This was the third installment of the VMTN Community Experts LIVE panel. Several moderators from VMTN will answer questions from the audience about virtualization related topics. Questions will range from how to best implement virtualization solutions to the future of virtualization.
Speakers:
Eric Siebert Senior Systems Administrator - Boston Market Corporation Stephen Beaver Systems Engineer - Florida Hospital Thomas Bryant III Director Advanced Technology & Products - Vizioncore Inc. Ken Cline Technical Director - Wells Landers Edward Haletky President - AstroArch Consulting, Inc. Tom Howarth Consultant - TCA Consulting
VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise is the definitive, real-world guide to planning, deploying, and managing today’s leading virtual infrastructure platform in mission-critical environment. Drawing on his extensive experience consulting on large ESX server implementations. In this first book Edward brought together an unprecedented collection of tips, best practices and field-tested solutions. Now he brings the same knowledge and experience to the topic of securing the VMware infrastructure. Covering both VMware-related threats and solutions, the other explains virtualization server basics as they relate to security, goes deep into the key components of a VMware installation-exploring real and theoretical exploits- and shows you how to audit your VMware infrastructure and conducts forensic investigation if you think you have suffered a breach.
VMware Fault Tolerance, a groundbreaking new product provides zero downtime, zero data loss and availability to all applications against x86 hardware failures without the cost and complexity of hardware or software clustering solutions.
Virtualization is changing the computing landscape - driving an architectural shift in the data center. Enterprises are already building newer data centers and revamping existing data centers to leverage a unified infrastructure to dramatically reduce infrastructure cost and increase ability to adapt to changing business needs. This session will describe how Cisco is further evolving the data center to become virtualization-centric...where virtual machines, together with all of their key attributes and features, are reflected transparently in the network.
PowerShell is Microsoft's new technology for management and automation. VMware has built an incredibly powerful and easy-to-use toolkit on top of PowerShell that makes provisioning and configuring simple, whether you are dealing with 1 VM or 1000. In this session you’ll see numerous examples of how easy it is to use PowerShell to automate VMware Virtual Infrastructure management, and get all the information you need to get started right away.
Speakers:
Dmitry Sotnikov - Manager, New Product Research Quest Software Carter Shanklin - Product Manager VMware, Inc. Andrey Anastasov - Senior Member of Technical Staff VMware, Inc.
Don't miss the welcome reception on Monday. This year's Solutions Exchange features more than 200 companies showcasing the latest virtualization products and solutions. You'll be able to get hands-on experience with new tools and technologies and talk to experts from the leading companies in the virtualization industry. Some Solution Exchange highlights include the Academic Poster Session, New Innovators Pavilion, VMware Communities & Bloggers Lounge and the Solutions Exchange Theatre. Don't miss the welcome reception on Monday, September 15th, from 5:30pm–7:30pm. This picture is (C) Viktor van den Berg.
On Monday, September 15th VMware jumpstarted VMworld with VMware Partner Day. Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware, and Carl Eschenbach, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for VMware, delivered their vision for the partner community. In addition, I learned about regional updates tailored with specific information that impacts your geographical sales initiatives.
This year’s Vizioncore Partner Reception was another memorable event with food, friends and fun. Typically what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but about this event I want to brag to everybody that I was there. Vizioncore had reserved Tryst, one of the hottest clubs in Vegas, for the coolest cats in the world. The main room has an open air dance floor extending into a 90-foot waterfall, cascading into a secluded lagoon. While we were there, Viktor van den Berg made some photos and I’ve shot some video. Tryst. It's a word that evokes a thrilling, ultimate escape from the everyday. It's an exciting rendezvous, and there is no more fitting name for this sophisticated nightspot.
Partner Day sessions kick off on Monday, September 15. I was already in town for a few days so I picked up my registration materials, including my badge and Partner Day program guide, on Sunday afternoon at Level I of the Venetian Hotel. While I was there I made a little video impression. This picture is (C) Viktor van den Berg.
Don't miss the welcome reception on Monday. This year's Solutions Exchange features more than 200 companies showcasing the latest virtualization products and solutions. You'll be able to get hands-on experience with new tools and technologies and talk to experts from the leading companies in the virtualization industry. Some Solution Exchange highlights include the Academic Poster Session, New Innovators Pavilion, VMware Communities & Bloggers Lounge and the Solutions Exchange Theatre. Don't miss the welcome reception on Monday, September 15th, from 5:30pm–7:30pm. This picture is (C) Viktor van den Berg. 
On Monday, September 15th VMware jumpstarted VMworld with VMware Partner Day. Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware, and Carl Eschenbach, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations for VMware, delivered their vision for the partner community. In addition, I learned about regional updates tailored with specific information that impacts your geographical sales initiatives. 
This year’s Vizioncore Partner Reception was another memorable event with food, friends and fun. Typically what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but about this event I want to brag to everybody that I was there. Vizioncore had reserved Tryst, one of the hottest clubs in Vegas, for the coolest cats in the world. The main room has an open air dance floor extending into a 90-foot waterfall, cascading into a secluded lagoon. While we were there, Viktor van den Berg made some photos and I’ve shot some video. Tryst. It's a word that evokes a thrilling, ultimate escape from the everyday. It's an exciting rendezvous, and there is no more fitting name for this sophisticated nightspot. 
