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Oracle customers rely on VMware to optimize industry-standard datacenter infrastructure, ensure business continuity, strengthen security, and accelerate Oracle product delivery with rapid provisioning and infrastructure management.

VMware will be at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 to showcase virtual services from the resources of the physical infrastructure, enabling administrators to allocate these virtual resources quickly to users and business units that need them most.

Our booth will feature:

• Theater talks every half hour on Customer Experiences, Partner Solutions, Oracle Support, Performance, Technical Deep Dives, and Virtualization 101

• 5 Demo Stations

• Customer Station with great prizes!

Be sure to check out our Oracle OpenWorld event page at http://www.vmware.com/go/oow/oow09

We'll see you there!

Booth #1111
October 12 - October 14
Moscone Center, South Hall
757 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA

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We asked VMware customers and enthusiasts to put their creativity to the test and create a video that shows why business-critical applications run best on VMware vSphere™ 4. We received several great submissions and just announced the five winners:

• Grand Prize: Email's Down  
• Runner-Up: VMware vSphere Aces the Competition  
• Runner-Up: Featuring the letters V and M!
• Runner-Up: Dude, Where's My Server?!?  
• Runner-Up: Virtualize Your Legacy Infrastructure on the Cloud   

For more videos, visit the VMworld TV YouTube Channel.

If you (or your customers) are attending VMworld 2009 in San Francisco, don’t forget to vote for your favorite video during the event!  Visit www.vmware.com/go/videocontest or your nearest VMworld email station between August 31st and September 3rd to vote for your favorite. Which of these videos do you think deserves to win the VMworld Favorite award?

Lean how PC over IP (PCoIP) and VMware View will enable you to deliver a rich desktop experience addressing the needs of the task worker to the designer. Join Randy Grove (CTO) and Andrew Naiberg (Channel Product Manager) from Teradici for two VMworld Theater Presentations on the Solutions Exchange floor, Monday, August 31 starting at 7:20 PM.

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Partner Track sessions at VMworld 2009 have specialized content to give partners an insider’s look at the latest developments and trends in virtualization, strategies for partner growth and success, and benefits of the new virtualization solution competencies developed to distinguish your virtualization expertise. 

Partner Track kicks off on Monday, August 31 from 1-5 PM with an exclusive General Session featuring Paul Maritz, President and CEO, and Carl Eschenbach, EVP of Worldwide Field Operations.  Twenty Partner Track breakout sessions are offered on Tuesday, September 1 and Wednesday, September 2. 

Space is limited and seats are filling fast!  Reserve your spot now for Partner Track General and Breakout sessions with Schedule Builder.

Sign up for Partner Track sessions

If you haven't registered for VMworld yet, what are you waiting for? This year there are a series of new sales and SolutionTrack Express sessions at the first-ever VMworld Partner Track, dedicated to helping your company get ahead of the competition. We'll kick things off with an exclusive look inside new products, partner initiatives, and competencies from Paul Maritz, Carl Eschenbach, Jocelyn Goldfein, and Raghu Raghuram. Here are three sessions you don't want to miss: 
 
vSphere 4: Overview of Selling Strategies and Success Stories (PA4681)
We'll cover the best alignment of new packages to customer segments, showcase key wins where vSphere helped overcome common customer objections, and provide important selling tips.

VMware Support Renewals: A New Day (PA4692)
The second half of 2009 will bring important changes that will enable partners to start leveraging the Support Renewal as a strategic weapon to drive customer loyalty and revenue.

Introducing vCenter Management Solutions into Your Customer Accounts (PA4680)
Find out how vCenter solutions can enhance your VMware business and how to position the vCenter Suite in your accounts.

If you're having trouble convincing your boss to approve your attendance, here's a sample letter you can use. So go ahead and register at VMworld2009.com - we'll see you there!

VMworld 2009 is fast approaching. Something new for partners this year is Partner Track, which is an integrated set of twenty sessions focused on helping partners build expertise and accelerate sales of VMware View, VMware vSphere 4, and Disaster Recovery and gain inside knowledge on new products, demand-generation programs, the SMB market, partner support renewals and programs, services opportunities, and more.

Listen to the podcast this month and get the full details as we chat with Ben Matheson, VMware Senior Director of Global Partner Marketing, to discuss Partner Track and all the benefits of VMworld 2009, happening in San Francisco on August 31 to September 3.

Don’t miss VMworld 2009, the leading virtualization event worldwide. Register before July 24 and be entered into a drawing to get your registration fees fully reimbursed - a $1,745 value!

VMworld 2009 will feature over 20 sessions focusing on helping partners build expertise and accelerate sales of VMware View and VMware vSphere 4. Gain insights to effectively identify customer needs and to successfully sell and deploy VMware solutions.

Register today and find out what's in store

VMworld.com provides a free listing and online calendar of all upcoming virtualization events across the industry. Share your upcoming conferences, tradeshows, seminars, webcasts or even podcasts with the virtualization community and all VMworld.com visitors.

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VMware SolutionTrack is starting a new tour! VMware has partnered with Alternative Technology Group and Avnet Technology Solutions to bring best-of-breed instructor-led training for vSphere 4, VMware View, and Disaster Recovery. Learn what makes vSphere 4 the best platform for building cloud infrastructures by attending the technical whiteboard sessions.

The best part? It's completely free. Spaces are filling quickly, so login to Partner University and sign-up today.

Attend VMworld 2009, August 31 – September 3, 2009 at The Moscone Center, San Francisco and discover how virtualization is revolutionizing the next generation of computing—providing efficiency and flexibility at a time when both are critical to the future of IT. Register before June 26th and save $250!

See what's in store this year