The conference was completed just over two weeks ago, and since then I’ve had the opportunity to go through my notes, think about the sessions I attended and summarize what insight I gained while there.
The biggest takeaway I had for VMworld 2014 compared to last year revolved around lessons learned in 2013 were applied in 2014. The key insight in 2013 was that many other partners and customers of VMware were facing the same challenges around standardization, automation and self-service. It was helpful to learn that the things we were trying to accomplish within our department at Adobe were not unique to us.
This year, 2014, I learned that we have solved many of the challenges from the last year and now have great insight to offer out to the community. As we work towards building on the standardization, automation and self-service phases of offering both comprehensive IaaS and PaaS offerings, we are doing what we can to share that information with the broader community.
All of that is wonderful, but what are the next steps for our team, the market and others in the virtualization space? We heard a lot at the conference about OpenStack, Docker, VSAN and other emerging technologies. The focus I personally have for the next year is going to revolve around further implementation of the Hadoop ecosystem, using VMware technologies, and building out larger, comprehensive PaaS offerings.
There are many questions to be answered around how OpenStack and Docker plays in the space. I am looking forward to the challenges coming to us as we work with our engineering teams.
Should be an exciting year!
