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VMworld Europe 2012 User Awards Winners

VMworld Europe 2012 User Awards Winners

VMworld Europe User Awards Winners: Case Studies

Download: VMworld Europe Coverage + 3 User Award-Winning Case Studies

This year, TechTarget and ComputerWeekly were the official media partners of VMworld Europe and the third annual Best of VMworld Europe 2012 user awards – an award competition recognizing the most innovative and distinguished uses of virtualization among European IT professionals. Our team of independent experts and editors from TechTarget's Search sites and ComputerWeekly were on site in Barcelona to provide detailed media coverage of the event – from end user feedback to new products and up-to-date news from VMware.

This expert resource contains an e-guide condensing the coverage from the event to give you only the top news and commentary, plus case studies showcasing the winning IT projects from three Best of VMworld Europe 2012 user award winners, including:

- Best Virtualization for Disaster Recovery Project: Catalent Pharma Solutions

- Best Virtualization and Consolidation Project: Tiger Wheel & Tyre

- Best Virtualization and Consolidation Project: The National Trust

Don't miss these winning VMware case studies from your peers and read up on everything you you missed at the conference in Barcelona!

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