After two years of the pandemic, finally I was able to participate in the VMware Explore conference in Barcelona. VMware Explore formerly known as VMworld is a global multi-cloud conference, hosted by VMware. For me personally, the most valuable aspect of attending was finally meeting so many people with whom I have been working very…
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VMware Explore – Day 4 – The Odyssey final and Adios Barcelona
Last day of VMware Explore conference at Fira Barcelona Gran Via. We were cheering the 10 finalists of the Odyssey competition. The results were as follow: 🏆1st Place Winner – Maximilian Brendler 🏆2nd Place Winner – Thomas Rudrof 🏆3rd Place Winner – Gary Flynn By the way I am wondering how Gary manage to bring…
Read moreVMware Explore – Day 3 – The Expo, The Party
On the day number 3 it was finally time to dive in into the Expo Hall and see what the vendors have to offer. There were a variety of vendors offering solutions for infrastructure, from management tools to ransomware protection. My eye caught one vendor offering DDI solution. Of course apart from talking to vendors…
Read moreVMware Explore – Day 2 – Keynotes, Q&A session and vSphere 8 GA announced
The second day I was very early in to the Expo building. If you read my Day 1 summarization, you know that my Champion status lead to some perks. I arrived early as I was getting VIP seat to keynote, and was invited to Q&A session with CEO, Raghu Raghuram and President, Sumit Dhawan. The…
Read moreVMware Explore – Day 1 – Labs and Meetings
Today I visited the Fira Barcelone Expo center for the first day of VMware Explore. Upon registration, everyone with a full pass received a backpack, water bottle, and T-Shirt. The journey to the conference center started by getting in a taxi. The driver dropped us (me and my friend) at the opposite entrance, which resulted…
Read moreGreetings from Barcelona! VMware Explore is around the corner
I arrived in Barcelona a day earlier than planned. That was due to a football game schedule change. The game was scheduled for Sunday but then was moved to Saturday. As I have also other hobbies than the IT world, I rescheduled my flight to be able to go to see Robert Lewandowski in action.…
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