IDC recently upgraded their 2020 forecast for storage growth from 40x to 50x of what we have now, saying there will be 6.6 zetabytes of digital stuff, or almost two desktop drives fully loaded with data for every single person in worldwide population then. Not easy to believe? Take a short story for example. Every time I have a lecture on cloud storage for IT pros of financial institutions, I bring my fresh version of the PPT on a USB stick, copy it to a presenter’s PC, make some edits and send it over to a dozen attendees creating up to 20 copies of the original almost instantly. With all lectures past and many still to come, hundreds of copies will end up on peoples’ desktops and in their mailboxes.

Partners who registered for a full conference pass were entitled to attend Partner Day on a complimentary basis on Monday October 14. Listen to keynote speeches, attend focused breakout sessions covering VMware products, pricing and programs, and network with peers in this special day specifically for VMware Partners.

VMworld Barcelona is here and we’re focused on preparations for our booth located at G122, while also finalizing business back in our home offices. If you are anywhere near as busy as we are, and we don’t doubt that you are, then you have little to no time to really find out how to maximize your VMworld experience.

Next week we will be at VMworld in Barcelona. You will be there to learn what’s new and to find out how to do your job faster, better, and cheaper.