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 some of the fun activities we’re seeing at VMWorld.
Check mate! Just another day at the giant chess board as conference attendees play a rousing game. Check the VMworld You Tube channel to see what else is happening.
So, VMworld 2011 is upon us and Irene is bearing down on us. (For those RTP based)
Here is a list of a few sessions I think are hot topics at VMworld this year.
Performance and Scalability Enhancements in VMware vStorage VMFS 5
A Deep Dive on Virtual Distributed Switching and Cisco Nexus 1000v by Jason Nash -- Twitter (@nash_j) (Session Twitter hashtag: #VSP2757)
Innovating Together: How Cisco and VMware Collaborate to Build the Cloud by Soni Jiandani (Session Twitter hashtag: #SUP1010)
Deploying vCloud Director with Cisco Nexus 1000V (Twitter hashtag: #HOL25) Read More »
Once again, it’s the perfect storm of IT pros, all-you-can-eat-buffets, and outstanding content on end-user computing, and it all starts next week!
But before I get to the part where I try to hijack your calendar with all the great Cisco VXI content available to you at VMworld 2011, I want to share some perspective from my visit to Metro Health in Grand Rapids Michigan last week. Read More »
At VMworld 2010, we were excited to receive the “Best of VMworld 2010″ award in the Hardware for Virtualization category with our Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) technology. Running on the Cisco Nexus 7000 series, OTV allows Service Providers to bridge LANs between separate data centers in an intelligent, secure, and dynamic fashion. In essence, it brings layer 2 capabilities to layer 3 over a unified IP network and was designed for large networks. This enables SPs to use their scale to provide better services (i.e. resource utilization and optimization), decrease costs (i.e. workload balancing), and ensure service delivery (i.e. business continuity and flexible upgrading options).
We were also glad to meet and interact with customers at the Cisco booth. Our theater sessions were full, our demos were in high demand, and we had some great conversations. A recording of the full presentation of the opportunity for SPs in the Cloud is now available:
