Today VMware kicks off VMworld in Las Vegas and we’re already seeing interesting news announcements, cool innovations, and informative technical sessions. If you’re not there in person to be close to the conference action, we’ve gathered together a list of important conference info. Thanks to live feeds, Twitter, and video, you can participate in much of the event from the comfort of your home or office. Let’s start with…

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The TechWiseTV Fundamentals series continues to enjoy a great run — this concept of character animation and tight scripting we started with back in the early TrustSec and EnergyWise days, is still a complete joy to work on. We have learned a ton about getting the scripts tighter, writing to support visuals, how to stay technical and not try to say too much AND all the work that goes into storyboarding the visuals, working with artists and motio…

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Before going on to an interview on SiliconAngle.tv and speaking at a Super Session on “How Cisco and VMware Collaborate to Build the Cloud”, Soni Jiandani gave me a couple of minutes to sum up the Cisco innovations announced and on display at VMworld 2011. Some things Soni mentions: Cisco UCS achieved the highest score ever recorded for the VMware VMmark 2.1 benchmark with a 21% performance advantage over other identical server…

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Tags: @ciscoDC, Cisco, data center, Nexus 1000v, UCS, virtualization, vmworld, VMworld 2011

It’s that time of year again. Time to gather new supplies and prepare for the inevitable dodgeball match. Sure, it is the start of the school year, but also VMworld 2012! Find Cisco at Booth 1213 and beyond. Here’s what’s happening: Cisco at VMworld: Speaking Sessions, Demos, and More Warm up with a Tweetchat on the Cisco UCS Advantage with experts Josh Atwell, Scott Hanson, and M. Sean Mcgee. Follow #CLUS on August 15 starting…

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Last week the Cisco team embarked on VMworld 2011 event in Las Vegas. For me, it was fun catching up with many of my friends from VMware, Wyse, Citrix (Kaviza, RingCube), and Atlantis Computing while building new connections with folks from AppSense, RES Software, and Teradici just to name a few. The virtualization ecosystem seems strong and healthy. And with a record-breaking +24,000 attendees, its apparent that this ”virtualization stuff…

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