While true for all enterprise software, when it comes to security, every organisation wants one dashboard to rule them all - to implement security policies consistently. That consistency of operation should be proper, regardless of wherever the service resides and is consumed from. NSX is no different and VMware has been working behind the scenes [...]
VMware Explore US 2023 is here and as always, VMware Cloud on AWS is also getting a fair number of updates. While all updates are important, there are so many of them that I can't do them justice in a blog post. So, in this one, I will only talk about some of my picks [...]
Since its release, a constant stream of features and innovations has kept VMware Cloud on AWS ahead in terms of the flexibility of architecture and the range of design choices it provides to its customers. However, storage is an area where VMware Cloud on AWS has seen the most enhancements, from capability, performance, and cost [...]
Right from the start, VMware Cloud on AWS has been a service that is built to remain at the cutting edge of what VMware has to offer. Due to those updates, one would think there wouldn't be much to announce at VMware Explore. However, one would be wrong here as there are a few updates [...]
vSAN has come a long way since it was first introduced and has been serving millions of environments worldwide. However, since its introduction, disk technologies and the transport mechanisms that power them, have all changed dramatically in their architecture, capabilities, capacity, and speed. The availability of such devices and the need for performance for demanding [...]
Of course! The biggest news at VMware Explore this year is the announcement of vSphere 8, which is scheduled to be generally available in September. This release comes with a plethora of new features, capabilities, and even architectural changes, some of which I'll be talking about in this and other related posts. With vSphere 8, [...]
Are you coming to VMware Explore? I am hoping that I can find a way to attend it as I've not missed the in-person VMworld Europe events for the past decade and have even attended both the US and Europe versions in one of those years as well. While I have attended the virtual events [...]
Last year, VMware announced "Project Arctic" as a technology preview, which aimed to natively integrate cloud connectivity into vSphere. The idea was to consolidate all management functionality into one cloud-based console that not only allows management of all vSphere platforms, regardless of their location but also allows add-on services to be made available to them [...]
Tech talks are so much better when vendors present to a small group of like-minded techie friends in an informal way, followed by some fun and chats afterwards. vRetreat, run by Patrick Redknap, is such an event, and why I try not to miss it. This time, we had Mark Hoffmann (Senior Product Manager - [...]
Storage has always been a difficult subject for VMware Cloud on AWS. While the default vSAN storage is highly performant and well-engineered, it is not the most cost-effective option. The only way to scale is to add or remove hosts. Doing so is seamless but it is a rigid amount without any choice available in [...]