Top 10 blogs that VMware administrators must read

By Eric Siebert
published: Wednesday, August 20 2008

Blogs are a great source for learning from other users who share their knowledge, experiences, viewpoints and opinions. There are many great bloggers in the VMware community and it was difficult to choose the top 10. The bloggers on this list all have the following criteria: frequent postings, consistently good content and are well known, knowledgeable and experienced individuals. Thanks to John Troyer at VMware for his input in helping select the bloggers on this list.

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/
Mike Laverick's RTFM Education blog is a great source for learning more about VMware. His free guides that he writes on a variety of material are a great source for learning more about VMware and going beyond the manual.

http://blog.scottlowe.org/
Scott Lowe blogs on many technical areas that administrators will find extremely useful. Scott has a wealth of knowledge and experience and his posts are always worth reading.

http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/
One of Tech Target's blogs that encompasses all virtualization platforms. In addition to Tech Target's staff there are several regular contributors including: Rick Vanover, Eric Siebert and Andrew Kutz.

http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/virtualization-pro/
Another Tech Target blog that focuses solely on VMware related topics. In addition to Tech Target's staff there are several regular contributors including: Rick Vanover, Eric Siebert and Andrew Kutz.

http://vmetc.com/
Richard Brambley's blog has many good tips and news items for all virtualization products but with more focus on VMware. Many of his posts also detail his experiences working with VMware and are quite helpful.

http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/
Eric Sloof is a VCI located in the Netherlands that has been blogging on Vmware for many years. His posts are always informative and are another great source for tips and news on VMware related topics.

http://www.cio.com/blog/index/topic/168354
CIO magazine's Virtualization Advisor blog has posts from Edward Haletky, Kevin Fogarty and Laurianne McLaughlin. This blog covers all virtualization products and also benefits from Edward's VMware knowledge and experience especially in the security field.

http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/blog/virtualization/index.html
You gotta love the Hoff, Christofer Hoff's blog focuses on virtualization security. Hoff doesn't pull any punches and is not afraid to say what's on his mind when tackling sensitive security topics. His often witty and shrewd blog posts reflect his intimate knowledge and experience with security related topics.

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/
Duncan Epping's relatively new blog on VMware topics is another great source for technical tips and information. Duncan recently accepted a job working for VMware and we look forward to more great posts from him.

http://blogs.vmware.com/virtualreality/ and http://blogs.vmware.com/performance/
Two great blogs that are part of VMware's official collection of blogs by VMware staff. The Virtual Reality blog was created to fight mis-information that is often reported when comparing other virtualization products with VMware. The performance blog (Vroom) is dedicated to covering performance-related topics and is a great source of technical information.

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