Wow!!!! A representative from PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric) just walked out on stage during the general session at world 2006 to announce a program where PG&E customers will see a 300 to 600 dollar energy credit for every physical server they remove from their compute environment by leveraging virtualization. This is truly incredible! The implications of VMware is now capturing the attention of the energy community, all I can say is WOW!! Not only is virtualization a revolution own its own but VMware is acting as a catalyst for the energy revolution. The purpose of the program is to continue their charter of reducing global warming and our dependence on oil. This is a revolution.

Wow! Attendance at VMworld 2006 is up from VMworld 2005. In 2005 attendance at VMworld was approximately 3600 attendees. This year there are approximately 7000 attendees! If the attendance at VMware is indicative of the growth and adoption rate of the industry I think that VMware pundits are correct. This is a revolution.

Thanks to Robert Dell’Immagine and John Troyer from VMware for hosting a very nice cocktail hour last night. The continued development of the VMware community (VMTN) is nothing short of phenomenal.