In this era of digital transformation, businesses are increasingly relying on IT to deliver innovative solutions to solve complex problems. VMware wants to enable you to be that problem-solver and thought leader by helping you to drive the conversation and arming you with the necessary tools to be successful.

“How is VMware addressing this management gap?” you may be asking yourself? We are introducing a brand new track to our expansive VMworld content catalog: Leading Digital Transformation. This track will offer more than 30 sessions, led by VMware IT leaders, practitioners, and customers who have hands-on experience in digital transformation. These sessions are designed specifically for IT leaders including, CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, senior directors, cloud and network architects, and other next-gen IT managers. Some sample sessions include:

• LDT3097: JetBlue’s Private Cloud Journey: Improving Application Availability
• LDT2346: CIO Whisperer – How to Successfully Become Your CIO’s Trusted Technology Advisor
• LDT2867: Automation Deployed – Now What? Four Different Perspectives of Day 2 Operations in an Automated Environment

How can you best navigate this era of digital transformation? Hear directly from CIO, Bask Iyer, both here and during this new VMworld offering:

What are you waiting for? These sessions will fill up quickly so register today to revitalize your digital transformation journey.

VMworld attendees last year gave some of our industry-specific sessions such high marks that we’re taking it up a notch this year.

Join us for two VMworld firsts:

1. Free, half-day, pre-conference industry workshops on August 27
2. A full-featured industry showcase August 27–31

Our increased commitment to industries at VMworld this year mirrors our dedication to solving unique business challenges with VMware technology and services. Through greater investment in industry experts, solutions and associations, we are staying closer to the business challenges and opportunities that matter most to you.

The new sessions and showcase provide IT pros in financial services, healthcare, government and retail with an opportunity to meet with peers and industry experts to discuss key business challenges, and how to overcome them with technology. From keynote speakers and robust discussions to free sessions and demos, there will be powerful insights for everyone.

Join us for our first-ever VMworld Industry Workshops and:

• Learn how financial tech democratization and robo-investing are change the financial services landscape, along with the benefits of cloud, IoT and defense-in-depth security.
• Hear how state, local and federal agencies disrupt business models and build new business cases for modernizing infrastructure IT.
• Understand the vision driving the future of healthcare and how IT innovation improves the cost, quality and delivery of patient care.
• Discover how retailers address proposed legislation, security threats and the “Amazon effect.”

Throughout the show, visit our full-featured industry showcase. Experience secure mobile banking in a branch of the future, meet the mission of a new government agency, enter retail 2020 and discover IoT and AR innovations for improved patient care.

Learn more today to participate in an unprecedented opportunity to network and solve key business challenges with your industry peers during our Industry Workshops and Industry Showcase at VMworld 2017.

VMworld season is upon us once again! It’s just a couple months until VMworld US in Las Vegas, and only a few short weeks after that when we’ll gather together in Barcelona for VMworld Europe (it’s earlier this year than it has been in previous years, so plan accordingly!). One of the things that makes VMworld season so exciting is the vibrant community that has grown up around these industry events.

The VMworld community encompasses so many groups: the VMware partners who come to show how their products work with VMware’s products; the VMware customers, who have come to learn more about what VMware can do for their business; and non-VMware customers, who are at VMworld to see if adding VMware to their technology stack will help them. The community also encompasses conference non-attendees, through—family members, spouses, and partners who have traveled with the conference attendee. Fortunately, the VMworld community embraces even the non-attendees via a program called Spousetivities.

Spousetivities was born at VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas when one conference attendee spouse said to herself, “Surely I’m not the only one that comes to these things!” Indeed she wasn’t, and 2017 marks 10 years of her vision—Spousetivities—providing organized activities for non-attendees. Since 2011, Spousetivities has also been present at VMworld Europe, providing safe and organized activities for folks traveling to or within Europe. The activities organized by Spousetivities provide a safe yet enjoyable way for non-attendees to enjoy the conference location. Conference attendees can enjoy the conference, knowing their spouse or family member is not alone, is safe, and is having an enjoyable time. Further, all of the organized activities are planned during the day, so your partner is free to join you for some of VMworld’s lively evening activities!

So what does this mean for you?

1. If you’re planning on having a spouse, partner, or family member join you for your VMworld experience this year, we’d invite you to check out Spousetivities. You can visit the Spousetivities web site for more information, including a link to activity registration when it opens after the July 4th holiday.
2. If you haven’t considered bringing a family member or partner with you in the past, perhaps this year would be a great year to try it! Check out the Spousetivities web site, the Spousetivities Facebook page, or follow @Spousetivities on Twitter to get a feel for what these events look like.

Spousetivities is a great example of the energetic community that surrounds VMworld and makes these events so great for attendees (and non-attendees!). We hope to see you—and maybe your spouse or family member—with you in Las Vegas or Barcelona!

Envision your ideal VMworld 2017 agenda by viewing this year’s content catalog. Packed with hundreds of breakout sessions, panels and group discussions, this is your opportunity to map out your conference experience to maximize the learning!

Open and available for everyone, the content catalog allows you access to the VMworld agenda with the ability to browse breakouts sessions and, if you’re a VMworld attendee, log into your profile to note sessions of interest so you’re ready to save your seat when the scheduling tool goes live.

Having trouble finding what you are looking for within the content catalog? Be sure to use the search and filter functions within the tool to better isolate your sessions of interest. We also have a detailed overview of the VMworld US and VMworld Europe track structure to help guide you on your content-building journey!

Whether you’re a registered attendee, or looking to see what’s on the schedule, the VMworld 2017 Content Catalog will help you get an idea of your schedule!

View the VMworld 2017 US Content Catalog here.

View the VMworld 2017 Europe Content Catalog here.

Please note, you will not be able to schedule sessions within the content catalog – this is a feature exclusive to the schedule builder, which will be launching in July.

VMworld 2017 Session Hashtags

Networking and the social community is a huge part of the VMworld experience. This includes the sessions you decide to attend! Be sure to add the #VMworld hashtag to all your tweets and share your favorite sessions with the VMworld community. To share and search session and lab conversations on social, consider adding a hashtag before any session ID#, for example: #NET1234.

For more updates, be sure to follow us on Twitter @VMworld, and ‘like’ our Facebook page Facebook.com/VMworld.

Make the most of your time at VMworld 2017 and get the training and certifications you need to advance your career and shape the future of digital business.

VMware Education Services delivers special training programs at VMworld to help you explore our newest technology and prepare for certification exams. And with discounted exams offered at the on-site certification exam center you can leave VMworld with a new certification or renew your current one.

This year’s training and certification program includes

• Discounted training classes taught before VMworld
• Discounted On Demand courses so you can train when and where you want
• Discounted VMware Learning Zone video library subscriptions
• Discounted certification exams taken onsite
• Free VCDX Workshop for potential candidates

Learn more:

VMworld US 2017 Training & Certification

VMworld Europe 2017 Training & Certification