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VMworld 2008 > Networking > Birds-of-a-Feather

Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF)

Our interactive Birds-of-a-Feather discussions will be held in the seven networking lounges, designed around the seven VMworld Tracks. They are designed to stimulate ideas and insight into a variety of virtualization topics and expand upon the knowledge you gain during sessions and labs. You can attend scheduled discussions covering specific topics, or more informal topics that you can suggest when you visit the lounges. Become an active part of the discussions about virtualization and share your knowledge and ideas with everyone.

Topics by Track:

Virtualization 101 Introduction

  • Windows on the Mac with Fusion
  • Licensing your apps for the virtual world and how virtual appliances can help
  • Virtualization for admins, software publishers, and developers
  • Proof points: how to convince your execs to go virtual (sharing battlewounds on getting budget and approvals)

 

Virtualizing the Desktop

  • Virtualizing Desktops in the Enterprise – Opportunities and challenges for VDI
  • Application virtualization – Co-existing with desktop virtualization
  • Client Side Desktop virtualization (Workstation, Fusion, Player, ACE)
  • Designing and deploying an Enterprise Desktop Solution

 

Building Business Continuity and Disaster Tolerance

  • High Availability
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Backup
  • Storage/SANs in a Virtual Environment

 

Planning and Operations in the Datacenter

  • Installation/Configuration/Upgrade
  • Performance and Benchmarking
  • Operationalizing your Virtual Infrastructure
  • Server Consolidation and Scalability

 

Automating the Virtual Datacenter

  • Virtual Machine Provisioning and Change Management
  • Managing Lab Infrastructure with VMware Lab Manager
  • Application release management with Stage Manager
  • Test and Development w/Lab Manager & Workstation

 

Running Applications in Virtual Machines

  • Virtual Appliances and (V)Services
  • Virtualizing Business Applications (SAP, Oracle E-Business, etc)
  • Virtualizing Email and Messaging Applications (MS Exchange, Lotus, etc)
  • Virtualizing Databases and Application Servers

 

Exploring Technology and Architecture

  • Networking/Converged Networks
  • Security
  • SDKs , APIs and Toolkits
  • Cloud Computing