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Wikibon has been closely watching VMware’s pivot from being “just a hypervisor” company to becoming a leading contender in the race to own the new cloud computing economy. Today, VMware CEO Paul Maritz and CTO Steve Herrod will be hosting a webinar “unveiling of the next major step forward in Cloud infrastructure.”

VMware’s announcements will have a big impact on existing and potential clients. To help you, the users of cloud and virtualization technologies, the Wikibon and SiliconAngle teams invite you to join in real-time analysis of the announcement, beginning at 2 pm EST (full video embed below). All of the angles of the announcement will be covered including storage, networking, security, backup, virtualization and cloud.

Whether you’re far along your journey to IT-as-a-Service or simply grabbing the low-hanging fruit of virtualization, come join the conversation of analysts and IT practitioners to get the most out of your VMware investments.

Key topics we’ll explore include:

• What was announced and what does it mean to you?
• Does this announcement bring new opportunities for virtualization?
• How and when should organizations migrate to this new VMware environment?
• Is VMware security appropriate for mission critical applications?
• What actions can users take to maximize the value of their VMware investment?

For some background:

The Value of the VMware Integration Journey