Apparently the US State Department automated phone system can just refuse to take your call and hang up on you. I've been trying to reach the passport office for a week. Recording just tells me that they are too busy to take my call and try another time.

This week (Wed @ 8:30PM ET) on vBrownBag: We're starting our new IaC series with Sr. Cloud Engineer (& co-host of Teaching Python Podcast) Sean Tibor presenting: "How to Kick Ass with #Python, #Lambda, and #Terraform"! So suit up, register here & join us live: bit.ly/3VMeCD3

Looking forward to joining Justin Brandon and Waldemar Pera (@[email protected]) as we answer all your questions about any and all your VMware multi-cloud topics! Space is limited – Sign up now! #vCommunity #VMwareExplore dy.si/yqKRbh2

At #VMwareExplore, join Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect Justin Brandon and leading multi-cloud vExperts Waldemar Pera and Ken Nalbone to get all your questions answered about any and all your VMware multi-cloud topics! Space is limited – Sign up now! ow.ly/9jb150PyTQJ

New laptop decal arrived just in time for #VMwareExplore

Good luck to everyone travelling to #VMwareExplore. I rebooked for tonight just to be safe. Anyone know if anything is going on during the day tomorrow?

Are you going to VMware Explore ? Don't forget to stop by the Tech Talks area and say hi to Alastair Cooke and Jeffrey Powers 👉Geekazine as they will be producing some great content! #VMwareExplore

Gotta love the @vmware commitment to the community. Thanks for stopping by the @vmug #vexpert party Kit Colbert !

No hiding it now IT Godfather !

We've been enjoying all the great delegate coverage from #CFD18, but this one from Ken Nalbone via LinkedIn has us cheering: WEKA Wows at #Cloud Field Day 18 linkedin.com/pulse/weka-wow… Thanks for sharing your learnings about the WEKA #DataPlatform, Ken!

Taking the kids to their first Indianapolis Colts game. #HOUvsIND

We're hearing from NeuroBlade at #CFD19 right now! I'm new to their solution and capture my thoughts as an introduction. linkedin.com/pulse/introduc… via LinkedIn

Second presentation today at #CFD19 was from SoftIron Check out my latest article: SoftIron: Bringing Private Cloud in a Box to the Enterprise linkedin.com/pulse/softiron… via LinkedIn

Lots of good conversations this week at #CFD21, including a discussion about Platform9's Private Cloud Director.

Why did I have to join a wait-list and wait over 20 minutes to access the American Express Centurion Lounge at SEA when it was half empty this morning?

New Tech Field Day Podcast from #CFD21: Company Acquisitions are a Necessary Evil in Enterprise Tech Gestalt IT | Now Techstrong IT Ken Nalbone Ray Lucchesi Stephen Foskett Jon Hildebrand Tech Field Day - TFDx NetApp Insight - 10/15/2025 #TFDPodcast buff.ly/4gpWnhs

ICYMI Tech Field Day Podcast from #CFD21: Company Acquisitions are a Necessary Evil in Enterprise Tech Gestalt IT | Now Techstrong IT Ken Nalbone Ray Lucchesi Stephen Foskett Jon Hildebrand Tech Field Day - TFDx NetApp Insight - 10/15/2025 #TFDPodcast buff.ly/4gpWnhs

ICYMI on Tech Field Day Podcast from #CFD21: Company Acquisitions are a Necessary Evil in Enterprise Tech Gestalt IT | Now Techstrong IT Ken Nalbone Ray Lucchesi Stephen Foskett Jon Hildebrand Tech Field Day - TFDx NetApp Insight - 10/15/2025 #TFDPodcast buff.ly/4gpWnhs

Cloud Storage: It’s Not Just for Hyperscalers Anymore! 🌐 🔗 buff.ly/IrHfiaX Ken Nalbone Techstrong.IT Broadcom @VMwareVFC #VCFShowcase #TFDShowcase #VCF9 #Scalability #Hyperscalers

.Ken Nalbone giving a talk on Elastic VMware Service (EVS) on Amazon Web Services, at AWS booth, during #VMwareExplore 2025. With EVS you can run VCF on AWS bare-metal. VMware VMware Tanzu John Furrier theCUBE TheCUBE Research Rob Steele Rahul Neel Mani Venkat Madala