London VMUG 26th January

I will be presenting at the London VMUG on January 26th 2012, alongside my colleague Aidan Dalgleish (@aidersd) We will be presenting the session Chris Colotti and I gave at VMworld.

Session abstract:

Enterprises globally are enthusiastically embracing Cloud Computing as both a way of reducing costs and improving the quality of service IT provides to its end customers. To achieve this, enterprises are looking to VMware and its partners to help them deploy VMware vCloud Director-based Private Cloud environments. For a VMware vCloud Director-based Private Cloud to be successful and operationally sustainable, an absolutely critical first step is developing a solid vCloud architecture. This session will help partners address this critical first step by exploring the proven, practical activities and considerations VMware has defined, based on experience, for developing a vCloud architecture. A participant in this session will leave with a deep technical understanding of the guiding principles underlying a VMware vCloud Reference Architecture-compliant Private Cloud architecture. In addition to the technical aspects, this session will also provide the participant with an understanding of the key business requirements driving enterprises decision to implement a Private Cloud as well as the benefits their customers will realize from the resulting VMware vCloud Director-based implementation.

The full agenda can be downloaded by clicking here and you can register by clicking here