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Hi everyone, this week's newsletter I want to focus on really great article that has just been posted to our VMware TAM Blog. The blog is titled '9 Tools You Should Be Using in Your VMware Environment' and I think is a really important read. As TAMs we are always stressing the importance of being pro-active, this is part of what we do, try and ensure that we foresee potential issues prior to them occuring and find a solution to mitigate them. There are many tools that we use as TAMs and recommend to our customers, this blog post summarizes many of these. Most of these tools are free, some however are not, however ensuring you gain the knowledge which tools should be used and when they are most appropriate via your TAM is a great step on the way to being more pro-active and creating a more resiliant, well managed environment.
Please take a look at the blog post here and I wish you all a productive week ahead.
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