Anyone with any interest in Virtualization has his or her personal reason to (want to) go to VMworld this year in San Fransisco. Unfortunately, the current economic situation, and a lot of companies cutting budget and even laying of employees, doesn’t allow a lot of people to actually go to this great event. Whether you are a system engineer who’s just starting to learn about virtualization, or a more experienced engineer, a consultant, maybe an IT manager or a sales manager or even a financial officer. You all can benefit from attending VMworld. But in the end, somewhere down the line, the guy who’s deciding if you can go or not, wants to know what’s in it for him and/or his company? “What’s the return on investment of you going to VMworld?”

And my answer is, as a good consultant , it depends… … Continue Reading