At EMC World 2013 this week? There will be plenty of VMware-oriented content about virtualization and cloud all across the show, but here are the sessions, booth theater schedule, and other events that the VMware team will be involved with.
General Session
Tuesday, May 7, 2:30-3:30pm
Pat Gelsinger, Chief Executive Officer, VMware
The Software-Defined Data Center: The Foundation for IT in the Mobile/Cloud Era
CIOs today are looking to data center and cloud innovations for new ways to deliver more value to their people and organizations through on-demand access to any application on any device. The Software-Defined Data Center expands the virtues of server virtualization to the entire data center—compute, networking, storage and management—providing a foundation for IT in the Mobile/Cloud era. By delivering infrastructure for cloud services to all devices, this new platform offers the path to IT-as-a-Service—providing efficiency, control and agility, without sacrificing choice. Please join Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, as he arms you with perspective on your role in this multi-year journey and outlines VMware’s technology strategy to radically simplify IT in this new era.
VMware Booth
You can find us at Booth #201 with a full set of informative activities. This year we’ll be offering a full Hands-On Lab experience with access to the full VMware labs, hosted in the cloud, that are available at VMworld and VMUGs around the world. A 13-seat theater with presenters from VMware and its partners give you insight into a variety of topics (schedule below). And demo stations at the booth include:
- The Software Defined Data Center, featuring vCloud Suite, and including vSphere, vCloud Director, vCenter Operations Management Suite, and vFabric Application Director
- Cloud Service Provisioning, featuring vCloud Automation Center, vCenter Orchestrator, and vFabric Application Director
- Cloud Operations Management, featuring vCenter Operations Management Suite
- The Platform for Workplace Mobility, featuring Horizon View, Horizon Mirage, and Horizon Workspace
- Disaster Recovery and Data Protection, featuring vCenter Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Data Protection Advanced
- Run Business Critical Applications on VMware with Confidence, featuring vSphere, vCenter Operations Manager, and vCenter Site Recovery Manager
Twitter Contest: What’s Your Path to the Cloud?
Grab a picture of yourself and a VBlock, tweet it out with the hashtag #ShowYourPath, and win. I’m not exactly sure what you’ll win, but it looks like a pair of nice in-ear headphones.
VMware Breakout Sessions
| Session ID | Title | Speaker | Day | Start Time | End Time | Room |
| bof.15 | Birds-of-a-Feather: Evolution of Storage Architecture & Benefits for Desktop Virtualization | Narasimha Krishnakumar | Wed | 01:00 PM | 02:00 PM | Palazzo G |
| vmware.02 | VMware: Oracle Database Best Practices on VMware vSphere 5 .1 and EMC Storage | Kannan Mani | Thu | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Palazzo L |
| vmware.02 | VMware: Oracle Database Best Practices on VMware vSphere 5 .1 and EMC Storage | Kannan Mani | Wed | 08:30 AM | 09:30 AM | Delfino 4003 |
| vmware.03 | VMware: SAP on VMware Best Practices | Vas Mitra | Mon | 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Marcello 4401 A |
| vmware.03 | VMware: SAP on VMware Best Practices | Vas Mitra | Wed | 08:30 AM | 09:30 AM | Palazzo B |
| vmware.06 | VMware: Software Defined Datacenter & VMware vCloud Suite | Alberto Farronato | Wed | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Delfino 4003 |
| vmware.06 | VMware: Software Defined Datacenter & VMware vCloud Suite | Alberto Farronato | Mon | 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Palazzo L |
| vmware.08 | VMware: vSphere 5.x Storage Enhancements & Improvements | Rawlinson Rivera | Tue | 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Palazzo J |
| vmware.08 | VMware: vSphere 5.x Storage Enhancements & Improvements | Rawlinson Rivera | Wed | 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Marcello 4403 |
| vmware.12 | VMware: Simplifying & Automating Disaster Recovery with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager & EMC Storage Replication | Andrew Nelson | Wed | 04:00 PM | 05:00 PM | Palazzo K |
| vmware.12 | VMware: Simplifying & Automating Disaster Recovery with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager & EMC Storage Replication | Andrew Nelson | Mon | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Lando 4201 A |
| vmware.14 | VMware: End-User Computing Vision for the Post-PC Era and VMware EUC Product Update | Scott Davis | Mon | 01:00 PM | 02:00 PM | Palazzo G |
| vmware.14 | VMware: End-User Computing Vision for the Post-PC Era and VMware EUC Product Update | Scott Davis | Tue | 05:30 PM | 06:30 PM | Palazzo G |
| vmware.15 | VMware: Quantifying the Business Value of Horizon View & Best Practices for Successful Deployment | Ridwan Huq | Tue | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Murano 3203 |
| vmware.15 | VMware: Quantifying the Business Value of Horizon View & Best Practices for Successful Deployment | Ridwan Huq | Wed | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Palazzo B |
| vmware.16 | VMware: Desktops-as-a-Service with VMware View & EMC | Andre Leibovici | Thu | 01:00 PM | 02:00 PM | Palazzo D |
| vmware.16 | VMware: Desktops-as-a-Service with VMware View & EMC | Andre Leibovici | Tue | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Lando 4201 A |
| vmware.18 | VMware: EMC and VMware’s Joint Cloud Management & Orchestration Solutions | Ramzi Nahas | Tue | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Murano 3201 A |
| vmware.18 | VMware: EMC and VMware’s Joint Cloud Management & Orchestration Solutions | Ramzi Nahas | Thu | 08:30 AM | 09:30 AM | Palazzo E |
| vmware.19 | VMware: VMware vSphere – How to Troubleshoot Virtual Performance | Mark Achtemichuk | Wed | 02:30 PM | 03:30 PM | Palazzo J |
| vmware.19 | VMware: VMware vSphere – How to Troubleshoot Virtual Performance | Mark Achtemichuk | Thu | 10:00 AM | 11:00 AM | Palazzo O |
| vmware.21 | VMware: IaaS with VMware vCloud Automation Center | Josh Gwyther | Mon | 02:30 PM | 03:30 PM | Marcello 4405 |
| vmware.21 | VMware: IaaS with VMware vCloud Automation Center | Josh Gwyther | Wed | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Palazzo G |
VMware Booth Theater Schedule
Come by the booth for the following presentations
| Monday, May 6 | Presentation Title | Company | Speaker |
| 6:45 -7:00 | SDDC | VMware | Chris Romano |
| 7:00 – 7:30 | ITaaS – EMC Global Services | EMC | Ted Newman |
| 7:30 – 8:00 | EMC & VMW Joint Management & Orchestration Offering | VMware | Ramzi Nahas |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | VPLEX – application Availability and BCDR | EMC | Ashish Palekar |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | BCA ORCL | VMware | Don Sullivan/Kannan Manni |
| Tuesday, May 7 | 10:00am – 5:00pm | Speaker | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | BCA SAP | VMware | Vas Mitra |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | FEDEX – Virtualization Journey | FEDEX | Chris Greer |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | ITaaS – EMC Global Services | EMC | Ted Newman |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | VCE – Vision Intelligent Operations | VCE | Jerry Mayfield |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | EMC ESA – VNX | EMC | Sooraj Prasannan (EMC) |
| 12:30 – 1:00 | EUC Horizon | VMware | Chris Romano |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | BCDR – IT Resiliency with VMware | VMware | Jeff Hunter |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | SAP | VMware | Richard Lichtenstein |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | SDDC | VMware | Chris Romano |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | EUC – Win Migration – EMC Services | EMC | Brandt Hummel |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | EMC & VMW Joint Management & Orchestration Offering | VMware | Ramzi Nahas |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | SAP | VMware | Richard Lichtenstein |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Management & Orchestration Services | EMC | Travis Grant |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | SDDC | VMware | Tom Stephens |
| Wednesday, May 8 | 10:00am – 5:00pm | Speaker | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | SDDC | VMware | David Ward |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | EMC Services – ITaaS | EMC | Ted Newman |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | VCE – Vision Intelligent Operations | VCE | Jerry Mayfield |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | EMC ESA – VNX | EMC | Sooraj Prasannan (EMC) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | VSPLEX Application Availability and BCRD | EMC | Ashish Palekar |
| 12:30 – 1:00 | EUC | VMware | Chris Romano |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Management & Orchestration Services | EMC | Travis Grant |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | EUC – Win Migration – EMC Services | EMC | Brandt Hummel |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | FEDEX – Virtualization Journey | FEDEX | Chris Greer |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | BCA -ORCL | VMware | Kannan Manni |
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| 3:30 – 4:00 | BCDR – IT Resiliency with VMware | VMware | Jeff Hunter |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | EMC & VMW Joint Management & Orchestration Offering | VMware | Ramzi Nahas |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | ITaaS – EMC Global Services | EMC | Ted Newman |
Evening Community Activities
There’s a great list of community meetups and tweetups at EMC World 2013 here on the EMC Community Network, but I’d like to highlight:
- Monday, May 6, 9:30-11:30 pm:Geek Whisperers Out Loud. Not an official event, but join Matthew Brender (EMC), Amy Lewis (Cisco), and me, John Troyer (VMware) for an informal non-sponsored Tweetup (BYOWallet). We podcast as The Geek Whisperers, a show about all things Social Media in Enterprise IT. Social is a part of all of our careers these days, and we’d love to hear what it means to you. Come out and say hi.
- Tuesday, May 7, 8:00-10:00 pm: EMC Community Network Appreciation Event. If you’re a member of ECN, or if you’ve ever used this great community site to solve a problem, come on by the Zebra Lounge in the Palazzo.
- Wednesday, May 8, 10 pm until:Tech Field Day’s Buzzword Bingo Bash! What could be more fun that coming out to apply all the terms you’ve used and abused during the week? Another event organized by the community, this is a crossover event for everybody attending either EMC World or Interop. Come on out and meet your fellow geeks who have been working on the other side of the Strip!
As you can see, it’s going to be a full week! Follow the #EMCWorld hashtag for everything from everybody, @EMCWorld for show news, @VMwareEvents for these VMware-related events, and connect with me at @jtroyer to say hi!
