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VMworld Keynotes Available Online

September 18, 2008

If you couldn’t make it out to Las Vegas for VMworld, then you missed one heck of a great show (not to mention a killer party last night at the Las Vegas Speedway…three words “Shelby Mustang GT”). The good news is that you can access the keynotes from VMworld online:

Tuesday’s Keynote by Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware, Inc.
Wednesday’s Keynote by Dr. Stephen Alan Herrod, CTO and Sr. VP of R & D of VMware, Inc.

Additionally, the presentations from the sessions and labs should be available on the VMworld 2008 website in the near future. I’ll post the specific link when available.

Unfortunately, I have been too busy having great discussions and working sessions with my customers and I haven’t been able to write about all the other great things from the show. Expect a recap later in the week…

VMworld WebCasts of Keynotes

September 15, 2008

For those who can’t make it to VMworld in person, you can sign up to watch the keynote addresses online. The two keynotes are at:

September 16, 2008 8:00 AM PDT – Paul Maritz, President and CEO of VMware, Inc.
September 17, 2008 8:00 AM PDT – Dr. Stephen Alan Herrod, CTO and Sr. VP of R & D of VMware, Inc.

Updated: Now including links to the webcasts…oops! 🙂

VMware Announces Virtual Datacenter OS

September 15, 2008

Looks like the new was released earlier than I had expected. Yesterday, ahead of VMworld in Las Vegas, VMware announced the Virtual Datacenter OS (VDC-OS). VDC-OS is (in my mind) a very logical extension of the VMware offering to provide a unified framework for enterprises to power and manage virtualization in their datacenter. It also also the pre-cursor to eneable the virtualized services to be moved between the enterprise datacenter and enabled cloud providers. I think this is where things will get really interesting in the future.

Since I don’t have a lot of time to comment on this announcement right now (I’m waiting to board my flight to VMworld), here is a list of reading sources about this announcement:

Virtual Datacenter OS from VMware
Scott Lowe’s VMware’s Virtual Datacenter OS comments to correct mis-understandings of VDC-OS by some trade rags
Yellow Brick’s VMware’s first announcement correctly brings focus to some key features announced
PCWorld: VMware Tries to Expand Throughout the Data Center

Watch for more comments through out the week…