2010 has been a fantastic year for me, both personally and professionally. I’ve gotten a lot done and some of it has even been significant changes for my organization, which is now in a much better IT state than it was last year. However, I cannot take credit for all the work; I have very competent coworkers who deserve equal praise for our accomplishments in 2010. Looking ahead to 2011, one major thing stands out – VMworld Europe 2010. It still amazes me how important this event feels, even four months later. I met some incredible people face-to-face and that alone was worth the trip. I had a minor public speaking job in 2010 where I did a walkthrough of my company’s disaster recovery setup based on VMware vSphere and Veeam Backup and Recovery, and it was enjoyable to do it again after a while. There may be more opportunities for similar gigs in the future.

I have set several personal goals for 2011 that I won’t list here as some of them are quite personal. However, I do plan to get my VCP4 certification and possibly also a VCAP-DCA if my employer gives the go-ahead. I have been putting off these certifications for too long now. Additionally, I promise to continue posting on vNinja and finish the series of posts I’ve started. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to complete everything before the end of the year, but I hope to finish early in 2011.

vNinja saw a total of 32 posts in 2010, which is about five per month. I aim to increase this number in 2011. The visitor numbers have been fantastic, and I hope to continue growing these numbers as well. You may hear more from me in 2011 than ever before. To conclude, there will be no seppuku in 2011, either physically or virtually; I’m here for the long haul, so you might as well get used to it! Thank you for being my readers, and I promise to work hard to keep it that way throughout 2011.