VMworld 2010 - Day One

After arriving last night, I was raring to go this morning. Up early (4:00AM PDT)... Waiting for someplace to open so I can eat breakfast... Find a Denny's and around 7:00AM head down to the Moscone Center to register and am struck with the enormity of this conference. VMware has decided to make a statement.... They have taken over every cardinal point of the compass in the Moscone Center. The image is of only the West Moscone Center Building. As far as I could see, North and South buildings were equaly adorned. The guys really planned an intense convention... If it deals with VMware, it is here. There are sessions on every aspect of current and near term projected VM products. The Hands-On Lab is state of the art (VM art -that is)- Both Basic an Advanced subjects are covered. The discussions, at least the ones I attended were informative, interactive, and at times intense-I loved it. I estimate that there are over 320 breakout sessions and workshops being attended by approximately 16,000 attendees. The planners are quite socially oriented and are "eating" their own dog food". They have set up stations where we can use Thin-Client machines to access apps in their "private-cloud" and have created mobile apps proving that VMware is aiming to design for user personal computing and not just for the personal computer. Tonight's the welcome reception and gracefully, the first session is not until 0930 tomorrow. I'm looking forward to the Keynote.

Hey, Doesn't that Cloud Look Like a....

2010, so far, has been an exciting year. New “killer apps” such as Android and VMware (although not new , it has expanded to epic proportions) have gotten our attention with a vengeance. Cloud Computing, no matter what your feelings about it has become a household word. What’s that you say? Cloud Computing is nothing more than a reinvention of the “Data Center”. Well partly true, but it is much more than that. The underlying technology –Virtualization - can change the way small and medium companies do business – not to mention the “green” produced by large companies and Government agencies. My sponsor, Maranatha & Associates, Inc., has shown me that it can be used internally to enhance the efficiency of the business infrastructure and significantly lower the total cost of ownership. Isn’t that a primary activity in a successful business…? Do more with less? VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix seem to think so. They have built products that permit the SMB to be more productive and expand into the market by adding their own Open Source Products into an integrated solution, such as MAI’s MOSIS Systems Integration Solution. If you want to learn more about what the industry thinks, watch the video below of Paul Maritz, VMware President and Chief Executive Officer.

Okay, I’m interested; I am going to VMWorld 2010 and check this out stay tuned because I will be blogging daily… STAY TUNED!