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Best of VMworld Europe 2011- User Awards preview

IT managers and users in Europe are ready for VMworld Europe 2011 and eager to learn about latest virtualisation and cloud computing technologies as well as the best ways of using them.

During the show, SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.UK will host its second annual Best of VMworld Europe 2011 User Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 19, 1.50pm at the Demo Theatre in the Bella Center.

In the run-up to the event, we caught up with virtualisation and cloud experts Mike Laverick and Gabrie van Zanten on the process of judging the awards.

The experts explain that adoption of virtualisation has matured, where companies now use the technology not only as a hypervisor but as a real business tool.

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