Last week at VMworld 2017 in the US, VMware announced the initial availability of VMware Cloud on AWS. It was the focal point for VMware at the event and probably the most important strategic play that VMware has undertaken in it’s history. This partnership was officially announced at last year’s VMworld and at the time […] Read More
VMware Cloud on AWS Availability with Veeam
It’s been exactly a year since VMware announced their partnership with AWS and it’s no surprise that at this year’s VMworld the solution is front and center and will feature heavily at Monday’s keynote. Earlier today Veeam was announced as an officially supported backup, recovery and replication platform for VMware Cloud on AWS. This is […] Read More
Veeam Vault #8: VMworld 2017 Edition…Still Best Of!
I’m sitting in the airport lounge waiting to board the first leg of my 26 hour journey to Las Vegas for VMworld 2017 and I thought it was no better time to write the next edition of my Veeam Vault series. This will be my fifth VMworld as as I wrote earlier in the week…I […] Read More
VMworld 2017: vCloud Air Network Again Out in Force
Last year saw a resurgence in vCloud related sessions at VMworld and the trend has continued this year at the 2017 event. Looking through the sessions at Partner Exchange and VMworld proper the refocus on the vCloud Air Network that was announced at VMworld 2015 has gathered steam. This together with the subsequent release of vCloud Director SP […] Read More
VMworld 2017: Don’t Take it for Granted!
This time next week VMworld 2017 will be kicking off with the Sunday evening Welcome Reception among other sponsor and community events and for me, it will mark my fifth VMworld since 2012 having only missed the 2013 event. It’s become an annual pilgrimage to the west coast of the US so much so that […] Read More
Runecast: Overview and Service Provider Use Case
A few months ago I was lucky enough to spend time with a couple of the founders of Runecast, Stanimir Markov and Ched Smokovic and got to know a little more about their real time analytics platform for VMware based infrastructure. Soon after that I downloaded and deployed it in my lab and have been […] Read More
NSX Bytes: NSX-v 6.3.3 Released – Upgrade Notes and Enhancements
Last week VMware released NSX-v 6.3.3 (Build 6276725) and with it comes a new operating system for the NSX Controllers. Once upgraded the new controllers will be powered by Photon OS which is more and more making it’s way into VMware’s appliances. There are a few other new bits in this release but more importantly […] Read More
Top vBlog 2017: Notable Representation and Thanks
It feels like this year moving along at ludicrous speed so it’s no surprise that the Top vBlog for 2017 has been run and won. This year Eric Siebert changed things up by introducing new voting mechanisms to try and deliver a more palatable outcome for all who where involved…I think it worked well and […] Read More
Updated: VMworld 2017 – #vGolf Las Vegas
To say that #vGolf is back bigger and better than the inaugural #vGolf held last year at VMworld 2016 is an understatement! This year’s event has been very popular and has gotten a great response. I’d like to give special mention and thank you to the sponsors of this years event: Special mention going to […] Read More
vSphere 6.5 Update 1 – What’s in it for Service Providers
Late last week VMware released vSphere 6.5 Update 1 which included updated builds of both vCenter and ESXi and as per usual I will go through some of the key features and fixes that are included in the latest versions of vCenter and ESXi. When looking through the release notes I generally keep an eye […] Read More