Not really a scam since they give you a cert which is what your really after. A scam is if someone promises you something and doesnt deliver it, you get what you pay for, as long as you pass. The only question is do you think the cert is worth the money? And yes, you do get a cert from vmware after completing the course.

Its like saying microsoft certs are too expensive when a large majority of ppl recognize them.

I mainly focus on rack servers and towers, i dont dabble too much on blade but its just the hardware. When you manage it through vsphere or vmware infrastructure, phsyical infrastructure isnt that big of an issue.

With virtualization, you can use a tower server to do the job of a blade server. Say your blade housing can house 5 blade servers, so your effectively running 5 servers in one physical box. I can do that in one tower server using virtualization and i its way cheaper, i can cut down cost on hardware ROI, power consumption as well the energy needed to cool it since blade servers are notoriously hot.

I know a guy who has a dell poweredge r900 where he runs the equivalent of 48 virtual servers in one single box. Each server is allocated 4 processing cores and minimum 4GB of ram.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 13 2010, 08:38 AM

What i care about is the practical knowledge i get from the course. The paper is just to show people that i have done the course.

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Added on March 13, 2010, 11:24 amWhere did you see the course?

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 13 2010, 11:24 AM

Thats 10 days a year rite? Do i need to submit a special form or something to state that i will be using those free days to use my car?

say i want 2 use my car within singapore, foc for 3-4 days for the year of 2010.

Since you live at JB, the concern should also be placed on warranty as well. If you buy in malaysia, its not inconvenient for you to to go back for warranty claims in the event your laptop breaks down.

The it fair at suntec is currently on, why dont you go and check it out. Since you havent started working, you can buy it and get the 7% gst refund as a "tourist".

I not going to the IT show since its a human sardine can episode, and i have nothing i need to buy.

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Added on March 13, 2010, 9:01 pmIm abit disappointed that US F1 team couldnt participate. It would be interesting to see a US line up. Would like to see jeff gordon behind a F1 car.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 13 2010, 09:01 PM

Your job at NCS is IT support over the phone line?

Im not asking about your location. Im asking if you know what position you will be filling in NCS, as a it support staff or customer technical support over the phone.

I dont think anybody here works at NCS.

Singapore mana ada teh tarik. The base equivalent would be ya kun kaya toast since its priced affordably. Or you could upgrade to starbucks or coffee bean.

Just wondering, if a company disagree's with an auditors report. Can that company switch to another auditing company as little as a month an re audit again?

The issue is irregularity which the company refutes coz they have never experienced in previous audits from the same company.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 15 2010, 05:23 PM

Keppel is under the "marine" industry. And this year they paying out 9 months bonus. But i think 2010 wont be so hot since in 2009 they had at least 4 FPSO projects, this year currently 2 are active, another ship is under going preparation for the conversion.

Keppel tuas. Keppel singmarine and keppel fels not doing as well as tuas during 2007-2009.

I suppose there is a vacancy for project engineer since the project engineer who i used liaise with resigned and it seems they havent found a suitable replacement yet.

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Added on March 16, 2010, 2:23 pmWhen i said not doing so well, i meant the amount of projects that either tuas, fels or singmarine get. Not how much bonus the respective shipyards pay to their respective employee.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 16 2010, 02:23 PM

When world cup comes along, you can hear all of the football fans cheering in malaysia. Fortunately i can survive without watching the world cup. Many singaporeans malaysians on the other hand cant.

I also dont understand why those who watch to place bets still want 2 see the match since their only interest in the outcome.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 16 2010, 05:06 PM

I doubt exposure factors in as much as currency valuation.

But overall paints a clearer picture, even foreigners mention this as well. Malay government think their like their saudi counterparts, but without the mountains of cash and oil.

Wow, your phone bill is pretty high. What plan are u using? izit a data plan?

I am now currently trying to persuade my boss to get me on the companies blackberry enterprise solution so that i can be more "productive" since i need to receive email on the go. I hardly make calls and if i do, i can use skype on blackberry with my company skype account.

It depends what department your in, position and exp. I believe that keppel is trying to pull malaysian spm leavers to either be foremens or do the odd jobs like grinding, welding and such. By the way, it aint that bad if you pursue a future in welding since good welders are hard to come by, especially those with 4G certs and above in SMAW or TIG but keppel doest pay that well if your a welder, there are other companies that i know off you are looking for exp welders.

Keppel will pay for your asnt accredited cert in welding and after a few years you can opt to become a welding inspector.

1 bil is over a couple of years, plus keppel fels just cant survive on only one project.

I'm not attached to keppel fels so quite sometime so i dont know about the projects over there.

I do know that keppel tuas or some ppl prefer to call it keppel shipyard currently has only 3 major on-going projects, P-58, fpso peregrino and fpso okha. P57 was completed early this year, together with BW pioneer where i worked directly under BW to supervise completion of the project. What i actually did while onboard was to just double check that the ppl dont "Ali Baba" since its a common trend.

BW pioneer was supposed to be completed 3rd quarter of 2009 but due to delays and such things didnt go their way. Worst off is fpso peregrino where the ship owner maersk actually sent the ship to a china shipyard to do initial prep work b4 sending it to keppel to finalize the conversion.

And lo and behold, the china shipyard did a fark up job. Nearly all of their welding had cracks, their corrosion assessment was also dubious at best. In the end they maersk had to foot the bill to do everything in keppel to fix the china shipyards mistakes. I think their in the process of suing the china shipyard for not doing a proper job.

This post has been edited by crapp0: Mar 23 2010, 10:13 AM

No, most probably just a room.

But in the end you gotta pay a bomb for road tax, not to mention to insure the damn car.