Join Me At The Indianapolis VMUG Conference!

July 8, 2016 0 By Eric Shanks

Join me on July 20th in Indianapolis Indiana for a day of fun and learning at the annual Indianapolis VMware Users Group Conference! For those of you not familiar with VMUG, its an independent customer-led organization created to maximize members’ use of VMware and partner solutions through knowledge sharing, training, collaboration and events. VMUG is the largest organization worldwide focused on virtualization users. Don’t worry if you just want the day off from work, that’s just one of the benefits, but BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR FREE HERE: https://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=13570

VMUGs are available all over the world, but the Indianapolis VMUG conference is one of the largest. There will be opportunities to learn from peers, partners and industry experts throughout the day through panels and sessions. Be sure to get their early to listen to the Keynote provided by yours truly, entitled “You Spilled Your Cloud in My DevOps.” The Full Event Schedule can be found below, or on the Indy VMUG event page. There is also an app for Android and iPhone so you will always know the updates on the day of the event.

Event Agenda

TIME	EVENT	TRACK	LOCATION
7:45 AM – 8:20 AM	Registration \| Breakfast	Registration	Sagamore Ballroom Foyer
8:20 AM – 8:35 AM	VMUG Welcome	General Session	Sagamore Ballroom 1-3
8:35 AM – 9:00 AM	VMware Update – Adam Eckerle, VMware	General Session	Sagamore Ballroom 1-3
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM	Keynote Presentation: You Spilled Your Cloud in My DevOps – Eric Shanks	General Session	Sagamore Ballroom 1-3
9:45 AM – 10:10 AM	Break \| Mingle with Partners \| Demo Zone	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
9:45 AM – 1:00 PM	UserCon Career Consult	Community	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
10:10 AM – 10:50 AM	Converged Platforms, Building Blocks for the Modern Data Center, EMC	Data Center Management	201
	Achieving Cloud-Based IT Resilience for Virtualized Environments – Mike Dupuy, Axcient	Hybrid Cloud & Emerging Technologies	202
	First Look @ vRealize Network Insight, Formerly Arkin – Sean O’Dell, VMware	Networking & Security	203
	Demystifying Backup – 4 Tips When Considering a Backup Solution, Hewlett Packard Enterprise	Storage & Availability	204
	18 Things NOT To Do with Your vSphere Backups – Joe Morton, Veeam	vSphere & Virtualization	205
	vCenter 6.0 Deployment & Availability – Adam Eckerle, VMware	vSphere & Virtualization	206
	vRealize Suite Standard: Intelligent Operations – Jack White, VMware	Data Center Management	208
	Community Session: SaaS is an Important Part of Your Cloud Strategy – Gina Rosenthal	Community	209
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM	Break \| Mingle with Partners	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
11:00 AM – 11:40 AM	Virtual Volumes Backstory and Benefits – Andy Banta, NetApp SolidFire	Data Center Managment	201
	What Is Your Cloud Strategy? – Jason Nizich, Data Strategy	Hybrid Cloud & Emerging Technologies	202
	Addressing Latency, IT’s Menace – Brent Earls, Mirazon	Other	203
	Five Requirements of VM-Aware Storage – Tintri	Storage & Availability	204
	State of the Union of Converged Infrastructure – SIS	Other	205
	Troubleshooting Storage Performance – Adam Osterholt, VMware	vSphere & Virtualization	206
	The Practical Path Using VMware NSX – Brad Christian, VMware		208
	Community Session: Design Fundamentals – Building a Solid Foundation for Your EUC Environment – Sean Massey	Community	209
11:40 AM – 11:50 AM	Break \| Mingle with Partners	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
11:50 AM – 12:30 PM	The Application-Centered Approach: A Primer to Modern User Environment Management – Sean Massey, AHEAD	EUC Desktop Virtualization	201
	Why You Need DR – Greg Reasner, Zerto	Data Center Management	202
	Mastering PowerShell to Call RESTful API Endpoints – Chris Wahl, Rubrik	Hybrid Cloud & Emerging Technologies	203
	BYOD, The Silent Digital Disruptor – Scott DeShong, Presidio	Other	204
	Top 10 Things You MUST Know Before Implementing VVols – 2016 Edition, Hewlett Packard Enterprise	Storage & Availability	205
	Virtual SAN 6.2 Technical What’s New – Josh Fidel, VMware	Storage & Availability	206
	Community Session: Tales from the Trenches: Upgrading to vSphere to 6.x – Paul Woodward Jr.	Community	209
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM	Lunch \| Mingle with Partners	Lunch	Sagamore Ballroom 1-3
1:00 PM – 1:50 PM	Laughs Over Lunch with Comedian Don McMillan	General Session	Sagamore Ballroom 1-3
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM	Break \| Mingle with Partners	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
2:00 PM – 2:40 PM	VMs, Containers, and Cloud, Oh My! Controlling and Automating Your Stack and the New Stack, VMTurbo	Data Center Management	201
	Cryptolocker, DR, and End User Oopsies: All in a Minute’s Work, SimpliVity	Hybrid Cloud & Emerging Technologies	202
	Hyperconvergence in Secondary Storage for VMware Environments, Cohesity	Other	203
	Introducing Cisco HyperFlex – Next Generation Hyperconverged, Cisco	vSphere & Virtualization	204
	Beyond the Hypervisor. When, Where, and How Flash Improves SAN, SDS, HCI, and Cloud, SanDisk	Other	205
	Performance Best Practices for vSphere – G. Blair Fritz, VMware	vSphere & Virtualization	206
	Enabling Faster Application Delivery and Unified Management with VMware App Volumes – VMware	EUC Desktop Virtualization	208
	Community Session: The Evolution of iSCSI and VMware – Andy Banta	Community	209
2:40 PM – 3:20 PM	Break \| Mingle with Partners	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM	Indy Bacon Walk	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM	Partner Giveaways \| Exhibits Closed	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
3:20 PM – 4:00 PM	Simple and Secure with Dell Wyse – Cloud Client Computing, Dell Client Cloud Computing	EUC Desktop Virtualization	201
	Virtually In-Scope – Securing PCI Workloads for Hybrid Cloud, Trend Micro	Hybrid Cloud & Emerging Technologies	202
	How to Protect Your VM Environment from Ransomware – Unified Recovery in Minutes for Backup/DR, Quorum	Hybrid Cloud & Emerging Technologies	203
	What’s New in Log Management and Analytics with vRealize Suite 7 – Jack White, VMware	Data Center Management	206
	Highly Secure Horizon View and NSX Design – Brad Christian, VMware	EUC Desktop Virtualization	208
	Automatically Deliver VMware Services to the Right Users, at the Right Place, at the Right Time – Thomas Brown	Community	209
4:00 PM – 4:05 PM	Break	Break	Sagamore Ballroom 4-7
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM	Closing Reception & Giveaways sponsored by VMware NSX	Reception	Sagamore Ballroom 1-3

Don’t forget there will be plenty of vendors there giving away free stuff and performing demos as well. A large group of partners will be on hand to answer questions and get you familiar with other solutions in the ecosystem. You can’t help but to learn something new.

One last thing, there will be a group of industry experts on hand to provide career advice to anyone who is looking for some. Are you not sure what to do next? Are you confused about the direction the industry is heading? Stop by and talk to one of the consultants and get a professional headshot photo as well. Great for your Linkedin page for sure.