FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, we are less than 2 months away from VMworld 2019 and the return to the event being held back in San Francisco. If you haven't already done so I suggest heading over to the main VMworld site. There you will find all of the information that you need if you are planning on attending, as well as if you require any further information to justify your attendance at this great event. The main US site is here. In addition to this I hope you are already communicating with your VMware TAM and/or account team and are beginning to plan your VMworld event schedule as this is the best way to ensure that you make full use of your valuable time at the event. Your TAM will be able to help you with many aspects of the event planning from sessions to meetings with VMware.
It has been a few weeks since our last newsletter and we have had a bit of a break for the 4th of July holiday in the US so I hope you take some time to read through the entire newsletter as I am sure you will find lots of really useful information.
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TAM Customer Webinar
July 2019 – What’s New in vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager 8.2
Date: Thursday, July 11th
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
Join us to learn about the significant changes in the recently released version of vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager 8.2.
Guest speaker:
Cato Grace – Senior Technical Marketing Architect
Registration Link:
https://vmware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hWNQWBbqS7S_JF6FsTtsJA
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