VMworld 2020 Goes Digital: Immersive Experience Offers Best Practices Sharing From Leading Companies, Personalized Learning, Business Consultations, Networking and Hands-on Training Opportunities

July 14, 2020

VMworld 2020 Goes Digital: Immersive Experience Offers Best Practices Sharing From Leading Companies, Personalized Learning, Business Consultations, Networking and Hands-on Training Opportunities

Written by David Marshall

VMware, Inc. opened the content catalog for its first-ever completely digital VMworld, which will be held from September 29 to October 1, 2020. Most of the VMworld 2020 content is free to attendees.

This year's theme, "Possible Together," will enable participants to immerse themselves in VMworld like never before-as a completely digital experience. VMworld 2020 will feature general session keynotes from VMware executives, industry-leading customers and guest speakers, as well as hundreds of sessions, customer case studies, and VMware innovations. The event will also go deeper into key areas such as app modernization, multi-cloud, virtual cloud network, digital workspace and telco cloud - as well as on emerging trends and the future of technology.

Attendees, including IT technical professionals and business decision makers, ecosystem partners and industry leaders, will find the knowledge, peer network, technologies and conversations they need to grow their careers and enable their companies' digital transformation.

"We are responding to today's rapidly changing world with an innovative, follow-the-sun around the globe event with top industry leaders," said Carol Carpenter, chief marketing officer, VMware. "VMworld 2020 will offer best practices, tools, and ecosystem insights to help companies accelerate their digital transformations and be future-ready."

At VMworld 2020, attendees will be able to:

Hear perspectives from top VMware and industry experts on what's coming next in technology,
Learn IT best practices from the world's leading companies as they navigate COVID-19,
Engage and interact online with colleagues while exploring fresh ideas and insights from experts,
Grow skills and expertise to solve tomorrow's challenges with VMware tips, training and hands-on labs,
Engage with online games, prizes and other forms of relaxation and fun.

This year, VMworld 2020 offers a complimentary General Pass and a paid Premier Pass with a limited number of passes. The General Pass will provide access to 500+ on-demand VMworld sessions. Attendees will also have access to over 100 keynotes and scheduled sessions, self-paced hands-on labs and the Solutions Exchange, featuring VMware and sponsor demo zones.

The Premier Pass will include everything in the General Pass, plus:

Exclusive sessions hosted in two time zones (UTC -7 and UTC +2)
Roundtables led by VMware experts on technical VMware questions
VMware guided Hands-on Labs
One-on-one expert consultations
Informal discussions focused on shared professional interests
Discounts on experiences throughout the conference and more

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David Marshall

David Marshall has been involved in the technology industry for over 19 years, and he's been working with virtualization software since 1999. He was able to become an industry expert in virtualization by becoming a pioneer in that field - one of the few people in the industry allowed to work with Alpha stage server virtualization software from industry leaders: VMware (ESX Server), Connectix and Microsoft (Virtual Server).

Through the years, he has invented, marketed and helped launch a number of successful virtualization software companies and products. David holds a BS degree in Finance, an Information Technology Certification, and a number of vendor certifications from Microsoft, CompTia and others. He's also co-authored two published books: "VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center" and "Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center" and acted as technical editor for two popular Virtualization "For Dummies" books. With his remaining spare time, David founded and operates one of the oldest independent virtualization news blogs, VMblog.com. And co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication dedicated to Cloud Computing. Starting in 2009 and continuing all the way to 2016, David has been honored with the vExpert distinction by VMware for his virtualization evangelism.