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Yes, its this time of the year where we are getting very close to DellEMC World 2017, this year will be special in so many ways that I can’t really wait!

Below you can see the XtremIO sessions, their abstracts and timing so you can plan accordingly, Do NOT miss them, as always, the timing, content may chance so ensure to check the url below for the most up to date information.

https://emcworldonline.com/2017/connect/search.ww#loadSearch-searchPhrase=xtremio&searchType=session&tc=0&sortBy=&p=

Session Name	Abstract	Scheduling Options
XtremIO: Next Generation XtremIO Deep Dive – Architecture, Features & Innovations		Monday, May 8, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Wednesday, May 10, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Top 10 Tips & Tricks To Rock Your XtremIO World	Learn the top 10 things to get the most out of your XtremIO system. Our panel of technical experts will share best practices of configuration, operation and management, and will  provide insights into your specific questions during a live ‘Ask-The-Expert’ session	Tuesday, May 9, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
XtremIO: Virtualization Best Practices With XtremIO	XtremIO provides extreme performance and efficiency for virtualized environments and pioneered integrated Copy Data Management (iCDM). Join us as we detail what the new capabilities of next generation XtremIO will mean for virtualized enterprise solutions hosted on this platform. Various deployment models will be examined and best practices for both VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments will be discussed. In addition, integration options for enhanced monitoring, orchestration & automation when using management platforms such as VMware vRealize and Microsoft System Center with XtremIO will be highlighted. This is a complete overview for those looking to better understand what XtremIO can do for their business, or alternatively for those interested in learning how customers are leveraging XtremIO today to efficiently run their virtualized workloads with stringent SLAs	 Tuesday, May 9, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
XtremIO: Empowering MS SQL & Oracle DBAs With XtremIO	Microsoft SQL and Oracle DBAs can benefit greatly from the unique Integrated Copy Data Management (iCDM) capabilities of XtremIO. Use cases will be explored in a series of demos, highlighting XtremIO’s application integrations and workflows. Learn how to enable your DBAs to deploy multiple terabyte AlwaysOn databases replicas in <5 minutes without massive network traffic. Enable self-service for rapid and nearly limitless copies of databases. Watch how a PowerShell script can take XtremIO Virtual Copies, remove sensitive data and make the database available for repurposing in a test/dev environment. Empower your DBAs today with an updated look at best practices for SQL and Oracle on XtremIO.	 Tuesday, May 9, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  Thursday, May 11, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
XtremIO: A Deep Dive In Integrated Copy Data Management	XtremIO’s unique integrated copy data management offering combines performance & scalability with reduced operational risk through automation and self-services. Maximize the value of your XtremIO deployment by simplifying application workflows and reducing development timelines. In this session, we will discuss how application admins and DBAs can repurpose different copies of Oracle, SAP and SQL Server DBs instantaneously and become more agile.	 Tuesday, May 9, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM  Wednesday, May 10, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Introduction To Next Generation XtremIO All Flash Array (Hands-on Lab)	Welcome to the next generation XtremIO platform! In this lab, you can explore the new HTML.5 based GUI. You will also be able to explore the workflows of the XtremIO data services being released.
XtremIO: Advanced Data Replication With Next Generation XtremIO Platform	Come and learn about Dell EMC’s replication innovations for XtremIO! In this session, we will first provide an overview of replication options currently available with XtremIO. Then we will introduce the industry unique metadata-aware, highly efficient native replication for the next generation XtremIO platform. Details of the replication architecture — built on inline data reduction and XtremIO in-memory snapshots to reduce data transfers between primary and secondary sites — will be presented. We will also discuss different key features required to manage DR requirements for business critical applications in a customer-centric model.	 Wednesday, May 10, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  Thursday, May 11, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
XtremIO: Simplicity & Extensibility Of The XtremIO Management System – A Guided Tour	A simplistic management model is one of the corners stones of XtremIO’s differentiation. The next generation XtremIO redefines storage management and the user experience. In this session, we will go over the 1-2-3 provisioning model built with new HTML5 web UI. In addition, we will discuss the simple user guided wizards, new auto-balanced architecture, single click real-time reports, new data savings tracking, data protection, and scalability.	 Tuesday, May 9, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  Wednesday, May 10, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
XtremIO: End-User Computing – Updates & Best Practices	Hundreds of customers are running millions of virtual desktops in production today with XtremIO. The XtremIO platform offers opportunities to start even smaller than ever before, scale more granularly. In this session, we will present a holistic overview of an XtremIO enabled VMware End-User Computing (EUC) environment. You will also learn about XtremIO sizing and best practices for VMware EUC. An end-to-end EUC datacenter solution leveraging Dell EMC servers, networking, and storage will be presented and examined in detail.	 Wednesday, May 10, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM  Thursday, May 11, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
XtremIO: Introducing The Next Generation XtremIO Platform	Come and learn about the next generation XtremIO All-Flash array! This session will review our learnings from the largest All-Flash customer base and provide an update on the latest XtremIO capabilities and how they wil help transform many workloads to deliver even greater agility, tremendous TCO, and business benefits. We will discuss the use cases and benefits for workloads focusing on VDI and business apps leveraging integrated Copy Data Management.	 Monday, May 8, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Transforming Healthcare IT With Dell EMC All-Flash Storage	In this session, learn about practical IT solutions from Dell EMC that are accelerating insights and transforming patient care shaping the future of health. We will discuss consolidation and simplification of your Electronic Health Records (EHR) infrastructure with integrated Copy Data Management (iCDM), transformative VDI solutions, highest level of data protection and availability, and performance at cloud scale leveraging VMAX All-Flash and XtremIO. Customer perspectives of their healthcare IT journey with All-Flash solutions will be another cornerstone of this session.	Monday, May 8, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
World Wide Technology: The Evolution Of Flash	Key decision points between the various flash arrays, based on our flash lab findings and customer use cases for Unity, XtremIO, All-Flash VMAX	Monday, May 8, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Enterprise Copy Data Management: Primary & Protection Copy Management Best Practices	See how eCDM discovers data copies on VMAX, XtremIO, and Data Domain. Learn how to create Protection Plans within eCDM to monitor service levels with storage groups, consistency groups, snapshots, and ProtectPoint copies. This session demonstrates how eCDM helps manage and monitor the creation and deletion of copies to ensure compliance of SLOs. A customer will speak to their experiences.	Monday, May 8, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Data Migration: Cheaper, Faster, Easier…& Now At Scale!	It is your most precious possession: your data. And usually one of the last and most frightening steps in modernizing your business critical systems is migrating the data. It doesn’t have to be so scary. It doesn’t have to be so hard. This session demonstrates the migration tools we’ve built into VMAX, VNX and XtremIO, and share the software, resources, and services that will make your data migrations dreamlike instead of scream like.	 Tuesday, May 9, 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM  Wednesday, May 10, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

A Bonus Session!

My session is the virtualization best practices one, can’t wait to see you all there