Breakout Sessions - More Freedom. Less Formality.
This year, there is no Session pre-registration, which gives you more freedom and greater control over your conference experience. Forget trying to plan your daily agenda around Sessions you picked weeks ago - use Schedule Builder to view a complete listing of available Sessions, and then just show up at the ones that work best for you. Plus, we'll be repeating most Sessions at least once, so you'll have ample opportunity to attend your top choices.
More than 170 Unique Breakout Sessions Organized into 10 Tracks Here is just a sampling of some of the Session topics we can tell you about right now. Others will be revealed onsite.
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Content Catalog for a full listing of Sessions and Labs.
Track: Desktop Virtualization Deploying desktop and end-user solutions to solve critical business problems.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Desktop Virtualization Sessions.
Track: Enterprise Applications Virtualizing business-critical applications including email, databases, middleware platforms and enterprise applications such as SAP, Exchange, SQL and Oracle.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Enterprise Applications Sessions.
Track: Hybrid and Public Cloud Latest cloud technology and VMware-based offerings from service providers. Discussions on security and compliance challenges in the cloud. Technology deep dives on applications and application management in the cloud, and best practices and use cases for public and hybrid cloud computing.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Hybrid and Public Cloud Sessions.
Track: Partner (for VMware Partners only)Gain insights to effectively identify customer needs and to successfully sell and deploy VMware solutions. Explore best practices to acquire new customers, expand business by cross-selling VMware solutions and services, and walk away with go-to-market selling strategies that enable you to accelerate your virtualization practice.
| ID | Session |
| PA9442 | Accelerate Your Solutions Competency ROI with Solution Enablement Toolkits |
| PA9445 | Selling the VMware Private Cloud |
| PA9452 | Winning with Virtualization in Small- and Mid-Sized Accounts |
| PA9455 | The VMware Journey: Navigating, Path-finding and Articulating Value along the Way |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Partner Track Sessions or view the
Partner Track page.
Track: Private Cloud - Business Continuity Increasing the business continuity of the data center, as well as solutions around VMware SRM, VMware VCB/Data Recovery, backup solutions and vSphere features FT, HA and vMotion.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Private Cloud - Business Continuity Sessions.
Track: Private Cloud – Management Utilizing strategies, technologies and best practices for managing the virtual data center and the private cloud. Topics include operations management, service delivery and private cloud architecture.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Private Cloud - Management Sessions.
Track: Private Cloud Security Protecting your virtual infrastructure with application and endpoint protection, perimeter/edge protection and services, and achieving compliance with virtualized deployments. Learn why virtualized data centers can be seen as having ‘better than physical’ 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Private Cloud Security Sessions.
Track: Technology and Architecture Designing and optimizing usage of a feature, technology or component of the underlying virtualization infrastructure. Learn the architecture and operation of specific virtualization solutions.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Technology and Architecture Sessions.
Track: Technology Partners/Sponsors This track will showcase the latest technology and solutions from VMware's technology partners. Presenting partners and sponsors include:
Cisco
Dell Inc.
EMC Corporation
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
NetApp
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Technology Partners/Sponsors Sessions.
Track: Virtualization 101 Designing and optimizing usage of a feature, technology or component of the underlying virtualization infrastructure. Learn the architecture and operation of specific virtualization solutions.
| 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 |
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Content Catalog for a complete list of Virtualization 101 Sessions.
