What is "vmworld"

VMworld is a global conference for virtualization and cloud computing, hosted by VMware. It is the largest virtualization-specific event. It has been held in San Diego, California in 2004; Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005, 2008, and 2011; Los Angeles, California in 2006; and San Francisco, California in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The next VMworld will be held in Las Vegas on August 28 to September 1, 2016.

There is also an annual VMworld conference held in Europe, usually in October following the US conference.

The conference normally lasts between 3 and 5 days, and consists of breakout sessions, panels, exhibit hall, and hands-on labs. The first conference was held in the Fall of 2004, and attracted more than 1600 attendees and over the years has attracted over 20,000 attendees annually.

Sponsors and partners include Cisco, intel, SimpliVity, Dell, Hitachi, IBM, Sandisk, and Samsung.