VMware: Not your Granddaddy's Virtual Machine

Abstract

VMware (www.vmware.com) is a virtual machine monitor for PCs. VMware provides isolated environments in which multiple x86 operating systems and applications can run concurrently on a standard PC. VMware has a lot of capabilities hidden under the covers, besides just running multiple operating systems. This talk will cover some of the architecture of VMware and discuss some of the more interesting capabilities and technical tricks for advanced users -- including virtual disks, undoable and non-persistent disk modes, virtual networking and advanced networking and security applications.

Speaker Bio

Darryl Ramm is director of technical marketing at VMware, Inc. His responsibilities include helping plan and define VMware products and working with leading edge customers and partners. Darryl has a unusual blend of business, marketing and technical knowledge. Prior to joining VMware Darryl worked at Adobe Systems, both in the United States and Europe on the planning and rollout of new high-end graphics products. Prior to Adobe Systems Darryl held marketing and engineering positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Pyramid Technology Corporation (now Fujitsu Siemens Computers). For most of his career in the computer industry Darryl has worked on the development and marketing of high-performance commercial and database servers. Including a lot of work on mission critical systems and applications in telecommunications, and financial services. Darryl has held positions as technical board member and consultant to high-technology start ups. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Western Australia.