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Here Goes Somethin

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus saidNothing endures but change.” Isaac Asimov, commonly considered the greatest science fiction mind ever, saidIt is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today.” As a host of the podcast Virtumania, I nonchalantly signify a change in conversation with “Here Goes Nothin’” at the start of every new episode.

Now I’m about to start a new episode in my technical career and life, and although the opportunity is a result of the “Virtumania” I am (we are all) a part of, it is definitely not an lackadaisical new start.

I am excited to say “Here Goes Somethin’ !” to a great new opportunity with Veeam Software.

Veeam Senior Systems Engineer Southeast

On Monday April 26, 2010 I start as a Senior Systems Engineer for Veeam in the Southeast U.S. Region. I’ll be joining

David Sile’s team of world wide engineers responsible for partner training, customer proof of concepts, product pre sales and support, and spreading overall Veeam evangelism.

I’ve been fortunate to get to know David, Doug, and many of the Veeam team at conferences and events over the past few years, and I couldn’t be more enthusiastic about getting to work for and with such a great company, such great engineers, and a great group of people.

I believe there is big things in the future ahead at Veeam Software, and I’m appreciative to get the chance to become a part of their success.

Thanks for everything

It was not an easy choice to decide to leave my team and friends at Softchoice Optimus Solutions. I have laughed with and learned from a great group there. We all know we spend more time with our co workers than any one else during the day, and this is sincerely a bittersweet change for me. Knowing that I am leaving a Veeam Gold Partner that I will now get to support in my territory made the decision a little easier, believe it or not. I will stay in touch.

Hello Veeam Partners and customers in the Southeast!

I can’t wait to get to know all of the great partners and customers (both current and future) in the territory. Let me know who and where you are!

How does this impact VM /ETC and Virtumania?

It doesn’t from my perspective! Veeam is encouraging me to keep my personal activities independent and I’m thankful for that. Although it has not been officially discussed, maybe I’ll contribute posts to VeeamMeUp.com from time to time when inspired. – frankly I’m not sure if that’s an option or not. Maybe I’ll start my own separate Veeam centric blog. The point is that this blog and my podcast will remain as independent as possible.

Like my co host Marc Farley (3PAR), on the Virtumania Podcast I’ll continue to talk about virtualization from the operational perspective. I expect to still be in data centers helping with different virtual infrastructure solutions on a regular basis. I’ll have plenty of inspiration!

Here Goes Something’

So, like so many others already in 2010, I’m announcing a change. If you ask me it’s hardly nothin’. :)

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  • Mike C

    Congratulations Rich, we'll miss you at Softchoice.

  • http://vmetc.com rbrambley

    Thanks MIke. We'll definitely keep in touch!

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  • vCarter

    Congrats Rich! We've been working with Veeam for about a year now, and are extremely happy. They are fortunate to get someone like you!

  • http://vmblog.com David_Marshall

    Best of luck to you Rich… Veeam got themselves a valuable resource! But of course, they already knew that. ;)

  • http://vmetc.com rbrambley

    David,

    Thanks so much!

  • http://vmetc.com rbrambley

    vCarter,

    Thanks! I know you have! We need to sync up on the latest caveat you mentioned on using the pre entered ip address on the secondary vNIC for fail over.

  • http://twitter.com/virtualmartijn virtualmartijn

    Totally missed this one.

    Congratulations on the move. Great product to support too.

  • http://www.virtualpro.co.uk Virtualpro

    I totally missed this one as well, have been falling behind on my RSS feed reading.

    Well done Rich, very well deserved. Best of luck in the new job.

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