A tech conference without corporate yadda yadda? Yes, it exists

Dozens of conferences ask you to take a day out of your busy schedule, then don't do much more than bore you with derivative disruption-speak delivered by suits.

VMware User Group (VMUG) Conferences are different, because VMware's users pick the content and look for material that interests real IT pros. So instead of a day dominated by stuff for suits, you get a day of conversation with peers.

This year, the Sydney VMUG conference event features VMware trainer and developer Alastair Cooke, plus data centre commentator Chris Wahl.

VMware's sent along its engineering architect Scott Lowe, who will give a talk on the The Future of Network Virtualisation. SAP Infrastructure Architect Keith Townsend will explain When to Select Hyper-Converged Solutions.

Other sessions will be delivered by people just like you: frontline IT pros who want to share their experiences.

So what are you waiting for? Register for the February 23rd event here.

And one more thing: just because this is a user-organised day, don't imagine you go without the usual conference perks. The day's fully catered, exhibitors will have prizes and there's also a home lab up for grabs, comprising a Synology DS1518+ Diskstation (donated by Synology) and 8 x NAS HDD 4TB (donated by Seagate).

Sign up to attend and you're also in with a chance of scoring a dirty weekend away at The Sebel Kirkton Park Hunter Valley, including a hot air balloon ride and a gift card for expenses.

Sign up for the conference here. And tell 'em The Reg sent you. ®