Today, VMware unveiled what it's calling the "Modern Network Framework for Data Center and Cloud Networking". As the name states, it's not a new networking product but is all about building a framework on top of the various networking products in the Virtual Cloud Network portfolio, that includes NSX and VMware SD-WAN etc, and defining [...]
In my last post, I talked about What's new in vSphere 7 Update 1 when it comes to vSphere. This one covers the important bits (in my view) when it comes to vSAN. Due to the importance of vSAN for most vSphere environments, it's good to see such a number of new features coming through. [...]
Today, VMware is releasing vSphere 7 Update 1 and along with fixes and enhancements, there are some notable additions related to Tanzu. For that reason, VMware's tagline for this update is "Developer-Ready Infrastructure". In this post, I will cover the important bits that you should be paying closer attention to. vSphere with Tanzu When vSphere [...]
If you live and breathe VMware products, as part of work or just because you love them so much, you must have heard that the second round of vExpert applications for 2020 is now open. You have until 20th June 2020 to submit your application and all being well, the announcement for the successful applicants [...]
The way things were going, it didn't seem likely that I'd be attending Cloud Field Day 7 but that's the way things are in the Tech Field Day family and all of a sudden, I am also a part of this instalment now. As you would expect these days, the event will be held [...]
A week or two ago, a team of the great people at VMware got together to create a VMware appliance, in order to help out with the Folding@Home project. The project has been around for many years but Amanda Blevins was instrumental in galvanizing the VMware community to donate their spare CPU/GPU cycles to the [...]
In recent times, organisations have become more aware of the need to develop applications that closely align with their core business and that has been taking priority, rather than the platform that used to be the most important factor in the past. Recognising this trend, VMware has been working towards integrating its portfolio products to [...]
VMworld is VMware's main yearly event and the time when it brings out whatever is new with the products. Naturally, VMware has a few updates in store for this one too and we as bloggers were fortunate enough to get a glimpse of it before coming here. The updates fall broadly into three categories: Storage [...]
In Part 1 of this post, I talked about the first two sessions of the day. In this one, I will cover the rest. Don't worry as there aren't that many slides in this one. Let's continue with the slides for a bit and then I'll give you my two pence as well. Sessions (continued) After [...]
Last year, I attended Ravello Blogger Day 1 (#RBD1) which was about Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and relaunch of the Ravello on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. This year, I was invited again to attend the second installment of it (#RBD2), which was more of an update on the past year, new things to come but also about [...]