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Now thats a great question. I'd be curiuos to know as well.

It's officailly a crowd chat, Stephen's here! My vote has to be SolidFire of course (shameless plug and I'll stop after that)

@aarondelp Ha Ha Nice try Aaron!

I like DataGravity and Docker two favs

My Vote will be for Docker !

@aarondelp I vote for @cohodata ... but alas I am biased too ;)

@aarondelp Solidfire might be on the wrong side of the street if the flash mkt shifts

+1 for Docker!

I like @epowell101 new company stackstorm

@abhojwani Sorry... no way I couldn't take a swing at that one... Seriously, Best one I've seen lately is Platform9, VMW alumni

we like to think we will make an impact at VMworld but maybe we are biased :)

I think that there is a #bigdata company out there we haven't seen playing in the cloud that will be disruptive..I'm looking for that wave

@aarondelp Platform9 concept is good, but imo, they are a little late to the game

@furrier Ah, but SolidFire is way more than flash... don't want to make this a product pitch so let's talk offline sometime. I do agree though that a market shift could put others in danger. Good point

@vsamurai_com For your sake (and mine) I hope @cohodata makes a good run of it! We need to catch up Chris!

@aarondelp Same to you, Aaron.

@aarondelp i'll be at the their beer party to get the scoop. I think they are doing too much spreading to thin but i need the update

@cohodata +1 Coho

thinks there's too many SDS start-ups. I guess we're proving his point... LOL ;)

@abhojwani I think are hitting it at the right time. Few competitors in the space right now and evolving product right as OpenStack "buzz" is shifting to hosted management.

@furrier Beers on me Monday John!

Too many damn vExperts went to storage companies. There's your problem right there... oh, wait...

@aarondelp HA! I am a vExpert that is just an average day to day user of VMware. Should I find a storage company to go work for? ;-)

In general companies that can show value to their customers quickly, identify customers paint points and show how they solve it all in a 45 sec pitch will make splashes :)

Not sure I call Nutanix a new company but they are disrupting with their approach

Looking forward to introducing more folks to @Atlantis_USX - moved beyond just VDI workloads to accelerating any VM workload and reducing capacity by 90%. Nice value prop to work with...

#VMworld turing into a storage conference this year with all the new players. @Infinio included! I'll be laying out the 5 new storage architectures in an unbiased manner @vbrownbag 1PM Monday. That said, I vote for #Docker as most disruptive.

@shd_9 Docker is winning the developers

Of course the other way to determine most disruptive at #Vmworld is which new tech/Companies does #VMware respond to in their keynote! ;-)

@Crowdfather True, but will it win with the admin teams who have to manage it? Still see a technical disconnect for rank and file IT teams.

We've all heard rumors of potential announcements. What rumors do we want to come true? Which ones will start fights with other vendors (again). I have no insight anymore so I get to ask that ;)

@aarondelp dude you rock crowdchat - nice; to me the rumr noise is not just about docker but the issue of laying down the "nail spikes" to stop the AWS onslaught

[redacted] announces [redacted] which [redacted]. Available today!

AWS is their own challenge in many ways.

@tcrawford Actual LOL Tim... Agree with @furrier, the game seems to be defensive lately vs. offensive. I would love to see VMW go on the attack again

Everyone is looking for ways to compete with AWS. Opportunity for small companies to innovate and be acquired. Not sure we'll see adequate innovation from the major players.

@aarondelp One has to wonder if VMW can turn the corner. They're a little late to the game and have some formidable momentum against them.

@tcrawford It depends on which game they play. I'd argue they can change it just enough to where they are in a good spot. It's all about "the rules" and VMW is good at making markets if needed to survive

I think the hyperconverged space is going to get a few more entrants next week. Flash DIMMs will be a differentiator moving forward

Pat Gelsinger is not a defensive player never was in his career

...at least not any more. :)

Cool idea, eh @henrikwagner73 @furrier Let's do another tailgating CrowdChat party for #VMworld Europe! Building the cool vibe!

It's all been about #VMworld - #EHC, #Virtual #SAPHANA, #AskPat, #beers, #tea #hotel, #restaurants - what else do you want?

@sylvie75015 Just awesome #PureMagic again from the #SAPPosse

BOOM. Probably not. Wish it would. would make life easier for our #EMC #SAP Solutions

The problem is that the hype has slowly died, the initial announcements of VVOLS happened two years ago. I think we're finally going to see that it's REAL, but it will be up to the partners to create use-cases and drive adoption.

Great topic - new capability in Atlantis USX is VVOL support - provides the hooks to any storage to make compatible with VVOLs. New abstraction layer and APIs make it possible. Should accelerate general adoption

This is telling. Not so much restaurants, bars: Thirsty Bear and The Chieftan

Restaurants: Believe it or not the Schwarma place across from Moscone West. Love that place and you can get Kinder Eggs for the kids (banned in US, hard to find)

@aarondelp Amazing. I been there at least 3 times last year. Good suggestion

best part of SF, just step out around the corner and you will find great food

@henrikwagner73 very true.

I make sure to pack some Cliff bars in my bag since I'm often too busy to get a real meal. Amber's Indian buffet is excellent and close. SF is full of great places, just usually lower on the priority list during this show.

Old Siam Thai.... mmmm

Take a look at Zero zero, greens and american cheese grill.

I heard the sentennial is amazing sandwich shop. it is an old cigar stand. I show it on the food network. looking forward to trying it.

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slanted door in ferry building - a classic