ENTISYS VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTIONS EXCHANGE 2012: THE FORUM FOR EXCHANGE AND INFORMATION ON THE VIRTUALIZATION ECOSYSTEM

VSX 2012 was formed by Entisys to provide a central point for learning and exchange of information with access to key virtualization platforms and best of breed ecosystem vendors. The conference mission is to create strong virtualization strategies for companies and improve virtualization platforms. Whether the audience is a CIO, Director of IT, or an engineer, there will be sessions of interest among the multiple technology and business tracks offered. VSX will offer clients access to key platform vendors, as well as, the best of breed ecosystem vendors with one goal in mind: providing choices and alleviating the user's questions and doubts!

Attendees will learn how to bring these solutions together via a trademarked methodology that has been developed to build strategic business and technology roadmaps, while providing cost-effective server virtualization solutions. They will learn how to use the Virtual Oriented Architecture® (VOA) methodology to implement cost-effective server virtualization solutions aimed to meet their IT needs of today and tomorrow.

Above and beyond the General Session's keynote speakers and panel, there will be multiple tracks offered, Live Demonstration Labs, Table Tops, White Paper and Case Study Bar & a Gaming Room which will allow attendees to compete for prizes!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND VSX 2012?

VSX offers multiple tracks geared towards a wide audience: from senior level executives who own budgeting and business strategy to experienced technical IT architects wanting to broaden their knowledge of virtualization and learn from the top partners in the industry. Questions as to "Why Virtualize, and Why Cloud," while defining IT solutions via platform and ecosystem partners will be among the hot topics discussed. Focus around identifying why IT organizations struggle to keep pace with the demands of business will be other topics addressed at VSX. Content of the sessions will focus around virtualizing the datacenter, identifying key end point strategies as well as understanding internal and external cloud strategies as a major priority for CIO's around the world. Industry experts agree the time is right to upgrade the datacenter and virtualize and move forward with efficient workforce mobility solutions. To ensure a proper transition, a long-term business strategy must be in place to avoid expensive pit falls. At VSX 2012, you'll be a part of the solution and involved in discussions with the top virtualization market drivers and end users.

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SMB Guide to VMworld 2012 - San Francisco

VMworld is the place for SMB IT pros to get the tools and training you need to master new virtualization and cloud computing innovations that are pushing system and software delivery to the next level.  Use this guide to choose activities and sessions focused on the SMB IT pro.

Bookmark this link to stay on top of conference updates and everything SMB and VMware 2012 related. Hope to see you all next week at the conference. You can reach me on Twitter during the VMworld 2012 if you want to meet up.

How SMBs Can Fit the Purchase of a Shared Storage Device into Their Budget – VMware vSphere Storage Appliance

I thought I would share an article I came across by Jeff Eberhand on the VMware SMB blog discussing a cost efficient solution for SMBs to take advantage of shared storage in a small scale virtual infrastructure, without the high overhead of a SAN using vSphere Storage Appliance. 

A VSA VM runs on each host in the cluster (up to 3 hosts), acting as the pass-through device to the hard drives on each host.  It then sets up a type of NFS mirroring across each host to make sure your data is online and available, even in the event of a host crashing or needing maintenance.

Jeff even quoted out a deployment and the price point is defiantly something of taking note with small customers and getting them on the proper path to virtualization.

You can read the whole story here.