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 VMworld facts

• It is the largest virtualization-specific event
• It has been held in San Diego, California in 2004; Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2016; Los Angeles, California in 2006; and San Francisco, California in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
• 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