Monthly Archives: September 2009

VMWorld 2009: Final Thoughts

VMWorld 2009 has lived up to it’s predecessors. The food was seriously lacking at meals and at the party.  The logistics in the hallways, however, were far better than they were two years ago at Moscone. The Partner Technical Advisory Board (PTAB) was definitely one of the highlights of the conference for me.  The PTAB is made up …

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VMWorld 2009 Day 5: Thursday

The last day of VMWorld started out a bit later due to a lack of a general session keynote.  This was a nice break after the VMWorld Party.  I started off with a quick bite to eat and then sat down to study for my VCP test until my vExpert booth duty.  After booth duty, I cruised the …

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VMWorld 2009 Day 4: Wednesday

Steve Herrod started off the keynote today discussing VDI, including the announcement of an agreement to embed RTO Software’s Virtual Profiles into View.  Their goal is to provide end users the same rich experience no matter the situation (WAN, LAN or offline mobile).  Like any good Herrod keynote, live demos ensued, including PCOIP and the Wyse iPhone View Client.  The …

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VMWorld 2009 Day 3: Tuesday

Tod Nielsen, COO spoke first at the keynote this morning.  He started off joking about the slowness of the Labs yesterday.  He blamed it on an unset blinking clock (anyone know how to program a VCR?).  Went over like a lead balloon.  He finished by introducing a typical customer testimonial video.  Paul Maritz, CEO, came up next on stage and …

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VMWorld 2009 Day 3: VMware vCloud Initiative

VMware’s initial focus for releasing the vCloud Initiative is to assist customers to bridge the current datacenter to the future Cloud.  150,000 customers are already standardizing on VMware, which has definitely prepared them for the this evolution.  VMware’s main focuses with their initiative are: Enterprise Ready, Choice and Application Compatibility.  All this is rolled up into the …

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VMWorld 2009 Day 2: Monday

Day two of PTAB started off with yet another hot topic: security.  We got some good insight into vmSafe and products that are being developed.  Discussed pros and cons for both large and SMB customers with some really interesting insights.  Funny moment of the conversation: Scott Lowe channeling Edward Haletky. The conversation heated up even more as we …

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