Are you attending Citrix Synergy 2017 in Orlando, FL?  If so, I invite you to add FSLogix to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

FSLogix is a leading innovator of solutions that reduce the amount of hardware, time and labor required to support desktop virtualization platforms. With implementations ranging from less than 1,000 to over 50,000 users, FSLogix Apps enhances the user experience while reducing support requirements for its customers.

Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and FSLogix to learn what they have planned for Citrix Synergy 2017.

Are you attending Citrix Synergy 2017 in Orlando, FL?  If so, I invite you to add Bitdefender to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

Bitdefender is a global security technology company that delivers solutions in more than 100 countries through a network of value-added alliances, distributors and reseller partners. Since 2001, Bitdefender has consistently produced award-winning business and consumer security technology, and is a leading security provider in virtualization and cloud technologies. Through R&D, alliances and partnership teams, Bitdefender has elevated the highest standards of security excellence in both its number-one-ranked technology and its strategic alliances with the world's leading virtualization and cloud technology providers. 

Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Bitdefender to learn what they have planned for Citrix Synergy 2017.

Are you attending Citrix Synergy 2017 in Orlando, FL?  If so, I invite you to add Stratodesk to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

Stratodesk is a software company that focuses on hardware agnostic thin client software and PC repurposing solutions. Stratodesk's signature product is NoTouch Desktop. Stratodesk's mission is to provide the most powerful and simple to use endpoint OS for VMware, Citrix and other VDI environments and a centralized endpoint management solution. NoTouch Desktop works on any kind of old and new dektop hardware (PCs, Laptops, Thin Client devices) and offer more security, better and easier client management, increased reliability and lower total cost of ownership to companies of all sizes.  

Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Stratodesk to learn what they have planned for Citrix Synergy 2017.

It's hard to believe that by tomorrow, more than 3,000 people will have made their way to the city of New Orleans to discuss the latest in data center modernization using virtualization, storage and cloud technologies.  The event that's bringing everyone together is called VeeamON and it is being dubbed as "the world's largest event entirely focused on Availability" by its creator and presenter, Veeam. 

VeeamON officially kicks off to the public May 16th and ends on May 18th.  To find out more about this week's event, I spoke with Veeam's director of technical product marketing and evangelism, Rick Vanover, who provided me with additional insight and advice for attendees ahead of the show.

Are you attending DockerCon 2017 in Austin, TX?  If so, I invite you to add NGINX to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

NGINX is the heart of the modern web - helping the world's most innovative companies deliver their sites and applications with performance, reliability, security, and scale. The company offers an award-winning, comprehensive application delivery platform in use on more than 300 million sites worldwide. 

Read this exclusive pre-show interview with VMblog and NGINX to learn what they have planned for DockerCon 2017.

Are you attending DockerCon 2017 in Austin, TX?  If so, I invite you to add Sysdig to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

Sysdig is creating a new generation of performance management solutions to deliver monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting in a microservices-friendly architecture. The company's open source sysdig technology has attracted a community of hundreds of thousands of developers, administrators and other IT professionals looking for deep visibility into systems and containers. Sysdig Cloud is the first comprehensive, container-native monitoring solution for applications and infrastructures.

Read this exclusive pre-show interview with VMblog and Sysdig to learn what they have planned for DockerCon 2017.

Some of you may already know Austin, TX for its breakfast tacos, its world famous BBQ, the 1.5 million bats calling the city home, the more than 1,000+ food trucks scattered across the city with amazing flavors and menu items or the 250+ live music venues that make the city the live music capital of the world.  But in the month of April (or more specifically between April 17-20, 2017), the city of Austin will become home to the three day Docker-centric conference organized by Docker, Inc. known as DockerCon 2017.  The event takes place at the Austin Convention Center located in the heart of the downtown area.

Are you attending DockerCon 2017 in Austin, TX?  If so, I invite you to add Banyan to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

Banyan was founded in 2015 by industry veterans from VMware, HP Labs, and Moovweb with expertise in different types of virtualization, networking, security, and PAAS technologies. Inspired by the adoption of container and microservices-based architectures, they have created a unique solution to seamlessly provide security and identity in highly networked environments. 

Read this exclusive pre-show interview with VMblog and Banyan to learn what they have planned for DockerCon 2017.

Are you attending DockerCon 2017 in Austin, TX?  If so, I invite you to add Hedvig to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

Hedvig provides software-defined storage for enterprises building private, hybrid, or multi-cloud environments. The Hedvig Distributed Storage Platform is the only solution designed for both primary and secondary data, making it ideal for legacy, modern, and backup workloads. It consolidates block, file, and object into a single, API-driven platform that keeps pace with ever-growing data needs. Hedvig's patented Universal Data Plane technology forms a distributed, scale-out cluster that transforms commodity servers or cloud computing into a flexible foundation for bare metal, hypervisor, and container infrastructure.    

Read the exclusive pre-show interview with VMblog and Hedvig to learn what they have planned for DockerCon 2017.

Are you attending DockerCon 2017 in Austin, TX?  If so, I invite you to add Cavirin to your MUST SEE list of vendors.

Cavirin provides continuous security assessment and remediation across physical, public, and hybrid clouds, supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, VMware, KVM, and Docker.  The company's solutions offer continuous visibility, are agentless and multi-tenant, and scale to the largest physical and virtual infrastructures.  They offer up-to-the-minute compliance assessments, supplying audit-ready evidence as measured by every major regulatory and security best practice framework including CIS, DISA, PCI and HIPAA.  With Cavirin, companies are empowered to make the right decisions faster and de-risk their cloud migrations.   

Read this exclusive pre-show interview with VMblog and Cavirin to learn what they have planned for DockerCon 2017.