware - Why Virtualize Business Critical Applications (Oracle, SAP, Exchange, SQL, Java)? Excellent	VMware - Why Virtualize Business Critical Applications (Oracle, SAP, Exchange, SQL, Java)? Good	VMware - Why Virtualize Business Critical Applications (Oracle, SAP, Exchange, SQL, Java)? Poor
VMware - Get Up and Running Quickly with the Latest vSphere Web Client	VMware - Get Up and Running Quickly with the Latest vSphere Web Client Excellent	VMware - Get Up and Running Quickly with the Latest vSphere Web Client Good	VMware - Get Up and Running Quickly with the Latest vSphere Web Client Poor
VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance (Is it the Hardware or the Software?)	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance (Is it the Hardware or the Software?) Excellent	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance (Is it the Hardware or the Software?) Good	VMware - Troubleshooting Storage Performance (Is it the Hardware or the Software?) Poor

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

	Excellent	Good	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
NetApp - Keeping Up with Virtualization by Revolutionizing the Infrastructure	NetApp - Keeping Up with Virtualization by Revolutionizing the Infrastructure Excellent	NetApp - Keeping Up with Virtualization by Revolutionizing the Infrastructure Good	NetApp - Keeping Up with Virtualization by Revolutionizing the Infrastructure Poor
Dell Incorporated - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure	Dell Incorporated - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Excellent	Dell Incorporated - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Good	Dell Incorporated - Optimize Your VMware Journey with Dell Storage and AppAssure Poor
Neverfail - Managing Physical Servers In A Virtual World	Neverfail - Managing Physical Servers In A Virtual World Excellent	Neverfail - Managing Physical Servers In A Virtual World Good	Neverfail - Managing Physical Servers In A Virtual World Poor
Scott Lowe	Scott Lowe Excellent	Scott Lowe Good	Scott Lowe Poor
Allegiant Technology - Real-Time Application Virtualization is Now Possible	Allegiant Technology - Real-Time Application Virtualization is Now Possible Excellent	Allegiant Technology - Real-Time Application Virtualization is Now Possible Good	Allegiant Technology - Real-Time Application Virtualization is Now Possible Poor
BeyondTrust - Vulnerability Management in Virtual Environment. Are you ready for the latest challenges?	BeyondTrust - Vulnerability Management in Virtual Environment. Are you ready for the latest challenges? Excellent	BeyondTrust - Vulnerability Management in Virtual Environment. Are you ready for the latest challenges? Good	BeyondTrust - Vulnerability Management in Virtual Environment. Are you ready for the latest challenges? Poor
Choice Solutions - Demonstrating Avamar/vSphere Integration Plug-Ins in a VSPEX Environment	Choice Solutions - Demonstrating Avamar/vSphere Integration Plug-Ins in a VSPEX Environment Excellent	Choice Solutions - Demonstrating Avamar/vSphere Integration Plug-Ins in a VSPEX Environment Good	Choice Solutions - Demonstrating Avamar/vSphere Integration Plug-Ins in a VSPEX Environment Poor

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* 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:00-2:45 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
John Troyer - Social Media and the VMware Community: Supercharge Your Career	John Troyer - Social Media and the VMware Community: Supercharge Your Career Excellent	John Troyer - Social Media and the VMware Community: Supercharge Your Career Good	John Troyer - Social Media and the VMware Community: Supercharge Your Career Poor
Jeff Hu - Automation and the API Landscape	Jeff Hu - Automation and the API Landscape Excellent	Jeff Hu - Automation and the API Landscape Good	Jeff Hu - Automation and the API Landscape Poor
Irish Spring	Irish Spring Excellent	Irish Spring Good	Irish Spring Poor
Mike Foley - Understanding the Measured Risks of Cloud Security	Mike Foley - Understanding the Measured Risks of Cloud Security Excellent	Mike Foley - Understanding the Measured Risks of Cloud Security Good	Mike Foley - Understanding the Measured Risks of Cloud Security 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 - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive	VMware - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive Excellent	VMware - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive Good	VMware - vCenter 5.1: A Technical Deep Dive 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 - Upgrading vSphere with No VM Downtime	VMware - Upgrading vSphere with No VM Downtime Excellent	VMware - Upgrading vSphere with No VM Downtime Good	VMware - Upgrading vSphere with No VM Downtime Poor

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* 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:00-3:45 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Trend Micro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud	Trend Micro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud Excellent	Trend Micro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud Good	Trend Micro - Security at Every Stage: Trend Micro, VMware and Your Journey to the Cloud 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
Symantec/b> - Creating a Resilient VMware Environment with Application Availability and Manageability	Symantec/b> - Creating a Resilient VMware Environment with Application Availability and Manageability Excellent	Symantec/b> - Creating a Resilient VMware Environment with Application Availability and Manageability Good	Symantec/b> - Creating a Resilient VMware Environment with Application Availability and Manageability 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
Starboard Storage - Leveraging the Latest in Hybrid Storage Technologies for Today’s Virtual Environments	Starboard Storage - Leveraging the Latest in Hybrid Storage Technologies for Today’s Virtual Environments Excellent	Starboard Storage - Leveraging the Latest in Hybrid Storage Technologies for Today’s Virtual Environments Good	Starboard Storage - Leveraging the Latest in Hybrid Storage Technologies for Today’s Virtual Environments Poor
FalconStor - Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together	FalconStor - Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together Excellent	FalconStor - Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together Good	FalconStor - Protecting Physical & Virtual Environments, Together Poor

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* 8. Please rate the quality of the closing keynote if you attended: (4:00-4:45 PM):

	Excellent	Good	Poor
Paul Strong, VMware CTO of Global Field	Paul Strong, VMware CTO of Global Field Excellent	Paul Strong, VMware CTO of Global Field Good	Paul Strong, VMware CTO of Global Field 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).

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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* 10. 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

Other (please specify)

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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 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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* 15. What was the LEAST valuable aspect of the event?

Technical Sessions

Peer Networking

Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays

VMware Sessions

New Product Information

Other

None

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Who would you like to see as a keynote speaker at the 2013 Kansas City User Conference?

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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. 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.