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VMworld 2010 Breakout Session Highlights

2010-08-02T17:23:14Z

This year, there is no session pre-registration, so you can just show up at the sessions that work best for you. More than 170 unique breakout sessions will be offered across 10 tracks. Most sessions will be repeated at least once to provide opportunity to attend your top choices. Here are some session highlights by track:

Desktop Virtualization

ID	Session
DV7167	Design Consideration for Migrating to Windows 7
DV7180	ThinApp: What's New and Future Vision
DV7778	Journey through a 3000 Seat VMware View (VDI) Deployment Ensuring Business Continuance During Snowmageddon 2010

Enterprise Applications

ID	Session
EA7849	Design, Deploy and Optimize Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 on vSphere
EA8020	SpringSource: Application Infrastructure for a Virtual World
EA8700	Oracle on vSphere: Re-Platforming Tier 1 Oracle Databases from UNIX to vSphere at Indiana University

Hybrid and Public Cloud

ID	Session
PC8624	Cloud 101: What's Real, What's Relevant for Enterprise IT, and What Role Does VMware Play
PC9920	Compliance in the Cloud: Managing Risks and Addressing Concerns

VMware Partners only

ID	Session
PA9442	Accelerate Your Solutions Competency ROI with Solution Enablement Toolkits
PA9445	Selling the VMware Private Cloud
PA9449	Winning against Server Virtualization Competitors: Leading with VMware Strengths, Handling Objections and Setting Traps
PA9452	Winning with Virtualization in Small- and Mid-Sized Accounts
PA9455	The VMware Journey: Navigating, Path-finding and Articulating Value along the Way

Private Cloud - Business Continuity

ID	Session
BC6701	VMware Data Recovery – All You Need to Know!
BC7729	Intelligent HA: Application Awareness with VMware HA
BC8274	VMware Fault Tolerance - Best Practices, Usage Scenarios and Performance

Private Cloud – Management

ID	Session
MA7140	vCloud Architecture Design Strategies and Design Patterns
MA7528	VMware vCenter Server: Operational Best Practices in the Datacenter
MA8317	Technical Deep Dive: vCenter Chargeback

Private Cloud Security

ID	Session
SE8098	Private Cloud Security: Vendor Secrets and Hypervisor Competitive Differences
SE8378	Compliance-Ready Virtual Infrastructure, Addressing PCI Security Standard for Virtualized Deployments
SE9600	How to Attest Host Platform Security for Cloud Deployments: A Technology Preview from VMware, Intel and RSA

Technology and Architecture

ID	Session
TA7121	Next-Generation VM Storage Solutions with vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)
TA7750	Understanding Virtualization Memory Management Concepts
TA7805	Tech Preview: Storage DRS
TA7994	vStorage Update for vSphere 4.1
TA9420	vSphere 4.1 Overview

Virtualization 101

ID	Session
V17737	How and Why Denton County Used vSphere To Go Completely Virtual
V17982	Intro to Virtualization
V18061	VMware Certified Advanced Professional Certifications Are Here

For a complete list of sessions and labs, please view the VMworld 2010 Content Catalog.

And if you haven't yet registered for VMworld 2010 (San Francisco or Copenhagen), don't miss out...Register Today!

VMworld 2010 Lab Highlights

2010-08-02T17:22:15Z

Labs will be powered by the VMware cloud and presented via a self-service Lab Cloud portal. VMworld will stage more than 18,000 lab seats and conduct up to 480 simultaneous Lab sessions during the four-day event. Forget pre-registration. With over 40 hours of available Lab time throughout the conference, you’re free to experience the latest in VMware offerings on your own schedule. Here is a listing of labs:

Advanced Lab Tutorials

ID	Lab
ALT2002	VMware vCenter™ vShield 2.0
ALT2003	VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch and Cisco Nexus 1000V
ALT3001	VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager - Extended Config & Troubleshooting
ALT3002	VMware vCenter™ Chargeback - Advanced
ALT3003	VMware vSphere™ Performance & Tuning
ALT3004	VMware vSphere™ Troubleshooting
ALT3005	VMware vCenter™ Orchestrator - Orchestrating the Cloud

Hands-on Labs

ID	Lab
LAB03	Lab: VMware ThinApp™ 4.6
LAB04	Lab: SpringSource - Hyperic and tc Server
LAB05	Lab: Intro to Zimbra Collaboration Suite
LAB06	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Configuration Manager - Provisioning, Patching, and Software Distribution
LAB07	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Configuration Manager - Achieving Compliance
LAB08	Lab: VMware vCenter™ AppSpeed
LAB09	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Data Recovery
LAB10	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Server Heartbeat
LAB11	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager - Basic Install & Config
LAB12	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Site Recovery Manager - Extended Config & Troubleshooting
LAB14	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Chargeback - Advanced Hands-on Lab
LAB15	Lab: VMware vCenter™ CapacityIQ
LAB16	Lab: VMware vCloud™ API
LAB17	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Orchestrator
LAB19	Lab: VMware vCenter™ Update Manager
LAB20	Lab: VMware vCenter™ vShield 2.0
LAB21	Lab: Basic VMware vSphere™ - Install & Config
LAB22	Lab: VMware ESX 4.1 - New Features
LAB23	Lab: VMware ESXi Remote Management Utilities
LAB24	Lab: VMware vSphere™ Performance & Tuning
LAB25	Lab: VMware vSphere™ Troubleshooting
LAB26	Lab: VMware vSphere™ PowerCLI
LAB27	Lab: VMware VI SDK C#
LAB28	Lab: VMware VI SDK Java
LAB29	Lab: VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch and Cisco Nexus 1000V
LAB30	Lab: VMware Products - VMware vSphere™ Sandbox

VMworld 2010 - Who's the band? Part 2

2010-07-28T19:26:27Z

Good news and bad news...

The bad news first: No one has guessed the band!
Well, that's actually good news for most of you

The good news: 2 attendees can still win the "meet and greet the band" prize.
And even better news: We are allowing everyone a second guess.

That means 2 guesses per person.
Same rules apply as before and options to submit your guess. (see original blog for details)

Now, for some hints...
+ 4k shows to over 25 mil people
+ 30 mil records sold
7 top Billboard hits

Who's the band?

VMworld 2010 Registration Now Open

2010-04-27T18:12:48Z

VMworld 2010

August 30 – September 2

Moscone Center, San Francisco

October 12 – 14

Bella Center, Copenhagen

Registration for VMworld 2010 is now open for both San Francisco & Copenhagen!

VMworld 2010, brought to you by VMware, gives you unparalleled access to educational opportunities that will show you how to reduce IT complexity, and enable IT as a service through virtualization and cloud computing. Join us to:

Learn

Select from more than 300 Breakout Sessions and Hands on Labs that cover topics such as leveraging the public cloud, virtualizing enterprise applications and managing the desktop as a service.

Engage

Meet one on one with Knowledge Experts or join group discussions to learn and share with peers and industry experts alike.

Network

Visit industry-leading technology partners showcasing complementary solutions that can help you dramatically reduce your IT complexity.

Don’t miss out on your savings – or the education and training opportunities found at VMworld 2010. Register now.

VMworld 2010 - Breakout Sessions

2010-04-01T05:41:47Z

I know it is still a few months out, but the planning for VMworld 2010 is in full progress. We opened our call-for-papers a few weeks ago and have already received a good bunch of submissions. If you have a great session topic you would like to share with the VMworld attendees, feel free to still submit your session via the call-for-paper website.

NEW: Public Voting

This year we are introducing a new way of how we select the content. Some of the sessions will still be selected by small content committees that exist of VMware employees, customers and partners. What does not get selected in this first round, we will put up for public voting! Meaning you will directly be able to participate in the selection process. This voting will happen in May and anyone who has a vmworld.com account (anyone can register for free) will be invited to vote.

I hope to see some really cool sessions submitted and sessions with a high education value, as like most of you, I always want to learn new things.sions submitted and sessions with a high education value, as like most of you, I always want to learn new things.

VMworld 2010 Call for Papers

2010-04-01T03:23:36Z

Do you have a great story to share with other delegates? Are you using virtual machines to build a better disaster recovery solution? Have you virtualized a critical enterprise system? Do you offer virtual machines on-demand with billing? Have you developed extensive automation process around the VMware products? Tell your peers about it by submitting a proposal.

Session proposals should provide an in-depth explanation of the technology and business challenges you have resolved, as well as a description of your architecture—hardware, software and networking setup. Advice, key success factors, data points and lessons learned while solving technical, organizational and process challenges related to virtualization deployment are always appreciated by your peers.

In addition to the prestige of showcasing your solutions and the opportunity to share best practices with other delegates, if selected to present, you will receive a full conference pass, access to all VMworld and sessions and labs.

This year the VMworld community will be voting on your submissions. In order for your submission to be included in the voting process, your submission needs to be filled out completely. Any submissions with gaps or "TBD" in any of the fields will automatically be declined and removed from voting.

Submit your proposal now

VMworld 2010 Survey - Win a Bose Sound Deck!

2009-12-03T20:33:12Z

We're looking for new and fresh ideas for VMworld 2010! Please take a few minutes and fill out the following quick survey.

By answering all questions, you will be entered to win a Bose Sound Dock. The winner will be announced at the end of December.

thanks for your feedback!

~VMworld Team

Submit a VMworld Survey