It’s conference season, EMC World and Interop are both taking place next week (May 2 – 5, 2016) in Las Vegas. VMware HCS and Virtual SAN will be well represented at both conferences so if you’re attending any one of them, be sure to stop by and learn about Virtual SAN 6.2 and of course show us some love!
Interop Las Vegas
Here’s a list of the main VMware Virtual SAN sessions:
May 4
- 1:30 PM: Theater session – 15 minute presentation
- 3 PM: The Easiest Path to Hyperconvergence: Virtual SAN and VMware Hyper-Converged Software by Rawlinson Rivera and Michael Haag
- 3:30 PM: Theater session – 15 minute presentation
May 5
- 11:30 AM: Theater session – 15 minute presentation
- 3 PM: Theater session – 15 minute presentation
- 3:15 PM: Tearing Down the Storage Silo: Managing Storage with Code VMware Hyper-Converged Software by Howard Marks, Rawlinson Rivera, Josh Atwell
VMware is a Diamond sponsor this year, so look out for us on the exhibitors’ floor to learn more about Data Center Management, Storage, Security, Virtualization and much more … Even more exciting, Virtual SAN is a 2016 finalist in the Best of Interop Awards Storage category – wish us luck!
EMC World Las Vegas
The theme for this year’s EMC World is Modernize. If you are attending EMC World, then get ready to take in four days of cutting edge Data Center Modernization strategies and technologies that will transform IT and your business — from flash, software defined storage, converged infrastructure, and rack scale architectures to hybrid cloud and modern data lake systems.
Look out for the following sessions to learn more about VMware HCS, Virtual SAN and more …
May 2
- 3:00 PM: VMware Virtual SAN: Enterprise-grade storage for Hyper-Converged Infrastructures by Christos Karamanolis, Rawlinson Rivera
- 7:35 PM – Introduction to VMware Hyper-Converged Software (HCS) – 15 minute booth talk
May 3
- 8:30 AM: Vision of the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) by Christos Karamanolis, T. Sridhar
- 1:30 PM: Virtual SAN: Tips, tricks, best practices and guidance by Jase McCarty
- 3:25 PM – What’s New with VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 – 15 minute booth talk
May 4
- 8:30 AM: VMware Virtual SAN: Enterprise-grade storage for Hyper-Converged Infrastructures by Christos Karamanolis, Rawlinson Rivera
- 2:45 PM – Virtual SAN 6.2 Space Efficiency Features – 15 minute booth talk
Don’t forget to check out Virtual Volumes at EMC World as well – see Ben Meadowcroft’s blog Virtual Volumes at EMC World to learn more about those sessions. Finally, stop by the VMware booth and get your Virtual SAN questions answered – we’ll be part of the Hyper-Converged Infrastructure kiosk!
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