On the three days 26-27-28 of this February we actively participated in this phenomenal European congress event on virtualization, here we made numerous very useful contacts and we also saw the realization of an element of our idea the VService.
We have greatly increased our knowledge of the whole subject from technicalities to market possibilities, to new hardware products increasingly linked to the concept of virtualization and to the world that is starting to respond positively to these issues.
You can read a nice report at the following links blogs:
in Italian
http://www.ciaoblog.net/vmworld-europe-2008-un-grandissimo-evento-sulla-rivoluzione-dei-nostri-tempi/
IN ENGLISH
http://hubpages.com/hub/VMworld-Europe-2008-Cannes
Below are the details of the events we attended.
KeyNotes :
- Diane Greene
- Mendel Rosenblum
The seminars :
- Kit Colbert – Introduction to Storage VMotion,
- Emiliano Turra – VMware Infrastructure 3.5 New Networking Concept and Advanced Troubleshooting,
- Scott Davis – Storage Architecture for Virtual Infrastructure,
- Carter Shanklin – Simplifying VMware Infrastructure management with Windows PowerShell,
- Tommy Walker – Optimizing Storage for Virtual Desktops
- Mike DiPetrillo – Scaling your Virtual Infrastructure,
- Bruce McCready – Virtual Center 2.5 Database Best Practices,
- John Abbott – Managing the Virtual Revolution,
- Giovanni Lopedote – Common Storage Issue,
- Herrik Moenster – Usage of the Remote Command Line (RCLI) with ESX 3i
And the Labs:
- LAB8 – Richard Damoser – VMware Lab Manager
- LAB7 – Carter Shanklin – Automating VMware with PowerShell
In the Vendors area (Solutions Exchange) in discussing with the major Vendors (HP and VMware) we came across a great opportunity for our business, the possibility of both hardware (HP) and software (VMware) offers of the “onDemand” type, on a pay-as-you-go basis, i.e. “Pay x Use”.
These represent a great opportunity for us as they would reduce the time needed to find the financing useful for the initial purchase of the hardware and software licenses necessary for the Start-Up.
We will evaluate these possibilities very carefully in the coming months / weeks by meeting the Italian references in person.