This weeks very special guest is Stephen Spellicy (Twitter ID: @spellicy). Stephen is the Director of Marketing at Virtensys. Please tune into this very special podcast as Stephen gives great insight into:*Transitioning from Engineering to Marketing*1st Job in IT Field (Exclusive)*Music/Technology dynamics*Influences*Virtual I/O*Virtensys VIO-4008*Life at Berkeley School of Music*THE instrument that lead to his love of music*His Album (Exclusive)*Blogging Externally*and much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guest(s) and host of this podcast are their opinions and not the opinions of their employer(s).

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CWT 31 - Virtual I/Os Lead Guitar

This weeks very special guest is Mrs. Crystal Lowe (Twitter ID: @Crystal_Lowe). Crystal is the wife of Mr Virtualization, Scott Lowe (Twitter ID: @Scott_Lowe). Crystal is the founder of Spousetivities and author of the Spousetivities.com blog. Crystal also manages the Spousetivities Twitter ID (@spousetivities). Please tune into this very special podcast as Crystal gives great insight and perspective into:*The creation of Spousetivities*Activities for Spousetivities*Helping Family understand work*Blogging*Virtualization*Convincing your spouse to get a home lab*VMworld 2K11 T-shirts*and much much more

CWT 30 - Spousetivities Founder

This weeks very special guest is Scott Lowe (Twitter ID: @Scott_Lowe). Scott is the author of ScottLowe.org. Scott has authored three books around VMware vSphere Design and Administration. Please tune into this very special podcast as Scott gives us perspective and insight into:*Misconceptions in Virtualization Adoption*Cloud Adoption*Effective Blogging*Spousetivities.com*Youth Mentoring*Entrepreneurship*and much much more

CWT 29 - Scott Lowe

This weeks very special guest is Danyelle Little (Twitter ID: @TheCubicleChick). Danyelle is the author of TheCubicleChick.com. Danyelle is contributing author for YBPGuide.com, the St Louis Maryland Heights Patch and Founder of Show Me the Blog Conference in St Louis. Please tune into this special podcast as Danyelle give great insight and perspective into:*Show Me The Blog Conference*Diabetes Awareness*Blogging*Social Media*Youth Mentoring*Improving Self Perception*Influences*''Stay in Your Lane'' eBook*and much more

CWT 28 - The CubicleChick

This weeks very special guest is Kyle Williams (Twitter ID: @kylewill). Kyle is an Enterprise Account Manager at Google. Please Tune into this special podcast as Kyle gives great insight and perspective into:*Life at Google*Cloud*Entrepreneurship*Honeycomb OS*Google Open Source*Google in the Enterprise*Google's Business Value*and much more

CWT 27 - Enterprise Googler

This weeks very special guest is Eric Rice (Twitter ID: @EA_Rice). Eric is the CEO of Lone Wolf Media and founding member of the Local Shark Tank. Eric is also the author of The Lone Wolf Media Blog. Please tune into this very special podcast as Eric give great insight and perspective into:*Entrepreneurial lessons from history*Social Media Etiquette*Training Entrepreneurs*Life lessons learned from being CEO*Blog readership*Helping individuals/Companies in tough economy*How sports, business and social media are the same*Ultimate prize for CEOs*Ravens and Bears*and much much more

CWT 26 - Lone Wolf's CEO

This weeks very special guest is Calvin Zito (Twitter ID: @HPStorageGuy). Calvin is HP's StorageWorks Social Media Manager. Calvin is also the contributing author and editor of HP's Around the Storage Block Blog. Please tune into this very special podcast as Calvin give great insight and perspective into:*His 20 year tenure at HP*Home backup solutions*Effectiveness of Blog/Tweet Wars*HP StorageWorks P4000 SAN Solutions*HP StoreOnce Deduplication*Boot-from-SAN*Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)*His favorite video game (Exclusive)*Boise State Football*and much much more

CWT 25 - HP's Storage Guy

This weeks very special guest is Mike Lewis (Twitter ID: @bostonmike). Mike is the VP of Marketing at @awarenessinc. Mike is the author of blog.socialepisodes.com and a contributing author to the Awareness Inc Community blog. Please tune into this very special podcast as Mike gives great insight and perspective into:*Why Companies shouldn't focus on Social media metrics*The over complication of social media*3 types of individuals you'll run into on twitter*Awareness Inc's Social Marketing Hub*Effectiveness of passion in online conversations*Transparency in Social Media*How companies can prove value in social media before committing resources*and much much more

CWT 24 - Awareness, Inc's Frontman

This weeks very special guest is Stevie Chambers (Twitter ID: @stevie_chambers). Stevie is the author of ViewYonder.com. Please tune into this very special podcast as Stevie gives great insight and perspective into:* Cloud Solutions* Virtual Desktop Infrastructures (VDI)* TRILL (not the Rap Version)* DataCenter consolidation* Virtual Compute Environment (aka VCE)* Virtualization Challenges* Liquidware* Driving the Nurburgring* and much much more

CWT 23 - ViewYonder's Author

This week's very special guest is Brad Hedlund (Twitter ID: @bradhedlund). Brad is the author of BradHedlund.com. Please tune into this very special podcast as Brad gives great insight and perspective into:*Video game that lead to love of networking*Explaining technology to non-techies*Effective mentoring*Career advice for Tech Teens*The ultimate technology investment, you*Challenges going from reseller to vendor*Creation of BradeHedlund.com*Personal challenges going from networking to compute questions*What part of the UCS Solution WOWs Customers*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guest(s) and host of this podcast is their opinions and not the opinions of their employer.

CWT 22 - Cisco's Tech Architect

This weeks very special guest is Sean McGee (Twitter ID: @mseanmcgee). Sean is the author of mseanmcgee.com. Please tune in to this very special podcast as Sean gives great insight and perspective into:* Tech Patent Process* His technical influences* Why UCS isn't a ''me too'' product* Going from HP to Cisco (Exclusive)* UCS Firmware 1.4(1) moving UCS Solution Forward* Cisco changing its image from ''just a networking'' company* What it means to be influential* How to get a mechanical advantage playing Xbox* and much much more

CWT 21 - Cisco's UCS Technologist

This weeks very special guest is Christopher Kusek (Twitter ID: @cxi). Christopher is the author of Pkguild.com. Christoper is also the Founder and Vice-Chairman of the Chicago Windows UserGroup (Twitter ID: @cwug). Please tune into this very special podcast as Christoper shares insight and perspective into:*The REAL reason why Techies blog*What to remember when Tweeting/Blogging*Melding Industry/Personal Technology together*Most visited blog Chuck Hollis has written*The Career Transitional Matrix (Exclusive)*Personal Influences*Chicago Windows UserGroup Membership*His Presidency of ToastMasters Chicago Group*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guest(s) and host of this podcast is their opinions and not the opinions of their employer.

CWT 20 - EMCs Technology Evangelist

This weeks very special guest is Sarah Hamilton (Twitter ID: @BostonSarah). Sarah is the author of sarahehamilton.com on Google Blogger. Please tune in to this very special podcast as Sarah gives great insight and perspective into:*HDS Value Add for Social Media*Effective use of Marketing AND Social Media for dynamic conversations*Product Management at EMC*Marketing to people NOT Organizations*The similarities between Marketing and Golf*Her love of singing and fitness*Guitar Hero Jam Sessions*How to leverage personal and professional life for an effective message*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guest(s) and host of this podcast are their opinions and not the opinions of their employers.

CWT 19 - HDS Storage Strategist

This weeks very special guest is Ed Saipetch (Twitter ID: @edsai). Ed is the author of BreathingData.com and contributing author at GestaltIT.com. Please tune into this very special podcast as Ed gives great insight and perspective into:*Going from a Integrator to Vendor*Server Hugging*Blue Print for dealing with Server Huggers*Coolest feature of vBlock*The REAL value prep of vBlock*Banana Bread Disclaimer*Rock Band Jam sessions*Why he's been quite about his phone (exclusive)*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guest(s) and host are their opinions and not the opinions of their employers.

CWT 18 - Breathing Data's Frontman

This episode's special guest is Ken Henault (Twitter: @bladeguy). Ken is an active contributor on HP's Eyes on Blades: Trend's in Infrastructure. Tune in and listen as Ken gives great insight and unique perspective on:*Dealing with change during his long tenure at HP*Social Media for SEs*HP Bladesystems (in English for everyday techie)*IT as a Team sport*Network Convergence (ie FCoE) misconceptions*Revolution/Evolution of Technology*Muscle Cars*and much much moreDisclaimer: The opinions of the guests and host of this podcast are their personal opinions and not the opinions of their employer.

CWT 17 - HP's Bladeguy

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