BE A BETTER TECHNOLOGIST.
Industry challenges and demands are speeding up, leaving too many technologists behind.
Our members are telling us that it’s not one issue. It’s a myriad of them.
BIGGEST IT
CHALLENGES RIGHT
NOW
WHERE CAREER
GROWTH & HELP
IS NEEDED
The technology landscape is changing quickly. Your career needs to keep moving with it.
What issues or changes are you trying to solve for right now?
VMWARE IS A SLICE,
NOT THE WHOLE MAP.
For most of this room, VMware is well under half of a working week — not the whole job.
Members told us Microsoft, AWS, Dell, Cisco, and HPE all sit alongside VMware in their day-to-day stack. Your technology journey is broader than any one vendor's roadmap — and that's exactly the lens VMUG plans around.
VMUG has a genuine pulse on how practitioners actually spend their week.
Not a vendor's assumption.
We're bringing you that unfiltered view so today's conversations start from where you really are, not from a keynote talking point.
Here’s how we’re helping you be a better technologist to meet the realities.
Topics
Content built around the technology challenges, skills and changes that matter to you.
Upcoming Events
Connect with peers, experts and the broader technology community through VMUG programming.
On-Demand Resources
Get the insights you need when you need them — from technical education to professional development.
Community
Find people who understand the challenges you're navigating and learn from the work they're doing.
BE A BETTER TECHNOLOGIST WITH VMUG
Content
Dedicated tracks through all programming — Infrastructure & Platform Engineering, Security & Operations, AI & Modern Workloads — built for your whole stack.
Partners
Expanding beyond VMware-only sponsors to bring the broader partner ecosystem into VMUG programming and events.
Programs & Community
2027 events portfolio, Demo Days, certification pathways, and new ways to connect — built around where your career is headed.
Meet the challenges head on with a community doing the work to solve them.
of members see VMUG as a key resource for staying current.
value community for technical insights.
value connection with people who understand their industry.
One community. More ways to grow.
Wherever you are in your career, VMUG gives you multiple ways to learn, connect and keep moving forward.
Four takeaways to carry back to your team.
Assume a mixed environment
39% of peers are still on perpetual licenses. Plan for hybrid support realities, not a clean cutover.
Lead cost conversations with data
Cost optimization is the #1 shared pressure at 63%. Arm yourself before the budget meeting, not during it.
Build AI into your 2027 skills plan
One in three peers are already prioritizing AI skills, unprompted. Don't fall behind the curve.
Lean on the community, deliberately
VMUG is evolving to reflect your whole stack, not just VMware — use it as your unbiased second opinion.
BE A BETTER TECHNOLOGIST.
Meet the challenges head on with a community that understands where technology is going — and where you need to go with it.