On today’s episode, Cisco’s Josh Atwell (@Josh_Atwell) and VMware’s Mike Laverick (@Mike_Laverick) discuss the roll of the cloud architect.
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Why are they using a handheld mic when they’re all wearing head mics?
We were on the community stage at VMworld. The wireless mics were for the crowd, the handheld for the recording!