FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, welcome to the latest edition of the regular weekly TAM Newsletter. Last week I introduced you all to a new section which showcases one of our solution's, The solution that I chose was one that I am very interested in and have been for many years. vRealize Business (vRB) is an essential part of a cloud transofrmation strategy as without knowing the financial impact of current and future decisions makes it very difficult to justify change. If we have no way to measure the cost of an environment relative to another how are we to know if there will be any substantial gains or losses. Of course it is not always about saving money and there are many other aspects in complex decisions in our environments however there will always be financial considerations and having this information available to us can be invaluable. So I urge you to check this solution out as it moves forward and become more appropriate and feature rich.
Enjoy the newsletter and have a fantastic week.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Staff Technical Account Manager, Team Lead
San Francisco, CA
FEATURED ARTICLE
VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced (VDPA) – How Can This Appliance Help Enterprises?
By Petr McAllister
As of March 1, 2015, VMware vSphere Data Protection (vDP) and VDP Advanced (VDPA) were consolidated into one product. Now VDPA is included in the vSphere Essentials Plus Kit or higher vSphere editions, all vSphere with Operations Management editions, and all vCloud Suite editions.
One of my customers who runs more than 5,000 virtual machines on vCloud Suite Advanced asked me to investigate some details on VDPA and its integration with EMC Data Domain. I thought I would share some details on the nature of the question and my findings—from multiple sources—in one place. Thank you to the EMC and VMware specialists who assisted me in this quest! [contiune reading...]
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
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Oct 29, 2015 2:30:06 PM
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Oct 31, 2015 3:37:08 AM
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Oct 30, 2015 3:00:46 PM
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MORE NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM AROUND THE WEB
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Oct 29, 2015 2:00:43 PM
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Oct 29, 2015 11:00:39 AM
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Oct 28, 2015 5:24:31 PM
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Oct 28, 2015 2:00:03 PM
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Oct 28, 2015 12:52:08 PM
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Oct 28, 2015 12:05:01 PM
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Oct 28, 2015 12:00:00 AM
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Oct 28, 2015 12:00:00 AM
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Oct 27, 2015 7:28:00 PM
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Oct 27, 2015 2:52:15 PM
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Oct 27, 2015 3:54:06 AM
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Oct 27, 2015 12:00:00 AM
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Oct 26, 2015 4:44:28 PM