FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, with VMworld USA behind us and VMworld Europe ahead of us I wanted to provide you with some good news for those wanting to review many of the sessions that were presented at VMworld USA.
Even if you didn’t attend VMworld these are open to the public. That’s 40 free sessions please take advantage of them.
Those can be accessed here.
http://www.vmworld.com/en/sessions/top-10-us.html
If you are a registered attendee of VMworld, all sessions are now available through this link.
http://www.vmworld.com/en/sessions/verify.html
Also, the hands on labs from VMworld are now all available. There are 60 Labs to choose from in all of our software stacks.
Please take advantage of this free training opportunity.
http://hol.vmware.com
Have a fantastic week and if you are at VMworld Europe I wish you a great experience.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Staff Technical Account Manager, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA
Please head over to our dedicated TAM Webcasts online URL:
http://tinyurl.com/tamwebcasts
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