For everyone in the VMware Partner Community, next week marks the gathering of technologists to learn, train, and generally get together. Cisco has some great opportunities to do all of the above.

The easiest way to stay up to date? Follow us @CiscoDC. If you're not on Twitter, find me, give me 5 minutes, and let's see if I can convince you to join your community of peers.

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Here are some VMware PEX highlights:

Boot Camp:Connect, Discover, Learn with Cisco
Monday, February 25, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Session ID: SPO2400
The Cisco Boot Camp is dedicated to educating and enabling partners to sell and deploy Cisco solutions successfully.

Breakout Session:Cisco Unified Data Center: From Server to Network
Wednesday, February 27, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Satinder Sethi, VP, Server Product Management and Data Center Solutions, Cisco

Demos: Cisco Booth 1015!

• VDI: Cisco UCS with VMware View
• Cisco Servers: Cisco Unified Computing System with VMware
• Cisco Nexus 1000V Family
• Cisco Unified Management
• Branch Office Consolidation with Cisco E-Series Server
• EMC VSPEX Proven Infrastructure

Also inCisco Booth 1015,we'll be shooting multiple episodes of Engineers Unplugged! Drop by to see some of the superstars of IT in full whiteboard action. Topics range from automation to virtualization to SDN. Send me a Tweet @CommsNinja if you'd like to participate!

But wait, there's more, in addition to the fantastic official networking/social events at VMware PEX, we're gathering as Geeks Without Borders to kick things off Sunday Night. Come out, meet your colleagues in person, say hello.

Speaking of community, be sure to sign up for our growing Data Center Virtualization Community, to hang out with the Cisco experts virtually.