Yesterday saw the 2016 VMworld US formally kick off with the Keynote address. There are 23,000 attendees at the Las Vegas event, and I was amongst the many armchair supporters watching the live online broadcast. The keynote opened with drumming, poetry, and a lightshow, but it wasn’t long before Pat Gelsinger took the …

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With 60 days to go to the Barcelona event, the Content Catalog for VMworld Europe 2016 is filling up and the Schedule Builder will be coming online later this month. Here’s a look at some of the sessions already listed that I’m hoping to get onto my timetable. There’s lots to choose from, and this is by no means a …

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Last chance to get that Early Bird pricing for VMworld Europe 2016 before the regular price starts August 17th edit August 2nd Register now to take advantage of the saving on the conference pass, and if you’re a VMUG Advantage member remember you can stack that discount as well.

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VMworld is coming back to Europe this autumn, with thousands of delegates attending hundreds of sessions to keep up-to-date in virtualisation technologies. The annual conference has been running since 2004, and since 2008 there’s been a European event alongside the US one. My first VMworld was last year and this year …

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And to wrap up the daily summaries, here’s my top-five takeaways from the sessions I attended on the Thursday of VMworld Europe 2015. As with the other days, there’s a lot, lot more to all of these sessions so if anything here looks interesting I’d recommend looking up the session recordings. EUC5052 Beyond the …

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Here’s my five highlights (each) of some of the sessions I attended on the Wednesday at VMworld Europe 2015. Full videos of most of the sessions will be online shortly, but this is a taster. There was so much info that I struggled to get it down to five points, so I’d definitely recommend watching the replay if you …

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An early morning peek round the Hang Space and Hands On Labs areas at VMworld Europe 2015. (25 seconds)

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Here’s my five highlights (each) of some of the sessions I attended today (Tuesday) at VMworld Europe. Full videos of most of the sessions will be online shortly, but this is a taster. General Session VMworld is not just about VMware, it’s an Industry-wide event Yesterday’s Dell EMC announcement does not mean a lot of …

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The anticipation, the build up, the packing. All done, and I made it to Barcelona yesterday evening to start VMworld today. With over 10,000 attendees and hundreds of sessions and labs to choose from this is going to be a busy few days! First up, thanks to the vRockstar team (and the sponsors) for organising last …

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VMworld Europe 2015 is next week. Whilst this is my first time at the VMware conference (yep, I’m a NewV), here are some general purpose tips from my other conference experiences. Travel: Scope out the transport to the venue in advance- is registration open the evening before? Don’t wait till the Monday morning rush …

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