Exit this survey 2014 Southwest Ontario User Conference Follow Up Survey Thank you for attending the Southwest Ontario 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 Question Title * 1. Please rate the overall quality of your experience at the Southwest Ontario VMUG User Conference: Excellent Good Fair Poor Question Title * 2. Please rate the quality of the morning keynote if you attended: (9:00 am-9:45 am) Excellent Good Fair Poor Management Evolved: The Control Plane for Your Software Defined Data Center - Scott D. Lowe Management Evolved: The Control Plane for Your Software Defined Data Center - Scott D. Lowe Excellent Management Evolved: The Control Plane for Your Software Defined Data Center - Scott D. Lowe Good Management Evolved: The Control Plane for Your Software Defined Data Center - Scott D. Lowe Fair Management Evolved: The Control Plane for Your Software Defined Data Center - Scott D. Lowe Poor Question Title * 3. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #1 (10:15 am-10:55 am): Excellent Good Fair Poor Networking Redefined: accelerate adoption of network virtualization with VMware NSX™, Dell Canada Networking Redefined: accelerate adoption of network virtualization with VMware NSX™, Dell Canada Excellent Networking Redefined: accelerate adoption of network virtualization with VMware NSX™, Dell Canada Good Networking Redefined: accelerate adoption of network virtualization with VMware NSX™, Dell Canada Fair Networking Redefined: accelerate adoption of network virtualization with VMware NSX™, Dell Canada Poor A Perfect Fit: Converged Solution for the Software Defined Data Center, Hitachi Data Systems A Perfect Fit: Converged Solution for the Software Defined Data Center, Hitachi Data Systems Excellent A Perfect Fit: Converged Solution for the Software Defined Data Center, Hitachi Data Systems Good A Perfect Fit: Converged Solution for the Software Defined Data Center, Hitachi Data Systems Fair A Perfect Fit: Converged Solution for the Software Defined Data Center, Hitachi Data Systems Poor The Journey to the Software Defined Data Center – Enterprise Application Virtualization -Symantec The Journey to the Software Defined Data Center – Enterprise Application Virtualization -Symantec Excellent The Journey to the Software Defined Data Center – Enterprise Application Virtualization -Symantec Good The Journey to the Software Defined Data Center – Enterprise Application Virtualization -Symantec Fair The Journey to the Software Defined Data Center – Enterprise Application Virtualization -Symantec Poor Question Title * 4. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #2 (11:05 am-11:55 am): Excellent Good Fair Poor It's Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware It's Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Excellent It's Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Good It's Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Fair It's Time to Virtualize the Network!, VMware Poor vCenter 5.5 - Technical Deep Dive, VMware vCenter 5.5 - Technical Deep Dive, VMware Excellent vCenter 5.5 - Technical Deep Dive, VMware Good vCenter 5.5 - Technical Deep Dive, VMware Fair vCenter 5.5 - Technical Deep Dive, VMware Poor vCloud Air Deep Dive, VMware vCloud Air Deep Dive, VMware Excellent vCloud Air Deep Dive, VMware Good vCloud Air Deep Dive, VMware Fair vCloud Air Deep Dive, VMware Poor Question Title * 5. Please rate the quality of the noon keynote you attended: (12:35 pm-1:20 pm) Excellent Good Fair Poor Storage Innovation: Design and Direction -Vaughn Stewart Storage Innovation: Design and Direction -Vaughn Stewart Excellent Storage Innovation: Design and Direction -Vaughn Stewart Good Storage Innovation: Design and Direction -Vaughn Stewart Fair Storage Innovation: Design and Direction -Vaughn Stewart Poor Question Title * 6. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #3 (1:30 pm-2:15 pm): Excellent Good Fair Poor Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Excellent Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Good Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Fair Preparing the Network for the Software Driven Data Center, Arista Networks Poor Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Excellent Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Good Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Fair Kaspersky Lab: Virtualization and Security, Kaspersky Lab Poor Community Session: Why Open Stack? -Eric Wright Community Session: Why Open Stack? -Eric Wright Excellent Community Session: Why Open Stack? -Eric Wright Good Community Session: Why Open Stack? -Eric Wright Fair Community Session: Why Open Stack? -Eric Wright Poor Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM - PernixData Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM - PernixData Excellent Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM - PernixData Good Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM - PernixData Fair Re-Thinking Storage Performance by Virtualizing Flash and RAM - PernixData Poor Question Title * 7. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #4 (2:30 pm-3:15 pm): Excellent Good Fair Poor Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc. Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc. Excellent Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc. Good Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc. Fair Leveraging Web-Scale Architectures for vSphere Deployments, Nutanix Inc. Poor 10 Things NOT to do with your VM backups, Veeam Software 10 Things NOT to do with your VM backups, Veeam Software Excellent 10 Things NOT to do with your VM backups, Veeam Software Good 10 Things NOT to do with your VM backups, Veeam Software Fair 10 Things NOT to do with your VM backups, Veeam Software Poor SVirtual-Aware BC/DR for Microsoft Applications -Zerto SVirtual-Aware BC/DR for Microsoft Applications -Zerto Excellent SVirtual-Aware BC/DR for Microsoft Applications -Zerto Good SVirtual-Aware BC/DR for Microsoft Applications -Zerto Fair SVirtual-Aware BC/DR for Microsoft Applications -Zerto Poor Question Title * 8. Please rate the quality of the session you ATTENDED in Breakout #5 (3:15 pm-4:15 pm): Excellent Good Fair Poor vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud, VMware vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud, VMware Excellent vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud, VMware Good vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud, VMware Fair vCAC: Provisioning and Managing a Heterogeneous Cloud, VMware Poor Virtual SAN – Technical Overview and Best Practices, VMware Virtual SAN – Technical Overview and Best Practices, VMware Excellent Virtual SAN – Technical Overview and Best Practices, VMware Good Virtual SAN – Technical Overview and Best Practices, VMware Fair Virtual SAN – Technical Overview and Best Practices, VMware Poor Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Excellent Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Good Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Fair Performance Best Practices for vSphere, VMware Poor Question Title * 9. Please rate the quality of the closing keynote you attended: (4:30 pm-5:15 pm) Excellent Good Fair Poor Keynote/Labs Keynote/Labs Excellent Keynote/Labs Good Keynote/Labs Fair Keynote/Labs Poor Question Title * 10. Which of the following topics would you like to see at future VMUG events (please check all that apply). vCloudSuite vSphere vSphere with Operations Management NSX Virtual SAN vSphere Storage Appliance Virsto vSphere Data Protection Advanced vCenter Site Recovery Manager vCloud Hybrid Service vCenter Operations Management Suite vCenter Operations Manager vCenter Configuration Manager vCenter Log Insight vCenter Server vCloud Automation Center vCenter Orchestrator IT Business Management Suite Horizon Suite Horizon View Horizon Mirage Horizon Workspace Socialcast by VMware Fusion Fusion Professional Workstation Player Plus Question Title * 11. Which of the following topics are important to your organization's business and IT initiatives? Software-Defined Datacenter Security & Compliance Management Disaster Recovery Server Consolidation Business Continuity Virtualization & Cloud Cloud Computing Private Cloud Public/Hybrid Cloud Business Process Desktop Mobile Secure Desktop Question Title * 12. Please rate the value of this event relative to your professional challenges: Highly Relevant Relevant Somewhat Relevant Not Very Relevant Question Title * 13. Would you recommend this event to colleagues that use VMware? Yes No If no, why? Question Title * 14. Do you plan to join us for future VMUG events? Yes No If no, why? Question Title * 15. What are you using the mobile app for? Build an agenda Receive more information on sponsors Event survey Venue/sponsor room maps Learn more about the sessions/speakers Connect with other attendees Other (please specify) Question Title * 16. What was the MOST valuable aspect of the event? Technical Sessions Peer Networking Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays VMware Sessions New Product Information Mobile App Other (please specify): Question Title * 17. What was the LEAST valuable aspect of the event? Technical Sessions Peer Networking Vendor Exhibition/Table Top Displays VMware Sessions New Product Information Mobile App None Other (please specify): Question Title * 18. What could VMUG do to improve these events in the future? Question Title * 19. Do you feel this User Conference provided a good networking opportunity? Yes No If no, how can we improve? 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. Done