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VMworld Europe 2011 Party

2011-10-19T16:09:00Z

VMworld Solutions Exchange Demo Theater Presentations

2011-10-19T07:51:23Z

The following list shows offerings in the Demo Theater in the Solutions Exchange at VMworld Europe 2001. Drop by and attend these presentations during Wed and Thursday.

The Demo Cloud at VMworld Copenhagen

2011-10-19T07:00:57Z

We are really excited about our DemoCloud and wanted to share some background information on it and more important encourage you to come and visit us at the VMworld Booth.

Don't Miss These Key Sessions at VMworld Copenhagen

2011-10-02T16:14:43Z

With so many things taking place at VMworld Copenhagen, including 200+ sessions, over 20 Hands-on Labs and more than 125 sponsors and exhibitors in the Solutions Exchange we wanted to make sure you didn't forget about these important sessions.

VMworld General Sessions will help you get a view of where VMware is going for the coming year and what the latest product launches mean to your organization.

First off hear from VMware CTO and SVP of R&D Steve Herrod on Tuesday, October 18 and get a look into the technologies underpinning the cloud. You will also receive an insider's tour of the industry's first comprehensive cloud infrastructure suite, including vSphere 5's most advanced features and capabilities.

Raghu Raghuram, VMware's Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Cloud Platforms, will speak on Wednesday, October 19 about The Software-Driven Datacenter focusing on industry trends that will move forward a more dynamic, flexible and automated datacenter environment based on the increasing role of virtualization across the datacenter.

On Thursday, October 20, VMware CEO, Paul Maritz will provide an inside look at the forces shaping Cloud Computing and the next generation of IT. See the latest in the world's most advanced cloud infrastructure technologies and get real-world perspective from the CIOs of some of the globe's largest and most respected brands.

Finally, do not miss special VMware Super Sessions on Tuesday, October 18 where you will learn about the latest products and solutions. These sessions will also provide you a roadmap of other key sessions and activities taking place the rest of the week to maximize your time.

• The Biggest VMware Management Launch Ever! – Find out What’s New & What’s Next in Virtualization and Cloud Management
• Transitioning to ESXi
• Securing your Cloud
• The End-User Computing Revolution Starts Now with VMware View

If you have not yet registered for VMworld Europe, don't hesitate as we are two weeks out from the event. Register Today.

Once registered, do not forget to build your schedule with Schedule Builder. You MUST pre-register for the sessions you want to attend this year to reserve a seat.

VMworld Europe Schedule Builder Live

2011-09-08T20:52:02Z

New this year, attendees must pre-register for sessions. Without pre-registration, you will not be given access to any breakout sessions.

If you are registered for VMworld Europe, view a full listing of sessions, organize your days, and sign-up for the sessions you want to attend. Most sessions will be repeated at least once and we will be adding additional sessions based on popularity, so if it is full, check back.

If you are not yet registered, what are you waiting for? Register now and build out your schedule.

During VMworld, you will be able to add a session to your schedule up to 30 minutes prior to the start. Session rooms will open approximately 25 minutes before the start of a session and close 3 minutes to the start of the session. Only attendees who have pre-registered for the session will be allowed in the room. There will be NO stand-by line, so please make sure to register for the sessions you plan on attending.

Hands-on Labs will be available on-demand and can be taken at any time throughout the event. You can add Lab time to your personal schedule, but will need to visit the Labs at VMworld to sign-up.

Lab Hours:
Tuesday   09.00 – 14.30
Wednesday   10.30 – 18.00
Thursday   10.30 – 16.30

VMware ESXi Game Show at VMworld 2011

2011-09-06T21:25:22Z

Just wanted to thank everyone for attending and contributing to our very first VMware ESXi Quiz Show at VMworld, where teams of vExperts and VMware engineers matched expertise and battled on technical facts and trivia related to VMware ESXi and related products. We covered topics related to ESXi migration, storage, networking security and VMware products.

And after an entertaining game, the victorious team was -- the vPredators!

Popular VMworld 2011 Sessions

2011-09-01T17:45:23Z

There's still time today to catch Sessions & Labs. Don’t miss these "Most Popular" sessions voted on by you and your peers:

BCA1902 - Design, Deploy, and Optimize Exchange 2010 on vSphere

Thursday at 11am in Venetian-Lando 4304

BCO2874 - vSphere High Availability 5.0 and SMP Fault Tolerance – Technical Overview and Roadmap

Thursday at 10:30 in Venetian Ballroom E

EUC2103 - Storage Tips and Best Practices for VMware View Desktop Deployments

Thursday at 12pm in Venetian-Palazzo G

VSP1700 - VMware vSphere 5.0 Storage Features

Thursday at 11am in Venetian Ballroom G

New Repeat: VSP1708: VCDX Panel Defense Preparation

New Repeat: VSP1926 – Getting Started with VMware vSphere Design

Thursday at 12:30pm in Venetian-Titian 2301

VSP2247 - 10Gb & FCoE Real World Design Considerations

Thursday at 12pm in Venetian-Lando 4201

New Repeat: VSP2347 - What's New with VMware vSphere 5.0

Thursday at 12:30 in Venetian Ballroom G

VSP2757 - A Deep Dive on Virtual Distributed Switching and Cisco Nexus 1000v

Thursday at 1:30pm in Venetian-Palazzo D

New Repeat: VSP3067 – Mythbusters Goes Virtual

Thursday at 12:30 in Venetian-San Polo 3404

VSP3205: Technology Preview: VMware vStorage APIs for VM and Application Granular Data Management

Thursday at 10:30am in Venetian-San Polo 3501

VSP3866 - Performance Best Practices and Troubleshooting

Thursday at 12pm in Venetian - Palazzo D

Hands-on Labs Fast Pass and Lab Stats

2011-08-31T15:51:54Z

Hands-on Labs continue to push for new records of VM's created and labs completed. We have started handing out Fast Passes to people who have completed more than 4 labs. (photo shown)

Last year’s "labs completed" leader, Ron Davis (Landmark Healthcare), is again leading the pack of top lab takers with over 15 labs already completed, but closely followed by Natalie Lind (Landmark Healthcare) and Michael Forner (Regional Transportation District).

Here is a look at the top labs completed (as of Tues afternoon):

Here is a look at labs with most VMs created (as of Tues afternoon):

One of the most notable parts to our labs this year is the passion shared by lab attendees. As Steve Herrod, VMware CTO, mentioned in Tuesday's general session, it's not always about the technology -- it's about the people. Several lab participants are jumping into the labs at the 7am hour just to be able to share the experience with others who share the same passion.

See you at the Labs!

The VMworld 2011 Demo Cloud

2011-08-29T00:56:56Z

This year we wanted to make things even more exciting by hosting our Product and Solution Demos on our internal VMware cloud – VSEL.

Why a Demo Cloud?
The Key benefits for moving our demos to the cloud:
- Scalable, repeatable demos allowing our world wide employees to leverage the Demos created for VMworld – (Demos are published in our Internal Catalog)
- Lower our production costs by not having to ship servers around the world (Shipping a fully loaded kit to Copenhagen can cost up $35K)
- Fun thing to do using our latest products!

About the Architecture
The VMworld Booth Demos are running from our internal clouds using embedded ESXi, vCloud Director 1.5, View 5.0 and vShield Edge to name a few products.

Some stats on our Demo Cloud
- 120 UCS Blades running 4 core processors each
- ½ Petabyte VNX Storage (thanks EMC)
- 520 Virtual Machines
- 10G backend

How the Products work together….

1. VMware View - Provides a working desktop for users. This is the entrance to vSEL environment and can be accessed from both the Corporate Network and Internet, using PCoIP protocol.

2. VMware Cloud Director 1.5 Provides the lab environment for individual users to log into their own regional private cloud peer communities and work with vPods, which are vApps that leverage embedded virtualization environment consisting of vCenter, ESXi, and datacenter services needed to run an infrastructure.

3. Embedded Virtualization - ESXi is run within a virtual machine, resulting in multiple virtual ESX Servers (vESX) running on a single physical ESXi Server (pESX). "Virtual Virtual Machines" (vVMS) are run within these vESX Servers.

vPODs: vApp within vCD combined with embedded virtualization results in a completely self contained working unit known as the "vPod". In other words, a vPod is simply a vApp that uses embedded virtualization, vESX servers and vVMs, to create a single working "virtual virtual data center" that can be mapped to a single user.

Want to learn more?

1. Visit us at the VMware Booth: Come and see the VSEL infrastructure hard at work.
2. Attend Ford Donald’s Session: Virtual SE Lab (vSEL) Building the VMware Hybrid Cloud CIM 1436 (twitter #cim1436) to learn all about the architecture powering the VMworld Demos and enabling VMware SEs. Great reason to wake up at 8:00 AM

Special Thanks to all the people that have made this project come to life !

~ Pablo Roesch
Group Manager Cloud Infrastructure Technical Marketing

Don't Miss Hands-on Labs

2011-08-23T15:28:12Z

The VMworld Hands-On Labs (HOLs) are yet again taking a leap forward to provide a user experience greater than any other in the industry with 24,000 lab hours being made available to conference attendees during VMworld. The HOLs will be serviced by a globally distributed public cloud which stretches across our Sponsor Datacenters; Switch in Las Vegas, Terremark in Miami, and COLT in Amsterdam all powered by vSphere 5.0 and vCloud Director 1.5.

New this year - The Labs have been designed around typical customer use case and business scenarios. This will allow conference attendees to have a hands-on experience exercising workflows that relate to real-world scenarios. There will be 27 distinct labs available; two of which will have manuals available in German and Japanese along with the default English. We will also be offering three partner labs this year from Cisco, EMC and NetApp. For the full list of labs being offered please refer to the U.S. Content Catalog.

Join us and take one of the HOLs to get more in-depth knowledge into the technologies you want to learn more about; at a time that best fits with your schedule.

Hands-on Labs Hours:

Sunday, Aug. 28           2:00pm - 8:00pm
Monday, Aug. 29           7:00am - 3:00pm
Monday, Aug. 29           5:00pm - 8:00pm
Tuesday, Aug. 30          10:00am - 10:00pm
Wednesday, Aug. 31     7:00am - 7:00pm
Thursday, Sept. 1          7:00am - 4:00pm

VMworld Expo Only Pass Now Live

2011-08-08T19:16:21Z

Were you wanting to attend VMworld, but couldn’t get the budget for a full conference rate approved; don’t worry as we just launched our Expo Only pass for the Las Vegas event. This pass provides you access to the Solutions Exchange, attend General Sessions and network with thousands of peers during the 4-day event.

The Solutions Exchange features more than 250 companies showcasing the latest virtualization and cloud infrastructure products, services and solutions. You'll be able to talk with experts from the leading companies in the virtualization industry and get hands on experience with the newest tools and technologies. It's the perfect place to network, learn and explore. The Solutions Exchange hours are:
Monday, August 29 - 5:00pm-7:30pm
Tuesday, August 30 – 9:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday, August 31 - 9:00am-4:00pm
Thursday, September 1 – 10:00am-2:00pm

General Sessions are a great opportunity to get inspired by speakers who are changing the future of how we interact with computers. VMworld offers a great line-up that will set a clear vision for where the technologies of virtualization and cloud computing can take us today and where they will go in the future. General Sessions will be held:
Monday, August 29 – 3:30pm-5:00pm
Tuesday, August 30 – 8:00am-9:30am
Thursday, September 1 – 9:00am-10:00am

Take advantage of special 5% airline discounts:
American Airlines
Promo Code: 3881BV
Valid for travel dates between August 20 – September 8
www.aa.com

Virgin America
Promo Code: VXVMWARE
Valid Dates: August 26 – September 4
Off all Main Cabin Nonrefundable fares
www.virginamerica.com

We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas.

---The VMworld Team---

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Top 10 Reasons to Attend VMworld

2011-07-29T21:23:29Z

If you haven’t yet registered for VMworld 2011, do it today as hotel rooms are selling out quickly and airfare won’t drop significantly in the near future. VMworld is THE place to learn about the hottest virtualization and cloud computing technologies and get a sneak peek of what is coming up next.

Here are Top 10 reasons why you won’t want to miss VMworld 2011.

1. Dive deep into VMware vSphere.
Get the latest updates to the best platform for building cloud infrastructures with Sessions and Labs dedicated to vSphere 5.0.

2. Get a grip on cloud computing.
Learn what cloud computing is all about, including how to use it to reduce IT complexity and enable IT as a service.

3. Arm yourself with knowledge.
Choose from more than 175 unique Breakout Sessions led by subject-matter experts.

4. Get your hands dirty.
Explore how virtualization can make a powerful impact on your organization by choosing from Hands-on Labs covering over 20 topics.

5. Hear from the top in General Sessions.
VMware’s Paul Maritz, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Stephen Herrod, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D, present VMware’s vision for IT as a Service.

6. Participate in the ultimate show-and-share.
With more than 250 exhibitors, the Solutions Exchange is the perfect place to network, learn and explore the latest virtualization and cloud infrastructure products, services and solutions.

7. Stay in the know.
Be one of the first to hear exciting announcements from VMware. We've got some great ones coming up that you don't want to miss.

8. Pick the brain of an expert.
Hear subject-matter experts present in Sessions, lead Group Discussions and then meet them one-on-one to cover topics that relate specifically to your organization.

9. Network, network, network.
Meet, connect, and share your experiences with virtualization and cloud computing with peers from around the world and across your industry.

10. Revel in your "developerness".
If you're a developer building and delivering solutions on VMware platforms, the Technology Exchange for Alliance Partners is the premier event for you.

VMworld Sessions Online

2011-07-26T19:57:42Z

As we approach VMworld 2011 and you are either still waiting to register or have registered already, please be sure to view the online sessions from 2010 and previous years. VMworld 2010 sessions are now open to all visitors with a VMworld account (no longer restricted to last year's attendees). Viewing sessions from last year is a great way to preview and prepare for this year's conference or may help you in deciding to attend for 2011.

Don’t Miss VMworld Europe 2011: Early Bird Rate Ends 7/29 and More

2011-07-26T15:30:58Z

VMworld Europe 2011 is only 11 weeks away and you don’t want miss out.

“Why?” For many reasons, including the ability to learn about the latest VMware offerings and see solutions from over 125 exhibitors in the Solutions Exchange.

Here are some reasons why you should register today for VMworld:

1) Hear from VMware visionaries and cutting edge customers at the General Sessions.

2) Content Catalog is live - learn about the over 115 unique breakout sessions and 20+ labs—featuring topics that will cover everything from virtualizing business critical applications, to scaling virtual desktop infrastructure, to unifying private and public cloud resources with consistent security, compliance and management.

3) Schedule Builder goes live mid-August - by registering now for VMworld 2011, you will be notified first. Build your conference schedule and reserve your spot in the breakout sessions you care about most.

4) Participate in the “Refer Your Colleagues” program and receive an Apple iPod Touch. Simply tell your friends and colleagues the value of VMworld and invite them to attend. See details of the program here.

5) Save €500- Early Bird rate ends Friday, July 29. Don’t miss the chance to save your company some money.

VMworld offers the tools to deliver unprecedented IT simplicity, agility, flexibility and cost efficiency. You’ll define owning the Cloud as something that will do more than just support your business. It will set it free.

This is VMworld 2011. This is your Cloud. Own it.

Build Your VMworld Schedule

2011-07-19T15:20:39Z

New this year, attendees must pre-register for sessions. Without pre-registration, you will not be given access to any breakout sessions.

If you are registered for VMworld, view a full listing of sessions, organize your days, and sign-up for the sessions you want to attend. Most sessions will be repeated at least once and we will be adding additional sessions based on popularity, so if it is full, check back.

If you are not yet registered, what are you waiting for? Register now and build out your schedule.

During VMworld, you will be able to add a session to your schedule up to an hour prior to the start. Session rooms will open approximately 25 minutes before the start of a session and close at the start of the session. Only attendees who have pre-registered for the session will be allowed in the room. There will be NO stand-by line, so please make sure to register for the sessions you plan on attending.

Hands-on Labs will be available on-demand and can be taken at any time throughout the event. You can add Lab time to your personal schedule, but will need to visit the Labs at VMworld to sign-up.

Lab Hours:

Sunday 2:00pm – 8:00pm

Monday 8:00am - 3:00pm

Tuesday 10:00am – 10:00pm

Wednesday 8:00am – 6:00pm

Thursday 8:00am – 4:00pm

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