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EMC World


August 8, 2011  2:00 PM

Now is a good time to start planning your 2012 conference schedule.



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Dev Connections, EMC World, SQL Excursions, SQL PASS, Tech Ed

The 2011 conference season is starting to come to a close.  There are only a few large conferences left such as VM World, SQL PASS, and Dev Connections.  Many people are currently working with their bosses to get sent to these conferences. However while going through these conversations here's...

May 11, 2011  4:16 PM

EMC World Day 2



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2011, GreenPlum, SQL Server, VMware, VNX, VNXe

Yesterday was EMC World day 2 and it was another great day at the conference. I started the day a little late as I was out pretty late on Monday night at a party. I was abe to great some great sessions in during the day however. The first session that I hit was "SQL Server on VMware -...


May 10, 2011  2:00 PM

EMC World 2011 Day 1



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2011, SQL Server

So today was the first official day of EMC world. I had a great time meeting some fantastic people like Chuck Hollis from EMC. There were also some fantastic sessions. This year EMC is doing something new and putting the sessions online through an iPad app as well as putting them on their...


May 9, 2011  2:00 PM

EMC World 2011 Day 0



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2011

So today began EMC World 2011.  It started in true EMC style with a great party, sponsored by UniSys.  The party was held at the Hotel pool which seems a little strange but EMC made it work.  It was a little windy last night, apparently not even EMC can control the weather. I met some great...


May 2, 2011  2:00 PM

Next week is EMC World, and I’m getting there a little differently than usual.



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2011

So this year EMC World is back in Las Vegas, and I'm damn happy that I'm going again.  Instead of taking the quick flight from Ontario to Las Vegas like I normally word, I'll be getting there a little differently, I'll be riding my motorcycle. As I can only...


May 15, 2010  12:59 AM

EMC World Day 4 (The final day)



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2010, Samuel Adams, Tech Ed, Tech Ed 2010

Well yesterday was the final day of EMC World 2010. This was a great conference (see posts for Days -1, 0,


May 13, 2010  4:39 PM

EMC World Day 3



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Celerra, EMC World, EMC World 2010, Emulex, Exchange 2010, FAST, VMware, Xsigo

Yesterday was Day 3 of EMC World, and there were more great sessions packed full of technical information.  Yesterday was also the last day of the exhibit hall being open so it was Apple iPad giveaway day as well, sadly I didn't win one. The first session that I want to recap here was the SAN...


May 12, 2010  8:16 PM

EMC World Day 2



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Bob Ward, Bruce Zimmerman, CLARiiON, EMC World, EMC World 2010, VMware

So yesterday was Day 2 of EMC World, and my body is really starting to feel it.  All the sessions today were top notch sessions. The first session yesterday was by Bruce Zimmerman.  For those of you in the SQL Server community that are reading this Bruce is to the EMC Storage community as Bob...


May 11, 2010  9:02 PM

EMC World Day 1



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2010

So yesterday was day 1 of EMC World.  I attended some great sessions (and one not so great one). The first session that I hit was the futures for the EMC CLARiiON's FLARE software.  For those that don't know what FLARE is, FLARE is the software which runs the array and handles all the...


May 10, 2010  2:26 PM

EMC World Day 0



Posted by: Denny Cherry
EMC World, EMC World 2010

Yesterday was Day 0 or EMC World which means that it's party day.  The day started with Registration and the Welcome reception.  If you've never been to EMC World, registration is probably the longest line in the place.  You've got all 10,000 or so attendees trying to get checked in. ...