VMworld 2014 Barcelona – Day 0

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VMworld 2014 Barcelona - Day 0

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.

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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/