VMworld

VMworld is a global conference for virtualization and cloud computing, hosted by VMware.[1] It is the largest virtualization-specific event.[2] It has been held in San Diego, California in 2004; Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005, 2008, and 2011; Los Angeles, California in 2006; and San Francisco, California in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The next VMworld will be held in Las Vegas on August 28 to September 1, 2016.

There is also an annual VMworld conference held in Europe, usually in October following the US conference.

The conference normally lasts between 3 and 5 days, and consists of breakout sessions, panels, exhibit hall, and hands-on labs. The first conference was held in the Fall of 2004, and attracted more than 1600 attendees and over the years has attracted over 20,000 attendees annually.[3]

Sponsors and partners include Cisco,[4] intel, SimpliVity,[5] Dell,[6] Hitachi, IBM, Sandisk,[7] and Samsung.

Events

2015

San Francisco, August 30–September 3
Band - Neon Trees and Alabama Shakes
Barcelona, October 12–15
Band - Faithless

2014

San Francisco, August 24–28
Band - The Black Keys


Fira de Barcelona - Gran Via, Barcelona, October 13–16
Band - Simple Minds

2013

San Francisco, August 25–29
Band - Train & Imagine Dragons
Fira de Barcelona - Gran Via, Barcelona, October 15–17

2012

Moscone Center, San Francisco, August 26–30
Band - Jon Bon Jovi & the Kings of Suburbia
Fira de Barcelona - Gran Via, Barcelona, October 9–11

2011

Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, August 29 - September 1
Band - The Killers
Copenhagen, October 18–20

2010

Moscone Center, San Francisco, August 30 - September 2
Band - INXS
Copenhagen, October 11–13
Band - Bjorn Again

2009

Moscone Center, San Francisco, August 31 - September 3
Band - Foreigner
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, February 24–26

2008

Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas
Band - Tainted Love (Cover Band @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway)
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, February 26–28

2007

Moscone Center, San Francisco, August 31 - September 3
Band - Smash Mouth

2006

Los Angeles Convention Centre, Los Angeles, November 7 - November 9

2005

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, August 31 - September 3

2004

San Diego, CA

References

  1. ↑ Marshall, David; Beaver, Stepen S.; McCarty, Jason W. (2008). VMware ESX essentials in the virtual data center. CRC Press. p. 204. ISBN 1-4200-7027-4.
  2. ↑ Golden, Bernard (2007). Virtualization for Dummies. For Dummies. p. 339. ISBN 0-470-14831-4.
  3. ↑ Righi, Carol; James, Janice (2007). User-centered design stories: real-world UCD case files. Morgan Kaufmann. p. 254. ISBN 0-12-370608-4.
  4. ↑ "Cisco and VMware Alliance" (PDF). Retrieved April 2015.
  5. ↑ "SimpliVity's Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Support VMware VSphere 6". Retrieved April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Dell and VMware Alliance" (PDF). Retrieved April 2015.
  7. ↑ "SanDisk Partners with VMware to Design APIs for IO Filtering for Server-side Solid-state Caching". Retrieved April 2015.

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