PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - September 30, 2010) - VMware, Inc. (
Building on the theme of "Virtual Roads, Actual Clouds" laid out at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, the European event will feature more than 115 unique breakout sessions from VMware and its ecosystem of partners and customers that are driving innovation in virtualization and cloud computing. More than 113 sponsors and exhibitors are supporting the conference including Global Diamond sponsors Cisco, Dell, EMC and NetApp; Global Platinum sponsors HP and Intel; and Platinum sponsors CA Technologies, Fujitsu, IBM, Mitel, Symantec, VCE and Wyse.
Leading off the General Session keynote will be VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz and CTO and Senior Vice President of R&D Steve Herrod. Mr. Maritz and Mr. Herrod will outline VMware's vision for IT as a Service and demonstrate new virtualization and cloud computing technologies that enable modern infrastructures, application platforms and end user computing on Tuesday, October 12 at 9 a.m. CEST (3 a.m. EDT). An archived version of the presentation will be available that same day by 9 a.m. EDT at http://www.vmware.com/go/vmworld-generalsession.
VMworld 2010 Europe will feature 30 lab topics with more than 5,600 lab seats conducting up to 240 simultaneous lab sessions during the three-day event. In addition, this year VMworld connects attendees directly with subject-matter authorities through the Knowledge Experts Program. These highly respected members of the VMware community -- composed of customers, bloggers and VMware employees -- will conduct and participate in breakout sessions and group discussions. They'll also be available for one-on-one meetings and more casual discussions as they circulate throughout the conference.
To register, please visit: http://www.vmworld.com/community/conferences/europe2010/
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