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VMWorld 08 Was A Full Week

ToddMuirhead — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:01:00 GMT

I was at VMWorld 2008 in Las Vegas all last week and it was the best conference I have ever attended. During the show Scott and I used the delltechcenter twitter account to interact with other twitter heads and provided some basic coverage for those not able to attend. We also have a virtual booth and blogs (here and here) on VMworld.com where some of the fun of the conference was captured. I also uploaded all of my pictures from the conference as well.

VMware's big announcement was really more of a vision for where their virtual infrastructure is going over the next few years. Initially there are some changes coming with Virtual Center and ESX that will allow for better management and interaction with 3rd party tools. There was much more talk of creating a platform with APIs and partners than in previous years. Client vitalization and VDI is now a much bigger area of focus based on the amount of time that it was discussed in the keynotes and the number of breakout sessions. Ultimately, VMware talked quite a bit about being able to use the "cloud" as part of future solutions.

Some things are still going on over on VMworld.com and I will be posting some things here and there. Some will only be in one place. Just trying to put the content where it belongs. Chime in with comments anytime.

Todd

Getting Ready for VMWorld 2008 with Twitter and Blogs

ToddMuirhead — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:03:00 GMT

My plan for VMworld this year was to get to present another session on a cool topic like virtualizing Exchange, virtualizing SQL Server, or why ESXi is so cool. All three ideas were rejected each with a a separate rejection email (although it was very nicely worded). So I was resolved to just be an attendee this year, and probably spend some time helping out in the Dell booth on the expo floor. Then somebody mentioned doing twitter from VMworld - which fits perfectly with what we are doing here on delltechcenter.com. The details are still being worked out, but Scott and I will both be doing live twitter posts and blogs from the show. So watch this space and our twitter account for what is going on at VMworld 2008.

For the conference, I'm flying in on Monday and leaving Thursday night. I don't get back to Austin until pretty late, but otherwise I got some really nice flight times. I managed to get into the host hotel, the Venetian, so it should be easy to get to and from the conference everyday. I would like to meet any DellTechCenter members that will be at the show and maybe we could even plan to all meet somewhere. Any suggestions?

Todd

Guaranteed Better VMworld Keynote

ToddMuirhead — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:49:00 GMT

There has been a lot written over the past couple of days about the abrupt departure of VMware's CEO Diane Greene. I think that she did a great job of building and leading the company she co-founded into the incredible position that it has today. VMware been one of the best tech companies over the past seven years or so and I would credit Diane and her leadership as partly responsible. That said, it might be time for new leadership to be brought in with more operational experience to take VMware to the next level.

All that said - there is one thing that I am excited about (and I know that a lot of you are thinking it too). We are all basically guaranteed a better VMworld keynote from the CEO this year. See previous recordings of Diane's VMworld keynotes here.

Todd