FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone and welcome to the TAM Weekly Newsletter. Our newsletter is always packed full of the latest VMware related news, however this week I wanted to change gear a bit and provide an update on the VMware Foundation.
VMware Foundation:
We all want to help and it really only takes a small step to do some good. VMware has so many programs to help us do this. I wanted to share this with you if you haven’t already seen it.
#WeServe – Service Learning Stories
“Being able to grant a wish is a humbling, joyful, and transformative experience,” says Hadleigh, Technical Account Manager at VMware in Arizona. Hadleigh and his wife have helped 60 children go on the adventure of their dreams through the Make-A-Wish, which strives to make wishes come true for children with life-threatening illnesses. Hadleigh contributed his Service Learning time to the organization and volunteers there regularly. “Their work is inspired. Seeing a child’s face light up when they get their wish - whether it’s sitting in a cockpit, or riding in a fire truck - there’s nothing more beautiful than that.”
Learn more about Service Learning at VMware. http://bit.ly/2diG9vB
Take care everyone until next week.
Virtually Yours
VMware TAM Team
TAM BLOG (Editor: Kelly Dare)
Keeping Your End-User Computing Deployment on Track with a VMware Horizon TAS
By John Kramer
It’s hard to believe it has been just four years since I joined VMware as an End-User Computing (EUC) Consultant. During my time as a consultant―and now as a Technical Account Manager (TAM) and /Technical Account Specialist (TAS) ―I have been fortunate enough to have helped various customers with VMware Horizon EUC deployments across the U.S. and Canada.
TWEETS OF THE WEEK (Editor: Daniel Mizrahi)
The difference between VM Encryption in vSphere 6.5 and vSAN encryption - Yellow Bricks bit.ly/2fNy5Vmpic.twitter.com/6MWwtevgeT
Twice as Nice: New IDC Marketscape Report Places VMware in Leaders Category - VMware EUC Blogbit.ly/2eS455xpic.twitter.com/nUOiUQuKkC
VMware Cloud(s) Dissected: A VMware Public Cloud Platform Comparison- zerotin.orgbit.ly/2fyfPLHpic.twitter.com/rVrl9NtNiu
What Does the VMware/AWS Mashup Mean to IT Pros and CIOs? - The New Stack bit.ly/2eA0jgZpic.twitter.com/23AspHFMX3
Puppet tightens links to Docker, Jenkins, VMware - InfoWorld bit.ly/2fqV88apic.twitter.com/gs0RNckCIB
TAM WEBCASTS (Editor: Michelle Kaiser)
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
GENERAL NEWS
Keeping Your End-User Computing Deployment on Track with a VMware Horizon TAS
By John Kramer It’s hard to believe it has been just four years since I joined VMware as an End-User Computing (EUC) Consultant. During my time as a consultant―and now as a Technical Account Manager (TAM) and /Technical Account Specialist (TAS) ―I have been fortunate enough to have helped various...
Nov 10, 2016 7:00:57 PM
Opening Support Requests online
If your first instinct when opening a support request with us is to pick up the phone, we want to tell you about some behind the scenes changes we’ve been up to, to make the alternative — opening your request online — much more appealing. And we’re pretty excited about it! Now, when you login to ...
Nov 10, 2016 6:15:52 PM
Free Book Answers Your Top Application Delivery and Management Questions
According to Charles Barrett, Mark Ewert, and Ben Goodman, authors of the free ebook Applications for Dummies : “Applications are some of the most expensive parts of any IT organization, and they have a profound impact on the performance of the business, either negatively or positively, depending...
Nov 10, 2016 4:34:03 PM
vSphere 6.5 Security – Social Media Links
vSphere 6.5 is announced and the interest for the security features has been off the hook! My phone has been ringing like mad and emails are coming in fast and furious from customers and VMware field folks with “Where can I learn more???”. With that in mind, I’ve created this blog post as a repos...
Nov 8, 2016 9:38:11 PM
Cyber Attacks, Data Security, and Employee Productivity: A Cybersecurity Podcast Series Recap
In our recent podcast series, West Coghlan, senior editor for technology at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), unpacked the findings of the 2016 EIU study, The Cyber-Chasm: How the Disconnect Between the C-suite and Security Endangers the Enterprise . The study surveyed 1,100 C-suite and se...
Nov 8, 2016 5:30:02 PM
VSAN Troubleshooting Video Series
VMware Technical Support University is very proud to present our Virtual SAN Troubleshooting Video Series , comprising of 26 bite sized videos- not only covering troubleshooting but also design, requirements, compatibility, and upgrades. These were first presented in the VSAN trouble shooting web...
Nov 7, 2016 1:34:19 PM
VMware Workstation target at the PwnFest hacking competition
VMware Workstation is among the targets of the PwnFest hacking competition. At this event, which is organized along the Power of Community security conference in Seoul, security researchers are demonstrating their attack capabilities. The event is modeled after the well-known Pwn2Own competition....
Nov 10, 2016 5:33:06 PM
VMware and IBM Cloud Solutions Help Transform the Guest Experience at Marriott International
Marriott International is one of the world’s leading hospitality companies – spanning 19 brands in over 40 countries, with over 200,000 associates. They have been hyper-focused over the last several years evolving the guest experience and integrating technology in all that Marriott does, which is...
Nov 10, 2016 5:02:16 PM
Greetings from the VMware Security Response Center! Today we released VMSA-2016-0018 which documents products affected by CVE-2016-5195 – aka: the ‘Dirty COW’ vulnerability. In addition, we have also released Knowledge Base Article 2147515 which documents unaffected products. There are a few poin...
Nov 9, 2016 10:05:11 PM
Sunday is International Tongue Twister Day, and many people might celebrate by saying an old favorite like, “ Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” three times fast. But for IT leaders seeking to modernize their data center using the public cloud, a real-life tongue twister tripping them ...
Nov 9, 2016 8:22:13 PM
The Best Way to Secure the Cloud? Lift, Shift, And Consolidate!
Enterprise IT is evolving quicker than ever before. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know most companies are leaning into digital transformation in order to stay accessible and relevant to customers. With its hybrid and “always on” capabilities, cloud is destined to usher in those gran...
Nov 8, 2016 6:53:52 PM
Expandable Reservation for Resource Pools
One of the questions I was often asked about resource pools (RP) is ‘Expandable reservation’. What is expandable reservation, and why should I care about it? Although it sounds intuitive, it can be easily misunderstood. To put it simply, a resource pool with ‘expandable reservation’ can expand it...
Nov 8, 2016 2:36:35 PM
SAP HANA on vSphere 6 on Intel Xeon Broadwell – now supported!
Just on time for SAP TechED 2016 in Barcelona, I am happy to announce that we have finished the vSphere 6 SAP HANA on Intel Xeon Broadwell CPU certification ! With this all SAP supported or certified SAP HANA Intel Xeon Broadwell based systems can get virtualized and can run SAP HANA VMs with up ...
Nov 8, 2016 11:51:35 AM
VMware Named 2016 STAR Award Winner for Innovation in Enabling Customer Outcomes
VMware’s global Professional Services organization has played an important role in enabling customer successes. Over the last five years, as VMware has evolved from a single product company to a multi-product solutions provider, the maturation, innovation and transformation of its professional se...
Nov 7, 2016 7:46:48 PM
Join Our Cloud Journey Webcasts to Make a Business Case for Hybrid Cloud
Before you take your first step in the cloud journey, you’ll need to make a solid business case for the platform. Our “Get Down to Business” webcast series does just that. You’ll discover business imperatives, trends and challenges that will help you decide what solution is best for your organiza...
Nov 7, 2016 5:15:25 PM
END USER COMPUTING
Sank Your Week into the Election? Here’s Top Mobile News You Missed!
It’s time for another U.S. tradition. Snagging discounted tablets, laptops, smartphones and wearables—it’s almost Black Friday! The Verge is rounding up the best deals here. This year’s best stocking stuffers, though, could just be Google’s new $79 virtual reality (VR) headset (that works with Pi...
Nov 11, 2016 4:32:44 PM
The $28/Month Desktop is Real—Going Virtual with Horizon on VxRail
Hyper-converged solutions are rapidly building a reputation for delivering the lowest total cost of ownership for virtual desktop infrastructure ( VDI ), with reasons like faster time to value and the ability to rapidly scale at reducing cost increments. This recently published whitepaper goes in...
Nov 11, 2016 1:21:30 PM
New Video: David Pogue & Noah Wasmer on the Consumerization of IT
Q: For enterprise, who cares? Who cares about how smooth and fluid and good looking the software is? You don’t have to sell it to consumers. Noah: That’s the whole point. If you think about it, that’s the whole market opportunity. Every day you talk about the amazing transformation in our consume...
Nov 10, 2016 3:35:16 PM
Bulletproof RDS: 30 Ways to Secure Remote Desktop Services
Check out our big, bulletproof guide to layered VMware solutions for securing remote desktop services hosts (RDSH). By Barak Nissim, Senior EUC Practice Systems Engineer, VMware EMEA Remote desktop services (RDS) bring users closer to the data center. However, attackers can misuse the infrastruct...
Nov 10, 2016 3:24:13 PM
New Video: Blake Brannon Looks Back at AirWatch’s Top Innovations of 2016
Q: In light of the product announcements at Connect Atlanta, what are the biggest strengths of VMware’s digital workspace solution, Workspace ONE? Blake: You’ve got all these different use cases across your environment. Different users that just need basic access to apps. You have very sophistica...
Nov 9, 2016 7:35:51 PM
New Video: Unified Endpoint Management & Windows 10 Explained
In this new video interview, Sumit Dhawan explores and defines the next phase of end-user computing: unified endpoint management and Windows 10. Q: As companies move from IT silos toward the digital space, how is the IT department changing? Sumit: This is the challenge within IT, because the worl...
Nov 9, 2016 4:14:03 PM
Washington Trust Bank wanted the best VDI platform to improve cybersecurity, reduce costs and deliver better experiences, so they evaluated both Citrix and VMware. They chose VMware. Imagine for a moment a group of managers sitting in a meeting, using your IT team’s virtual desktop infrastructure...
Nov 8, 2016 3:16:53 PM
Did you know that VMware Fusion makes it easy to manage a fleet of Bring Your Own Device users? By adding VMware Horizon FLEX, businesses have more control over local virtual desktops than ever before. Use Fusion or Workstation to create your ‘Gold Master’ templates and then share those with end ...
Nov 7, 2016 4:28:47 PM
[Infographic] 5 Signs Your Business Desperately Needs a Digital Workspace
It’s official: We all spend more time browsing the web on our mobile devices than desktops . It’s further proof that mobility will continue to play a dominant role in our lives, whether at home or at work. But there’s got to be a more simple, secure way to manage all these new devices and apps in...
Nov 7, 2016 2:57:39 PM
[Infographic] 5 Red Flags Your EUC Environment Is Missing This
Notice any of these five red flags in your end-user computing (EUC) environment? Yikes! You could use a digital workspace . Workers use their own devices, whether you OK it or not. Data indicates this is the case for just about every one-in-three employees. Users access corporate data from outsid...
Nov 7, 2016 2:56:55 PM
Twice as Nice: New IDC MarketScape Report Places VMware in Leaders Category
This week, IDC announced that VMware Horizon was named to the leader’s category of the latest IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Virtual Client Computing (VCC) Software 2016 Vendor Assessment for the second year in a row ! Click here to access an excerpt of the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Virtual Client C...
Nov 7, 2016 1:00:47 PM
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