The votes are in for the Explore 2024 Las Vegas
People’s Choice Awards!
Join us at VMware Explore
Las Vegas, Nevada | The Venetian
August 26 – 29, 2024
Over two weeks in June, the Explore community voted on their preferred sessions to be included in the Las Vegas official event program, courtesy of the People’s Choice Awards thanks to LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Facebook and Instagram. The contest, which concluded on June 21, saw intense competition among 25 top sessions that were nominated for the running. Despite many high-quality submissions across all five content tracks, only two winners could be selected from each. With 578 total responses, the community’s preferences for the most popular sessions have been heard.
…drum roll please…
The Winning Sessions of the VMware Explore 2024 Las Vegas People’s Choice Awards Are:
Content Track: Cloud Infrastructure
- Demystifying DPUs and GPUs in VMware Cloud Foundation [1806]. Speakers: Parag Chakraborty, Pete Flecha
- 5 Ways to Fail When Building A Private Cloud [1971]. Speaker: Sabina Anja
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Content Track: Software-Defined Edge
- Lessons from the Trench – Success with Edge Computing [2213]. Speakers: Anthony Sivesind, Ramkumar Venketaramani
- Network Security Made Easy via The Cloud: 3 Parts of SASE and Their Value [1669]. Speakers: Karl Brown, Jack Fullerton
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Content Track: Networking, Security & Load Balancing
- Streamlining Ingress and LBaaS for Modern Applications for VCF [1701]. Speakers: Abdul Aziz Mohammed, Vincent Han
- Demystifying Distributed Security in VCF [1124]. Speakers: Chris McCain, Tim Burkard
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Content Track: Modern Applications
- Implementing Production Ready Platforms? Don’t Miss These Best Practices [1486]. Speakers: Greg Meyer, Konstantinos Kaminaris, Pawel Piotrowski, Russell Hamker, Scott Rosenberg
- From VI Admin to Platform Engineer – Upskill Your Career! [1736]. Speakers: Darin Zook, Ryan Conley, Nick Kuhn
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Content Track: Innovation
- Building a Secure Private AI Architecture with VMware Firewall [1681]. Speakers: Chris McCain, Frank Denneman
- Rising Threats: The Impact of AI on Cyberattacks [1315]. Speaker: Larry England
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to everyone who participated in the voting process.
Your input ensures that VMware Explore 2024 remains a dynamic and engaging event, tailored to the interests and needs of our global tech community.
Be sure to add these winning sessions to your agenda and register for the event to experience firsthand why these were the top picks!
