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I’m very excited about this year’s VMworld conference to be held in Las Vegas at the 29th of August 2011. Not only because it’s the first time I’m attending as a speaker but also because I’ll try to capture all the excitement in and around the Las Vegas Venetian hotel with my new HD Video Camera.  I’ve created a short teaser trailer. The cool thing about this trailer is that the voice over is done by Jeroen van Inkel. He’s a famous Dutch DJ who created this jingle for me when I was the host at my own weekly radio show called the Twilightzone years ago. Hope you enjoy it and see ya in Las Vegas.

The official VMworld 2011 mobile app is a show program, breakout session schedule builder and Solutions Exchange guide for attendees of the VMworld conference. With the Mobile App, you can:

-View sessions by day and track
-Schedule Breakout Sessions
-View Hands-on Labs
-Browse exhibitor listings by name
-Find your way around the expo
-Create a personal agenda containing the Breakout Sessions you pre-registered for
-Follow the event’s Twitter stream

Carry the entire VMworld event in the palm of your hand, with the freshest information possible!

iTunes VMworld 2011 mobile app 
VMworld 2011 Andriod app

There is going to be something new and exciting at this year’s VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas. If you want to join the game of the century and watch 3 teams battle for virtualization superiority then sign up for “The VMware ESXi Quiz Show”. Hurry to the schedule builder and sign-up for session VSP1956 Monday from 13:00 to 14:00 before it’s full.

Duncan Epping over at Yellow-Bricks just announced the teams, in the first round The Ranging vBulls will battle the vPredators. The surviving team will take it up against the vRaminators. This is the ultimate final round between the vExperts and the VMware employees. The show is hosted by the one and only John Troyer. Duncan Epping and Eric Sloof will be the judges.

The VMworld 2011 Content Catalog US has been released for public viewing, covering VMworld 2011 session and lab titles, abstracts and speaker bios.

Hands-on Labs

HOL01 Building Your Hybrid Cloud
HOL02 Managing Your Hybrid Cloud
HOL03 Reporting on Your Hybrid Cloud
HOL04 Reducing Unplanned Downtime with VMware
HOL05 Datacenter Migration and Disaster Recovery Protection
HOL06 Enhancing Your Network by Optimizing Your Virtual Network Structure and Consolidating Network Management
HOL07 Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting: Using Virtual Distributed Switches and Network I/O Control
HOL08 Exploring Your Core Email and Collaboration Service Migration Options
HOL09 Improve Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning for Your Virtual Environment
HOL10 Advanced Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning for Your Virtual Environment
HOL11 Paas: Enabling the Scalability of Your Cloud Application Infrastructure
HOL12 Optimizing Data Access for Your Cloud Infrastructure; A New Kind of Infrastructure Requires a New Kind of Database
HOL13 Enable Your Cloud Infrastructure for Mobility, Agility and Flexibility
HOL14 Leverage the Power of Command Line Interface Automation Across Your Evolving Environment
HOL15 Monitor and Dynamically Improve the Performance of Applications in Your Cloud Infrastructure
HOL16 Auto Deploying Your Agile and Stateless Cloud Platform
HOL17 vSphere Features in Action: Enhancements Enabling the SMB Growth Across Their Virtualized Environment
HOL18 vSphere Features in Action: Advanced Solutions to Maximize Your Cloud Infrastructure Investment
HOL19 Building an Agile, Secure and Compliant Mixed Trust Environment
HOL20 Endpoint Security and Compliance Within Your Environment: Detect, Resolve and Monitor
HOL21 Achieving and Maintaining PCI DSS Compliance for Your Secure Environment
HOL22 Enhancing Your Virtual End-user Desktop Environment from Applications to Security
HOL23 Solving Application Management Challenges with Application Virtualization

https://vmworld2011.wingateweb.com/scheduler/public.jsp 

If you’re planning on visiting the VMworld 2011, August 29 – September 1 at The Venetian in Las Vegas,  we would be honoured when you’re attending our Mythbusters Goes Virtual break-out session.

Some things never change, or do they? vSphere is getting new and improved features with every release. These features change the characteristics and performance of the virtual machines. If you are not up to speed, you will probably manage your environment based on old and inaccurate information. The vMythbusters have collected a series of interesting hot topics that we have seen widely discussed in virtualization communities, on blogs and on Twitter. We’ve put these topics to the test in our lab to determine if they are a myth or not.

The session will be presented by Mattias Sundling and Eric Sloof.

This year you can have a say in what sessions you would like to see at VMworld 2011. Session Voting is open from May 9 till May 18. You can vote on what sessions you would like to see. I’ve submitted 4 sessions which are available for public voting. Click on the “Thumbs Up” symbol next to the Session ID. You will receive confirmation that your vote has been counted - Thanks in advance

1400 Performance Troubleshooting in the Cloud with vCenter Operations  
1841 vSphere Advanced Performance Troubleshooting with ESXTop  
1844 VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP-DCA) Exam Preparation Tips  
3067 Myth busters Goes Virtual  

http://www.vmworld.com/cfp.jspa

  
Monitoring performance in the cloud requires special skills, there are many factors that influence the performance of a virtual machine running in the cloud. The most important part of solving performance problems is the right interpretation of the observed metrics. Everyone knows that a high CPU Ready value is an indicator of an CPU problem. But how high can or may it be? Is host CPU saturation the only cause of high CPU Ready values? This session will show you how to observe symptoms using vCenter Operations, track down the performance problem, find the root cause, bring the you guidelines for resource allocation settings and interpret the metrics and their best practise values.
 
This session is an Introduction to WaveMaker. WaveMaker is a visual development tool that lets everyone quickly build and deploy great-looking web and cloud applications. With WaveMaker, you can build a complete, 3-tier web application in minutes!

Monitoring performance requires special skills, there are many factors that influence the performance of a virtual machine. The most important part of solving performance problems is the right interpretation of the observed vSphere Client and ESXTop metrics. Everyone knows that a high CPU Ready value is an indicator of an CPU problem. But how high can or may it be? Is host CPU saturation the only cause of high CPU Ready values? This session will show you how to observe symptoms using ESXTop and the vSphere Client, track down the performance problem, find the root cause and interpret the metrics and their best practise values the right way. If you have wondered about best practice values regarding Ready-Time, Storage Latency, Ballooning and swapping, this session will bring you the answers and insight into the technology and components behind these important metrics.

After achieving your VCP certification you might want to take it a step further and go for the VMware Advanced Professional Datacenter Administrator certification. While reading through the blueprint a lot of people feel a bit overwhelmed with the amount of skills you must have. In this session you will learn how to prepare for a successful completion of the VCAP-DCA exam and you will get some tips and tricks which can be useful while taking the exam.

Some things never change, or do they? vSphere is getting new and improved features with every release. These features change the characteristics and performance of the virtual machines. If you are not up to speed, you will probably manage your environment based on old and inaccurate information. The vMythbusters have collected a series of interesting hot topics that we have seen widely discussed in virtualization communities, on blogs and on Twitter. We’ve put these topics to the test in our lab to determine if they are a myth or not.

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