Tag: VMware

  • VMware Names First vExpert Cloud Recipients

    VMware Names First vExpert Cloud Recipients

    On Friday, VMware announced the recipients of their first-ever vExpert Cloud designation. This will be called “vExpert Cloud 2017”. This is the third specialization added to the long-running vExpert program, after vExpert VSAN and vExpert NSX. Already holding a current vExpert designation is a prerequisite for any of the specialty vExpert programs. What is a…

  • My Schedule at VMworld US 2017

    After having had to miss out on VMworld last year, I’m pleased to announce my triumphant return to the event. Or at least my return. VMworld has always been, in my opinion, one of the best yearly events, not just in terms of the technical content and knowledge to be gained, but also because of…

  • Cisco and Pure Announce FlashStack – a Joint CI Solution

    Cisco and Pure Announce FlashStack – a Joint CI Solution

    Last week, Cisco and Pure Storage announced FlashStack. FlashStack is a jointly-developed Converged Infrastructure (CI) solution bundle / reference architecture. The FlashStack solution uses Cisco network and compute hardware, Pure Storage storage hardware, and VMware for the hypervisor and virtualization layer. FlashStack CI is not a product, per se, but a Cisco Validated Design (CVD) or…

  • VMware Announces vExperts for 2017

    VMware Announces vExperts for 2017

    Yesterday, VMware announced their list of 2017 vExperts. The vExpert program is VMware’s way of recognizing those people who have made valuable contributions to the overall VMware and virtualization community. The program was started several years ago as a way of extending appreciation and recognition to those folks who were going above and beyond their…

  • What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5

    The big virtualization news from the past week or so was definitely the release and General Availability of VMware vSphere version 6.5, available for download now. New features include: Improvements to vCenter Server 6.5 Transition to Web Client-only Improved host management Enhancements to VMware Tools vRealize Operations Manager updated to 6.4 Enhancements to the API,…

  • SimpliVity Announces OmniStack 3.5 and OmniView

    SimpliVity Announces OmniStack 3.5 and OmniView

    Today, SimpliVity announced version 3.5 of their OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform and a new predictive analytics offering called OmniView. Introduction to SimpliVity Founded in 2009 with a mission to simplify IT infrastructure, SimpliVity is one of the “Names” in the hyperconverged infrastructure space. Their OmniStack Data Virtualization Platform can be purchased in one of two ways:…

  • Cisco Enters Hyperconverged Market with HyperFlex

    Cisco Enters Hyperconverged Market with HyperFlex

    Today Cisco announced their entry in the Hyperconverged Infrastructure marketplace, a solution called HyperFlex. Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) can be thought of as “Virutalization in a Box”. An HCI solution is one that offers everything needed for server virtualization: compute, memory, network, storage, hypervisor, and management/orchestration for all of these. Cisco’s HyperFlex solution uses: Cisco Unified Computing…

  • VMware Announces vExperts for 2016

    VMware Announces vExperts for 2016

    Today, VMware announced the list of vExpert recipients for 2016. The VMware vExpert program recognizes those who have gone above and beyond their normal job description in sharing the messaging, knowledge, and “how to” of virtualization in general and VMware in particular. The vExpert program is open to VMware employees, partner, customers, and others. I’d…

  • PernixData Announces General Availability of FVP 3.0

    Yesterday, PernixData announced the General Availability of version 3.0 of FVP. FVP is a software solution that enables the use of host-installed Flash and RAM to accelerate storage performance in a VMware environment. The performance increases that FVP can provide are often quite significant. If you’re not familiar with FVP I wrote an overview of…

  • VMTurbo Releases Operations Manager version 5.3

    This week, VMTurbo released version 5.3 of their Operations Manager monitoring / management / automation / Quality of Service (QoS) tool. Yes, I’ll admit that previous sentence is a little confusing, but Operations Manager has so many features and capabilities packed into it that it defies easy classification. For those who aren’t familiar with VMTurbo…