After VMworld is before VMworld, and John and I have been busy planning for the Copenhagen show. We will once again have a Community TV streaming channel and allow community members to use it to broadcast their own content. By the way, the content from the Vegas floor is still available, and if you did not view any of it, go check it out at livestream.com/vmwarecommunitytv
Today, we announced the launch of VMware Fusion® 4 – the best way to run Windows on a Mac. Available now at VMware.com for a promotional price of $49.99, VMware Fusion 4 makes it easier than ever for users to run Windows applications with Mac simplicity. Offering full integration into Apple OS X Lion, VMware Fusion 4 builds on our proven, award winning platform to provide an easy, fast and reliable way to run Windows applications on a Mac.
Also, we have announced the availability of VMware Workstation™ 8 today – offering the easiest way to build, share and upload virtual machines (VMs) to VMware vSphere®. With more than 50 new features, VMware Workstation 8 advances the way technical professionals can work with multiple virtual machines from their PCs or on enterprise private clouds.
VMware Workstation 8 is immediately available for purchase for $199 in the VMware store. Upgrades from VMware Workstation 6.x and 7.x are available for $99. VMware Customers who have purchased VMware Workstation 8 between Aug. 1, 2011 and Sept. 30, 2011 are eligible for a complimentary electronic upgrade to VMware Workstation 8. For more details on VMware’s complimentary electronic upgrade program please go to vmwware.com/go/ws8tgp
Go to vmware.com/vmwarestore to buy or upgrade Fusion and Workstation.
For more news about launches and announcements, you can always go to vmware.com/company/news
On Facebook, VMware for the Public Sector has shared a photo from a cloud computing conference in London. This group has been growing pretty fast since it launched a few weeks ago. Go check it out at facebook.com/vmwarepublicsector
Also, VMware vCloud has shared a link to a short and sweet overview of the product by our very own David Hill, to read more, go to facebook.com/vmwarevcloud
Finally, check out VMware Mobile at facebook.com/vmwaremobile – they have published a link to a video by Brian Madden, in which he got a demo of Horizon Mobile for Android.
We have ten cool webinars coming up, covering a variety of topics from Desktop virtualization to Zimbra email and Oracle backup and recovery, with everything inbetween. Head on over to webcasts.vmware.com to register.
Also the VMware Forum is concluded for the United States area, but you can register for on-demand delivery. The Forum is making a stop in Ontario, Canada today, and continues on to Peru on the 20th. There will be more stops, in Montreal, Sydney, and Beijing next month. Find out more and register by going to vmware.com and clicking on the big grey box that says VMware Forum 2011.
The following VMUGs are going to be meeting over the next week: Istanbul, Okanagan, Toledo, Cincinnati, Memphis, Barcelona, Central Ohio, New Jersey, Chattanooga, Rochester, Wisconsin, Omaha, Wellington, and Maryland.
The DC/Maryland vBeers group is meeting up tomorrow, and New Mexico vBeers is next week, on the 22nd. Find out more about vBeers at vbeers.org.
