If you are interested in attending SAP Virtualization Week 2008 but haven't signed up or registered yet, time is running out.  The virtualization event is taking place at the SAP Co-Innovation Lab of SAP Labs in Palo Alto, but the registration deadline is coming up.  You only have until March 16th to register. 

The actual event takes place on April 7-10, 2008.  Here, you will be able to see the latest technology solutions and products offered by SAP and its partners in the virtualization ecosystem.  This event will include a broad range of informative presentations, demonstrations, and panel discussions with experts from SAP, Cisco, HP, Intel, Network Appliance, VMware, EMC, Novell, Citrix, Microsoft and many more.

At the event, you can:

• See how Customers like Dow Chemical, Brown-Forman, McKesson, Continental Teves, Lockheed Martin, Checkpoint or T-Systems successfully run SAP applications in a virtualized environments
• Learn about the latest virtualization technologies and products offered by VMware,Microsoft, HP, IBM, SUN, Novell, Citrix, Parallels, Intel, AMD and many others
• See how co-innovation within the virtualization ecosystem works in real life.

In addition, on behalf of SAP and IDC, you are invited to attend the IDC Virtualization Forum: Strategies to Integrate Server, Storage, Client and I/O Virtualization, scheduled on April 8, 2008 at the Hilton San Francisco in San Francisco, CA.  This one day interactive Forum offers practical tools and strategies to manage across virtual and physical environments as well as tools and processes to manage, control and optimize your IT infrastructure while maximizing your virtualization investment. Featured topics include: impacts of emerging technologies with client, storage, and I/O virtualization; backup and disaster recovery; software appliances; and an in-depth look at next generation offerings.

Date/Time: April 7-11, 2008

Location: April 7, 9 and 10 will be located at the SAP Co-Innovation Lab, SAP Labs Palo Alto, 3410 Hillview Av, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: +1-650-849-4000
Driving directions:
http://www.sap.com/usa/company/saplabs/locations/index.epx

On April 8, events will take place at the Hilton San Francisco, 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone:+1-415-771-1400
Driving directions:
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/SFOFHHH-Hilton-San-Francisco-California/index.do

Event Web Home Pages:
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ESOAInfrastructure/Virtualization

SAP Community Network access is required, if you don't already have it, please register at https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/register