Only a couple of days before the doors at Gran Fira open for a new edition of VMworld in Barcelona! Before packing your bags, I hope you all had a view at the session builder and scheduled the sessions you believe will be most beneficial for you! I would like to make a suggestion to fill these tiny free spaces in your diary. As you know, I’m working on building the VSAN business in the Benelux region. So it probably won’t surprise you that my suggestion is fully packed with storage sessions! Oh and by the way while you are at it. Come and have a talk with my fellow vMusketeers during VMworld! I might have some cool swag for you guys!
The Power of Storage Policy-Based Management [HCI1270BE]
When? Wed., 07 November, 12:30 – 13:30
If you want to know how VMware deals with tomorrow’s datacenter. We can say “in policies”. Get to know how we are redefining storage and how easy it can be. Duncan Epping and Cormac Hogan are hosting this session. So you will have 2 VMware rockstars in 1 room! You better like the music they will be playing!
SPEAKERS
Duncan Epping, Chief Technologist, VMware (Yellow-Bricks)
Cormac Hogan, Director and Chief Technologist, VMware (cormachogan.com)
Innovating Beyond HCI: How VMware is Driving the Next Data Center Revolution [HCI3728KE]
When? Wed., 07 November, 11:00 – 12:00
If you want to see some really inspirational talk you should attend this session! This talk is hosted by Yanbing Li, Duncan Epping and John Gilmartin. Learn how hyperconvergence is one of the most important building blocks in the datacenter. Learn how our leaders and experts think about this great new trend! If you are looking for some stepping stones on how to lead your IT organization to the future you can’t miss this session!
SPEAKERS
Yanbing Li, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Storage and Availability Business Unit, VMware
Duncan Epping, Chief Technologist, VMware
John Gilmartin, GM&VP ISBU, VMware
HCI Management, Current and Future [HCI2164BE]
When? Wed., 07 November, 14:00 – 15:00
We could talk about the greatness of VSAN all day! VSAN is not only the best storage platform on the globe but is also coming with a variety of management features. In this session you will get to know all about the improvements over the last 12 months. What is even more exiting are the new things we are considering. During this session you will learn how VSAN is managed and how it will be managed in the future.
SPEAKERS
JunChi Zhang, Product Line Manager, VMware
Christian Dickmann, vSAN Architect and Principal Engineer, VMware
vSAN Technical Deep Dive [HCI1993BE]
When? Tue., 06 November, 17:00 – 18:00
You know about our VSAN 6.7 U1? If you want to now more you should make sure to attend this session if you want to understand more about this technology. We will cover the latest features and enhancements in the product. Learn about how easy it is to install, manage and monitor VSAN in your daily operations!
SPEAKERS
Swaroop Dutta, Director, vSAN Product Management, VMware
Mansi Shah, Lead vSAN Engineer, VMware
NSX and Generic Network Overlays with HCI: Everything You Need to Know [HCI1884BE]
When? Thu., 08 November, 12:00 – 13:00
I’m a strong believer in better together. In the VMware datacenter portfolio we have 2 cornerstones that give you that digital foundation. VSAN and NSX are great partners in crime. This session will explain you how these two great technologies work together in the datacenter of the future. This session will be given by 2 regular visitors of the vSpeaking Podcast!
SPEAKERS
Pete Koehler, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware
Myles Gray, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, VMware
If I look at my agenda it is going to be a fully packed agenda starting on Monday morning! I will arrive home after 1 week of VMworld awesomeness.
I really hope to see you in Barcelona! You can find us at @vMusketeers or you can find me at @sdepril ! Or you can just check my sleeve!
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