VMWorld 2009 TweepUp @ The Chieftains on Saturday 8/29 @ 5:30p

I’m organizing a TweetUp for the folks coming to VMWorld 2009. It’ll take place at The Chieftain Irish Pub on the corner of 5th Street and Howard (across from InterContinental Hotel). So come out and hang out with your #VMWorld tweeps and enjoy great draft beer & pub food.

The Chieftain is offering the following drink specials:

$3 PBR
$4 Mimoas
$5 Bloody Mary

I’ve posted the event on Facebook. Please RSVP so I can give the Pub a rough headcount. Current this event isn’t sponsored. Email me if you’re interested in sponsoring it.

The count down to VMWorld 09

The etherspace has been busy with highlights, tips, and expectations of VMWorld 09 taking place at the Moscone center in SF starting August 31. I’d like to chime in and highlight technology areas that I’ll be focusing on while I’m there next week.

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)

Cisco’s entry into the server computing realm by providing a platform that unifies network, compute, storage access, and virtualization resources. A “wall of UCS” at VMWorld will showcase 16 racks containing 64 chassis, 512 blades, 4096 cores, & 24 TB of memory. This is where the VMWorld labs are run out of and it is expected that ~1500 users will be accessing the UCS systems at any given time through VMware View.

Here’s a video of what the rack looks like at the Moscone:

VMware View and Cisco WAAS

As remote desktop technologies gain adoption throughout enterprises, Cisco’s WAAS & ACE products ensure availability & performance when users access their remote desktop images through VMware View. (more…)

Painting the Cisco Unified Computing vision and the steps to go there…

Wanted to share my thoughts around the launch of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and my thoughts around what Unified Computing means to me (more…)