I've been asked to present my highly-successful session Designing Your Virtualization Architecture for the free Rocky Mountain Windows Technology User Group's Virtualization Event coming up at 12:30p on October 29th. The RMWTUG is a well-established group run by Dennis Demartek who plans on 300-500 people in attendance at this meeting. In addition to myself and Dennis as speakers, they plan to have Claudia Castellanos from Lewan & Associates and Jeff Drescher from BakBone presenting. Here's the agenda:

• Registration and check-in 12:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
• Exhibits Open 12:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
• RMWTUG Welcome and Comparison Presentation 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
• Virtual Storage for a Virtual World 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
• Break and Exhibits Open 2:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m.
• Designing a Virtualization Architecture 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
• The Changing Face of the Datacenter... 4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
• Reception and Exhibits Open 5:00 p.m. 5:45 p.m.
• Prize Drawings (you must be present to win) 5:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m.

Here's a short description of the session that I'll be teaching:

CA reports that 44% of virtualization deployments ultimately fail. The biggest problems with those implementations relate to poor planning and bad expectations. If you're considering making a move to virtualization, or even if you've already made the jump but into a less-than-stellar result, you need to attend this high-level session with Virtual Architect Greg Shields. We'll talk about the best practices for designing a world-class virtualization architecture that scales, meets your need, and ensures you get the best bang for your virtual dollar.

Get all the info and register at: http://www.rmwtug.org/Virtualization_Event.htm