VMworld - the global VMware conference that has been running since 2004 is changing to “VMware Explore” and after a 2 year virtual stint is back in-person for 2022. Where and When? VMworld VMware Explore 2022 is going to be a global event with two main conferences in San Francisco, US and Barcelona, Spain plus a number …

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The VMworld 2021 Content Catalog is online, so what is the focus of the sessions at this year’s event? At time of writing there are about 900 sessions listed in the VMworld 2021 Content Catalog and they cover the breadth of the VMware product portfolio. In this post I’ll be looking to gain insight into the company’s …

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VMworld is staying online in 2021, taking place on 5-7th October with the tagline “Imagine That”. General Pass Registration opened 15th June 2021 for the event, with General Passes available free of charge. This pass includes the keynotes and regular breakout sessions. As with 2020, it’s not going to be the same as …

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The Wednesday General Session at VMworld Europe is usually where VMware puts the meat onto the bones of the Tuesday announcements and this year was no exception. Here’s a quick rundown of my highlights. Executive VP Ray O’Farrell kicked off proceedings with a video of a near-future environment where a person is making …

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VMworld Europe is happening in Barcelona this week, and today saw the annual Tuesday keynote start the morning off. I’m not amongst the 14,000 attendees from 111 countries at the event this year, so I’m recapping the highlights from the comfort of the sofa thanks to the online broadcast. As has become normal for this …

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Ladies and Gentlemen of VMworld 2019. Wear comfortable shoes. If I could offer you only one tip for the conference, comfy shoes would be it. The long term benefits of comfortable shoes have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience… I will …

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It was announced this week that registration for VMware’s VMworld 2019 conference will open at the beginning of May so now seems a good time to look at some of the key dates for the event. Call For Proposals – March-April The CFP process seems to be a little different this year being only open to VMware Employees (till …

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One of the new developments that caught my eye at VMworld this year was the introduction of file services to the VMware vSAN software-defined storage platform. vSAN already offers VMDK storage to vSphere and the ability to host iSCSI volumes, but this feature will allow NFS and SMB file-shares to be hosted directly on …

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Following on from a similar briefing at VMworld 2017 I sat down at this year’s event with a couple of the Rubrik execs to see what’s happened in the last 12 (and a bit) months, and what the future holds for the company. Last year Rubrik stood proudly on their flagship product- the “Brik” backup appliance and software, …

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A recording of my VMworld 2018 talk, thanks to the vBrownbag team. I believe every IT Ops person, SysAdmin, and vSphere administrator should do some coding, and this session will explain how to get started. This session will cover the core concepts required along with some PowerShell/ PowerCLI examples. The session is …

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