VMworld 2008 Stories and Photos
Share what virtualization has made possible for you with other attendees and be a part of the overall creative experience at the event. If you are registered for VMworld 2008, please submit your story and photo.
VMworld 2008 > Agenda > Partner Day > Sponsors
Sponsor Snapshot
Alternative Technology, Inc.
Alternative Technology is a leading specialty distributor specializing in virtualization, edge infrastructure, thin-client/server-based computing, and network management markets. Our distinct and strategic differentiators are our Professional Services focused in virtualization, security, engineering, education and support, along with our unique Alternative Advantage Partner Program (AAPP) based on a "frequent buyer" concept, specially designed to reward organizations via universal vouchers at every level achieved.
Alternative Technology is a leading specialty distributor specializing in virtualization, edge infrastructure, thin-client/server-based computing, and network management markets. Our distinct and strategic differentiators are our Professional Services focused in virtualization, security, engineering, education and support, along with our unique Alternative Advantage Partner Program (AAPP) based on a "frequent buyer" concept, specially designed to reward organizations via universal vouchers at every level achieved.
AMOSDEC
As a Value Added Distributor established in 1991, Amosdec selects best-of-breed innovative software solutions and brings them to the French market, assuming the marketing, sales and technical roles. Amosdec has made significant investments in VMware virtualization technologies since 2002 to become the major French distributor and the first VMware Authorized Training Center (VATC) in France.
As a Value Added Distributor established in 1991, Amosdec selects best-of-breed innovative software solutions and brings them to the French market, assuming the marketing, sales and technical roles. Amosdec has made significant investments in VMware virtualization technologies since 2002 to become the major French distributor and the first VMware Authorized Training Center (VATC) in France.
Avnet Technology Solutions
As a leading distributor, Avnet offers the training, resources and relationships you need to deliver effective and profitable virtualization solutions that accelerate your success.
As a leading distributor, Avnet offers the training, resources and relationships you need to deliver effective and profitable virtualization solutions that accelerate your success.
Azlan
Azlan, the Enterprise and Value Add Division of Tech Data Corporation, is the leading value-added distributor of networking, servers, storage and enterprise software and services in Europe and the Middle East.
Azlan, the Enterprise and Value Add Division of Tech Data Corporation, is the leading value-added distributor of networking, servers, storage and enterprise software and services in Europe and the Middle East.
Datastor N2 LTDM
Datastor NZ (Ltd) is New Zealand's leading specialist storage and services distributor, providing the essential link between international storage vendors and our vast national network of resellers.
Datastor NZ (Ltd) is New Zealand's leading specialist storage and services distributor, providing the essential link between international storage vendors and our vast national network of resellers.
Distrilogie
Distrilogie Belgium is the Value Added Distributor for Enterprise Infrastructure, Network & Content Security Solutions and Web and Content Management platforms.
Distrilogie Belgium is the Value Added Distributor for Enterprise Infrastructure, Network & Content Security Solutions and Web and Content Management platforms.
DNS Deutschland GmbH
In 2005, DNS became an Arrow Company. Arrow is one of the leading value added distribution companies of components and enterprise computing solutions worldwide. Thus DNS is responsible for Enterprise Computing Solutions Business across Europe – and enjoys the backing of a strong global player over the whole range of its business segments.
In 2005, DNS became an Arrow Company. Arrow is one of the leading value added distribution companies of components and enterprise computing solutions worldwide. Thus DNS is responsible for Enterprise Computing Solutions Business across Europe – and enjoys the backing of a strong global player over the whole range of its business segments.
ECS
ECS, the No. 2 ranked Top 100 Distributors in China for the last 4 years, has built close relationships with over 7000 partners and a turnover of USD 1 Billion. ECS has worked with VMware since 2006 and integrated a range of vendor products into total solutions around server infrastructure.
ECS, the No. 2 ranked Top 100 Distributors in China for the last 4 years, has built close relationships with over 7000 partners and a turnover of USD 1 Billion. ECS has worked with VMware since 2006 and integrated a range of vendor products into total solutions around server infrastructure.
ETC
ETC is the virtualization distributor of choice for many UK resellers. Our skilled enterprise team has many years solution experience to provide pre and post consultancy and sales support ETC customers.
ETC is the virtualization distributor of choice for many UK resellers. Our skilled enterprise team has many years solution experience to provide pre and post consultancy and sales support ETC customers.
Ingram Asia
Ingram Micro Asia Ltd, (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc.) headquartered in Singapore, is a leading wholesale provider of a wide range of computer products in Asia Pacific. Today, we represent more than 90 vendors in Asia Pacific with more than 24,000 products including Application Software, Systems, Networking, Storage, Printers and Peripherals products.
Ingram Micro Asia Ltd, (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc.) headquartered in Singapore, is a leading wholesale provider of a wide range of computer products in Asia Pacific. Today, we represent more than 90 vendors in Asia Pacific with more than 24,000 products including Application Software, Systems, Networking, Storage, Printers and Peripherals products.
Ingram Micro Australia
Ingram Micro (AUS) is Australia's largest technology distributor and is the distributor of choice for the Australian IT & T Channel. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro has a wide portfolio of market leading vendors providing value and catering to all channel needs.
Ingram Micro (AUS) is Australia's largest technology distributor and is the distributor of choice for the Australian IT & T Channel. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro has a wide portfolio of market leading vendors providing value and catering to all channel needs.
Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro provides the broadest technology products and services, market development programs and supply chain management services to technology solution providers and manufacturers worldwide. For more information, visit us at www.ingrammicro.com.
Ingram Micro provides the broadest technology products and services, market development programs and supply chain management services to technology solution providers and manufacturers worldwide. For more information, visit us at www.ingrammicro.com.
ITWAY S.P.A
Itway VAD is an Italian distributor with branch offices in Spain, Portugal, France, Greece and Turkey specialized in the distribution of enabling technologies, with a Business Unit fully dedicated to Virtualization technologies. For further information contact: brandmanager.vmware.it@itwayvad.com.
Itway VAD is an Italian distributor with branch offices in Spain, Portugal, France, Greece and Turkey specialized in the distribution of enabling technologies, with a Business Unit fully dedicated to Virtualization technologies. For further information contact: brandmanager.vmware.it@itwayvad.com.
Magirus
The Magirus Group is one of Europe’s leading IT solutions providers. The distribution company takes every opportunity to make the latest developments available to you as rapidly as possible, by focusing on the latest developments on the IT market. As a result, Magirus delivers high quality storage management, intelligent networking, security, virtualization, middleware, open source and information lifecycle management products.
The Magirus Group is one of Europe’s leading IT solutions providers. The distribution company takes every opportunity to make the latest developments available to you as rapidly as possible, by focusing on the latest developments on the IT market. As a result, Magirus delivers high quality storage management, intelligent networking, security, virtualization, middleware, open source and information lifecycle management products.
PNX Computers (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
PNX is a premier provider of IT solutions and services in China. PNX champions innovative technologies and takes pride in being the pioneer in distributing virtual infrastructure software for industry standard systems.
PNX is a premier provider of IT solutions and services in China. PNX champions innovative technologies and takes pride in being the pioneer in distributing virtual infrastructure software for industry standard systems.
Systematika Distribution
Distribution is the oldest italian VMware distributor with extensive experience in the virtualization area. VMware is our core and our business comprises related software solutions (ecosystem partners) and services (Trainings, labs, consultancy, pre-sales, etc). We are also the oldest italian VMware Authorized Training Center as well with several and modern locations. Our values are based on our commitment to becoming the most trusted IT provider to the reseller community.
Distribution is the oldest italian VMware distributor with extensive experience in the virtualization area. VMware is our core and our business comprises related software solutions (ecosystem partners) and services (Trainings, labs, consultancy, pre-sales, etc). We are also the oldest italian VMware Authorized Training Center as well with several and modern locations. Our values are based on our commitment to becoming the most trusted IT provider to the reseller community.
TechData
Tech Data Corporation is a leading IT products distributor, with more than 90,000 customers worldwide supporting end users ranging from SMBs to large enterprises.
Tech Data Corporation is a leading IT products distributor, with more than 90,000 customers worldwide supporting end users ranging from SMBs to large enterprises.
Partner Day Lunch Sponsor
Intel
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Intel® microprocessors provide leading performance and proven reliability for the foundation of your virtualized environment. VMware and Intel work together to deliver reliability, value, and ease of deployment in the dynamic data center of today and in the future, giving customers the confidence to start benefiting from virtualization now. Through close collaboration in technology advancements and ecosystem enabling, VMware and Intel provide the foundation for virtualization solutions that allow businesses to better serve their customers at reduced cost.
Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Intel® microprocessors provide leading performance and proven reliability for the foundation of your virtualized environment. VMware and Intel work together to deliver reliability, value, and ease of deployment in the dynamic data center of today and in the future, giving customers the confidence to start benefiting from virtualization now. Through close collaboration in technology advancements and ecosystem enabling, VMware and Intel provide the foundation for virtualization solutions that allow businesses to better serve their customers at reduced cost.
Seminar Session Sponsors
BMC Software
BMC Software delivers virtualization solutions that reduce operational risk and cost by controlling the full lifecycle of virtualization projects. As the leader in Business Service Management (BSM) solutions, BMC provides a proven, incremental approach to help you lower IT management cost, ensure compliance, and benefit from a virtual infrastructure built to support business growth and flexibility. Founded in 1980, BMC has offices worldwide and fiscal 2008 revenues of $1.73 billion.
BMC Software delivers virtualization solutions that reduce operational risk and cost by controlling the full lifecycle of virtualization projects. As the leader in Business Service Management (BSM) solutions, BMC provides a proven, incremental approach to help you lower IT management cost, ensure compliance, and benefit from a virtual infrastructure built to support business growth and flexibility. Founded in 1980, BMC has offices worldwide and fiscal 2008 revenues of $1.73 billion.
CommVault
CommVault® Singular Information Management® software makes VMware adoption easy. CommVault offers a full range of options for managing VMware systems along with physical systems in the environment. CommVault provides you with particularly strong advantages for delivering more value from server consolidation, extending disaster recovery benefits obtained with server virtualization to data management and using VMotion while preserving continuous data recovery for customers.
CommVault® Singular Information Management® software makes VMware adoption easy. CommVault offers a full range of options for managing VMware systems along with physical systems in the environment. CommVault provides you with particularly strong advantages for delivering more value from server consolidation, extending disaster recovery benefits obtained with server virtualization to data management and using VMotion while preserving continuous data recovery for customers.
Dell EqualLogic
The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series is the industry’s leading family of iSCSI- based midrange enterprise SAN solutions. Dell provides businesses of all sizes an affordable, easy-to-manage alternative to expensive and complex traditional storage systems, while giving customers a range of choices in performance, capacity, and cost. All PS serious storage arrays come with enterprise storage management features, including remote replication and thin provisioning, as standard features at no additional cost.
The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series is the industry’s leading family of iSCSI- based midrange enterprise SAN solutions. Dell provides businesses of all sizes an affordable, easy-to-manage alternative to expensive and complex traditional storage systems, while giving customers a range of choices in performance, capacity, and cost. All PS serious storage arrays come with enterprise storage management features, including remote replication and thin provisioning, as standard features at no additional cost.
EMC
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Virtualization is changing the way companies are addressing their computing needs. EMC's Information Infrastructure Solutions for VMware enable you to keep availability high and achieve significant service-level improvements. With Information Infrastructure Solutions for VMware, you efficiently manage your physical and virtual environment and get the best results from your VMware server virtualization deployment. Options range from simple, easy-to-install shared-storage solutions to large-scale, enterprise-class environments.
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Virtualization is changing the way companies are addressing their computing needs. EMC's Information Infrastructure Solutions for VMware enable you to keep availability high and achieve significant service-level improvements. With Information Infrastructure Solutions for VMware, you efficiently manage your physical and virtual environment and get the best results from your VMware server virtualization deployment. Options range from simple, easy-to-install shared-storage solutions to large-scale, enterprise-class environments.
Emulex
Emulex® (NYSE:ELX) is a global provider of enterprise-class solutions and technologies that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks, to ensure access to data that's open, secure and adaptable. Emulex is a leader and catalyst for innovation and investment protection with a proven record of success that spans nearly 30 years. The world's leading OEMs rely on Emulex products to build scalable, high-performance storage and server solutions for today's largest, most demanding data centers.
Emulex® (NYSE:ELX) is a global provider of enterprise-class solutions and technologies that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks, to ensure access to data that's open, secure and adaptable. Emulex is a leader and catalyst for innovation and investment protection with a proven record of success that spans nearly 30 years. The world's leading OEMs rely on Emulex products to build scalable, high-performance storage and server solutions for today's largest, most demanding data centers.
HP
As a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services, form the individual consumer to the largest enterprise.
As a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services, form the individual consumer to the largest enterprise.
IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with a comprehensive server, storage, software and services portfolio designed to help clients integrate, analyze and optimize information on demand. IBM recently introduced a model for the New Enterprise Data Center - an evolutionary, dynamic infrastructure that addresses the business challenges our clients face today. This IBM vision is backed by technical capabilities, unmatched skills, and a clear roadmap with assessments and solutions clients can start with today in their own data center transformation.
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with a comprehensive server, storage, software and services portfolio designed to help clients integrate, analyze and optimize information on demand. IBM recently introduced a model for the New Enterprise Data Center - an evolutionary, dynamic infrastructure that addresses the business challenges our clients face today. This IBM vision is backed by technical capabilities, unmatched skills, and a clear roadmap with assessments and solutions clients can start with today in their own data center transformation.
Lefthand Networks
LeftHand builds cost-effective, modular data storage systems that are easy to install and easy to manage. From fully integrated SANs comprising best-in-class hardware and our award-winning SAN/iQ® software, to virtual SANs that help you get remote office data storage under central control, LeftHand can help you protect your critical data.
LeftHand builds cost-effective, modular data storage systems that are easy to install and easy to manage. From fully integrated SANs comprising best-in-class hardware and our award-winning SAN/iQ® software, to virtual SANs that help you get remote office data storage under central control, LeftHand can help you protect your critical data.
NetApp
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Our dedication to principles of simplicity, innovation, and customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today. Customers choose us for our “go beyond” approach and broad portfolio of solutions for server-to-storage virtualization, business applications, data protection, and more. Our solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data and simplify business processes so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before. Discover our passion for helping companies go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Our dedication to principles of simplicity, innovation, and customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today. Customers choose us for our “go beyond” approach and broad portfolio of solutions for server-to-storage virtualization, business applications, data protection, and more. Our solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data and simplify business processes so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before. Discover our passion for helping companies go further, faster at www.netapp.com.
Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Symantec helps enterprises manage IT risk and maximize IT performance by standardizing and automating their software and processes. The company delivers solutions for storage, security, information management, business continuity, IT operations and IT compliance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries.
Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Symantec helps enterprises manage IT risk and maximize IT performance by standardizing and automating their software and processes. The company delivers solutions for storage, security, information management, business continuity, IT operations and IT compliance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries.
Veeam Software
Veeam Software, a VMware Technology Alliance Premier Partner, provides innovative software for managing VMware infrastructure. Veeam offers a complete suite of tools for the VMware administrator, including Veeam Backup, the 2-in-1 backup and replication solution; Veeam Reporter, to document virtual environments; Veeam Configurator, to manage "configuration drift;" and Veeam Monitor, for monitoring across multiple VirtualCenters. With its acquisition of nworks, Veeam's products include connectors that incorporate VMware data into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and HP Software Operations Manager.
Veeam Software, a VMware Technology Alliance Premier Partner, provides innovative software for managing VMware infrastructure. Veeam offers a complete suite of tools for the VMware administrator, including Veeam Backup, the 2-in-1 backup and replication solution; Veeam Reporter, to document virtual environments; Veeam Configurator, to manage "configuration drift;" and Veeam Monitor, for monitoring across multiple VirtualCenters. With its acquisition of nworks, Veeam's products include connectors that incorporate VMware data into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and HP Software Operations Manager.
Vizioncore
Founded in 2002, Vizioncore, a fully-owned subsidiary of Quest Software®, is a leading provider of innovative management tools for virtual infrastructure environments. Over 10,000 organizations across the world, from SMBs to enterprises, use Vizioncore's products for P2V/V2V, backup & recovery, monitoring, optimization and chargeback for their virtual infrastructures. Vizioncore has a global sales channel with 1,100 partners worldwide. Additional information about Vizioncore can be found at www.vizioncore.com or obtained by contacting sales@vizioncore.com.
Founded in 2002, Vizioncore, a fully-owned subsidiary of Quest Software®, is a leading provider of innovative management tools for virtual infrastructure environments. Over 10,000 organizations across the world, from SMBs to enterprises, use Vizioncore's products for P2V/V2V, backup & recovery, monitoring, optimization and chargeback for their virtual infrastructures. Vizioncore has a global sales channel with 1,100 partners worldwide. Additional information about Vizioncore can be found at www.vizioncore.com or obtained by contacting sales@vizioncore.com.
