I’m sitting in the airport lounge waiting to board the first leg of my 26 hour journey to Las Vegas for VMworld 2017 and I thought it was no better time to write the next edition of my Veeam Vault series. This will be my fifth VMworld as as I wrote earlier in the week…I don’t take this event for granted! This year will be a little different for me in that I am there representing Veeam and I am lucky enough to be presenting a couple of sessions while participating in other Veeam related meetings and activities.

Veeam has had a strong presence at VMworld’s past and this year is no exception. In fact from what I understand it’s our biggest VMworld to date and as you walk around Mandalay Bay you will feel Veeam’s presence. Veeam in it’s early years won the Best of Show in 2010 and Best of Technology in 2011 and has a proud history of a strong showing at every VMworld we have been a part of. And while we have challengers nipping at our feet trying to outdo us we remain focus on delivering great technology while being able to be the top contributer to the community and still able to put on the best events at the show.

Veeam Sessions @VMworld:

Officially we have two breakout sessions this year, with Danny Allan and Rick Vanover presenting a Deep Dive on v10 and Michael Cade and myself presenting a session on advanced VMware and Veeam features and integrations. There are also a couple of vBrownBag Tech Talks where Veeam features including talks from Michael Cade, myself and some of our great Veeam Vanguard’s.

The sessions can be viewed and selected from the VMworld Content Catalog here and we also have a number of Sponsor Booth sessions with our ecosystem partners…so keep an eye out for those.

Veeam @VMworld Solutions Exchange:

This year we will have two huge booths on the floor, with a Main Booth Area doing demo’s prize, giveaways, having an Experts Bar and acting as sponsor of the opening night hall crawl. We also have a coffee bar and lounge space called the vBar. This will be a chill out area serving good coffee and offering seats for people to come and relax during the event.

Veeam Community Support @VMworld:

As Eric Siebert wrote last week… Veeam gets the community and has been a strong supporter historically of VMworld community based events. This year again, we have come to the party are have gone all-in in terms of being front and center in supporting community events. Special mention goes to Rick Vanover who leads the charge in making sure Veeam is doing what it can to help make these events possible:

  • #vGolf
  • Opening Acts
  • VMunderground
  • vBrownBag
  • Spousetivities
  • vExpert Breakfast
  • vDestination Giveaway

Party with Veeam @ VMworld:

Finally, it wouldn’t be VMworld without attending Veeam’s seriously legendary party. This year we are looking to top last years event at Light nightclub by taking over the hottest club in Vegas… Hakkasan Nightclub! I know how hard it is to plan evening activities at VMworld and there is no doubt that there are a lot of decent competing parties on the Tuesday night…however whatever you do, you need to make sure that you at least stop by the MGM and party in green. RSVP here.

Final Word:

Again, this year’s VMworld is going to be huge and Veeam will be right there front and center of the awesomeness. Please stop by our sessions, visit our stand and attend our community sponsored events and feel free to chase me down for a chat…I’m always keen to meet other members of this great community. Oh, and don’t forget to get to the party!