This week all of VMware Technical Services gathered at the Hilton in San Francisco for the annual VMware TS Technical Summit. TS stands for Technical Services which basically means all field personnel of VMware, both pre- and post-sales. Besides all the great deep-dive sessions there was also a gigantic lab. 200 seats powered by Cisco UCS and NetApp Storage. (As Vaughn has already shown you guys here.)
I was part of one of the Lab teams. Unfortunately I can’t tell much about our Lab as the product has still not been officially announced. However I can say that it rocked, our Lab was the most attended Lab during Tech Summit! These Labs were the trial for VMworld and I can honestly say I was impressed. The Lab Team, and I am talking about the TechOps and the infamous GETO Team, did an excellent job again and managed to provision over 2000 Lab sessions in just four days… Although I am dead tired, I can’t wait for VMworld to start and help you guys with these labs I can promise you it will rock.
Another impressive showing from the VMware Lab team. They really are rock stars.
i did that lab in the TechSummit and i second what Duncan said about its popularity – I think it’s going to be a big hit in VMworld!
I can’t wait to see the labs at VMworld this year — although I am a bit bummed that they don’t need instructors anymore
I guess I’ll just have to look forward to the 2nd annual Golden Gate Bridge run instead!
These are the best labs I’ve ever seen from VMware. Personally, I thank the teams for an excellent job. And to everyone else, I’d highly recommend trying these at VMworld.
I’m particularly intrigued by this statement:
“Unfortunately I can’t tell much about our Lab as the product has still not been officially announced”
Anyone have any guesses on this?
I look forward to the lab environment itself showcasing VMware’s technology.
Since it was a lab involving Duncan, I’m guessing something cloud-related and/or next-gen HA.