VMworld 2010 hands-on labs show great interest in VDI and cloud computing

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The recently ended VMware VMworld 2010 conference has been a great show in many ways. 17,000 attendees, a clear and articulated vision, a number of interesting new products, and highly popular hands-on labs, at least looking at the statistics that Yellow Bricks recently published.

Interestingly, View 4.5 and vCloud Director 1.0, both new products, attracted most people:

  1. VMware View 4.5 Install and Config (1515)
  2. VMware vSphere Perf & Tuning (1229)
  3. VMware ESX 4.1 new features (1112)
  4. VMware vCloud Director Install & Config (1019)
  5. Basic VMware vSphere Install & Config (829)
  6. VMware View 4.5 Advanced (811)
  7. VMware vSphere Troubleshooting (791)
  8. VMware vCenter SRM Install & Config (789)
  9. VMware vDS & Cisco Nexus 1KV (761)
  10. VMware vShield (734)

In total VMware server 30 different labs in 15,344 sessions.