Insights: Strategy

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build 6ddc7a35 | content blog-content@417154f · 338 posts | profiles 32 | ● 0 skipped | built 2026-10-21 12:35 UTC format run

$ soultec get list/insights/tag/strategy -o yaml$ soultec get list/insights/tag/strategy -o json$ soultec get list/insights/tag/strategy -o toml$ soultec get list/insights/tag/strategy -o xml$ python3 insights/tag/strategy.pyPS> ./insights/tag/strategy.ps1$ go run insights/tag/strategy.go$ node insights/tag/strategy.js

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1 Apr 2025

There is a fair amount of misinformation going round about the VMware by Broadcom licence changes, particularly the 72-core minimum. Here is what is actually true.

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VCP5 – DCV: Exam Preparation Tips

21 Nov 2014

I took the VCP5-DCV for the version 5.5 last week and passed with 491 of 500 possible Points.

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