VMworld Europe is the largest virtualization event in for Europe, Middle East and South Africa. The industry is continuing to invest in Virtualization technologies and and we are expecting over 100 partners to support the event with headline sponsors confirmed as CA, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, NetApp and Symantec.

This conference will offer keynotes from VMware Executives and Dr. Krips, Managing Director of SAP Hosting, a solutions exchange floor with over 100 companies showcasing the latest in virtualization solutions, many networking opportunities and an information-packed agenda that offers over 150 unique sessions which are grouped into 6 different tracks:

• Virtual Data Center Operation System
• Desktop Virtualization
• Technology and Architecture
• Application Workload and Performance
• Technology Partners
• Hands-on Labs

This is a unique chance to learn more about current solutions and be the first to experience upcoming technologies!

A recent survey by Baird Research conducted internationally in Q4 2008, highlighted interesting areas of focus in these tough times were budgets are being cut:

• Top Cost Saving Vendors. VMware, Data Domain, NetApp, and Hewlett Packard were ranked as the top vendors for cost saving offerings, which we expect to be a big customer focus in 2009. Correspondingly, those four vendors also topped the list of Value Added Reseller expected selling plans for 2009.
• New Technology Adoption. Server virtualization and data de-duplication are perceived as having the highest demand from customers. Resellers view VMware as best positioned in both areas.

Server Virtualization continues to be the key IT investment area for 2009 and VMworld Europe will help you see and learn everything about the latest technology – don’t miss out:

• Server virtualization enjoyed the strongest demand of any technology in the survey, and VMware was ranked as the No. 1 vendor delivering cost savings to the customer. This underscores the continued broad movement towards adoption of server virtualization across the enterprise.
• VMware was viewed overwhelmingly as the dominant vendor in server virtualization, and was a featured vendor in PC virtualization.

So join your peers for a unique opportunity to learn more and capitalize on the Virtualization opportunity!

Partner Day 2009
Don’t forget that we are also hosting Partner Day 2009 on Monday 23rd February in Cannes prior to VMworld Europe. This event is held exclusively for our European partner community. You can register for Partner Day 2009 as part of your VMworld Europe registration.

If you have already registered for VMworld and would like to register for Partner Day, please contact registration@vmware-events.com, and they will contact you to confirm if your registration has been successful.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Hunt
VP EMEA Partner Organization

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