{"id":5637,"date":"2017-08-30T07:45:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T21:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.penguinpunk.net\/blog\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2017-08-30T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T22:14:52","slug":"vmware-vmworld-2017-monday-general-session-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.penguinpunk.net\/blog\/vmware-vmworld-2017-monday-general-session-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware – VMworld 2017 – Monday General Session Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disclaimer: I recently attended\u00a0<\/strong>VMworld 2017 \u2013 US<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 My flights were paid for by ActualTech Media<\/a>, VMware<\/a>\u00a0provided\u00a0me with a free pass to the conference and various bits of swag, and Tech Field Day<\/a>\u00a0picked up my hotel costs. There is no requirement for me to blog about any of the content presented and I am not compensated in any way for my time at the event.\u00a0 Some materials presented were discussed under NDA and don\u2019t form part of my blog posts, but could influence future discussions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here are my rough notes from the Monday General Session at VMworld US 2017. You can grab a PDF of them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s was a “Rock cello” introduction to get the audience excited. Pat Gelsinger<\/a>\u00a0then takes the stage. He welcomes the\u00a020000+ people in Vegas fro the conference along with those watching the live stream remotely. This is his\u00a06th VMworld. He offers his thoughts and prayers for the people impacted by Hurricane Harvey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Market Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Science fiction is becoming science fact.\u00a0The exoskeleton from Alien<\/a> is now a reality.\u00a0What is the most profound change of them all?\u00a0Self-driving cars have gone from mind-blowing to mundane.\u00a0Tech has left the nest. Digital media and entertainment is only now surpassing traditional media. Digital retail is now only 10% of the traditional retail market.\u00a050% of IT is going into new customer experiences, with 50% used for “keeping the lights on”.<\/p>\n

200+ years ago over 80% of Americans involved in agriculture. There are\u00a0a lot less nowadays. We’re busily working to change the\u00a0quality of life for people. The new three Rs are\u00a0\u201cread, write code, and [a]rithmetic\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The Edge<\/strong><\/p>\n

VMware<\/a>‘s mantra recently has been “Any device, any application, any cloud (with intrinsic security)”. We’re seeing a shift again from centralisation to decentralisation, after the last decade of the cloud heavily influencing the move to centralisation. According to Gelsinger, the\u00a0edge (via the Internet of Things) is forcing us back the other way. VMware are focused on\u00a0\u201ccloud-to-edge\u201d where the physical world meets the digital, and connecting people to applications and services.<\/p>\n

Workspace ONE<\/a> is designed to be “consumer simple but enterprise secure”<\/p>\n