Just received some exciting news from VMware,  my two submissions have been approved and are scheduled for VMworld 2009!   Looks like I have some work ahead of me.  One of the sessions will actually be an Ask the Experts panel discussion.   More information to follow, but here is what I received from VMware:

Dear Rick,

Congratulations! The session proposal below has been accepted for VMworld 2009, taking place August 31- September 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA.

Session ID: TA2259

Session Title: Ask the Experts – Virtualization Design

Track: Technology and Architecture

Session ID: TA2262

Session Title: vSphere Enterprise Stability – It’s all in the Design

Track: Technology and Architecture

I’m planning on putting together an Expert Panel of VM-Guru’s for the Ask the Experts session — so some of you may expect to hear from me soon!