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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
GENERAL NEWS
Top 20 vRealize Operations Manager articles for May 2016
Here is our Top 20 vRealize Operations Manager articles list for June 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. Adding additional storage to the VMware vRealize Operations Manager Analytics ...
Jul 11, 2016 3:08:31 PM
Top 20 vSAN articles for June 2016
Here is our Top 20 vSAN articles list for June 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. vSphere 5.5 Virtual SAN requirements Adding a host back to a Virtual SAN cluster after an ESXi host r...
Jul 11, 2016 2:32:35 PM
VCAP6 Deployment Beta Exams: Expanded and Extended!
Updated on July 6, 2016 Hi Everyone, We have expanded the availability of the lab exams again today. Pearson Vue has opened up the VCAP6 Deployment Lab exams in roughly 75 centers in Asia Pacific and Japan and in 32 centers in Central and South America. If you have been waiting to take one of the...
Jul 6, 2016 8:59:39 PM
Introducing VMware TAM “Customer Intelligence.Next”
By Eric Crossley As a Senior Solution Architect for the VMware TAM Program, I’m always looking for new ways to deliver best-in-industry services to you, our customer. So, I’m thrilled to let you know about a new process we’ve put in place to help us keep doing just that. VMware Customer Intellige...
Jul 6, 2016 6:22:16 PM
A Day in the Life of a Cloud Service Owner
By Pierre Moncassin Customers often tell me, “I totally get the principles behind the role of Cloud Service Owner – but can you describe what do they actually do throughout their work day?” Let me start with a caveat: we are all aware that in a knowledge economy few roles have the luxury (or burd...
Jul 6, 2016 4:45:20 PM
Top 20 Horizon View articles for June 2016
Here is our Top 20 Horizon View articles list for June 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. Manually deleting linked clones or stale virtual desktop entries from the View Composer dat...
Jul 6, 2016 1:35:32 PM
Top 20 NSX articles for June 2016
Here is our Top 20 NSX articles list for June 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. NSX is unavailable from the vSphere Web Client Plug-in after taking a backup of NSX Manager with quies...
Jul 5, 2016 5:00:07 PM
Top 20 vCenter Server articles for June 2016
Here is our Top 20 vCenter articles list for June 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. Purging old data from the database used by VMware vCenter Server ESXi 5.5 Update 3b and later host...
Jul 5, 2016 2:01:31 PM
Top 20 ESXi articles for June 2016
Here is our Top 20 ESXi articles list for June 2016. This list is ranked by the number of times a VMware Support Request was resolved by following the steps in a published Knowledge Base article. VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx...
Jul 5, 2016 12:51:58 P
Spin Up, Test and Evaluate VMware Products in Just a Few Minutes
Not enough time in the day to test and evaluate new solutions? Guess again. In the same time it takes you to microwave popcorn, you could load, test and evaluate VMware products. The VMware Hands-On Labs are the best way to determine which VMware product is the right fit for your organization. Ac...
Jul 11, 2016 4:32:44 PM
OpenStack + VMware Light Board Series
Still confused on how VMware software works with OpenStack? This lightboard series on VMware + OpenStack is just what you need. From basic 101 level content to deeper dives discussing NSX integration, these videos will help you understand how VMware technologies can enhance and stabilize an OpenS...
Jul 11, 2016 12:00:34 PM
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology’s (KACST) Internet Services Unit (ISU) needed to build a reliable, secure, scalable Public Cloud service that is automated and on demand. It also needed to provide seamless operations for their customers, which includes all of the academic institutions...
Jul 11, 2016 8:00:21 AM
Modernize Your Enterprise with vCloud Air for the Public Cloud – Learn Why on 7/14!
The average enterprise data center runs more legacy on-premises applications that are virtualized by VMware vSphere® than “born in the cloud” applications. However, these existing applications can benefit from the agility and flexibility of a public cloud platform. Sign up for our VMware vCloud® ...
Jul 8, 2016 4:00:23 PM
Operations Management – Driving Incremental Service Provider Benefits
To keep customers happy, it’s vital for any service provider to stay ahead of the curve. That means staying on top of the latest public and hybrid cloud innovations, driving internal efficiencies and delivering new service offerings to generate new revenue streams. To help with this task, we’re o...
Jul 8, 2016 4:00:17 PM
The vCloud Air Network and NIFTY, Always Connected
With over 4,000 cloud providers offering services validated by VMware, the vCloud Air Network allows you to choose a service provider that gives you the security, reliability, and performance you know and trust. Additionally, the vCloud Air Network also has providers located across more than 100 ...
Jul 7, 2016 4:30:24 PM
In Recognition of National Tell the Truth Day, We’re Debunking Cloud Myths
It’s no lie – today is National Tell the Truth Day . In honor of these 24 hours of national honesty, we’re taking on the topic of IT infrastructure, and we’re here to debunk some of the false truths we’ve been hearing about the public cloud and its ability to modernize vSphere datacenters. Accord...
Jul 7, 2016 4:00:48 PM
Configuring VMware Identity Manager and VMware Horizon 7 Cloud Pod Architecture
By Dale Carter With the release of VMware Horizon ® 7 and VMware Identity Manager™ 2.6, it is now possible to configure VMware Identity Manager to work with Horizon Cloud Pod Architecture when deploying your desktop and application pools over multiple data centers or locations. Using VMware Ident...
Jul 7, 2016 3:52:21 PM
Poznań Science and Technology Park—known in Polish as Poznańskiego Parku Naukowo-Technologicznego, or PPNT—supports the incubation of start-ups and technology companies in Poland through co-operation with science, business, and technology enterprises. Its facilities and services include laborato...
Jul 6, 2016 8:00:02 A
END USER COMPUTING
Q&A: Sanjay Poonen Explains the Magic of the Digital Workspace
The past month has been incredibly busy for Sanjay Poonen and our VMware End-User Computing team. We announced updates to our digital workspace offerings (VMware Workspace ONE, AirWatch 8.4 and Identity Manager); expanded our partnership with IBM ; added partnerships with key cloud security playe...
Jul 11, 2016 4:00:53 PM
Infographic: 10 Reasons to Attend Connect Atlanta 2016
Connect Atlanta 2016—the only event you need to attend for everything on business mobility—is quickly coming up Oct. 2–6. Here are 10 really good reasons to save the date . Reason #1: Learn what it takes to build a mobile center of excellence —best practices and standards to drive your mobile str...
Jul 11, 2016 1:50:01 PM
Mirage and MongoDB, Part 4: Troubleshooting
By Yan Aksenfeld, Member of Technical Staff, VMware This concludes a 4-part series discussing the addition of MongoDB to Mirage . Part 1 introduced the benefits of adding MongoDB to Mirage to enhance the performance of Mirage when working with a large number of small files. Part 2 discussed new c...
Jul 8, 2016 5:26:14 PM
Q2 in Review: Top 12 VMware EUC Headlines
Our approach to end-user computing (EUC) at VMware is a little like Pam’s race strategy on “The Office”: start fast, run fast and end fast. We made big headlines at the start of 2016 with the reveal of VMware Workspace ONE, Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode, Horizon 7 and many other new product releases. W...
Jul 8, 2016 2:44:28 PM
Top 10 Mobile News Headlines of 2016 — So Far
The first half of 2016 has been a doozy, giving us mobility enthusiasts some of the biggest mobile news headlines and innovations EVER. Here are the top 10 mobile news headlines of 2016 so far. 1. The digital workspace hit the scene in a big way . With the February launch of VMware Workspace ONE—...
Jul 8, 2016 2:33:04 PM
Meet the VMware Workstation & Fusion Team
One of our signs at our Palo Alto campus. The VMware Fusion and Workstation teams are having a very busy year. Since we shipped Fusion 8 and Workstation
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