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VMware Project Arctic Graduates to vSphere+

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Introduction

Today, June 28 2022, VMware announced vSphere+ and vSAN+; subscription based offerings of their enterprise compute and storage virtualisation solutions.

First mooted during VMworld 2021, Project Arctic promised to deliver a cloud operating model to customer’s data centre and edge locations. At a high level, that means hands-off maintenance, proactive monitoring, pay-as-you-grow consumption, subscription billing, and a shift to opex funding.

Furthermore, vSphere subscriptions allow VMware to integrate products and services as features. VMware Cross-Cloud Services will enable on-demand scale out capacity and disaster recovery capabilities. We know from the general industry shift towards Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), that the frequency of development cycles and feature delivery are increased, resulting in faster and greater value to the end customer.

The release of vSphere+ and vSAN+ is VMware’s first iteration of the Project Arctic feature set, with more capabilities and products to be added. In this release, customers can expect to benefit from simplified operations, faster time to value, and future investment in IT strategy. Find out more at the vSphere+ microsite.

What is vSphere+?

The launch of vSphere+ and vSAN+ provides customers with a subscription to compute and storage virtualisation solutions. It is aimed at organisations wanting to retain an on-premises footprint, either data centre or edge, with a consistent operating experience to their cloud infrastructure.

This means it is easy for brownfield environments to adopt, and improve their operational processes and security posture. vSphere+ is more than just a subscription to an existing product, it also offers administrators the following benefits:

  • Aggregate vCenter Servers and global infrastructure into a single view
  • VMware assisted lifecycle management, initially for vCenter Server
  • Significantly lower maintenance touch, and reduced down time with vCenter Server Reduced Downtime Upgrades
  • Faster access to new features, fixes, and security patches
  • Check for configuration drift, security issues, consistent errors, and update status across all vCenters and clusters
  • Enable access to the embedded Tanzu services for build, run, and manage, of modern container based applications
  • Global monitoring of VMware environments, see examples in this vSphere+ Tech Zone blog
  • Deploy virtual machines to multiple platforms from anywhere with the new cloud admin interface
  • Co-term licensing and support across VMware environments with flexible scaling options
  • Removes the need for individual vCenter Server licenses (see the licensing section below)

vSphere+ introduces a new cloud admin portal, this is an additional SaaS control plane, which interacts with a gateway server on-premises. The sections below go into more technical detail, but the vCenter Servers do not talk directly out to the Internet, and no workloads or components are moved to the cloud as part of this operating model.

The term cloud-like operating model relates to features like the one-click vCenter updates, one-click Kubernetes cluster enablement (a cloud native container orchestration tool), and flexible subscription, or operating expenditure, nature of the service.

Many customers want the benefits of cloud, namely flexible consumption, minimal maintenance, built-in resilience, developer agility, and anywhere management. They may also need to retain some on-premises infrastructure, for data privacy, security, or sovereignty reasons, and for high-performance or low-latency requirements. The introduction of vSphere+ aims to provide these cloud benefits in the remaining data centre or edge locations.

You can read more about the admin services and developer services available through the new cloud portal, as well as the full range of benefits introduced by vSphere+, in the blog VMware vSphere+ Introducing The Multi-Cloud Workload Platform.

vSphere+ Benefits

How Does vSphere+ Work?

Beyond the licensing information in the section below, there are some further technical considerations and clarifications.

Since the vSphere infrastructure on-premises are already deployed, there is no impact to those existing vSphere, vCenter, or vSAN environments. The vCenter Server needs to be running a minimum of version 7.0.3, so there may be a vCenter upgrade, but there is no vSphere/ESXi update required. vCenter 7.0.3 is backwards compatible with vSphere 6.5 onwards, although note that vSphere 6.x reaches end of support on 15 October 2022.

A Cloud Gateway appliance is used to connect the on-premises vSphere estate with the VMware Cloud control plane. The appliance is a standard OVA, here is some additional information:

  • The appliance needs 8 CPU, ~24 GB RAM, 190 GB disk, and a secondary IP address
  • The appliance does not need backing up or HA deployment
  • The appliance is stateless and can easily be deleted and re-deployed in the event of any issues
  • There is an admin interface for setting minimal configuration such as Internet proxy
  • Lifecycle management of the appliance is automated from the cloud control plane
  • There is a maximum latency requirement of 100ms from the vCenter to the gateway appliance, and from the gateway to the cloud portal
  • The gateway appliance has limited access to the customer environment
  • Communication between the gateway appliance and cloud portal is fully encrypted and there is no VPN requirement
  • The gateway appliance needs outbound HTTPS connectivity only, and there are no network charges
  • The gateway appliance also uploads logs to VMware support, accelerating troubleshooting during incidents
  • The gateway appliance is the point of authentication, and no usernames and passwords are transmitted to the cloud
  • Data is not shared with third parties or used for marketing purposes
  • You can have multiple gateway appliances, with up to 4 vCenter Servers per gateway (note that there is no change in vCenter and vSphere configuration maximums)
vSphere+ Cloud Gateway Appliance High Level Architecture

Subscription services for vSphere+ and vSAN+ can be activated from the cloud portal. Host billing and licensing is also managed here, with no need to install license keys. Outside of vCenter lifecycle management, and subtle differences like the removal of license keys, there is no day-to-day change in how you manage and operate the vSphere environment.

If the gateway appliance, or Internet connection, is lost the vSphere environment continues to work as normal. If the gateway has not connected to the cloud control plane after 24 hours then vSphere administrators will see advisory messages bringing this to their attention, on the login page.

For vCenter updates, VMware do not apply updates automatically without informing the customer. The customer has complete control over the planning and scheduling of updates across vCenter Servers. When a new update is available a notification is generated, and the customer chooses when to have the update applied. The inventory will apply a traffic light system for vCenter instances depending on how many versions behind the latest release they might be.

How Does vSphere+ Licensing Work?

Previously, virtualisation customers would shell out a large upfront cost for perpetual licenses they would own outright. To deliver full value the perpetual license was supplemented with SnS (Support and Subscription), adding technical support, and access to the latest updates and security patches.

With perpetual licenses and SnS renewals, the vCenter Server license (per instance) and vSphere license (per CPU) were purchased separately. The vCenter Server provides overarching management capabilities, including enterprise features like resource balancing and High Availability (HA). The hypervisor vSphere, or ESXi, is installed on physical servers and facilitates compute virtualisation.

From July 2022, customers can upgrade to subscription based offerings of vSphere+ and vSAN+ rather than the traditional SnS renewal. You may have seen a similar early access program, branded vSphere Advantage. Both vSphere Advantage and Project Arctic are officially named vSphere+ at launch.

The vSphere+ license will include vSphere (for the core count stipulated), vCenter Server (for unlimited instances), the new vSphere admin service (SaaS Based), the Tanzu Standard runtime, and Tanzu Mission Control Essentials. Tanzu services enable build, run, and manage for modern applications through the use of containers and Kubernetes orchestration, directly within the hypervisor.

The version of vSphere included with vSphere+ has feature parity with vSphere Enterprise Plus, and production support. You can view the full vSphere Enterprise Plus feature set here.

Once a vCenter Server is registered with the cloud control plane all connected hosts and associated CPUs will be counted as licensed physical cores. Note that 16 cores make up 1 CPU, which is a change to the existing perpetual limit where 1 CPU is currently valid for up to 32 cores. As physical servers are added or removed, the corresponding core count is increased or decreased.

Core commits can be made for 1, 3, or 5 year periods, with additional cores billed as overage (or the commit level increased). Any overage is calculated per hour and billed in arrears at the end of the month. A customer can run a combination of vSphere+ and perpetual vSphere, however they need to be registered with different vCenter Servers.

How Does vSAN+ Licensing Work?

The vSAN+ license is available as an add-on to vSphere+, it cannot be purchased separately. As the license is an add-on it automatically co-terms with the vSphere+ duration. Commit and overage terms are the same as vSphere+.

Using vSAN+, customers benefit from centralised management, global inventory monitoring, and global alert status from the cloud console. Existing vSAN datastores are integrated into the cloud portal virtual machine provisioning workflow, to allow deployment of workloads to a vSAN cluster from anywhere. You can read more in the Introducing vSAN+ blog.

The vSAN+ license has feature parity with vSAN Enterprise, you can view the full vSAN feature list here. At initial release, lifecycle management only covers vCenter Server. It is likely that in the future vSphere/vSAN lifecycle management may also be added to Project Arctic.

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VMware Sovereign Cloud Overview

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Introduction

It isn’t a secret that the overwhelming majority of data hosted by enterprises in the cloud is with US-owned cloud providers. But a study by the Centre for European Policy Studies in 2021 found that a whopping 92% of the western worlds data is currently stored in the US. In principal that has been fine with organisations based in other countries, since the scale of these cloud providers was such that data locality was not a problem. The relevant security controls and technologies also exist to protect the data from unauthorised third parties.

Politically however, the landscape is changing. The majority of the worlds population has privacy regulations inline with GDPR. The number of countries implementing data privacy laws has been increasing annually, for both personal and enterprise data. Furthermore, the very definition of personal information is evolving with our online presence, and it’s only going to get more complex over time.

Thanks to the US Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act of 2018, courts can instruct US companies to collect data on systems they manage, not just on US soil, but in theory anywhere in the world. Separately, in July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) made judgement on a case that essentially invalidated the EU/US Privacy Shield framework for transferring data outside of the EU.

This isn’t just a European concern either, it’s on the radar across other regions on a global scale. Legal cases and fines are starting to arise for organisations incorrectly interpreting GDPR, and there are still open questions about how legislation will be enforced internationally.

These are not isolated instances, and in conjunction with an increased risk of data breaches and more sophisticated cyber attacks, companies are starting to seriously consider repatriation of data stored overseas. Through the global network of VMware Cloud Provider Partners (VCPP), and the VMware Sovereign Cloud framework, VMware have the means to implement data sovereign solutions locally across any region.

What is VMware Sovereign Cloud?

VMware Sovereign Cloud is a framework of guiding principles and best practices to help partners deliver cloud services that adhere to the data sovereignty requirements of a specific jurisdiction. A sovereign cloud framework does not replace public cloud, nor does it replace industry compliance. In fact the opposite is true, the sovereign cloud framework seeks to augment existing platforms and regulations, with a specific focus on putting the customer in complete control of their data.

This control is derived by providing both data residency and data sovereignty with full jurisdictional control. Data residency relates to where the data is physically and geographically stored and processed. Due to the extreme scale of the main public cloud providers, this is something they are usually able to provide. Often though, metadata (data about the data) can leak out into other regions, typically the US. In some cases, data residency alone is not sufficient to ensure compliance with data privacy laws. Data sovereignty relates to law, specifically data being subject to the governance structure, and more importantly jurisdiction, of the nation where the data is processed and stored.

Data still needs to be accessible, and this is a really important point. A sovereign cloud solution needs to not only protect critical data, but also unlock its value. Data can be extracted in a meaningful way, for both private and public sector organisations, whilst providing transparency around architecture and operations.

As an example, both my banking and health records are stored extremely securely in a data centre, with a bunch of regulatory and audit processes in place. However, I can access these records on-demand using my mobile phone, which is a device my bank and my healthcare provider has no control over. Equally, there may be times when others need to access the same records, either anonymised or with personal identifiable information. Like if I applied for a credit-based financial service, or if I was referred to a healthcare specialist for a specific condition. Data sovereignty isn’t about locking up data and making it inaccessible.

Clearly, data still needs to be accessible to the right people through an end client, device, or system, whilst maintaining the integrity of the data. It is important therefore, to have an example architecture for how data can be exchanged, or act as a landing platform for data collected from member states and repatriated from other regions. In implementing such an architecture, a national capability for the digital economy can be achieved, whilst securing data with audited security controls, and ensuring compliance with data privacy laws.

High Level Sovereign Cloud Framework

The basis of a VMware Sovereign Cloud is the VMware reference architecture, in the form of VMware Validated Solutions (VVS) and the VMware Cloud Provider Partner (VCPP) stack. There is no need for a dedicated sovereign cloud reference architecture. Instead, an overlay is being introduced to organise the infrastructure into different security classifications and domains. This separation of security domains ensures there is no data leakage, of either primary data or metadata, outside of the required locality and jurisdiction.

The VMware Sovereign Cloud framework uses transparent, standardised, software-defined architectures along with a number of key principles and best practises:

  • Data sovereignty and jurisdictional control
    • Control, authority, and operations are fully managed within the jurisdiction of the nation state where that data was collected
  • Data access and integrity
    • Cloud infrastructure is resilient across at least 2 data centre locations within the jurisdiction, with secure and private connectivity options
  • Data security and compliance
    • Information security management system controls are audited and applied inline with industry recognised standards
  • Data independence and mobility
    • Data and application portability with modern application architectures to prevent lock-in

These key principles deliver benefits such as increased security, improved control, and continuous compliance, whilst future proofing services and unlocking the power of data. National and sovereign digital capabilities can be developed, with national data pooled together to fuel economic innovation and growth.

How Does VMware Sovereign Cloud Work?

The VMware Sovereign Cloud provider sets up an audited and approved cloud architecture for the customer in the relevant locality and jurisdiction. Each sovereign cloud must have at least 2 security domains within it. A typical example of a security domain will be built in software, with every IT system or data classification representing one or more security domains.

Security domains provide a common authentication and authorisation boundary. The perimeter is typically protected by things like firewalls, access control, and application filters, whilst services like micro-segmentation can provide further optional security inside the security domain itself. You can think of a security domain as a logical network connectivity area with a common security posture, they can be built specifically to house top-secret data, secret data, restricted data, and so on . The 2 types of security domains are as follows:

  • Sovereign domain
    • Used to connect out to other services, similar concept to a DMZ, this security domain features the highest level of security and risk mitigation
  • Resident domain
    • Stores and processes data, will only accept connections from its parent sovereign domain or other trusted resident domains in the same jurisdiction, this security domain features the highest level of trust and confidence

Security domains can be used to make secure connections out to other environments, such as the customers private cloud, or a commercial public cloud provider. The sovereign cloud architecture ensures that if the service is paired with commercial clouds, then no data or metadata is leaked or escapes the sovereign cloud boundary.

The screenshot below is taken from the VMware Sovereign Cloud Technical Whitepaper, which provides a technical deep dive into the aspects and examples of sovereign cloud architectures and integrations. It shows how a sovereign cloud provider can host an application, whilst still consuming the benefits of public cloud services from AWS, Azure, Google, etc.

In this example, the data is encrypted and replicated between the sovereign cloud compliant provider and the public cloud, with the encryption keys only stored on the KMS server with the compliant provider. Other methods can also be used to integrate with third party tooling, such as anonymising data, or replacing sensitive data with specific key pair values that can then be mapped back on the sovereign cloud compliant provider.

Sovereign Cloud Compliancy Chain from the VMware Sovereign Cloud Technical Whitepaper

You can find a local VMware Sovereign Cloud provider, from the likes of Telefonica, UK Cloud, and OVH, on the VMware Cloud Provider Services page. Further reading material that may be of interest around sovereign cloud and the Gaia-X project in Europe is listed below.

What is Gaia-X?

Gaia-X is a broader project beyond sovereign cloud, that attempts to build a federated cloud ecosystem of data, infrastructure, and service providers. The aim is to deliver European digital sovereignty with a future cloud architecture, whilst controlling the flow of data for an overarching state through different legislation boundaries.

Data assets should be able to move freely between approved providers, with both parties providing tools to assist with the migration process to prevent lock-in. Access permissions and data usage controls will travel with the data as it moves through the ecosystem. As with sovereign cloud, the hyperscalers are not excluded and can still participate, providing data sovereignty remains intact. VMware are contributing to the development of the Gaia-X reference architecture as a day 1 member.

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VM Backup v9 Review

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Introduction

Recently Hornetsecurity announced the latest major release of their flagship data protection software VM Backup v9. VM Backup is a mature and feature-rich product, and in this post, we’ll look at the overall solution and latest functionality.

Data protection is more important now than ever before. Data and its corresponding digital services are at the heart of our modern lives. Organisations are extracting value and enhancing customer experience from data, whilst simultaneously ensuring data is available and durable for business continuity.

Ransomware Protection

Cyber security is now on the agenda at executive boards regardless of industry. The potential impact of cyber-attacks, specifically ransomware, is now well publicised.

It’s great to see VM Backup v9 add a ransomware protection feature, storing an immutable copy of the data in the cloud. The immutability of the objects ensures that they cannot be deleted or changed, either accidentally or by a bad actor. Using cloud storage provides flexibility and cost efficiencies; cloud object storage is often cheaper than buying dedicated storage arrays because of the consumption-based pricing model.

Public Cloud

VM Backup integrates natively with Azure Blob storage, AWS S3, and Wasabi for secure and seamless data transfer. What’s more, the Offsite Backup Server agent can be used with an IaaS VM to proxy data transfer to other cloud providers, like Google and Oracle.

The extension of hyperscaler support will please many organisations who are starting to utilise the capabilities of public cloud. For a lot of these companies, a hybrid-cloud operating model is the most likely approach. To this end, VM Backup offers full support for the latest releases of Azure Stack HCI (21H2) and Windows Server (2022).

Another popular approach for forward-thinking organisations is multi-cloud. A multi-cloud strategy helps ensure applications are running on the most suited platform, with higher levels of flexibility and availability. VM Backup can support multi-cloud strategies with the introduction of multiple offsite locations for virtual machine copies.

With so many options for running VMware and Hyper-V infrastructure, a potential challenge for dispersed environments can be operational consistency. Really pleased to see VM Backup tackle this with a consistent REST API, allowing backup administrators to scale environments through a consistent toolset.

Additional Features

Speaking of scaling, VM Backup v9 can now handle much larger environments, with more backup repository and long-term storage options. Improvements have been made to disk space utilisation and backup efficiencies; with automated disk space reclaim, and the ability to run more concurrent backups and tasks, reducing backup windows.

When it comes to backup storage, capacity requirements for local and offsite locations are reduced significantly with inline deduplication. This means only unique or changed data is sent to your backup repositories, creating incredibly fast backup speeds.

VM Backup further enhances an organisations disaster recovery strategy through WAN-Optimised Replication. This feature reduces the Recovery Time Objective (RTO), providing faster recovery, by creating a continuous copy of a virtual machine to a remote site. The IT team can switch to the remote copy (or copies) immediately should there be an issue at the primary site.

As I mentioned at the start, VM Backup is now a mature product and has built an impressive feature-set over time. This includes things like Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for improving Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) with backups as frequently as every 5 minutes, granular backup scheduling and retention policies, Cluster Shared Volumes support, live backups leveraging Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS), Grand-Father-Son-Archiving, and 3-2-1-1 backups. You can view the full list of features here.

VM Backup Augmented Inline Deduplication

What Else?

The technical capabilities of a solution don’t paint the full picture. We really need to know how this solution will be adopted by teams such as IT Operations, Service Management, and Finance. As good as the feature-set is, and we’ve seen that so far in this article, there are some vital operational elements I’m pleased to say VM Backup excels at. Let’s take a look:

  1. Operations – VM Backup is easy to install and configure out of the box. When it comes to protecting valuable business data, simplicity and reliability are key. VM Backup doesn’t require complex architectures or components, which means there is less to go wrong. The product is easy to use day-to-day with an intuitive User Interface (UI). Backup administrators don’t need extensive training courses to start using the software, and Hornetsecurity run a series of free webinars and demos which are all you need to get up to speed.
  2. Support – Having support on a product is another critical element to maintain that reliability. The support model for VM Backup is exactly what you want, instant access to product experts through a variety of channels, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No chatbots or first line call screeners.
  3. Licensing – VM Backup has flexible license and purchase options, whether you want perpetual licenses or a subscription. You can license environments per physical host or per virtual machine, and there are 3 paid for editions plus a free version. You can download a fully functional free 30-day trial of VM Backup to try for yourself here, without any sales walls.
VM Backup v9

Summary

In summary, VM Backup v9 for protecting VMware or Hyper-V virtual machines looks like an essential part of an IT administrator’s toolkit. The software is mature enough to boast an impressive list of features, whilst maintaining a cost-efficient licensing model.

I’m really pleased to see the ransomware protection included this time around, and the improvements to multi-site locations with native public cloud integration. Having these options with a consistent operating experience and REST API are going to help organisations with multiple platforms or who are transitioning to the cloud.

The number of awards and industry recognition VM Backup v9 has picked up speaks volumes. The easiest way to see if VM Backup is a good fit for your infrastructure is to try it out yourself, using the free 30-day trial with full functionality here.

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VMware Explore 2022 Session Picks

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VMware Explore is the new flagship conference from VMware. This year the Europe event is back to real life, hosted in Barcelona November 7-10 2022. Explore replaces VMworld and has big shoes to fill; the latter running for a consecutive 18 years and attracting a combined 35,000+ visitors each yeah across 2 different regions.

VMware is known across the industry for innovation. First pioneering virtualisation, then the software defined datacentre, and more recently the multi-cloud universe. The new Explore event expresses some of the transformational areas of the VMware portfolio like modern applications and multi-cloud.

Although there is no hybrid or digital offering, many of the in-person sessions will be recorded and added to the VMware Explore Video Library, along with a significant amount of on-demand technical content. Check back to the Video Library after the event, as accessing the content is free of charge with a Customer Connect account.

You can browse the 300+ sessions in the VMware Explore 2022 Europe Content Catalog, or check out some of the interesting sessions I have pulled out below. What’s more, the back catalog of VMworld sessions from 2021 and 2020 is also available to view for free in the Video Archive. It’s great to see so many customer success stories this year, as well as several themes that tie in with the wider UK Public Sector policies and initiatives.

Public Sector and Customer Sessions

  • The Royal Air Force – Gaining Information Advantage [DOSB1822EUR]
  • Kingston University: Customer Journey with HCX [MCB3058EUR]
  • Police Pursuits and Microsoft Azure: Surrey and Sussex Police Talk SD-WAN [CEI1930EUR]
  • Migration to Cloud Using VMware Cloud on AWS: Police Digital Services [CEIB2777EUR]
  • Unleashing the power of AI in Healthcare with Nvidia and VMware [VIB8000EUR]
  • The Future of Healthcare was Yesterday [VIB2027EUR]
  • Keeping a University Medical Centre running during a VCF transition [MCLB1452EUR]
  • EDGE and IoT, the Next Public Sector Revolution? [CEIB1819EUR]
  • #TechForGood – Breaking Cycles of Criminality & Poverty in Criminal Justice [VIB2462EUR]
  • UK’s National Crime Agency is fighting crime with Horizon, NSX and Nvidia [SECB1455EUR]
  • Transforming the network of the UK’s largest public service department to improve citizen experience and increase efficiency [CEIB2901EUR]
  • Accenture Partners with VMware for Multi-Cloud Load Balancing Strategy [NETB3072EUR]
  • Deploy a Simplified and Resilient Disaster Recovery: Capgemini Success Story [CEIB2402EUR]
  • Data Spaces: enabling the digital economy [VIB2915EUR]

Cloud Infrastructure

  • Multi-Cloud Adoption Framework: Moving from Chaos Cloud to Smart Cloud in 5 Steps [CXS2947EUR]
  • Need to Migrate Thousands of Workloads? No Problem! [CXS4056EUR]
  • A Way to Get from Cloud A to B – An App Migration Story [CMB2229EUR]
  • 10 Exciting Things to Know About VMware Cloud Flex Storage [CEIB1327EUR]
  • Secure Your vSphere Workloads in VMware Cloud [CEIB1446EUR]
  • What’s New in Azure VMware Solution [MCLB1426EUR]
  • Google Keynote – Accelerate Transformation with Google Cloud VMware Engine [MCLB3096EUR]
  • Bring the Power of Google Services to Google Cloud VMware Engine [MCLB3097EUR]
  • Horizon on Google Cloud VMware Engine: Deployment and Migration Deep Dive [MCLB3098EUR]
  • Planet Scale Networking for Google Cloud VMware Engine [MCLB3099EUR]
  • A Unified Cloud Management Control Plane – Update on VMware Aria [CMB2210EUR]
  • Reduce IT Downtime and Maximize Productivity with Proactive Intelligence [CMB2525EUR]
  • How VMware IT Optimized Carbon footprint in Datacenters utilizing vRealize Operations [NETB2242EUR]
  • An Overview of Cost and Capacity Management in vRealize Operations [CMB2339EURD]
  • A Better Way to Onboard and Govern Native Public Clouds – AWS, Azure and GCP [CMB2355EUR]

Innovation and Self Development

  • Formula 1: No-Limits Engineering Delivered at the Edge by VMware and Lenovo [CEIB2262EUR]
  • Compelling New Innovations from the VMware Office of the CTO [VIB1542EUR]
  • Design Thinking in IT [VIB2801EUR]
  • How to Thrive in Today’s Remote or Hybrid Workplace [PCB4022EUR]
  • How to Justify What Cloud Training is Needed by Your Team [CXS1344EU]
  • Acquiring Practical Cloud Native, Kubernetes and Open Source Skills [OSB1812EUR]
  • Career Growth Fireside Chat: Cloud Path [PCB4024EUR]
  • Career Growth Fireside Chat: Security Path [PCB4017EUR]
  • 10 Amazing Innovations in vSphere 8 That You Absolutely Need to Know [CEIB1574EUR]
  • Technical Overview of vSAN 8 and vSAN Express Storage Architecture [CEIB2172EUR]
  • 60 Minutes of Virtually Speaking LIVE: Accelerating Cloud Transformation [MCLB2804EUR]

End User Computing

  • Create the Future of Candidate & Employee Experience in the Digital Space [EUSB1936EUR]
  • How BMW Delivers a VDI in 10 Minutes or Less [EUSB1814EUR]
  • On the Front Lines: Workspace ONE for Frontline Workers Technical Deep Dive [EUSB2082EURD]
  • Explore the Future of VDI and DaaS with VMware Horizon [EUSB4003EUR]
  • Horizon Cloud Service on Microsoft Azure: Nuts and Bolts [CXS1894EUR]
  • Architecting Multi-Cloud Horizon [EUSB2088EURD]
  • What’s New with Horizon 8? [EUSB2095EURD]
  • Load Balancing Use Cases for VMware Horizon [MCL2478EURD]

Networking and Security

  • Enforcing a Strong Zero Trust Ransomware Defense [SECB1960EUR]
  • A Light in the Darknet: Stopping Cyberthreats with SASE [CEIB1234EUR]
  • How Can Great User Experience Improve Security? [EUS1350EUR]
  • VMware SASE: What’s New and What’s Next [CEIB1892EUR]
  • Workspace ONE + SD-WAN – The First Step into SASE [CEIB1672EUR]
  • VMware SD-WAN Makes Working From Home Seamless [PCM3009EUR]
  • Evolve SD-WAN Use Cases for Enterprise, Government, Home, Cloud and Beyond [CEIB1931EUR]
  • SD-WAN to transition a global corporate WAN from MPLS [NETB2418EUR]
  • Day in The Life of a Cross Functional Security War Room [SECB2988EUR]
  • Defining XDR with Forrester and the XDR Alliance [SECB2360EUR]
  • Supercharge the Implementation of Micro-Segmentation with NSX Intelligence [NETB2791EUR]
  • Delivering Ransomware Protection with VMware NSX, VMware Carbon Black, and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery [SECB1237EUR]
  • First Line of Defense: Secure Ingress Before Attacks Reach Your Apps [SECB2152EURD]
  • Flexible Cyber DRP in the cloud with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery (demo) [CEIB2721EUR]