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The combination of the excitement surrounding the vSphere Launch event and the reality of getting back to business after being out of town kept me from posting the various pictures I took during the VMware Partner Exchange 2009 conference (PE09) in Orlando, FL. Most of the photos were already tweeted as Twitpics during the event, but I’ve finally found some time to share what I’ve got as one collection.

I put together this grid collage from the photos taken with my Blackberry Curve. The photography is not too good, but the memories are great!

Click the collage for a larger view.
Doug Hazelman of Veeam made a quick video of his trip to Orlando for PE09 and posted it on his The Virtual Traveller blog. At the end is some brief footage Read the rest of this entry »

I am in Orlando, FL this week attending the Citrix Summit 2008 Partner Conference. Although I will not be live blogging, I will try to write summary posts of some of the sessions I get to attend. Much of the material from this conference is subject to the Citrix Partner NDA, so I will be limited to what I can report. I’m looking forward to technical sessions and labs on XenServer 5.0, XenDesktop, and learning more about how XenApp Server can be hosted as a VM on XenServer. I’m sure I’ll also get to hear a lot about how XenApp can publish applications for virtual desktop solutions as well.

I will tag all posts from this event as citrixsummit2008 for future reference.

The conference is being held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel. It’s a location in right in the middle of the Disney properties and parks. This morning after breakfast I was able to enjoy a great walk to the Disney Boardwalk, and then I followed a paved trail around the hotel’s central lake which took me past the neighboring Beach Club and Yacht Club Hotels as I worked my way back to the Dolphin building again.

I’m not sure of the cost of a family vacation at the Swan and Dolphin or one of the properties I walked past, but if you get the opportunity I would highly recommend staying here. I’ve seen a lot of families here so it must be reasonable. There are free water taxis to Epcot Center, and free buses to everywhere else. Click on the resort map image to the right for a larger view of the location.

As I am writing this I can hear fireworks, so I assume it must be Epcot’s nightly show. I’ll be sure to catch that tomorrow!