As mentioned in a previous port, I recently attended the annual VMware Technology conference in Sydney #vForum2012.
As a follow-on from VMWorld in Barcelona, this two day event showcased not only the latest VMware products but also a number of partner products including storage, networking, backup, server and most importantly everything that is "CLOUD Computing".
While at the event, I attended a number of technical and networking sessions which provided some great insights and contacts. (During the sessions I took notes which I will eventually translate in to blog posts for each relevant technology).
The key themes throughout the sessions were:
End-User-Computing (EUC) & Mobility
Simplification of desktop computing by delivering desktops & applications as a service which can be accessed via any device.
This is achieved using mechanisms such as VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) / “VMware Mirage” desktop management and application catalogs which are deployed using “VMware Horizon Application Manager”. As a side note - Applications within these catalogs can also be developed using “vFabric” (VMware’s highly integrated and flexible Spring Java development environment).
Another area of interest for me was a project (Horizon Mobile) that allows users to run a "virtual phone". This equates to having one handset that can switch between a work and personal phone at the tap of a screen - a great concept that almosts works as a phone hypervisor!
Cloud & 'Software-Defined-Datacenters'
The word on everyone lips is definitely "Cloud" - The use of this computing model is rapidly maturing with more and more companies now deploying cloud solutions through public: service provider datacenter, private: internal datacenter and hybrid: service provider and internal datacenter.
With cloud computing becoming a highly 'consumerised' product now comes the challenge of managing its consumption - "The IT Dept." is no longer seen as a barrier by the business.
VMware are leading the game in this space by providing highly simplified and integrated technologies – with the right configurations, organisations can now “drag & drop” application workloads into a public cloud environment should extra resources be needed (Strict SLA’s are of course required for this).
More content from #vForum2012 will be posted soon – watch this space!
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