You don't have to go to the conference to see the vmworld sessions; many of them are available free on the Web. Virtualising Exchange (http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/static/sessions/2008/europe/AP03.html) and VMware Site Recovery manager (http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/static/sessions/2008/europe/BC01.html) are well worth a look. The Expert Sessions at http://www.vmworld.com/vmworld/community/experts?src=NEWS_08Q3_VMW_OTHER_VMWORLDCOMNEWS_EXPERTS cover third-party tools for VMware.
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