The Latest and Greatest from VMworld 2011

Recapping VMworld 2011 coverage of new releases, blogs, video, and more.

This year’s VMworld 2011 gave virtualization specialists, professionals and enthusiasts alike a show-and-tell of the latest new VMware projects and platforms that promise to change the landscape of virtualization worldwide. We’ve compiled the best of this year’s convention, courtesy of our partners and colleagues in the industry.

Recognitions
Best of VMworld 2011 via @BridgetBotelho journalist, covering virtual desktops, Microsoft enterprise applications, and more for TechTarget publications

Congratulations to Zerto for winning Best of Show at #VMworld 2011 via @shannonsnowden, Desktop and Application virtualization engineer with VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft technologies.

New Releases:
More descriptions and coverage of VMware’s End-User Computing Portfolio

Vmware Vendors Hawk Cloud Computing Offerings, Services in Cloud Computing, by Chris Talbot, freelance writer and blogger for Channel Insider

VMware End-User Computing/Project Octopus, write-up by Sam Khavari, Product Management, End User Computing, VMware

VMware AppBlast: Content Whenever and Wherever, by Ryan Williams, Principal Consultant and Virtualization Specialist at Clearparth Solutions Group

VMware View 5: A Good Enough Sequel via @shannonsnowden, Desktop and Application virtualization engineer with VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft technologies.

Live from VMworld 2011 – VMware Octopus, by Ryan Williams, Principal Consultant and Virtualization Specialist at Clearparth Solutions Group

VMware View 5 New Features, by Ryan Williams, Principal Consultant and Virtualization Specialist at Clearparth Solutions Group

Blogs:
VMworld Labs Wrapup 2011, by Duncan Epping, Principal Architect in the Technical Marketing group at VMware focused on storage, ESXi convergence and vSphere architecture

Top 6 VMworld Takeaways, by Elias Khnaser CTO at Artemis Technology, Blogger for InformationWeek, Forbes and Virtualization Review Magazine

VSP2117: Virtualization-Aware Datacenter Networks, by Scott Lowe, Specializes in virtualization, VMware, storage, servers, and Macs; currently working for EMC Corporation

Vblock FastPath/VDI – Changing the Model, by Chuck Hollis VP Global Marketing CTO, EMC Corporation

Videos:
CSC Virtual Desktop Solutions on VMware platform, interview with Phil Grove Global Director, End User Services

VMware AppBlast Demo Video from VMware Partner TV

VMworld 2011 Pictures :
Vodgeball Via @dailykat
Social Media Screen Via @Tony_Dunn VMware & VMworld social media manager
Mozy T-Shirt Via @cmorgan_cloud Sr. Cloud Ecosystem Product Manager at Red Hat
Wyse CIO Summit Via @GotWyse
Outside of the Venetian Courtesy of virtual-blog.com