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Calling all VMworld 2010 San Francisco attendees…

We’re all experiencing an epic event here at VMworld 2010 San Francisco.  Now, let’s share this out to the world.  I’m looking for video clips and photos from attendees taken at the conference.

If you have a video clip of footage from the conference, please upload it to YouTube so it can be shared.  Post the YouTube link on our VMworld Facebook page.  Of course, if you have other video sources, that will work too.  And please post your video on our VMworld Video page as well using your VMworld account login.

If you have a great photo or series of photos from the conference, please post them to our VMworld Facebook page.  This can be a link to Flickr, Picassa, or added as an attachment.  And please post your video on our VMworld Photo page as well using your VMworld account  login.

The video that receives the most “Like” entries between now and the  end of Wednesday at midnight (PST), will be our video winner.   The  photo that receives the most “Like” entries between now and the end  of Wednesday at midnight (PST), will be our photo winner.

To be eligible to win…
1) You must be an actual attendee here at VMworld 2010 San Francisco to be eligible.
2) Your video or photo must be taken here or near the San Francisco Moscone center
3) Your video or photo must be posted to our VMworld Facebook page.
4) You must be at VMworld 2010 on Thursday and come by the Social Media & Blogger Lounge to claim your prize.

Video winner prize:
A vintage collection of VMworld bags from 2007, 2008 and 2009 + 1 “free” VMworld 2010 Subscription ($699 value)

Photo winner prize:
1 “free” VMworld 2010 Subscription ($699 value)

Note: This contest is primarily intended to share VMworld 2010 experiences with our VMworld followers and those who couldn’t make it to the conference.  Prizes are fun, but not intended to be that “killer” giveaway…so have fun with it and spread the word.  Of course, not all attendees are Facebook fans (yes, we know that)…but this is the quickest way to run this in a short time.

Take a break at the Solutions Exchange “Hall Crawl” today in the Solutions Exchange between 4-6pm.  Find “beverages” (as shown in the picture) at the following sponsor booths:

Akorri
Compellent
Pancetera
Quantum
3PAR
VMware
Zenoss

Plus, food at the VMware Booth!

Some interesting lab stats:
- Number of VMs deployed: over 50k and growing fast
- Number of Labs completed: over 5,200
- Average number of VMs being deployed and un-deployed per hour: 3865

Top five labs out of the 30 lab Topics being offered:
1. View 4.5 Install and Configure
2. ESX 4.1 New Features
3. VMware Performance and Tuning
4. Basic vSphere Install & Configure
5. VMware  Cloud Director

If you are at VMworld 2010 San Francisco, be sure to jump in and get you’re feet wet!

Reporting to you live…

~Tony (@tony_dunn)

If you ever wished you could:

·        - Influence the direction of a VMware product or feature

·        - Accelerate the development of new features and functionality

·        - Provide input directly to the Product Management team

·       
And here’s the fun part –  possibly win an Apple iPad or a free pass for VMworld 2011

Take any one of the following surveys to help us to understand your needs better to make the best possible product that will  suit your needs.  You only have to answer one of the surveys below in order to be entered  into the iPad prize drawing.  However, the more surveys you complete the  better your odds are for winning!

Management and Automation - Provide feedback on how you manage your environment, including  everything from how you deploy virtual machines to performance!

ESX/ESXi Convergence  - Have you already upgraded to ESXi?  Thinking about it?  Share your  thoughts on the process of moving to the most advanced yet!

Storage – Designed for managers of storage solutions within virtualized environments!

Networking – Do you manage the network components within your environment?  If so, this survey will be of great interest to you!

Applications – Tell us about what applications you use within your virtual  environment and what applications you don’t.  If you have any thoughts  on Java based applications, this is the survey you want!

vCenter – Use vCenter much?  This survey covers a wide range of concepts  focused on vCenter.  Everything from upgrades and management to  providing high availability of vCenter is covered here!

Distributed Systems (HA and Disaster Recovery) – If you are interested in providing the highest levels of availability  for your mission critical applications this is your survey!  Topics  include VMware HA, VMware FT, replication and managing applications  within a highly available capable environment.

Converged Data Center – Tell us a bit about how you manage your converged data center!

Security – Interested in firewalls, vShield, and general security?  This survey has it all!

VMworld Live! brought to you by VMware and SiliconANGLE “The Cube”

The teams at VMware and SiliconANGLE have planned live video coverage of VMworld 2010, providing continuous editorial coverage of the conference.  We will have the industry’s top executives, experts and customers streaming live to discuss VMworld, key announcements and proof points for virtualization and cloud computing.

Whether you’re at VMworld in San Francisco or back at your home or office, you can watch on the VMworld homepage or:

VMworld Video page > (you can post your own videos here as well)

There will also be an opportunity to ask live questions via Twitter.  Use these hashtags:
#thecube (questions for the hosts and speakers)
#vmworld (main VMworld hashtag to broadcast to everyone)

Hosts: John Furrier, Founder SiliconANGLE & Dave Vellante, Founder Wikibon Project
Executive Producers: John Troyer, VMware & John Furrier, SiliconANGLE
Content Programming: John Troyer, VMware; John Furrier, SiliconANGLE; Dave Vellante & Stu Miniman, Wikibon.org

For the latest schedule of speakers and times, please read the SiliconANGLE blog post >

Foursquare is going to be a big part of VMworld 2010 this year. You will be able to check-in locations all over the place!

First up, what is this Foursquare thing?

From Business insider:

“Foursquare is primarily for letting your friends know where you are and figuring out where they are. Secondarily, it’s for collecting points, prize “badges,” and eventually, coupons, for going about your everyday business.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hit-location-based-social-app-foursquare-works-2010-1#ixzz0xkh15URk

As you can see, this can be great fun at a conference because you can see where your friends are and get tips about the cool things going on at the show.

Many sponsors are offering special deals and tips for checking into their spaces. Most sponsors have setup their booths in Foursquare and you can quickly learn about them from the list below.

If you find a booth that is not on the list please enter it using the following format.

Name: [Company Name] VMworld Booth #[1232]
Address: 747 Howard Street
Cross street: Booth #[1232]
City, State, Zip: San Francisco, California, 94103
Twitter: [Main VMworld Twitter Account]

Hopefully by keeping this format everyone will be able to find it and check-in.

Please be sure to:

1) add VMworld as a friend to your Foursquare account:

http://foursquare.com/user/vmwareevents

2) add #VMworld to your shout when you check in

3) Add a Tip to places that you check into to share cool info with others!

Some places to check-in:

VMworld 2010     http://foursquare.com/venue/6595319
VMware’s Booth #701    http://foursquare.com/venue/8114024
VMware Blogger Lounge (where the social media team will be)    http://foursquare.com/venue/8117418

Cisco Booth #801    http://foursquare.com/venue/8114101

Dell Booth #401    http://foursquare.com/venue/8115160

EMC Corporation Booth #1001     http://foursquare.com/venue/8115364

NetApp Booth #601    http://foursquare.com/venue/8115450

Compellent Technologies Booth #1022    http://foursquare.com/venue/8115509

CSC Booth #1014    http://foursquare.com/venue/8115598

HP Booth #1008    http://foursquare.com/venue/8115666

IBM Booth #709    http://foursquare.com/venue/8116304

Intel Booth #509    http://foursquare.com/venue/8116350

Novell Booth #931    http://foursquare.com/venue/8116395

Symantec Corporation Booth #513    http://foursquare.com/venue/8116841

VCE Booth #809    http://foursquare.com/venue/8116919

Wyse Technology Booth #521    http://foursquare.com/venue/8116999

Brocade Booth #1307 http://foursquare.com/venue/8219476

Please send me the URL and I will add the “Make sure you add #VMworld to your shout when you check in!” tip from the VMworld Account to encourage the booth check in to appear in the main #VMworld hash stream!

Happy checking in!

Questions, comments and anything else you can reach me at:

Twitter: @lkilpatrick

See you at VMworld!

Luke Kilpatrick