Introducing VMware Validated Designs

Introducing VMware Validated Designs

Introducing VMware Validated Designs

Mike Brown is a Senior Technical Marketing Architect in the Integrated Systems Business Unit. Mike’s focus is on reference architectures for the VMware vCloud Suite and the Software-Defined Data Center. He has multiple industry certifications, including VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX), VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud, and VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization. Follow Mike on the vSphere Blog and on Twitter @vMikeBrown . Over the past year VMware engineers…Read More


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New Horizon 6 Reference Architecture Highlights…

New Horizon 6 Reference Architecture Highlights App Volumes and Virtual SAN

New Horizon 6 Reference Architecture Highlights…

By Donal Geary, Desktop Virtualization Reference Architecture Engineer, VMware Gary Sloane, Consulting Writer and Editor, VMware Hardly a day goes by without somebody asking how to deploy App Volumes or take advantage of Virtual SAN on View virtual desktops in VMware Horizon 6. This new VMware Horizon 6 with App Volumes and Virtual SAN Reference […] The post New Horizon 6 Reference Architecture Highlights App Volumes and Virtual SAN appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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New: App-Delivery Decision Maker for Horizon 6…

New: App-Delivery Decision Maker for Horizon 6 Helps You Choose App-Delivery Methods and Platforms

New: App-Delivery Decision Maker for Horizon 6…

By Cindy Heyer, Technical Writer, Technical Marketing, End-User Computing at VMware We hear the requests for an easy way to identify which of the many application-delivery options supported by VMware Horizon 6 works best for a particular use case. It is a good problem to have. And now the Horizon 6 Decision Maker comes to […] The post New: App-Delivery Decision Maker for Horizon 6 Helps You Choose App-Delivery Methods and Platforms appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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VMware NSX – It’s About the Platform Ecosystem

VMware NSX – It’s About the Platform Ecosystem

VMware NSX – It’s About the Platform Ecosystem

The basis of competition has shifted from individual products and technologies to platforms, but with everyone aspiring to be a platform the bar is set high. A platform must be a value-creation entity, underpinned by a robust architecture that includes a set of well-integrated software artifacts and programming interfaces to enable reuse and extensibility by […] The post VMware NSX – It’s About the Platform Ecosystem appeared first on The Network Virtualization Blog .


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Stay Connected with Social Media and Community…

Check out all of the #VMworld 2015 social media channels to see what they offer

Stay Connected with Social Media and Community…

“Are You Ready” for an incredible VMworld 2015? Be sure you are connected with VMworld social media and community, for on-site and online offerings. Social media can often provide that ‘virtual handshake’ to start conversations with the global VMworld community. Take advantage of the following resources to expand those discussions or enhance face-to-face networking opportunities — before, during or after the conference. …


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VMware Previews vSphere Integrated Containers…

#VMware Photon Controller to be open sourced

VMware Previews vSphere Integrated Containers…

Today at VMworld® 2015, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) introduced two new technology previews — VMware vSphere Integrated Containers and VMware Photon Platform — to empower enterprise IT operations teams to deliver containers in production on-premises and on VMware’s public cloud, VMware vCloud® Air™


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Welcome to VMworld 2015!

Welcome to VMworld 2015!

Welcome to VMworld 2015!

Sunday, August 30th By Andy Troup As one of the solution architects on the Operations Transformation Services team, it is my pleasure to share our breakout session schedule with you and make sure you can easily find transformation sessions of relevance and interest. Why Operations Transformation, anyway? Our customers know that in order to optimize […] The post Welcome to VMworld 2015! appeared first on VMware Operations Transformation Services .


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Just in time for #VMworld2015! Buy Fusion 8 Pro…

Just in time for #VMworld2015! Buy Fusion 8 Pro and get $600 of vCloud Air credit for free! http://t.co/oEEKz67x5o http://t.co/meV3757Zm1

Just in time for #VMworld2015! Buy Fusion 8 Pro…

Just in time for #VMworld2015! Buy Fusion 8 Pro and get $600 of vCloud Air credit for free! http://t.co/oEEKz67x5o http://t.co/meV3757Zm1


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Here’s something #VMworld2015 folks will love:…

Here’s something #VMworld folks will love: Added remote vSphere features in Fusion 8 Pro!

Here’s something #VMworld2015 folks will love:…

Here’s something #VMworld2015 folks will love: Added remote vSphere features in Fusion 8 Pro! http://t.co/HXp6MwcCJc http://t.co/DYIJhpqYg7


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Get Into the Fast Lane with Project Enzo and…

Get Into the Fast Lane with Project Enzo and Learn More At VMworld 2015

Get Into the Fast Lane with Project Enzo and…

By Shawn Bass, CTO, desktop technologies, End-User Computing, VMware On May 11, 2015, we unveiled Project Enzo to the world as a next generation hybrid cloud architecture for the deployment and management of virtual desktops and applications. We shared some details publicly about the design principles that went into Project Enzo. Leading into VMworld next […] The post Get Into the Fast Lane with Project Enzo and Learn More At VMworld 2015 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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VMware Certificate Authority – My Favorite New…

VMware Certificate Authority – My Favorite New Feature of vSphere 6.0 Part 1 – The History

VMware Certificate Authority – My Favorite New…

By Jonathan McDonald Anyone who knows me knows I have a particular passion (however misplaced that may be…) for the VMware Certificate Story. This multi-part blog series will discuss a bit of background on the certificate story, what you need to know about the architectural design of it in an environment and some new features […] The post VMware Certificate Authority – My Favorite New Feature of vSphere 6.0 – Part 1 – The History appeared first on VMware Consulting Blog .


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Achieving High-Performance 3D Graphics with…

Achieving High-Performance 3D Graphics with Horizon 6

Achieving High-Performance 3D Graphics with…

By Matt Coppinger, Director, End-User-Computing Technical Marketing and Enablement, VMware and Gary Sloane, Consulting Writer and Editor, VMware Are you considering virtualizing your 3D desktop workloads? Are you wondering if your 3D applications will perform on a virtual desktop? The new VMware Horizon 6 3D Engineering Workloads Reference Architecture looks at some of the more […] The post Achieving High-Performance 3D Graphics with Horizon 6 appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog .


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NSX at VMworld 2015

NSX at VMworld 2015

NSX at VMworld 2015

I finished off 2014 with a round of predictions about the future of network virtualization, and now I find myself preparing my VMworld® 2015 session on a similar topic. So as a preview of what I’ll be talking about in a few days (and later on at VMworld Europe), I thought it would be worth looking at how my predictions are playing out at this point in the year.


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New NSX for vSphere Troubleshooting Guides

New NSX for vSphere Troubleshooting Guides

New NSX for vSphere Troubleshooting Guides

Did you know VMware now offers a series of troubleshooting KBs on NSX for vSphere 6.x? The series covers topics ranging from NSX Controllers, Distributed Firewall (DFW), VXLAN, Guest Introspection, and NSX Manager to Edge Services Gateway and its services, including IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, and High Availability.


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