Leaving on a Jet Plane

That’s right, I said it!  I’m currently sitting at the Richmond Airport waiting on my 7am(!) flight to Boston and then a further flight to San Francisco. 

Now why in the world would I have woken up at 3am to drag my happy butt to Richmond to get a flight to San Francisco…let’s see…oh yeah, it’s VMWorld!!!!  For those who don’t know what VMWorld is, check This Out.  Basically if you’re into Virtualization this is the place to be.  All the major players from the Virtualization world will be there, including, Dell, VMWare, Microsoft, Citrix, HP, etc.  The convention runs Monday through Thursday and each day is packed with tons of talks and labs and hands-on experiences of the newest and hottest VM Technology out there…excuse me while I wipe the drool from my mouth!

Most of the convention is centered around VMWare and their line of products, which my company doesn’t really use, opting instead for Microsoft’s Hyper-V technology.  The main point to me going to this event is to learn the ideas and theories behind implementation of some of the technology in a VMWare environment and then I get to go back to work and figure out how to implement the good parts in a Hyper-V environment.  I think it will pretty intuitive honestly, since no matter how you brand it, it’s still Virtualization and the underlying theories and practices behind it is the same no matter what you use. 

I’m really excited about this trip.  Firstly, I’m going to San Francisco, which is a new place I haven’t been, there’s lots of great stuff to do and see I’m sure (how much of that I’ll get to do, is still in question.)  Secondly, my hotel looks totally awesome too!  Thirdly, it’s a week filled with nothing but Virtualization, which is going to be a fantastic thing!  It’ll be a great combination of amazing hardware and really cool software, so basically the best parts of the IT world!

Ok, that’s gonna be about it from me, I’m sure I’ll write some more as I’m in San Francisco and I’ll see about maybe even posting a few pictures on here. 

More later on!

~C