As technologists, security is a part of our daily lives. If it isn’t it should be. After all, just look at the recent Ransomware outbreaks that have crossed the news headlines. Now, let’s grossly simplify how some security software works. Many times, when we’re using a security product, it has a definition database. This database, …
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One of the most exciting annoucments at VMworld 2017 on Monday morning was the availability of VMware Cloud on AWS. So what do I get with VMware Cloud on AWS anyway? Each host features: 2 CPUs with 36 cores (and hyperthreading) 512 GB of RAM 14 TB of local flash storage Minimum of 4 host …
VMworld 2017 is finally here! I arrived yesterday and attended my first VCDX Town Hall meeting, which is something I have been looking forward to for a long time. It was great to finally meet so many other VCDXs in person after all this time. This afternoon, I’ll be hanging out in the VM village …
Well, it sure has been a while since I’ve been to VMworld. I attended my first and only VMworld (so far) in 2014. I had a blast finally putting all the names to faces of community members, and learning the latest and greatest about VMware technologies. This year, I am pleased to announce I’m going …
I must have to admit. When it was announced the VMware vSphere 6.5 C# client was about to ride into the sunset, I was a bit upset. Sure, I had been using the vSphere Web Client for some time for vCenter, but I was used to logging into ESXi hosts directly with the C# client, …
VMware NSX, VMware’s Network Virtualization and Security platform is one of their hottest technology platforms. VMware NSX is all about micro segmentation, a policy based method for ensuring resources are configured with the appropriate security settings. There is, of course, tremendous business value provided by a technology such as this. Before we talk about this, let’s …