Edge Compute at VMware Explore Barcelona

Recently I started a new role at VMware focusing on the edge as part of the Service Provider & Edge Business Unit, I was excited by this move as the edge has been a focus point of mine for the last year now working in OCTO on Project Keswick.

There are so many aspects I am excited about working on edge compute, the most exciting part has to be the use cases I am seeing at the edge, these are totally different to the datacenter and are so much closer to the core business processes and critical to modernization of the features which have often long existed but are looking to be done in a faster, more resilient and more economical way. Anyway, more to come on this as I bring my blog back to life and start to focus more on everything edge related.

Lets start the ball rolling with some great ways to learn more about this exciting area of IT, coming up soon is VMware Explore Barcelona 6-9 Nov, I will be there talking to customers, partners and analysts and presenting the latest and greatest information from VMware.

My Sessions and whereabouts

If you are as excited about the edge as I am or would just like to chat please reach out to me, I would love to catch up and chat, hit me up on twitter (I cant bring myself to call it x) at @alanrenouf. You can also find me at my sessions below or at the edge booth in the solutions exchange.

Session ID / Link	Title	Speakers	Session Type	Date / Time
1999	VMware Edge Compute Stack Reference Architecture Deep Dive	Michael Wright, Sven Gmelin, Alan Renouf	Tutorial	Monday, Nov 6 1:00pm – 2:30pm
CTEX	VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator – Scaling & deploying ESXi and Kubernetes at the Edge with Desired State Management & Gitops	Alan Renouf	CTEX	Tuesday 7th 11.45am – 12.45pm
23386	VMware {code} Hackathon  – MUST ATTEND	Come along and enjoy some fun, you don’t have to be able to code!	Hackathon	Monday, Nov 6 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM

Edge Keynote Related Sessions

These are a must watch, full of awesome new announcements, new tech and fantastic customer stories:

ID / LINK	Title	SPeakers	SESSION TYPE	DAT / TIME
2161	Solution Keynote: Everything Everywhere All at Once – Living on the Edge with VMware	Sanjay Uppal & Others	Keynote	Tuesday, Nov 7 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
2157	Technology Innovation Showcase	Kit Colbet, Chris Wolf and others	Keynote	Tuesday, Nov 74:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Edge Compute Sessions

There will be lots of great sessions from my colleagues, partners we work with and customers who are doing awesome things at the edge, I am going to try and attend as many as I can

Session ID / Link	Title	Speakers	Session Type	Date / Time
1188	Why ZEISS Semiconductor Will Virtualize Their Factory Systems	Stephan Wolf, Martin Spaniol, Lars Bischof	Breakout	Weds, Nov 8 – 2:00pm – 2:45pm
1643	Energy Industry Roundtable	Alexandra Baleta, Olga Grbovic, Chris Mutchier	Tutorial	Monday, Nov 6 – 4:00pm – 5:30pm
1663	A New Era for Manufacturing:  Keep the World Moving, No Matter What	Saadat Malik, Alexandra Baleta, Ronny Hendrych, Henning Loeser, Lars Bischof	Tutorial	Monday, Nov 6 – 2:00pm – 3:30pm
1718	Retail Digital Transformation and the Future Store of Today	Ryan Wehner, Stephen Byrne, Andre Schaefer, Arron Lock	Tutorial	Monday, Nov 6 – 2:00pm – 3:30pm
1987	What’s New in Edge Compute Stack?	Saadat Malik, Anand Srinivas	Breakout	Tuesday, Nov 7 – 10:30am – 11:15am
1992	Edging Ahead Data-Driven Decisions for Edge AI with RabbitMQ and OpenVino	Michael Wright, Roger Freixa	Breakout	Thurs, Nov 9 – 12:30pm – 1:15pm
2000	Transforming Utilities with VMware Edge Compute Stack	David Fry, Kennet Nyman	Breakout	Weds, Nov 8 – 3:15pm – 4:00pm
2001	Transforming the Retail Experience with VMware Edge Compute Stack	Charles Cockshoot, Abhilasha Choudhri	Breakout	Weds, Nov 8 9:00am – 9:45am
2002	Are you afraid of adopting Private 5G? Address your Fears with VMware PMN	Ram Venketaramani	Breakout	Weds, Nov 8 – 12:45pm – 1:45pm
2003	VMware Edge Compute Stack – Practical Use Cases and Solutions	Kangwarn Chinthammit, Martin Krentzer, Ben Brillat	Breakout	Tuesday, Nov 7 – 11:45am – 12:15pm
2005	Ask Us About Edge Compute Stack and Edge Use Cases	Kangwarn Chinthammit	Meet The Experts	Tuesday, Nov 7 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM & Wednesday, Nov 8 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Solutions Exchange

Make sure you also head to the VMware booth in the solutions exchange, I will be hanging around the edge area as there will be a lot of exciting demos and booths showing what we can do with Edge Compute, make sure you check out the lego manufacturing demo!

Looking forward to seeing you there!