{"id":9030,"date":"2020-03-23T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penguinpunk.net\/blog\/?p=9030"},"modified":"2020-03-23T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T04:53:46","slug":"random-short-take-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.penguinpunk.net\/blog\/random-short-take-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Short Take #32"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Random Short Take #32. Lot of good players have worn 32 in the NBA. I&#8217;m a big fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsma02.html\">Magic Johnson<\/a>, but honourable mentions go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fredeji01.html\">Jimmer Fredette<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/griffbl01.html\">Blake Griffin<\/a>. It&#8217;s a bit of a weird time around the world at the moment, but let&#8217;s get to it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\/news\/veeam-releases-next-generation-of-data-backup-with-highly-anticipated-new-veeam-availability-suite-v10.html\">Veeam 10<\/a> was finally announced a little while ago and is now available for deployment. I work for a service provider, and we use Veeam, so <a href=\"https:\/\/anthonyspiteri.net\/v10-veeam-vcsp\/\">this article<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyspiteri\">Anthony<\/a> was just what I was after. There&#8217;s a What&#8217;s New article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\/\">Veeam<\/a> you can view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\/veeam_backup_10_0_whats_new_wn.pdf\">here<\/a> too.<\/li>\n<li>I like charts, and I like Apple laptops, so <a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2020\/03\/fun-with-charts-the-rise-and-fall-of-macbook-pro-ports\/\">this chart<\/a> was a real treat. The lack of ports is nice to look at, I guess, but carrying a bag of dongles around with me is a bit of a pain.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmware.com\/\">VMware<\/a> recently made some big announcements around <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vmware.com\/vsphere\/vsphere-7\">vSphere 7<\/a>, amongst other things. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtherBeg\">Ather Beg<\/a> did a great job of <a href=\"https:\/\/atherbeg.com\/2020\/03\/10\/whats-new-in-vsphere-7-the-important-bits\/\">breaking down the important bits<\/a>. If you like to watch videos, <a href=\"https:\/\/techfieldday.com\/appearance\/vmware-presents-at-tech-field-day-21\/\">this series<\/a> from VMware&#8217;s recent presentations at <a href=\"https:\/\/techfieldday.com\/event\/tfd21\/\">Tech Field Day 21<\/a> is extremely informative.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of VMware Cloud Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CormacJHogan\">Cormac Hogan<\/a> recently wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/cormachogan.com\/2020\/03\/20\/getting-started-with-vmware-cloud-foundation-vcf-4-0\/\">a great article<\/a> on getting started with VCF 4.0. If you&#8217;re new to VCF &#8211; this is a great resource.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaseweb.com\/\">Leaseweb Global<\/a> recently announced the availability of 2nd Generation AMD EPYC powered hosts as part of its offering. I had a chance to speak with Mathijs Heikamph about it a little while ago. One of the most interesting things he said, when I questioned him about the market appetite for dedicated servers, was &#8220;[t]here\u2019s no beating a dedicated server when you know the workload&#8221;. You can read the press release <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20200311005409\/en\/Worldwide-IaaS-Provider-Leaseweb-Global-Adds-2nd\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/03\/17\/broadcom_sues_netflix\/\">This article<\/a> is just &#8230; ugh. I used to feel a little sorry for businesses being disrupted by new technologies. My sympathy is rapidly diminishing though.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a whole bunch of misinformation on the Internet about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/emergencies\/diseases\/novel-coronavirus-2019\">COVID-19<\/a> at the moment, but sometimes a useful nugget pops up. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/03\/21\/home_working_register_guide\/\">This article<\/a> from Kieren McCarthy over at El Reg delivers some great tips on working from home &#8211; something more and more of us (at least in the tech industry) are doing right now. It&#8217;s not all about having a great webcam or killer standup desk.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of things to do when you&#8217;re working at home, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBirmingham\">JB<\/a> posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/cheeseburgergothic.com\/show\/6985\">handy note<\/a> on what he&#8217;s doing when it comes to lifting weights and getting in some regular exercise. I&#8217;ve been using this opportunity to get back into garage weights, but apparently it&#8217;s important to lift stuff more than once a month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Random Short Take #32. Lot of good players have worn 32 in the NBA. I&#8217;m a big fan of Magic Johnson, but honourable mentions go to Jimmer Fredette and Blake Griffin. It&#8217;s a bit of a weird time around the world at the moment, but let&#8217;s get to it. 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