Saturday, September 3, 2011

Thoughts from VMworld 2011


Prior to VMworld, I jotted down some thoughts on areas that I wanted to explore during the week. As I stated then, it feels like we're at a point where there is going to be significant change in many segments of the IT industry.

It was quite a busy week for me, as it was for most people:
  • Recorded The Cloudcast (.NET) - Live - Eps.18 - vCloud and vCloud Security
  • Part of a Silicon Angle "Cloud Realities" panel with Jay Fry (@jayfry3) and Matthew Lodge (@mathewlodge)
  • Recorded the Daily Blogger Techminute for Cisco
  • Recorded an Intel "Conversations in the Cloud" podcast with (@techallyson) - airing date TBD
  • Presented "Cisco UCS and Cloud Vision" whiteboard in Intel booth.
I didn't get to explore all of the areas in my original list. But I did get to walk the exhibitor floor, attend the keynotes and have many hallway conversations with experts in most of those areas. So here's what I gleaned from the week: