Virtualization offers a lot of benefits, one of them being a clear path to developing a private cloud.
Virtualization enthusiasts came out in droves Monday as VMware hosted its annual VMworld 2010 conference in San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
With more than 16,000 reported attendees, VMworld saw many shut out of sessions, due to long lines and a no standing-room only policy (everyone had to be seated). That led to some show goers passing the time with ping pong, air hockey or pool, while others lined up to get a coveted spot in the next session.
The day also featured presentations from folks such as Anil Karmel, solutions architect for the network and infrastructure engineering and production systems group at Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico. In 2006, Karmel explained to attendees that his organization began its journey to the cloud by first implementing virtualization. He made it clear that “virtualization is not cloud computing,” but it is a great starting place for those hoping to establish a private cloud.
Other more artistic avenues also explored the “journey to the cloud.” Chalk artists created an image sponsored by CA Technologies that depicted the message “accelerate your journey to the cloud.”
And CA Technologies also drove the point home in its booth. The vendor is campaigning for IT organizations to “quit stalling” with their virtual deployments so they can expand into private clouds. With virtual sprawl comes virtual stall in some cases, but with the right technologies, processes and people, IT organizations can move past the management, security and other hurdles large virtualization deployments can represent, according to CA Technologies.
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