Almost time to start packing for VMworld 2011 in sunny Las Vegas.
Sunny? Projected high today is 111 degrees! Fortunately, when I head out on Saturday the high is projected to be a far more bearable 107. Why that’s nothing. And speaking of weather, I’ll be getting out just ahead of Hurricane Irene, which is threatening to make things pretty interesting here on Long Island where I live. First we got the earthquake and now the hurricane. Maybe I’ll stay in Vegas.
This year’s show looks to be another great week of fun, business and learning for the projected 20,000 attendees. It gets bigger every year, and in keeping with that trend, Syncsort has upsized its presence at the show. Drop by and see us at booth #527 for some fun presentations, educational demos, and to learn all about how the NetApp Syncsort Integrated Backup (NSB) solution is the right data protection for the virtual world (and for spanning the physical and virtual worlds!).
And this year you can even use the product yourself, in our “Race to Recovery” challenge. Here is how it works. My colleague, SE manager extraordinaire Pavan Jhamnani, and I will be providing some quick (and we hope entertaining!) demos of NSB in our booth theatre. After we’re done, we will select two audience members to come up to the podium. Each will get their hands on a mouse and keyboard that they will use to restore a virtual machine (with coaching as needed from Pavan and me). The first person to get their VM online wins the race. Estimated time: less than two minutes from start to finish!
We’ll keep track of the fastest times throughout the show, and the fastest recovery each day will win a shiny new iPad2! (Maybe I can disguise myself and enter the race, because I don’t have one!) Everyone who participates will get a small gift as well. So drop by and maybe you can walk away with a new iPad. You’ll also gain valuable experience recovering a virtual machine in less than two minutes – with a solution so easy to use that you can do it the first time you ever touched it.
The Race to Recovery is great fun, but we’ll also be showcasing exciting new product features and we’ll have a number of NSB customers speaking as well. Stay tuned to our official social media channels on Twitter and YouTube for the latest information throughout the show.
So please ignore all earthquakes and hurricanes and blazing heat and come visit us at VMworld to learn about our powerful data protection solution. You just might walk away with the crown for the “Fastest Recovery in the West.”
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