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Hi everyone, it has been a very good and very busy week. Firstly we launched updates to our Cloud Operations Management Suite. See below for more information. I also decided to update my VCP and completed the VCP-550D exam online. I have written more about this here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vmware-vcp-550d-exam-neil-isserow
I hope you all have a fantastic week, next week will be the last newsletter of the year as we head towards the festive season so I look forward to speaking to you all then.
Virtually Yours
Neil Isserow
Staff Technical Account Manager
VMware Inc - San Francisco, CA
nisserow @ vmware . com
A number of new and updated VMware solutions have been released in this past week in our vRealize Cloud Management Solution. Further details can be found in our press release: http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-newsfeed/VMware-Announces-General-Availability-of-New-vRealize-Cloud-Management-Solutions/1907805
vRealize Code Stream 1.0
http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-code-stream
VMware vRealize™ Code Stream™ provides continuous delivery to enable frequent, reliable software releases, reduce operational risks and increase business agility.
vRealize Business 6.0 (formerly IT Business Management Suite)
http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-business/
VMware vRealize™ Business™ provides transparency and control over the costs and quality of IT services enabling the CIO to align IT with the business and to accelerate IT transformation.
vRealize Automation 6.2 (formerly vCloud Automation Center)
http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-automation/
VMware vRealize™ Automation™ drives business agility by automating the delivery of personalized IT services.
vRealize Log Insight 2.5 (formerly vCenter Log Insight)
http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-log-insight/
VMware vRealize™ Log Insight™ delivers real-time log management for VMware environments, with machine learning-based Intelligent Grouping, high performance search and better troubleshooting across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 (formerly vCops)
http://www.vmware.com/products/vrealize-operations/
Automate IT operations management, manage performance and gain visibility across physical and virtual infrastructure with VMware vRealize Operations (vROps, formerly vCOps).
The long anticipated release of vRealize Operations Manager 6.0 is now GA and live on www.vmware.com.
Blog post with additional details on features: http://blogs.vmware.com/management/2014/10/introducing-vrealize-operations-6-0-delivering-intelligent-operations-from-apps-to-storage.html
· New resilient architecture
· Unified user interface
· Smart Alerts
· Enhanced reporting
· Flexible capacity models
· Custom policies
· Unified storage visibility
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NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS FROM VMWARE
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- Now Available: Cloud Management Platform and DevOps Solutions (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3448)By Sajai Krishnan, vice president of product marketing, Cloud Management Business Unit 2014 has been a momentous year for the VMware Cloud Management business unit. Today marks another milestone with the general availability of a significant update of vRealize Suite 6, featuring the major new release of vRealize Operations, and a new DevOps solution in […]
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- #VMchat Recap: Networking is a Software Industry – and Here’s Why. (http://blogs.vmware.com/tribalknowledge/?p=3424)Last week, Guido Appenzeller, VMware’s Chief Technology Strategy Officer for networking and security, joined communications head Oliver Roll for the second in a series of #VMchat discussions. (You can view the first #VMchat in the series here, featuring an interview with VMware End-User Computing chief Sanjay Poonen.) During this month’s chat, Guido and Oliver explored the revolution that […]
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- Available to Download Now: vRealize Operations 6.0, vRealize Log Insight 2.5, and vRealize Operations Insight 6.0 (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=5611)At VMware, we focus on helping customers simplify their IT Operations Management, and have a strong set of solution offerings to that objective. We’re excited to share that today the following VMware products have reached General Availability: vRealize Operations 6.0 (Free Trial; Download; Documentation) vRealize Log Insight 2.5 (Free Trial; Download; Documentation) vRealize Operations Insight […]
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DESKTOP
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- VMware Mirage 5.2 Now Generally Available! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6770)By Sachin Sharma, Product Marketing, End-User Computing, VMware Following on to our desktop innovation blog yesterday, I’m pleased to expand on the details of VMware Mirage 5.2 which is now generally available! A big part of what we have been working on is actually now available as a part of VMware Horizon FLEX. Horizon FLEX […]
- The Desktop Innovation Train Continues Forward (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6758)By Shankar Iyer, VP of Product Management, Desktop Solutions, End-User Computing, VMware It’s been exactly a quarter since my last blog on our product releases and I’m thrilled to be talking about our next set of releases now available. We’ve continued the rapid pace we set earlier this year and are excited to be delivering […]
- App Volumes Is Here – Next Generation Application Delivery! (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6763)By Harry Labana, Vice President of Products, End-User Computing, VMware VMware App Volumes (formerly CloudVolumes) is now shipping! App Volumes is a real-time application delivery system that enables IT to instantly deliver applications with complete application lifecycle management. App Volumes provides seamless end-user experience while reducing infrastructure and management costs. Unlike traditional application management solutions, […]
- Enterprise mobility news recap: Dec. 8 – 12 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=33610)It’s a numbers game this week. In the past few days, we have learned about a website and app that has helped contractors rake in $1.5 trillion and an upcoming deployment of 23,000 iOS 6 Pluses. United Airlines announced this week plans to deploy 23,000 devices to flight operations staff. Flight attendants will use iPhone […]
- WireLurker “heralds a new era in malware” (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=33583)Lurking in the shadows within the unsuspecting user’s operating system, a new breed of malicious software has made a rude announcement that it can inhabit not only users’ computers, but also their mobile devices. And in today’s interconnected world, we know all too well how far leaked information can spread. From routing numbers tied into […]
- How AirWatch helps federal aviation organizations go mobile (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=33571)Three lessons learned from commercial aviation
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PARTNER
- SDDC Portfolio Service Offering Updates (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1512)The Cloud Automation Solution now includes vRealize Automation 6.1 and updates have been made to: Design and Deploy Service Accelerator Service, vCloud Automation Center 6.1 Knowledge Transfer Plus Virtualization now includes vSphere Upgrade Service and vCloud Air includes Knowledge Transfer.
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- Customer Promotions to Close Deals Prior to Year-End (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1507)Remember that the 25%-off upgrade-promotion from vSphere to vSphere with Operations Management ends Dec. 29th and the vCenter Operations Management Add-on with promotional CPU-based pricing ends on Dec. 15th. This is a great opportunity to remind your customers to place their orders soon, so that you can benefit from the associated partner incentives as well. […]
- New Key EUC Products are Available to Sell (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1505)Download the End User Computing (EUC) launch playbook for more detail on these key EUC products: VMware Horizon FLEX , VMware Workstation, and VMware Player Pro. With all of these products and solutions now generally available, visit the Quarterly Partner Briefing portal to learn more.
- VERTICALSDare to Thrive at Partner Exchange 2015 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2263)This year VMware Partner Exchange 2015 will include some exciting changes, making it better than ever. With a Business/Technical focus and a goal of engaging with partners across the entire ecosystem, don’t be surprised if Partner Exchange 2015 feels like it was created just for you. If you have yet to register, do so soon. […]
- Could an IT Scrinch ruin your holidays with data center downtime? (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=3186)Could an “IT Scrinch” be living in your virtualized infrastructure? And could it be wreaking havoc on your business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) plans in your IT environment? These questions are probed in a new decked-for-the-holidays infographic that shows how VMware BC/DR solutions help you combat the IT Scrinch and save the day for […]
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