FROM THE EDITORS VIRTUAL DESK
Hi everyone, well this edition as you might have guessed is the beginning of our VMworld Europe 2018 coverage. The event has just begun and I know many of you may be attending the event and seeing and hearing this directly. For those of us that are not attending I hope that next weeks edition will provide a summary of the event, and this edition has much of the pre-VMworld information in it as well as other interesting information.
As usual, please check the latest Security Advisories, your TAM can help you with these and the risk that they may pose to your organization. I wish you all a fantastic week ahead, and if you are attending VMworld have a fantastic time and head over to the TAM area.
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VMWARE TAM CUSTOMER WEBINARS
November 2018 – vSphere Performance
Date: Thursday, November 15th
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
Each release of vSphere has introduced new features and optimizations to support faster performance, more complex workloads and ever-increasing application demands. This session will cover the latest changes and recommendations on how to get the most out of your platform, including troubleshooting general performance issues.
Guest speakers:
Mark Achtemichuk, VCDX#50, Staff Engineer VMware R&D Operations and Central Services Performance
Registration Link:
https://VMware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C7w8SpMRTlqGbLTdK1U1Cg
VMWARE SECURITY ADVISORIES
October 16, 2018
VMSA-2018-0026
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address an out-of-bounds read vulnerability
October 09, 2018
VMSA-2018-0025
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion workarounds address a denial-of-service vulnerability
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