As August slips away, so does VMworld, held last week in San Francisco.

About 21,000 people attended the event — 5,000+ companies; 230 sponsors and exhibitors; and 86 countries were represented. The conference was big for VMware and CEO Pat Gelsinger, who laid bare the company’s vision which puts Kubernetes are the bull’s-eye of the company’s product strategy — hence the acquisition of Pivotal, announced just days before the kickoff of VMworld.

That acquisition combined with another significant and strategic investment – Heptio, another leader in the open Kubernetes ecosystem made late last year – positions VMware to deliver an enterprise-grade Kubernetes-based portfolio for modern applications on any cloud, app and device.

If you missed VMworld last week, click through our slideshow above for conference highlights.