Viva La Barcelona
This Year thanks to the company I work for I was able to attend VMworld 2014 in Barcelona. I arrived to Barcelona Yesterday with my colleague and I was welcomed by gorgeous weather (+25 Celsius) and really nice hotel Hotel Expo Barcelona.
I registered Today and i received a lot off items:
- Backpack
- Badge
- Refer a friend - 25 Euro gift card
- A lot of flyers from vendors
Here are some pictures from airport and Fira Barcelona Gran Via where VMworld will take place.
My sessions
Here are my sessions which I will attend this year.
| Subject | Scheduled | Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time | Location |
| MGT1969 — vCloud Automation Center and NSX Integration Technical Deep Dive | scheduled | 14/10/2014 | 11:00 | 14/10/2014 | 12:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 25 |
| SDDC2556 — Customer Panel: Journey to Software Defined Datacenter | scheduled | 14/10/2014 | 12:30 | 14/10/2014 | 13:30 | Hall 8.0, Room 37 |
| NET1743 — VMware NSX - A Technical Deep Dive | scheduled | 14/10/2014 | 14:00 | 14/10/2014 | 15:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 43 |
| VAPP2979 — Advanced SQL Server on vSphere Techniques and Best Practices | scheduled | 14/10/2014 | 15:30 | 14/10/2014 | 16:30 | Hall 8.0, Room 22 |
| STO2752-SPO — A Significant Step Towards Better Managed VM Storage Infrastructure; Deploying VMware VVol with Hitachi Data Systems | scheduled | 14/10/2014 | 17:00 | 14/10/2014 | 18:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 32 |
| INF2951-SPO — Unleashing SDDC Awesomeness with Atlantis USX: Building a Storage Infrastructure for Tier 1 VMs with vVOLS, VASA, VSAN and Atlantis USX Data Services | scheduled | 15/10/2014 | 11:00 | 15/10/2014 | 12:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 45 |
| OPT1897 — Virtual Technology, Real Results: Boeing’s Success on the Road to IT as a Service (ITaaS) | scheduled | 15/10/2014 | 12:30 | 15/10/2014 | 13:30 | Hall 8.0, Room 38 |
| MGT2948-SPO — Effective Options For Reducing The Time To Perform Root Cause Analysis Of VMware FC SAN Environments | scheduled | 15/10/2014 | 13:45 | 15/10/2014 | 14:45 | Hall 8.0, Room 26 |
| NET1974 — Multi-Site Data Center Solutions with VMware NSX | scheduled | 15/10/2014 | 15:00 | 15/10/2014 | 16:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 43 |
| INF3049-SPO — Reaping the Benefits of Software-Defined Storage | scheduled | 15/10/2014 | 16:15 | 15/10/2014 | 17:15 | Hall 8.0, Room 35 |
| STO1965 — Virtual Volumes Technical Deep Dive | scheduled | 15/10/2014 | 17:30 | 15/10/2014 | 18:30 | Hall 8.0, Room 43 |
| INF2311 — vCenter Server Architecture and Deployment Deep Dive | scheduled | 16/10/2014 | 09:00 | 16/10/2014 | 10:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 43 |
| OPT1517 — VMware IT - Transformation Journey to IT as a Services Organization (ITaaSO) | scheduled | 16/10/2014 | 11:30 | 16/10/2014 | 12:30 | Hall 8.0, Room 40 |
| STO3247 — VMware VVOL Technical Preview with Dell Storage | scheduled | 16/10/2014 | 13:00 | 16/10/2014 | 14:00 | Hall 8.0, Room 21 |
| HBC2373 — vCloud Air = Choice, Control, and Security for Healthcare IT | scheduled | 16/10/2014 | 15:30 | 16/10/2014 | 16:30 | Hall 8.0, Room 44 |
My expectations from VMworld 2014
Besides sessions I will focus on speaking with vendors about latest trends in IT, I will definitely meet vExperts and VCDX. I will skip Hands on Labs because later on all of them will be available online and this is waste of valuable time.
Besides that I will go to three different parties.
- Monday 13.10.2014 - PernixData Party
- Tuesday 14.10.2014 - Veeam Party
- Wednesday 15.10.2014 - VMworld Party
In case you would like to see all parties here is the link http://www.vmworld.com/community/gatherings/