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Save the Date: 2009 Conferences

Posted by Ryan on January 2nd, 2009 under Citrix, Events, Headlines, Hyper-V, Microsoft, VMware
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New year, new calendar, new budget, and new conferences!  Mark your calendars now for the upcoming virtualization conferences that you won’t want to miss in 2009:

VMworld Europe 2009: February 24-26, The Palais des Festivals
VMworld 2009: August 31-Sept 3, Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA
Citrix Synergy: May 4-7, MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, [...]

Happy Holidays!

Posted by Ryan on December 23rd, 2008 under Events
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From all of us at VMHero we wish you a very safe and happy Holiday Season!
Get excited for 2009, it is looking to be a very exciting year for Virtualization!

Free Online Virtualization Summit

Posted by Ryan on October 29th, 2008 under Events, Headlines
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This free, online, event was brought to my attention and I wanted to share with all of you.  It looks like it will be very beneficial and features some great presenters from a diverse set of industry vendors.
You’re invited to attend the free BrightTALK Virtualization Summit from 8-5:30 PDT Nov 4th to engage in a [...]

VMworld 2008 Observations

Posted by Ryan on September 29th, 2008 under Events, VMware, VMworld 2008
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VMworld 2008 has come and gone and it was a great experience.  The IT industry has more than a few conferences and each one has its own unique hallmarks.  I wanted to share some of my observations from VMworld in Las Vegas…
1) It felt interactive. Instead of feeling like I was sitting in one [...]

VMworld 2008 Attendee Party a Racing Good Time

Posted by Ryan on September 18th, 2008 under Events, VMware, VMworld 2008
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One of the marks of these types of conferences is the attendee party.  VMware truly went over the top on their attendee party this year. held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.  The event was what I like to call a “3-ring circus” event with about 600 things going on at once.  However, it provided [...]

VMworld 2008 Keynote Address

Posted by Ryan on September 16th, 2008 under Events, Headlines, VMware, VMworld 2008
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 9:04 - “Will it be moist and chewy?” - Additional Desktop Preview tracks now available and roadmap keynote will go more in depth.
9:02 - VMware View will provide Server-Based management capabilities, a full PC User Experience, and Universal Client capabilities.
8:56 - Live demo of VMware View.
Can successfully map virtualized apps even to 3D hardware acceleration on [...]

VMworld 2008: Day 1

Posted by Ryan on September 15th, 2008 under Events, VMware, VMworld 2008
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Things are officially under way here in Las Vegas.  There is a great deal of energy in the air with 14,000 virtualization enthusiasts running around amidst the dinging of the slot machines.
The venue for the event is perfect and things have been running smoothly.  The first things that struck me is how friendly and helpful [...]

VMworld, the big annoucement

Posted by Ryan on September 15th, 2008 under Events, Headlines, VMware, VMworld 2008
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VMware has let out the annoucement about its Virtual Data Center OS (VDC-OS).  Check out Scott Lowe’s blog for all the details:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/09/15/follow-up-on-the-vdc-os-announcement/
 
Look for some more details to come out of tomorrow morning’s keynote address.