{"id":612,"date":"2015-04-21T13:26:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/?p=612"},"modified":"2015-04-22T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T21:25:14","slug":"2015-silicon-valley-vmug-usercon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/2015-silicon-valley-vmug-usercon\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Silicon Valley VMUG UserCon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1194.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-613 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1194-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"VMUG_USERCON\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1194-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1194-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1194-945x709.jpg 945w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1194-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I wanted to recap what has been presented at the 2015 Silicon Valley VMUG UserCon.<\/p>\n<p>The Silicon Valley VMUG Team organized a fantastic UserCon with a packed agenda which started 8:45am and ended at 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions were provided by several vendors, including PernixData, Nimble Storage, EMC and so on.<\/p>\n<p>All session were categorized in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Center Management<\/li>\n<li>Demo Sessions &amp; VMware HOL<\/li>\n<li>Desktop Virtualization<\/li>\n<li>General Sessions<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid Cloud &amp; Emerging Technologies<\/li>\n<li>Storage &amp; Availability<\/li>\n<li>vSphere &amp; Virtualization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you can see on the list of areas, most aspects of today&#8217;s virtualization was covered with at least one session.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Personally, the following were my highlights of the UserCon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>vCenter Server 6.0: Deep Dive &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmarshall9\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Marshall<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Performance Practices for vSphere 6 &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nickmarshall9\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Marshall<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VMware Virtual SAN &#8211; by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobolander\" target=\"_blank\">Bo Bolander<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh and before I forgot, there was obviously lots of swag from all vendors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-617 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1201-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1201\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1201-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1201-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1201-945x709.jpg 945w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1201-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-618 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/45.77.187.106\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1200-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1200\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1200-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1200-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1200-945x709.jpg 945w, https:\/\/mindthevirt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_1200-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All available slides of the 2015 Silicon Valley VMUG UserCon are attached to this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to recap what has been presented at the 2015 Silicon Valley VMUG UserCon. 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