When organizations begin the journey to Cloud infrastructures, they must start with Datacenter Virtualization. This session will explore VMware's vSphere 5, the industry-leading virtualization platform for building cloud infrastructures that enable you to run business critical applications with confidence and respond to the business faster. Attendees will learn about the new features in vSphere 5, including application and infrastructure services as well as guidance for upgrading your existing virtualization platform. Attendees of this session will discover how the new vSphere 5 can: * Streamline IT Operations. * Provide a powerful disaster recovery strategy. * Support running mission-critical applications. * Deliver the most flexible building block for leveraging the Cloud.