VMworld

This great song was the winner of the VMware Virtually Famous video competition.  Lodge McCammon, Brian Bouterse and Sammie Carter (employees of the Friday Institute) posted a YouTube video you can see their video clip on a large video screen for 10.000+ attendees at the VMworld. After the session they were presented with a check for $15,000 which was donated to the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.

Well, it’s the last day of the VMworld 2007 in San Francisco. I collected some video footage. We start with the beautiful large wall at the entrance. You can also take a peek at the blogging tables where some very famous people are present. And a small part of the exhibition hall. But in the biggest part of this video you will see Rob Bastiaansen presenting “Linux tip and tricks� at the VMworld. Rob is a VMware certified instructor and also has a lot of other activities besides his work as a consultant and trainer. He is also a freelance journalist for a number of Dutch IT magazines.  It was a pleasure to bring my daily reports and I hope you have enjoyed them. Eric Sloof is signing off.

The professional photographer Viktor van den Berg shoot some really nice pictures today.

Mendel Rosenblum, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, VMware, Inc. led us through some upcoming technologies like storage Vmotion, streaming VM's, hardware fault tolerance and directions for VMware products with a focus around this new world of mobility.

This night we indulged in all that San Francisco has to offer, the diverse cultures, food, neighborhoods and nightlife. We visited the VMworld 2007 Streets of San Francisco Party. We checked out each unique area and experienced the best of San Francisco’s great neighborhoods. And we didn’t miss all the local entertainment, the performers at the party all came from the San Francisco bay Area. I made a video impression and uploaded it to my YouTube page.

                                 

The professional photographer Viktor van den Berg shoot some really nice pictures today.

Bouke Groenescheij delivered his “Clustering How-To“ presentation at the VMworld 2007 event. I have never seen 250 people so enthusiastic about clustering. Bouke is a VMware certified instructor and owner of Jume, a company that delivers consultancy and training services. His presentation was dealing with Microsoft clustering in a VMware HA environment and is rated as one of the best. The Complete Clustering How-To with VMware and Microsoft Cluster Server presentation will be available on the VMware site. I made a brief video compilation and placed it on my YouTube page. The professional photographer Viktor van den Berg shoot some really nice pictures today.

This morning Mike Laverick and I sat side to side blogging live at the Wednesday keynote. We were not the only live bloggers. The others are Scott Lowe,  Bob Plankers , Bouke Groenescheij, Viktor van den Berg  and Alessandro Perilli.  The frist keynote was a bit boring and Mr. Chambers from Cisco talked like he was standing in a church . At the end of the keynotes and the discussion panel I grabbed my recording device and asked Mike Laverick from RTFM-Education a few questions. You will hear all about the keynote and when we can expect the VI 3book !!! Use this link to listen to the interview.The professional photographer Viktor van den Berg shoot some really nice pictures today.

Prior to the keynote, VMware showed a great video clip. It’s a song called “If the server goes down� it ‘s also the winner of the VMworld 2007 video contest.  John Chambers the CEO of Cisco systems delivered the first keynote and talked about the fundamental shift in the IT industry. He emphasized the importance of a good CEO that must have a clear vision and a good reaction on market transitions. John expects a second innovation that will be driven on new inventions. At the end of his speech there was a great applause.

Linux Vendors Now Enabled to Integrate VMware Tools into Operating Systems. SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2007 — VMware, Inc., the virtualization leader, today at VMworld 2007 announced that it has released a majority of VMware Tools as open source software as part of the project Open Virtual Machine Tools. VMware Tools is a set of guest operating system virtualization components that enhance performance and improve management of VMware virtual machines. Open Virtual Machine Tools (open-vm-tools) is hosted at http://open-vm-tools.sourceforge.net, and the source code is available today to enable Linux vendors to integrate open-sourced VMware Tools into upcoming versions of their operating...

It took a while but finally I met Robert Baumstark. The creator of the virtual MAC tool is running his weblog on  the Virtual Rob weblog. Rob is an infrastructure specialist at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada where he is responsible for keeping the place running. He is the one who has built the VIClient.dll and helped me tremendously. I created a new version of the Virtual Machine MKS Client, this version has better sizing, very handy when working on a small desktop. I conducted an interview about the future of the viclient.dll.

I created a video compilation of the events that took place in the Moscone Convention Center San Francisco. You can watch how we enjoyed our breakfast, a part of the keynote, the exhibition, Bouke Groenescheij the lunch and two sessions. Please visit my YouTube page to watch the video footage.

Stefan Hochuli Paychère confirms the Dunes acquisition by VMware. This morning I interviewed Stefan the co-founder of Dunes and asked him if the takeover by VMware has any impact on the Dunes products. I also asked him if the VMware VDI solution will be integrated with the Dunes VDI product. You can listen to the interview online using this link.

Trusted Network Technologies Launches VdeskTools with Full Support for VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Providing Visibility and Extensive Policy Monitoring for Virtual Desktops  and the Virtual Network VMworld, SAN FRANCISCO (Sept. 11, 2007) – Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. (TNT) today unveiled Vdesk™Tools, which relies on TNT’s patent-pending technology to instrument virtual desktops and the virtual network for unparalleled visibility and policy assurance. VdeskTools currently supports the VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and VMware® ACE 2.

New automation solution will help VMware customers standardize and automate IT management processes on VMware Infrastructure SAN FRANCISCO, September 11, 2007 — VMware, Inc., the virtualization leader, today announced it has acquired Dunes Technologies, a company that provides IT process orchestration software for virtual environments.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  The announcement was made at VMworld 2007.

Tuesday the 11th of September at 8 in the morning the VMworld was officially opened by the  VMware President and Chief Executive Officer. Diane Greene talked about some interesting topics like the environment issue, ESX Server 3i, Disaster Recovery and VDI . Hear from an incredible array of industry experts, and virtualization executives discussing the current state and future vision in the virtualization industry—all during the VMworld 2007 General Session Webcasts.



The professional photographer Viktor van den Berg shoot some really nice pictures today.

SF Giants – Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball Game. Esther Westerweele is the Marketing Manager Benelux at VMware and invited me and my wife to the SF Giants – Arizona Diamondbacks Baseball game on the 10th of September. Prior to the game we had a Tailgate classic party with barbecue and drinks. I have never been to a baseball game before and found it to be a fantastic experience. Half the stadium was filled up with VMware clients cheering and singing. Eventually the Giants lost the game with 5-3. I shoot some video footage. You can take a look here.

The professional photographer Viktor van den Berg shoot some really nice pictures today. You can see the San Francisco bridge and the famous long taxicab. And last but not least the Moscone Convention Center where the among some other activities the VMworld 2007 partner day will start today.