FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, welcome to this weeks VMware TAM newsletter. I have two items I wanted to provide some info on. The first is the HTML5 client for vSphere. This is used by many of you and as you know it is not yet at parity level with the full featured Flash version of the client. If you are wondering what the differences are and how to find out if a feature you need is missing here is a handy chart that provides this information.
The second item is regarding the ongoing Spectre/Meltdown issue and how VMware customers can use vROPS to their advantage in this situation. If you don't own vROPS you are able to get a trial edition as well as outlined in the article. This is a great use of our vROPS solution for a complicated and ongoing issue we re all facing.
Here is a link to this excellent article.
I hope these two articles are useful and I hope to bring you more like these in the next edition.
Virtually Yours
VMware TAM Team
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