Eric Siebert

I did a post a few years ago that detailed the bands that have played at the VMworld party every year with an analysis of how much it would cost to hire those bands. I thought I would do an update to that and include the bands for VMworld 2016 & 2017. If you have not heard this years band is Blink-182 with Bleachers as the opening band who will be performing at the T-Mobile Arena. I’m not a huge fan of Blink-182 but I’m guessing most people that attend will like them.

I’ve been attending VMworld since 2008 and the official parties have always been a fun way to unwind for a bit and escape after a busy week of hard core virtualization. VMware has had a variety of different bands to play at the party over the years from 80’s rock bands to more modern bands, I haven’t really cared for the bands the last few years but that’s just my taste, which tends to be skewed to 80’s music.

VMware is a big company and certainly has the deep pockets needed to hire bigger name bands, after the bargain bands that have been playing at VMworld the last few years I was surprised to see VMware spend big again this year on bands. You might wonder how much does it cost to hire a real big name band (a lot), I did some digging and found out. Now if we price out the VMworld bands over the years we get this:

My vLaunchPad were I maintain the huge list of blogs and websites in the VMware universe is now completely up to date following the results of Top vBlog 2017. I moved a few of the prior top 10 blogs that did not participate this year to the top of the other blog list and highlighted them so they stood out. I also updated all the sidebar reference links and added some new ones. I’ll soon be updating the RSS import files for the Top 25/50/100 and also updating my Planet vSphere-land blog aggregator with the newly voted top 100 blogs.

If there any updates to blog links/rss/twitter just let me know. And if you have any links that would be worth highlighting in me link sidebar also let me know and I’ll add them.

VMworld is a great time to soak in everything you can possibly learn about virtualization from all the many sessions, booths and experts attending the show. It can literally be information overload and at the end of a long day you probably feel a bit mentally exhausted from it all. So what better way to unwind then hit the many parties that are thrown each night during the event. I thought I would highlight a few from the full list which you can view here. I always believe the parties are a great way to network after the event in a more relaxed setting and I am always thankful to the vendors that pay a lot of money to put these parties on without getting much in return from them.

Sunday:

• 5:00-7:30pm – The official Welcome Reception – Don’t miss this one as it’s probably the best time to hit the Solutions Exchange, the vendors are all locked and loaded, fully staffed and ready to engage you. Of course having lots of free food and booze all around makes it even more attractive.
• 7:00-10:00pm – The legendary VMunderground party – This year instead of being at the Nine Fine Irishman bar in the New York, New York casino it’s now at Beerhaus which is pretty much attached to New York, New York. I always enjoy this one as I can see many of my old friends all gathered in one place. Admission is $40 and you have to buy tickets in advance but hey it’s cheaper than a night on the town in Vegas and you get to meet a lot of vGeeks.
• 7:30-9:30pm – VMUG Member Party – I missed last year’s VMUG party but I here it was great, damn you VMUG party for scheduling it the same time as VMunderground this year. Either attend this one or the other one or both, either way you can’t go wrong and are guaranteed to have a good time. It looks like they may have filled up but you can get on a wait list or just show up late and you might be able to get in.

Monday:

• 6:00-10:00pm – Cohesity at TopGolf – They’re back at again this year. I’ve never been much of a golfer, I used to play around a bit many years ago but I went to TopGolf for the first time last year and had a great time. If you’re not familiar with TopGolf it’s not what you think and you don’t have to be skilled to participate, think of it more like bowling with a golf club. An added bonus this year, if Rawlinson Rivera is there it’s sure to be a wild time.
• 7:00-10:00pm – Journey to the Cloud Party – Zerto is joining with Nutanix to throw a great Cloud themed party featuring an awesome Journey tribute band. I heard last year their party was epic, so this one is at the top of my list to attend as I love Journey.

Tuesday:

• 4:30-6:00pm – Hall Crawl – Come on back to the Solutions Exchange for round 2, during the Hall Crawl certain vendors will have beer and drinks at their booth.
• 7:00-10:00pm – vExpert Party at the Pinball Museum – Invite only party for vExperts, from mobsters last year to pinball this year, always a fun time as Pat Gelsinger is usually in attendance along with other VMware top brass and experts.
• 6:30-8:30pm – HPE Rock Star Karaoke – This was fun last year, karaoke with a live rock band instead of one of those crappy machines at the House of Blues. Invitation only so stop by the HPE booth and see if you can get an invite or find me and I can probably get  you in.
• 8:00-12:00pm – Veeam’s annual VMworld party – Consistently one of the best parties at VMworld, Veeam is a company that constantly gives back to the community and they go all out on their VMworld party, this is one you don’t want to miss. This year instead of being onsite at Mandalay it’s across the street at MGM at Hakkasan.

Wednesday:

• 7:30-10:30pm – The official VMworld party – Last year was at the LV Speedway, this year’s party is much closer at the T-Mobile arena which is right behind New York New York. Musical entertainment is Blink-182 this year, there hasn’t been a VMworld party band I’ve like in years but hey, free beer, free food and good times.

Here are the full results for Top vBlog 2017:

Legend:

Rank = 2017 rank
Previous = 2016 rank
Change = # of position change from 2016
Total Points = Voting points + Post points + Pagespeed points
Total Votes = Total number of people who voted
Voting Points = Weighted points based on ranking (#1 vote = 12 pts, #2 vote = 11 pts…..#12 vote = 1 point)
#1 Votes = # of people that ranked blog as their #1
2016 Posts = total # of posts published on blog in 2016
Post Pts = (# of 2016 posts x 2) (400 max)
PS% = Google PageSpeed score (percent)
PS Pts = Google PageSpeed score % * 200 possible points

Voting Full Results:

Blog	Rank	Previous	Change	Total Points	Total Votes	Voting Points	#1 Votes	# 2016 posts	Post Pts	PS %	PS Pts
Virtually Ghetto (William Lam)	1	2	1	6985	738	6639	193	103	206	70%	140
ESX Virtualization (Vladan Seget)	2	6	4	4630	522	4068	63	240	400	81%	162
Cormac Hogan	3	3	0	4559	504	4195	43	94	188	88%	176
Wahl Network (Chris Wahl)	4	5	1	3514	434	3242	35	51	102	85%	170
Scott Lowe blog	5	7	2	3197	397	2831	17	87	174	96%	192
vSphere-land (Eric Siebert)	6	12	6	2695	384	2293	6	112	224	89%	178
Virtual Geek (Chad Sakac)	7	11	4	2538	367	2258	8	69	138	71%	142
NTPro.nl (Eric Sloof)	8	8	0	2389	294	1929	9	199	398	31%	62
The IT Hollow (Eric Shanks)	9	23	14	2136	254	1764	32	91	182	95%	190
VMGuru (Various)	10	18	8	2030	291	1784	16	79	158	44%	88
VCDX133 (Rene Van Den Bedem)	11	19	8	1935	220	1715	30	24	48	86%	172
Derek Seaman's Blog	12	10	-2	1875	273	1691	7	17	34	75%	150
Punching Clouds (Rawlinson)	13	16	3	1753	231	1513	33	35	70	85%	170
VCDX56 (Magnus Andersson)	14	15	1	1728	210	1380	14	84	168	90%	180
Cody Hosterman	15	54	39	1715	194	1475	41	46	92	74%	148
vMiss (Melissa Palmer)	16	30	14	1670	220	1462	10	24	48	80%	160
vNinja (Christian Mohn)	17	27	10	1572	205	1246	18	77	154	86%	172
My Virtual Cloud (Andre Leibovici)	18	14	-4	1498	206	1254	17	39	78	83%	166
Virtualization is Life! (Anthony Spiteri)	19	44	25	1420	165	1042	15	123	246	66%	132
Long White Virtual Clouds (Webster)	20	13	-7	1374	201	1228	7	17	34	56%	112
Virtual Jad (Jad El-Zein)	21	33	12	1352	183	1184	8	15	30	69%	138
Virten.net (Florian Grehl)	22	40	18	1350	174	1034	2	73	146	85%	170
vInfrastructure Blog (Andrew Mauro)	23	31	8	1332	151	914	5	136	272	73%	146
Professional VMware (Cody Bunch)	24	22	-2	1303	167	1043	7	111	222	19%	38
DiscoPosse (Eric Wright)	25	39	14	1237	146	985	14	63	126	63%	126
VM Blog (David Marshall)	26	60	34	1231	111	685	12	255	400	73%	146
TinkerTry (Paul Braren)	27	59	32	1219	111	745	11	155	310	82%	164
Justin's IT Blog	28	42	14	1184	166	978	13	38	76	65%	130
CloudXC (Josh Odgers)	29	17	-12	1166	144	930	7	53	106	65%	130
Jorge de la Cruz Mingo	30	NEW	NEW	1112	84	614	20	158	316	91%	182
Notes from MWhite (Michael White)	31	38	7	1080	108	642	2	132	264	87%	174
Aprendiendo a Virtualizar	32	186	154	1063	98	627	14	134	268	84%	168
Tayfun Deger	33	58	25	1047	80	655	20	124	248	72%	144
vXpress (Sunny Dua)	34	35	1	1005	128	771	8	51	102	66%	132
SFlanders.net (Steve Flanders)	35	46	11	997	100	659	10	75	150	94%	188
Viktorious.nl (Viktor van den Berg)	36	34	-2	967	136	789	7	47	94	42%	84
Around the Storage Block (Calvin Zito)	37	36	-1	957	70	477	2	235	400	40%	80
41) Virtual To The Core (Luca Dell'Oca)	38	41	3	927	111	695	2	36	72	80%	160
2 Ninjas 1 Blog (Manley/Colyer)	39	28	-11	923	120	739	7	27	54	65%	130
My Virtual Vision (Kees Baggerman)	40	25	-15	911	113	699	3	13	26	93%	186
NoLabNoParty (Paolo Valsecchi)	41	57	16	903	73	587	23	76	152	82%	164
Homelaber Brasil (Valdecir Carvalho)	42	248	206	900	69	552	19	96	192	78%	156
Wojcieh.net (Wojciech Marusiak)	43	50	7	878	80	630	13	30	60	94%	188
vZilla (Michael Cade)	44	120	76	871	109	645	9	27	54	86%	172
Michelle Laverick	45	29	-16	854	110	662	1	15	30	81%	162
Running-System (A. Lesslhumer)	46	49	3	852	78	562	6	58	116	87%	174
vTagion (Brian Graf)	47	134	87	841	100	631	5	31	62	74%	148
Tim's Tech Thoughts (Tim Smith)	48	100	52	837	92	583	5	32	64	95%	190
Elastic Sky (Paul McSharry)	49	DNQ	DNQ	837	108	627	8	14	28	91%	182
Tom Fojta's Blog	50	67	17	817	96	615	5	23	46	78%	156
GestaltIT (Various)	51	226	175	816	42	256	1	215	400	80%	160
Sysadmit (Xavier Genestos)	52	197	145	815	51	333	2	158	316	83%	166
IT Blood Pressure (Dwayne Lessner)	53	20	-33	808	97	598	2	49	98	56%	112
Blog VMware (Leandro Ariel Leonhardt)	54	144	90	800	71	546	7	52	104	75%	150
Enterprise Daddy (Adil Arif)	55	NEW	NEW	797	65	505	16	75	150	71%	142
Rob Beekmans	56	81	25	795	76	555	13	50	100	70%	140
WoodITWork (Julian Wood)	57	117	60	788	114	568	5	54	108	56%	112
Virtuwise (Angelo Luciani)	58	32	-26	781	99	595	4	10	20	83%	166
Architecting IT (Chris Evans)	59	71	12	767	97	527	1	84	168	36%	72
mwpreston dot net (Mike Preston)	60	45	-15	765	78	491	4	58	116	79%	158
TechniCloud (Rebecca Fitzhugh)	61	NEW	NEW	752	81	580	2	19	38	67%	134
vBrain.info (Manfred Hofer)	62	79	17	751	97	517	1	24	48	93%	186
CloudFix (Various)	63	43	-20	749	77	503	6	24	48	99%	198
vJenner Blog (Kyle Jenner)	64	163	99	743	62	449	14	62	124	85%	170
Virtualize Tips (Brian Suhr)	65	26	-39	742	121	620	1	10	20	51%	102
Matt That IT Guy (Matt Crape)	66	223	157	714	65	406	2	65	130	89%	178
The SLOG (Simon Long)	67	86	19	705	96	545	1	10	20	70%	140
Mastering VMware (Mayur Parmar)	68	NEW	NEW	703	48	255	0	138	276	86%	172
Michael Ryom	69	290	221	701	62	473	2	30	60	84%	168
VMwareMine	70	69	-1	701	91	499	1	37	74	64%	128
24x7 IT Connection (Theresa Miller)	71	NEW	NEW	701	77	459	2	79	158	42%	84
Virtualization How To (Brandon Lee)	72	NEW	NEW	691	44	217	1	153	306	84%	168
Planet VM (Tom Howarth)	73	73	0	687	85	431	0	58	116	70%	140
VM To Cloud (Ryan Kelly)	74	NEW	NEW	682	64	390	2	67	134	79%	158
Storage Soup (Tech Target)	75	123	48	679	36	193	0	178	356	65%	130
VMware Insight (Pranay Jha)	76	NEW	NEW	676	69	488	14	67	134	27%	54
I wish I could be a VM (B. Ulsamer)	77	84	7	668	68	492	10	21	42	67%	134
My Cloud Revolution (Markus Kraus)	78	152	74	664	57	330	7	78	156	89%	178
Virtualization The Future (Ranjna Aggarwal)	79	NEW	NEW	654	33	228	9	173	346	40%	80
doOdzZZ's Notes (Abdullah Abdullah)	80	95	15	653	65	499	7	20	40	57%	114
VMware Guruz (Sateesh Thupakula)	81	146	65	652	57	402	16	51	102	74%	148
Tekhead (Alex Galbraith)	82	106	24	644	62	378	6	62	124	71%	142
Marius Sandbu IT blog	83	191	108	641	44	293	3	99	198	75%	150
VMware Arena (Mohammed Raffic)	84	131	47	638	77	456	15	55	110	36%	72
vLenzker (Fabian Lenz)	85	94	9	630	59	412	10	41	82	68%	136
StorageIO (Greg Schulz)	86	105	19	628	65	370	2	46	92	83%	166
Solutions4Crowds (Ricardo Conzatti)	87	NEW	NEW	625	45	375	12	36	72	89%	178
DBigCloud (Daniel Romero Sanchez)	88	136	48	625	55	411	14	21	42	86%	172
Let's Virtualize (Kanishk Sethi)	89	103	14	604	39	258	3	96	192	77%	154
VMware Minds (Anjani Kumar)	90	90	0	604	68	430	6	28	56	59%	118
Rimmergram (Jane Rimmer)	91	181	90	599	62	407	1	20	40	76%	152
vSphere Arena (Ritesh Shenoy)	92	NEW	NEW	596	73	416	1	33	66	57%	114
The Saffa Geek (Gregg Robertson)	93	99	6	588	70	392	3	30	60	68%	136
SOS Tech (Josh Andrews)	94	125	31	586	59	382	1	18	36	84%	168
Virtual Red-dot (Iwan Rahabok)	95	77	-18	580	64	354	1	43	86	70%	140
vTimD (Tim Davis)	96	195	99	579	87	417	0	20	40	61%	122
VMFocus (Craig Kilborn)	97	239	142	568	58	336	1	28	56	88%	176
vDrone (Laurens van Duijn)	98	119	21	567	32	227	4	76	152	94%	188
Teimouri.net (Davoud Teimouri)	99	232	133	561	18	85	1	152	304	86%	172
Why Is the Internet Broken (J. Parisi)	100	85	-15	560	44	302	2	75	150	54%	108
vNugget (Salah)	101	NEW	NEW	559	68	333	0	27	54	86%	172
vBlog.io (Cedric Quillevere)	102	254	152	557	27	203	4	121	242	56%	112
Define Tomorrow (Barry Coombs)	103	NEW	NEW	555	31	193	1	98	196	83%	166
VMware & Veeam Blog (Karel Novak)	104	150	46	550	81	492	3	13	26	16%	32
All About Virtualization (Akmal Waheed)	105	124	19	548	61	334	0	34	68	73%	146
Penguinpunk.net (Dan Frith)	106	78	-28	545	48	317	4	46	92	68%	136
David Hill	107	147	40	543	60	359	1	12	24	80%	160
Just Another IT Blog (Eduardo Meirelles)	108	281	173	543	45	325	12	32	64	77%	154
Blah Cloud (Myles Gray)	109	113	4	543	63	411	11	23	46	43%	86
Mike Tabor	110	83	-27	537	52	313	2	27	54	85%	170
vHojan (Johan van Amersfoort)	111	107	-4	534	46	324	4	25	50	80%	160
By The Bell (Steve Kaplan)	112	48	-64	528	61	406	10	19	38	42%	84
FlackBox (Neil Anderson)	113	NEW	NEW	526	48	276	0	39	78	86%	172
vSphere World (Pratheesh K)	114	NEW	NEW	521	63	345	1	36	72	52%	104
Virtual 10 (Manny Sidhu)	115	82	-33	520	44	268	0	32	64	94%	188
All Things Cloud (Steven Cortez)	116	127	11	519	52	305	1	10	20	97%	194
CloudManiac (Romain Decker)	117	118	1	519	56	363	4	13	26	65%	130
VMwaretv (Cahit Yolacan)	118	108	-10	519	47	335	2	51	102	41%	82
Storage Mojo (Robin Harris)	119	89	-30	517	43	223	0	59	118	88%	176
DefinIT (Sam McGeown/Simon Eady)	120	278	158	512	41	244	1	63	126	71%	142
BK's Data Centre (Ben King)	121	157	36	507	47	315	0	23	46	73%	146
The Virtual Horizon (Sean Massey)	122	64	-58	506	53	334	0	23	46	63%	126
vFrank (Frank Brix Pedersen)	123	DNQ	DNQ	504	55	354	4	11	22	64%	128
vTechnology Notes (S. Grugel)	124	318	194	503	52	309	1	39	78	58%	116
V-IT.PRO (Kev Johnson)	125	241	116	502	51	286	2	18	36	90%	180
D8TA Dude (Richard Arnold)	126	66	-60	502	50	272	1	39	78	76%	152
Proudest Monkey (Grant Orchard)	127	93	-34	501	53	341	0	11	22	69%	138
vCloudnine (Patrick Terlisten)	128	171	43	500	31	186	1	64	128	93%	186
VMware Hub (Altaro)	129	NEW	NEW	498	47	294	2	55	110	47%	94
VMNet Brasil (Fernando Teixeira Silva)	130	NEW	NEW	496	45	320	8	12	24	76%	152
Virtual Maestro (Abhijeet Deshmukh)	131	NEW	NEW	495	25	155	1	105	210	65%	130
CloudVM (Sean Torres)	132	NEW	NEW	482	49	310	1	14	28	72%	144
IT 2.0 (Massimo Re Ferre)	133	DNQ	DNQ	480	51	274	0	10	20	93%	186
vWannabe (Javier Rodriguez)	134	NEW	NEW	479	63	335	5	14	28	58%	116
DCIG Blog (Various)	135	268	133	478	31	202	0	50	100	88%	176
The Cloud Xpert (Christopher Lewis)	136	NEW	NEW	477	42	223	1	68	136	59%	118
Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat	137	80	-57	471	68	425	3	21	42	2%	4
vPirate (Abhilash HB)	138	258	120	468	46	284	3	12	24	80%	160
Kendrick Coleman	139	63	-76	468	58	340	0	10	20	54%	108
Demitasse (Alastair Cooke)	140	168	28	467	42	261	0	33	66	70%	140
vTricks (Patrick Schulz)	141	175	34	465	72	349	0	14	28	44%	88
Scott Bollinger	142	169	27	463	51	259	0	27	54	75%	150
Virtualb (Benjamin Troch)	143	47	-96	462	57	300	1	16	32	65%	130
VMexplorer (Matt Mancini)	144	302	158	458	40	290	4	17	34	67%	134
Thom Greene	145	NEW	NEW	456	34	214	3	32	64	89%	178
Rodrigo Lira	146	NEW	NEW	456	49	280	1	35	70	53%	106
vWud.net (Steve Wood)	147	204	57	455	49	237	1	34	68	75%	150
Pedro Calixto	148	NEW	NEW	454	41	280	0	13	26	74%	148
Ather Beg's Useful Thoughts (Ather Beg)	149	142	-7	452	36	234	1	22	44	87%	174
Cosonok's IT Blog (David Cookson)	150	291	141	450	18	116	0	90	180	77%	154
Andy Nash	151	92	-59	448	44	254	2	23	46	74%	148
Pro Virtual Zone (Luciano Patrao)	152	NEW	NEW	447	33	225	5	39	78	72%	144
Orchestration.io (Chris Green)	153	98	-55	443	44	225	0	24	48	85%	170
Mind The Virtualization(J. Schwoebel)	154	72	-82	442	49	338	5	17	34	35%	70
Ravi IT Blog (Ravi Kumar)	155	115	-40	441	43	249	1	17	34	79%	158
IT Should Just Work (Chris Bradshaw)	156	261	105	439	40	223	2	44	88	64%	128
Technodrone (Maish)	157	91	-66	439	52	293	0	10	20	63%	126
I'm all Virtual (Lior Kamrat)	158	DNQ	DNQ	438	48	252	0	28	56	65%	130
Virtual Village (Pawel Piotrowski)	159	NEW	NEW	437	24	153	0	45	90	97%	194
VMscribble (Matt Menkowski)	160	NEW	NEW	437	33	203	2	20	40	97%	194
Virtual Allan (Allan Kjaer)	161	184	23	435	19	103	0	82	164	84%	168
SafeKom Blog (Michal Iwanczuk)	162	NEW	NEW	428	28	180	9	46	92	78%	156
Great White Technologies (Dave Morera)	163	235	72	427	47	269	0	22	44	57%	114
ITQ Blog	164	145	-19	427	45	293	3	19	38	48%	96
Educational Center (Dean Lewis)	165	207	42	427	43	323	12	11	22	41%	82
VMware Training & Certification (S. Vessey)	166	174	8	426	42	222	0	16	32	86%	172
Cloud Architect Musings (Kenneth Hui)	167	149	-18	425	33	195	0	29	58	86%	172
vSpace (Parthasarathi)	168	312	144	425	42	225	2	18	36	82%	164
The Virtualist (The Virtualist team)	169	122	-47	425	34	219	2	24	48	79%	158
David Stamen	170	170	0	424	32	210	2	15	30	92%	184
vCallaway (Matt Callaway)	171	NEW	NEW	424	20	108	2	84	168	74%	148
GeekFluent (Dave Henry)	172	201	29	424	42	220	1	46	92	56%	112
Blue Gears (Edward Haletky)	173	266	93	420	38	228	1	10	20	86%	172
Pragmatic IO (Brett Sinclair)	174	153	-21	418	29	222	6	12	24	86%	172
Ivo Beerens	175	133	-42	416	48	238	0	18	36	71%	142
My VMworld (Noham Medyouni)	176	217	41	415	45	321	9	13	26	34%	68
The Virtual Unknown (Anthony Poh)	177	161	-16	414	22	120	2	58	116	89%	178
All About VMware (BhanuPrakash)	178	NEW	NEW	414	38	216	1	13	26	86%	172
Chris Colotti's Blog	179	74	-105	411	47	229	0	25	50	66%	132
Virtual Chris (Chris Chua)	180	167	-13	410	26	160	0	31	62	94%	188
Virtually Boring (Daniel Boring)	181	203	22	410	32	214	1	23	46	75%	150
Default Reasoning (Marek Zdrojewski)	182	151	-31	409	30	181	1	22	44	92%	184
Transform or Die (Gina Rosenthal)	183	NEW	NEW	408	43	258	0	41	82	34%	68
Virtualised Fruit (Gareth Edwards)	184	NEW	NEW	406	25	162	0	46	92	76%	152
Vroom Blog (Fouad El Akkad/Alban Lecorps)	185	275	90	404	44	212	2	52	104	44%	88
Victor Virtualization (Victor Wu)	186	NEW	NEW	403	17	87	0	102	204	56%	112
Tecnologias Aplicadas (Patricio Cerda)	187	320	133	400	36	220	4	21	42	69%	138
Blog.bertello.org (Giuliano Bertello)	188	228	40	399	38	247	3	12	24	64%	128
Settlersoman (Mariusz Kaczorek)	189	101	-88	396	24	144	2	44	88	82%	164
Virtual Tassie (Matt Allford)	190	NEW	NEW	392	29	170	1	23	46	88%	176
Zero to Hero (Saadallah Chebaro)	191	NEW	NEW	392	72	312	8	11	22	29%	58
Adventures in a Virtual World (P. Grevink)	192	111	-81	391	34	181	0	19	38	86%	172
VMware Brasil (Tiago Martinez)	193	NEW	NEW	388	43	246	1	15	30	56%	112
Kamshin (Max Mortillaro)	194	NEW	NEW	387	25	141	1	42	84	81%	162
Virtual Elephant (Chris Mutchler)	195	187	-8	382	20	124	0	37	74	92%	184
Ray On Storage (Ray Lucchesi)	196	229	33	382	36	176	0	37	74	66%	132
Plain Virtualization (Wee Kiong Tan)	197	88	-109	372	23	132	1	25	50	95%	190
Blog about the Infrastructure (Deepaj)	198	NEW	NEW	372	29	174	0	14	28	85%	170
vDestination (Greg Stuart)	199	158	-41	372	35	238	8	10	20	57%	114
IT Diversified (Bryan Krausen)	200	112	-88	370	38	196	0	16	32	71%	142
ukotic.net (Mark Ukotic)	201	179	-22	369	24	159	6	14	28	91%	182
M80ARM - Virt. Warrior (M. Armstrong)	202	308	106	369	26	181	2	13	26	81%	162
VMware Front Experience (A. Peetz)	203	141	-62	369	34	209	1	10	20	70%	140
There Be Dragons (Dee Abson)	204	165	-39	368	26	124	0	31	62	91%	182
VMware Thiru (Thirukumaran)	205	NEW	NEW	368	38	220	1	20	40	54%	108
I Think Virtual (Alex Lopez)	206	NEW	NEW	367	34	171	0	10	20	88%	176
My Virtual Journey (Nisar Ahmad)	207	NEW	NEW	366	39	218	1	17	34	57%	114
50 mu (Rob Koper)	208	121	-87	365	38	247	2	17	34	42%	84
Virtualization Blog (Shabbir Ahmed)	209	255	46	364	34	160	0	25	50	77%	154
Blog.igics.com (David Pasek)	210	210	0	361	22	135	0	33	66	80%	160
Storagebod (Martin Glassborow)	211	282	71	361	31	193	1	10	20	74%	148
RNelson0 (Rob Nelson)	212	140	-72	356	26	114	1	42	84	79%	158
Virtual Story (Michael Peres)	213	NEW	NEW	353	26	151	0	32	64	69%	138
Retouw.nl (Wouter Kursten)	214	NEW	NEW	352	27	172	0	20	40	70%	140
Got Dedupe? (Eric Hagstrom)	215	285	70	348	27	166	0	20	40	71%	142
vCrooky (James Cruickshank)	216	218	2	348	25	180	6	18	36	66%	132
JBcomp (James Brown)	217	227	10	348	34	192	0	13	26	65%	130
Ctrl-alt-insert.com (Frank Milisi)	218	NEW	NEW	342	32	148	0	16	32	81%	162
Koolaid.info (Jim Jomes)	219	219	0	342	32	206	2	15	30	53%	106
vMustard (Martin Riley)	220	NEW	NEW	336	33	188	1	14	28	60%	120
Purplescreen.eu (Gosselin Olivier)	221	NEW	NEW	333	21	137	1	23	46	75%	150
vInception (Kammoun/Zecevic)	222	NEW	NEW	333	19	87	2	57	114	66%	132
Daily Hypervisor (Sid Smith)	223	200	-23	333	28	143	0	38	76	57%	114
Glick's Gray Matter (Neil Glick)	224	51	-173	328	20	106	0	23	46	88%	176
Mind Judo (Laurens van Gunst)	225	253	28	328	28	190	1	10	20	59%	118
That Virtual Boy (Ryan Klumph)	226	NEW	NEW	326	23	144	1	14	28	77%	154
UP2V (Marcel van den Berg)	227	246	19	323	19	119	0	37	74	65%	130
Virtual Lifestyle (Joep Piscaer)	228	DNQ	DNQ	322	38	202	2	15	30	45%	90
Notes of A Scripter (Stuart Yerdon)	229	132	-97	321	19	113	1	22	44	82%	164
Everything Should Be Virtual (L. Smith)	230	292	62	321	21	125	0	21	42	77%	154
Corey & Associates (Michael Corey)	231	NEW	NEW	318	16	78	0	49	98	71%	142
StorageDiva's Tablespace (Sheryl Koenigsberg)	232	NEW	NEW	317	21	119	0	14	28	85%	170
Virtual Me (Joseph Griffiths)	233	192	-41	315	27	167	2	14	28	60%	120
vDelboy's View (Dale Carter)	234	271	37	313	18	115	1	23	46	76%	152
MindMelt (Jurgen Allewijn)	235	NEW	NEW	312	21	132	0	25	50	65%	130
Virtual Management (Marco Giuricin)	236	283	47	311	23	113	0	22	44	77%	154
ITuda (Lieven D'hoore)	237	289	52	305	17	105	0	10	20	90%	180
Piszki Lab (Piotr Pisz)	238	138	-100	303	25	143	1	13	26	67%	134
Virt ES ()	239	199	-40	302	22	126	1	14	28	74%	148
Let's V4Real (Chestin Hay)	240	NEW	NEW	302	25	132	2	13	26	72%	144
vCloud Info (Carlo Costanzo)	241	313	72	300	38	194	1	18	36	35%	70
vHersey (Hersey Cartwright)	242	166	-76	299	20	93	0	33	66	70%	140
VM Spot (Matt Bradford)	243	310	67	299	35	189	0	12	24	43%	86
Build Virtual (Ian Walker)	244	252	8	297	18	111	0	21	42	72%	144
Zsoldier's Tech Blog (K. Chris Nakagaki?)	245	NEW	NEW	295	41	125	0	14	28	71%	142
Techbrainblog (Ganesh Sekarbabu)	246	309	63	291	18	77	0	34	68	73%	146
vHorizon (Dale Scriven)	247	180	-67	290	13	66	0	21	42	91%	182
vInsideOut (Puneet Arora)	248	NEW	NEW	290	11	70	0	19	38	91%	182
Virtual Gyaan (Ganesh Sharma)	249	NEW	NEW	288	15	72	1	16	32	92%	184
Behind the Tech Wall (Shellie Treat)	250	NEW	NEW	288	28	162	0	13	26	50%	100
Stankowic development	251	240	-11	285	14	81	0	50	100	52%	104
Come Lo Feci (Pietro Aiolfi)	252	185	-67	282	26	138	0	11	22	61%	122
The Lower Case W (Ben Liebowitz)	253	249	-4	282	25	142	0	11	22	59%	118
Virtualising Middle Earth (C. Prentice)	254	NEW	NEW	281	10	45	1	37	74	81%	162
VanBragt.net (Wilco van Bragt)	255	NEW	NEW	279	22	125	2	10	20	67%	134
vSkilled (Karl Nyen)	256	315	59	277	44	203	0	10	20	27%	54
Jonathan Medd's Blog	257	213	-44	277	32	179	0	26	52	23%	46
vGeek (Kunal Udapi)	258	137	-121	272	35	154	0	16	32	43%	86
P2V.com.br (Joao castro)	259	NEW	NEW	271	20	129	0	12	24	59%	118
Techazine (Philip Sellers)	260	274	14	271	21	147	2	10	20	52%	104
VM At Work (Matthieu Gioia)	261	NEW	NEW	269	19	113	2	23	46	55%	110
Inspired By Digital Tech (S. Kaushik)	262	314	52	266	27	136	0	10	20	55%	110
vAddicted (Raffaello Poltronieri)	263	233	-30	263	22	113	0	10	20	65%	130
ValCo Labs (Josh Coen)	264	DNQ	DNQ	261	22	147	0	12	24	45%	90
Virtual Sketchpad (Luis Ayuso)	265	284	19	253	17	79	0	10	20	77%	154
Virtual Notions (Derek Hennessy)	266	298	32	253	21	121	0	25	50	41%	82
Virtualisatieadvies (Eelco de Boer)	267	263	-4	245	13	71	0	10	20	77%	154
Virtual Brakeman (Tim Hynes)	268	242	-26	245	16	95	0	13	26	62%	124
Virtual Fabric (Chris Beckett)	269	293	24	242	26	132	0	23	46	32%	64
Virtual Admin Notes (Anton Zhbankov)	270	212	-58	241	17	99	0	11	22	60%	120
Vipin V.K.	271	251	-20	222	19	126	0	20	40	28%	56
Hyaking Tech (Hyaking)	272	NEW	NEW	199	33	179	0	10	20	0%	0
Marc-Andre Labelle	273	NEW	NEW	173	15	79	0	11	22	36%	72

Category Full Results:

Read more about the big live reveal tomorrow in my previous post, the direct YouTube link to watch it live is here. Hope to see you there!

Join myself along with special guests Eric Wright from Turbonomic and John Troyer from TechReckoning as we countdown the top 25 bloggers based on the results from my annual VMware/virtualization blog survey. This event will be broadcast via a live webinar at 11:00am PST on Wednesday August 9th and also saved to YouTube for later viewing. So don’t miss out on the fun and go sign up for a great event where we will be covering:

• State of blogging today (Why, value, how to be successful at it, vExpert program)
• History of Top vBlog
• What’s new this year with Top vBlog
• Scoring process and the importance of having a well designed blog
• Top 25 Blogger countdown
• Category winners
• Closing comments

If you want to tweet about this event please use the hashtag #TopvBlog2017. And in case you missed it here’s some statistics on this year’s voting to get you ready for the results.

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