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Hi everyone, it has been a while since our last newsletter and of course there has been so much news in the past few weeks. One of the major topics that is progressing at a rapid rate is the VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) solution that we have touched on in the past. I would encourage you to check out as many resources as you can and try to keep track of the ever changing landscape in this area which is moving forward at a rapid speed. One of my best resources is the VMware Cloud on AWS Roadmap which we publish and keep updated online. You can check it out here!
I wish you all a fantastic week ahead!
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NEXT TAM WEBINAR
March 2019 – VMware IT’s Journey with Horizon: Windows Virtual Desktop
Date: Thursday, March 21st
Time: 11:00am EST/ 10:00am CST/ 8:00am PST
Duration: 1.5 Hour
Synopsis:
VMware IT transformed the way they deliver and manage the virtual desktop environments and published application platforms. In this session we will share our journey of Windows virtual delivery and lifecycle management in an enterprise environment. We will discuss challenges and lessons learned during the migrations as well as the benefits that we achieved. We will discuss the persistent desktop experience in a non-persistent virtual desktop platform in Horizon 7.
Guest speaker:
Aju Sukumaran is an Information Systems Sr. Manager in VMware’s Colleague Experience & Technology Group. Currently he is working on deploying VMWare's End User Computing products in VMware IT’s environments.
Registration Link:
https://vmware.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_04nKXeG0SwyOUdnxBuHQ9A
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