I had fully intentions of blogging more from VMworld, but this being my only post doesn’t mean I have been slacking, just busy with the great windfall from the event. For starters, the Veeam Teeam rolled in to San Francisco to start the pre-VMworld festivities off with some great field training. My team of engineers delightfully showed up ready to rock and roll that week. I have the best job in the world because I have the best teeam in the world which is second to none.
This year our booth was just slammed with people clamoring to see the new release of our market leading data protection product, Veeam Backup and Replication version 5 in action. The buzz about our five new patent-pending features that encompass vPower, our approach to virtualization powered protection, really kept the booth hoping and me busy. If I was recording this post as a podcast, my voice would have sounded a little like Barry White as I overworked my voice.
In the end the hardwork by all was more than worth it. This year when the TechTarget awards were given out, it was nothing but absolutely acknowledgement of our company’s hardwork and our dedicated to deliver to the market the tools and solutions our customers really need. We took home four awards including the coveted Best of Show and Best New Technology awards. You can head on over to veeam.com to get all the details, I don’t want to still our excellent marketing teams thunder.
Looking back on VMworld 2010, I will look back at a week that was a whirlwind for me. Many, many long hours that paid off and will continue to pay off in great dividends of the year to come. I am honored to work for Veeam and Green is the new gold standard.
With regards to the show itself, I loved the VMworld Labs. The cloud powered labs were spot on and a complete hit. The downside of VMworld were the sessions. Something needs to be done to bring back Schedule Builder. The ability to show up and attend any session would have been cool if you could get in. I tried to attend six different sessions and was denied access to all. Thankfully I know the online content will be there, but it was a disappointment.