There is a HUGE session catalog from VMware this year. With so many great sessions to attend, you will want to make sure that you attend ones that pertain to your job or career. There are a few sessions that I would like to highlight that I will be attending, and may make sense for you as well.
Also, we have a complete guide to the best sessions that we think will be of benefit to you as a customer. They are not just EMC sessions, but just really good information that you can use in your life as a customer. Oh, and thanks for being one. You can find that here: VMworld 2011 Suggested Sessions
These are the sessions that I have signed up for. My schedule is packed for the whole week, so I am just hitting the highlights.
Monday 8:00am – vSphere Clustering Q&A VSP1982 - This session will be led by two of VMwares Architects and will include topics around HA, DRS, and Storage DRS. This is an opportunity to really hear how the experts recommend that you design your environment, and get your questions and concerns answered. I always love the sessions where there isn’t a power point, just straight tech talk.
Monday 8:30am – EMC IT: How we Accelerate our Journey to the cloud SPO3978 – Now I wont be in this session, because I have heard this presentation before and it is phenomenal. However, I would encourage you to attend to see how our internal folks at EMC take us to the cloud. You may have heard the vSpec organization talk about the JTPC, but its really good to see how we eat our own dogfood. We dont just talk about it, we really do it.
Monday 9:30am - Automated Infrastructure and Operations Management with vCenter Ops CIM2285 – I am looking forward to this session to give a better understanding of what will benefit my customers when it comes to automating some of the mundane everyday tasks of a VMware admin.
Monday 1:00pm – Modernize the Desktop for Better Patient Care EUC1656 – VDI in hospitals is becoming a very hot topic these days. I have tons of customers that are asking about VDI and how they can improve there experience when doctors and nurses roam from room to room. This session will give a customer perspective on how they did it, and what worked for them.
Tuesday 10:00am – Accelerate the Journey to Your Cloud SUP1006 – Our always colorful President and COO Pat Gelsinger will be talking about these disruptive technologies that are driving change in the organization. There will be some FACEMELTING information that you WILL NOT WANT TO MISS in this session. I cant go into more detail than it will most likely knock your socks off! I should stop now!!
Tuesday 11:00am — Come See me at the EMC Booth!! I will be talking to customers about Virtualizing there critical apps, because lets face it. There is NO reason why you shouldn’t. The only ever lasting reason is psychological! Tell your vendors that too!
Tuesday 12:00pm – Ask the expert vBloggers VSP1425 – This is a moderated session in where you can ask a bunch of smart folks questions about the direction of cloud computing, virtualization, and any other information that you really want to know from our industry leaders.
Tuesday 4:00pm – Transforming the Datacenter with Vblock – This converged infrastructure session will help you better understand why it just makes sense to deploy an all in one, pre-engineered solution from VCE. Dont you have enough things to do in your job besides worrying about what piece fits with what? Or if all the parts got to the datacenter that you need to deploy the next critical app? Get it done quickly and more accurately with a Vblock and start making your customers happier, quicker.
Wednesday 9:30am – Getting started with vSphere Design VSP1926 – Scott Lowes session. Need I say more?
Wednesday 1:00pm – Come See me at the EMC Booth!!
Wednesday 1:00pm – Understanding vSphere Stretched Clusters BCO2479 – Chad Sakac will be discussing DR solutions and stretching vSphere clusters. When we think DR, we think about getting the site up and running again after a disaster happens. However, what about just completely avoiding it to begin with? You know a hurricane is coming to your Datacenter, you have time to avoid it. How do you do that? Come to Chads session and find out!
Thursday 11:00am – Rethinking Storage for Virtual Desktops – Chad’s Back! Along with a whole host of industry experts. They will be talking about how different storage for desktops is compared to that of a regular infrastructure. Come check out how these experts recommend deploying storage for VDI.
If you miss a session, dont worry, it will be recorded, so you can go back and catch it later. Enjoy the conference, and hit me up! Thanks for being a customer!
