You may be familiar with our big all-day seminar series, the VMware Virtualization Forum. Held in cities all over the world, these free events brought together speakers from VMware, customers, analysts, and partners. They were almost like mini VMworlds with multiple tracks and some very good information and networking. We'll be holding them again in 2009, hopefully in a city near you.
This year we're also starting up a new seminar series, held in 50 cities in the US to start with: the VMware Knowledge Series. Rather than the full day, multiple track,"leave in a state of shock as you feel your mind expanding" kind of event, these Knowledge Series are focused shots to your cranium. They are actually two separate events, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, each just two hours long. You are welcome to come to both, but you do have to register twice.
The target audience is people who have VMware Infrastructure already, but are thinking about the next steps in moving to a more fully virtualized datacenter. Most people, once they've started their server consolidation projects and begun to see the benefits, immediately start to think of other ways they could be getting benefit from VMware Infrastructure. The two most interesting possibilities are virtualizing some of your desktops and implementing a real operational disaster recovery solution. If that's you, then check out the new VMware Knowledge Series.
In the VMware View Knowledge Series, learn how you can manage your desktop and control your IT costs by:
- Quickly provisioning PCs anywhere in the world with just a few clicks
- Locking down and controlling PCs in your company
- Improving PC manageability
The VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Knowledge Series includes a demo of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager, and you will learn how VMware can help you:
- Protect against a broad array of failures
- Streamline and automate the recovery process by eliminating slow manual steps
- Ensure reliable recovery that is easy to test
OK, enough sales pitch on this normally tech-leaning blog. I hope there's one nearby. Have fun!
