We're excited to be back at the Moscone Center in San Francisco for VMworld this week and our theme is Bring IT: Unleash the Possibilities. You'll see this theme unfold throughout the Cisco activities at VMworld -where we'll be featuring our data center automation and cloud management software this week.

In particular, we're bringing Cisco UCS Director to VMworld and it will be featured in our demos, theater presentations, and breakout sessions at the show. If you're not already familiar with UCS Director, it's our flagship infrastructure automation software -for provisioning not only VMs but also bare metal servers, storage, networking, and layer 4-7 services.  It's a key component of many of our solutions that you'll see at VMworld.

For example, check out the video below of application-centric cloud management and infrastructure automation, powered by Cisco UCS Director, Cisco Prime Service Catalog, and the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC):

http://youtu.be/lD-CYOIAj_g

This past week, we also announced our new Cisco UCS Performance Manager software for performance monitoring of UCS and UCS-based integrated infrastructure -leveraging technology from our partner Zenoss. Stop by the Cisco or Zenoss booths at VMworld and be one of the first to see a live demonstration!

We're also showcasing our software solutions for hybrid cloud, virtual network services automation, integrated infrastructure management, cloud automation, and more.

And, just to make it easy for you plan out your VMworld schedule, here's a snapshot of the breakout sessions, demos, and theater presentations on our data center automation and cloud management software.

On Tuesday evening from 8-11pm, Cisco and Intel are hosting our annual reception for customers and partners -and it's all centered around bacon!So, join us in the San Francisco Ferry Building for a fun reception fueled by local culinary flavors and a heaping side of sizzling bacon. What's better than chatting about tech while munching on delectable bacon?

Your VMworld show badge and vBacon sticker are required for entry to the party. To get your sticker, register in advance and pick up your special sticker at the Cisco booth. And don't forget to use the hashtag#vBacon.

We're looking forward to seeing you at VMworld! Stop by the cloud & infrastructure management demo area in the Cisco booth and follow us at @CiscoUM for more resources and information.