First of all, thank you to our excellent panel; Duncan Epping, Tom Howarth, Scott Lowe and Chad Sakac.

The response I’ve received from our attendees has been amazing.  It quite possibly was the best session at VMworld 2009!   Don’t worry, I’ll be pushing extra hard to get this session back for 2010!  Perhaps a Super Session?

Amongst the most valuable sessions at VMworld 2009 for me this year was the Ask the Experts sessions.
–ProfessionalVMware.com

One thing that amazed me is how we basically closed VMworld,  our repeat session did not end until 6:15pm on Thursday - pretty much when the union A/V workers started unplugging equipment!

Chad Sakac so graciously posted both sessions in video format on his website, so instead of recapping the entire session (both of them) on here, go check out the videos on his website here.

So thats pretty much it, I had a great time at VMworld and finishing it with the Ask the Experts panel was great!  I’d love to have the other four panelists back next year and don’t forget to look for it on the 2010 schedule!

Also if you haven’t already, check out Duncan’s linkage list.  Tons of great links to VMworld 2009 feedback!

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Back by popular demand! Oh wait, the event hasn’t even happened yet!

Received final confirmation that TA2259 - Ask the Experts featuring Duncan Epping, Tom Howarth, Scott Lowe, Chad Sakac and myself will be repeated at 4:30pm on Thursday, September 3rd.  Our first session at 1:00pm on Thursday has already filled up! So don’t worry, as of right now we have roughly 200 open seats for our repeat session.

If you haven’t registered for VMworld, I suggest you better get it done now!  This is THE event of the year for all things Virtualization.  The Ask the Experts session is the best place to get your questions answered by the industries top professionals.

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So this is it!  Final presentations for VMworld need to be in by August 10th, so this is your last chance to submit an opening question for TA2259 - Ask the Experts (Duncan Epping, Tom Howarth, Scott Lowe, Chad Sakac) at VMworld 2009!

One question that came up was if we were still going to have an open floor portion, and the answer is YES! The majority of the session will be open floor, but we do want to have a handful of good questions to help spin off the session and also for those quiet moments.

Question Submission is Now Closed! Thank you to everyone who submitted their questions.

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I’m proud to announce that the session is locked and speakers are confirmed (many of you already know).  Duncan Epping, Tom Howarth, Scott Lowe, Chad Sakac and myself will be running an Ask the Experts panel session at VMworld 2009 - and this is your chance to submit a question to be reviewed during the panel session!

Simply fill out the form below and your submission will be sent for review, around the beginning of August we will be notifing the submission owners if we will be using their submission or not.

So, here is your chance to have that hard hitting Virtualization question answered by the best in the world!

One question that came up was if we were still going to have an open floor portion, and the answer is YES! The majority of the session will be open floor, but we do want to have a handful of good questions to help spin off the session and also for those quiet moments.

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I am proud to officially announce the VMworld 2009 - Ask the Experts Panel Session.  This session will feature virtualization experts Rick Scherer, Scott Lowe, Duncan Epping, Chad Sakac and Tom Howarth answering your questions on virtual infrastructure design.  In the next week or so we will be posting sections on our blog sites for you to submit questions for review during the session, so stay tuned!

Session ID: TA2259
Session Title: Ask the Experts - Virtualization Design
Track: Technology and Architecture
Abstract: Are you running a virtual environment and experiencing some problems?  Are you planning an upgrade from VI3 to vSphere 4 and have some questions about the infrastructure architecture changes required?  Do you have a virtual infrastructure design and want it blessed by the experts?  Come join us for a one hour panel session where your questions are the topic of discussion!  Join the Virtualization Experts; Rick Scherer from VMwareTips.com, Scott Lowe author of Mastering vSphere 4, Duncan Epping from VMware, Chad Sakac from EMC and Tom Howarth from planetVM.net as they answer your questions on virtualization design.

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Today an ask the experts session went live on “Getting the Most ROI with Data Deduplication“, this was a presentation I recorded mainly focused on NetApp’s A-SIS (Data Deduplication).  Please feel free to visit the session, check out the documentation and ask questions.  The session will be live until December 19th.

For those of you attending VMware vForum in San Diego on Wednesday, I will be speaking during the NetApp Platinum Sponsor/Customer Story session.  My presentation will be on the benefits of utilizing NetApp storage for a virtualized environment.

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