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About:Eric Siebert is an IT industry veteran, author and blogger with more than 25 years of experience, most recently specializing in server administration and virtualization. His most recent book is Maximum vSphere from Pearson Publishing, and he has authored VMware training videos in the Train Signal Pro Series. Siebert also maintains his own VMware information website, vSphere-land.com, and is a regular blogger and contributor on several TechTarget websites. He has presented at VMworld in 2008 and 2010 and was named a VMware vExpert in 2009, 2010 and 2011. His personal website is http://vsphere-land.com. You can follow Eric on Twitter or connect with Eric on LinkedIn.

Awards:vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011

Highlights:

• - Author of the book VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration
• - Author of the book Maximum vSphere
• - Awarded VMware vExpert designation in 2009 & 2010
• - VMTN communities moderator and Guru level (highest) contributor
• - Best of VMworld judge: 2008, 2009 & 2010
• - Tech Target Product of the Year judge: 2008, 2009 & 2010
• - Speaker at VMworld 2008 (1 session) & VMworld 2010 (2 sessions)
• - Member of the SearchServerVirtualization Advisory Board
• - Denver VMware User Group (VMUG) leader
• - Contributor to Train Signal vSphere Pro Series Volume 2 video training course
• - Author of Veeam White Paper “5 Ways VMware vSphere Improves Backup and Recovery“
• - Author of Veeam eBook “The Expert Guide to VMware Data Protection“
• - Author of several white papers for Hyper9 (Solarwinds)
• - Co-host of vChat weekly video podcast
• - Frequent webcast host for Tech Target
• - Frequent blogger on Virtualization Pro blog
• - Proprietor of the websites: http://vsphere-land.com, http://thevpad.com and http://feed.vsphere-land.com
• - Frequent contributor to the Tech Target websites.