Tag : Barcelona
Written by Christopher Lewis on December 15, 2018 .
In the beginning there was Code..
Like the previous 2 years, the first thing in my calendar, once I had registered and it was available on the Schedule Builder for VMworld Europe. was the VMware {Code} #Hackathon.
This year was a little different because the organising team (which didn’t seem to include Alan Renouf or William Lam), used HackerEarth to organise the event.
The Venue & Food
This year, the** #Hackathon **organisers took us to a new venue. I personally really liked the venue for the previous 2 years, Valkiria Hub Space , but I must say the new venue, Esferic , more than delivered!
Written by Christopher Lewis on November 27, 2018 .
At this years VMworld Europe Hackathon, I was a part of Team #PowerVKE, founding members:
- Chris Porter ( @uprightvinyl ) (Team Leader)
- Christopher Lewis ( @thecloudxpert )
- Dave Simpson ( @bfd_diplomacy )
- Stephen Hackers ( @StephenHackers )
- Tony Cota ( @VMXBandit )
- Colin Westwater ( @cwestwater )
- Dominik Zorgnotti ( @DominikZ )
Team PowerVKE (Image courtesy of @StephenHackers)
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Written by Christopher Lewis on November 8, 2018 .
VMworld 2018 started quickly for me. After taking the 10:20 BA Flight from Heathrow I landed at ~13:30 local time. I had just enough time to drop the bags at the hotel before heading to the #vRetreat. We were being hosted by Patrick Redknap and sponsored by Cohesity .
#vRetreat
This was my first experience of the #vRetreat concept and I wasn’t disappointed. The session was given by Cohesity’s charismatic CTO - Global Field, Rawlinson Rivera ( @punchingclouds ) who talked both about their current portfolio and Vision.
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Written by Christopher Lewis on November 7, 2018 .
#vRockstar
For me, this event marks the official #vCommunity start of “VMworld week” in Barcelona. This was my third year at the pre-VMworld party, vRockstar. As usual, the event was oversubscribed and sold out in record time weeks in advance. With another change in location this year, the event was held at the Obama English Pub/Grill ( https://obamabcn.com/ ). The venue was nice albeit a little smaller than the previous venues, the staff were nice and the food was awesome (once it had arrived). There were, however, times it did feel a little claustrophobic (mainly because of the amount of people trying to get to the bar…).
Written by Christopher Lewis on November 7, 2018 .
This year I was lucky enough to be given a #vExpert blogger pass to the VMworld 2018 Europe event in Barcelona. This will be my third year in a row!
#AchievementUnlocked #vExpert #Blogger #VMworld2018 pic.twitter.com/4ry8Mog0yj
— Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert) November 5, 2018
Posts
Here is a list of all my planned posts of the event:
Keep checking back for this and more content!
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 25, 2018 .
The Session Builder for the VMworld Europe 2018 content catalog is now live! So if you’re going to be in Barcelona in November, you best head on over to the VMworld Scheduler site and get your sessions booked in before the spaces run out!
My VMworld Focus Areas
Personally, I will try to limit my focus to three main themes this year because there really isn’t enough time in the 3-4 days:
Written by Christopher Lewis on June 19, 2018 .
If I get to go to VMworld in Barcelona this year it will be my 3rd time in 3 years (I think that makes me Alumni). It will also be the 2nd time that I have self funded my trip to the VMware annual conference.
Who should be going to VMworld?
If you work with VMware technologies and want to understand more about VMware’s different products from the experts and consultants who deliver the best and most complex environments, then it is the ideal place to get that knowledge.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 14, 2017 .
Day 3 is the day after the VMworld Party and it is normally a very quiet day around VMworld. There is no General Session and a lot of people either do not attend any sessions or just leave the conference early.
Personally, I only tend to minimize the sessions I go to on this day and spend some time in the Hands On Lab and just walking around the Solutions Exchange. The only session I did attend was :
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 13, 2017 .
Day 2 of VMworld 2017 in Barcelona kick off with another General Session . Following the General Session, I attended the following sessions:
Session 1 - #LHC1882BE - Service Overview for VMware Cloud on AWS
This session, with Marc Umeno, covered how to delivery VMware Cloud on AWS “As A Service”. Marc re-introduced the current vision of **VMware Cloud on AWS **platform before highlighting the different responsibilities of both VMware and the Customer.
Written by Christopher Lewis on September 12, 2017 .
Day 1 of VMworld 2017 in Barcelona kicked off with another General Session . Following the General Session, I attended the following sessions:
Session 1 - #MMC1532BE - Using VMware NSX Cloud for Enhanced Networking and Security for AWS Native Cloud
With Amol Tipnis and Percy Wadia
This session concentrated on how VMware NSX Cloud can be used to provide a single pane of glass across multiple public clouds. Note: Currently VMware NSX Cloud is only available in AWS but development for MS Azure is on going.
- Operating a Private Cloud - Part 3: Creating a Pricing Card in VMware Aria Automation
- Operating a Private Cloud - Part 2: Creating a Pricing Card in VMware Aria Operations
- Operating a Private Cloud - Part 1: Understanding Pricing Cards in VMware Aria
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 5
- Zero2Hero - Using Aria Automation to Deploy Multiple Machines with Multiple Disks - Part 4