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VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 231 – vCloud Automation Center

Angelo Luciani — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:42 +0000

Hosts
Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick

Guests
Adam Bohle, VMware @adambohle

News
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to unveil vCloud Hybrid Service May 21st
Central Ohio VMUG User Conference
Philadelphia VMUG User Conference
Flipboard users – Three cool magazines – consider subscribing

Around the Community
vBrownbag Podcast
VMUG Local Meetings – Check it today!
AdaptingIT – Lauren Malhoit Podcast
Virtualization Security Roundtable
vCatchup Podcast – Craig Waters
Geek Whisperers Podcast
Establish your Cloud Cred!
Join the Conversation on Google+ Communities – Software-Defined Data Center

Link to Audio Recording
vCloud Automation Center

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VMware vCloud Automation Center

vCloud Automation Center enables customized, self-service provisioning and lifecycle management of cloud services that comply with established business policies. It provides a secure portal where authorized administrators, developers or business users can request new IT services as well as manage existing computer resources from predefined user-specific menus.

Download VMware vCloud Automation Center 5.1

[PDF] VMware vCloud Automation Center – datasheet

[VMware Training] VMware vCloud Automation Center Foundation

FREE Instructional Videos on VMware vCloud Automation Center

Part 68: My vCloud Journey Journal – Installing vCloud Automation Center 5.1 (HomeLab)

Part 69: My vCloud Journey Journal – vCenter Setup with vCloud Automation Center 5.1

Download the VMware vCAC Icon Pack

The Integration of vCloud Director with vCloud Automation Center

vCloud Automation Center – VMware community

Additional Links

Everything VMware at #Interop 2013

John Troyer — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:20:08 +0000

At Interop in Vegas? VMware has brought out a great team and a full set of breakout sessions, keynotes, and demos. Want to find out more about Network Virtualization and VMware Hybrid Cloud? You’ve come to right place.

Breakout Sessions

Tuesday, May 7

SDN Workshop panel session, Lagoon H, 1:55 – 2:30pm
What Is Software Defined Networking and What Impact Will It Have on Your Network? SDN: A Vendor’s Perspective
Hatem Naguib (with participants from Microsoft and Broadcom.)
Moderator: Jim Metzler

In this session, one or more vendors will answer questions about their perspective of SDN. This includes why they think SDN is important, what they see as the primary benefits of SDN, what they see as the technical and organizational impediments to broad adoption and what they see as the short-term future of SDN.

Wednesday, May 8

SDN Keynote panel 9:13-9:46am
Next Generation Networking Architecture
Martin Casado, Chief Architect, Networking, Nicira R&D (with participants from Microsoft and Broadcom)
Moderator: by Eric Hanselman of the 451 Group

How to Build your Cloud of Choice 12:00- 12:45pm, Mandalay Bay J
Mathew Lodge Vice President, Cloud Services, VMware

Businesses have an ever-growing need to respond to market forces almost immediately. IT organizations implement private clouds, while users procure resources from public cloud vendors. Mathew will help you solve infrastructure bifurcation by bridging the benefits of a Software-defined Datacenter with on-demand access to a secure public cloud to build your hybrid cloud of choice.

Practical Steps from Virtualization to the Software-Defined Data Center 2:30 – 3:30pm
Neela Jacques

There are two trends leading to the next transformation of the datacenter – First, the proliferation of virtualization across datacenter hardware and software is modernizing the datacenter. Second, changing business needs are demanding faster response from IT. These trends are leading to a new approach – the software-defined datacenter – where all IT infrastructure services are virtualized and delivered as a service, and the control of this datacenter is entirely driven by software. But how do you go from virtualization to full achieving a software-defined datacenter? What are the necessary steps organizations need to take to realize this transformation? What does the journey look like? What are the operational challenges and roadblocks, and the major decisions that business will need to make? What are the right investments and when is the right time?

How to Select a Public Cloud Provider 3:45 – 4:45pm, Breakers D
Moderator: David Linthicum, SVP Cloud Technology Partners
Mathew Lodge Vice President, Cloud Services, VMware

Looking for a public cloud computing provider? You have many questions to consider. First, does the provider offer the services you need to support the solution? Second, what’s the cost of using that provider over time? Third, can you get the right level of security and governance from your provider? Finally, will the provider stay up-and-running, and in business over the long haul.

In this panel, we’ll leverage top experts in the world of cloud computing to provide practical and sound advice around the process of evaluating and selecting a public cloud computing provider. This includes understanding your own requirements, searching out the right public cloud computing provider, and evaluating that provider before making the final selection.

Lessons Learned on the Road from Server Virtualization to Private Cloud 3:45 – 4:45pm
Mike Leeper, Columbia Sportswear (VMware customer) speaking on customer panel

Most IT organizations are already using server virtualization, and most are or will soon start down the road to private/hybrid cloud and the delivery of IT-as-a-Service. Although this journey can seem complicated and overwhelming, it is a path now well-traveled by a growing number of organizations. This session will discuss real world lessons gathered over the past few years to illustrate the journey, pitfalls and success criteria for making the transition from virtualization to the cloud.

Thursday, May 9

Virtualization & Cloud for SMB/SME organizations – How Do They Apply? 10:15 – 11:15am
Mike Adams, Product Marketing, VMware

Virtualization has clear benefits for enterprises along with widespread adoption. But what about small-to-medium businesses? Do those benefits apply? How are the solutions the same/different for SMBs? Are the steps to virtualization and private cloud the same/different? Should SMBs do it themselves or should they look to service providers to take over? How does virtualization relate to private/ public/hybrid cloud and how should SMBs view the journey?

How to Manage Your Cloud of Choice 2:00 – 2:45pm, Mandalay L
Kit Colbert, Chief Architect and Senior Strategist, The Office of the CTO, VMware

Hybrid cloud sprawl is making life challenging for IT admins. Different environments, different functionalities and capabilities, different interfaces. Kit will discuss how the next generation of management tools will abstract over differences in heterogeneous environments to allow for a consistent approach to private, public, and hybrid cloud management.

Great Debate: Managing Mobile Applications and Data 2:30 – 3:30pm
Srinivas Krishnamurti, Sr. Director, Enterprise Mobile Solutions, VMware

Manage the mobile device? Mobile apps? Mobile data? What about mobile expense management and policy specification and management? While mobility is now essential to organizational success, the solutions required are anything but standardized. This session will examine and debate alternative solutions and discuss how to integrate mobility with the remainder of IT management overall.

What Workspace Choices (Virtual, Cloud, Mobile, BYOD) Do We Really Need? 3:45 – 4:45pm
Scott Davis, CTO, EUC VMware

Workers today want choice – the ability to use their own tablet, smartphone, laptop… to access corporate applications and desktops remotely, search the Web without restriction and download data using any device. A few years ago, this was considered the exception but today, it is essential if companies want to attract the best and brightest in their industry. But how do you support this brave new world, and balance security and control of corporate assets vs. end-user demand choice and a changing workplace culture? Building and managing the right infrastructure for today and tomorrow may seem daunting and fraught with challenges so how do you know if your organization is ready? This session will explore key considerations to ponder when planning your workspace strategy for desktops, applications, cloud and BYOD.

VMware Booth

We’ve got an awesome booth with a full range of demos, short theater presentations and giveaways. Stop by Booth #1551 and say hi. Demo stations include:

NSX & Cloud Infrastructure, featuring the
- vCNS Suite (vCloud Networking & Security, Nicira Network Virtualization Platform)
- vCloud Suite & SDDC (vSphere, vCloud Director, vCenter Operations Management Suite, vCloud Automation Center)
- BCDR (vCenter Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Data Protection Advanced)
Cloud Management
- vSphere with Operations Management
- vCenter Operations Management Suite
- Cloud Provisioning (vCloud Automation Center, vFabric Application Director, vCenter Orchestrator)
Public/Hybrid Cloud
- vCloud Services
- vCloud Director & vCloud Connector
End User Computing
- Horizon Suite (Horizon View, Horizon Mirage, Horizon Workspace)
- vCenter Operations Manager for Horizon View
- Horizon View Mobile Secure Desktop
- Anywhere Desktop

Theater Schedule

Date / Time	Presentation Title
Tuesday, May 7
5:00pm	The VMware Cloud Evaluation
5:30pm	Cloud Management for the SDDC
6:00pm	IT Resiliency with VMware – Better than Physical
6:30pm	vSphere with Operations Management – Maximizing the Value of Virtualizaiton
7:00pm	VMware Horizon Suite
Wednesday, May 8
11:00am	vSphere with Operations Management – Maximizing the Value of Virtualizaiton
11:30am	IT Resiliency with VMware – Better than Physical
12:00pm	The VMware Cloud Evaluation
12:30pm
1:00pm	VMware Horizon Suite
1:30pm	Cloud Management for the SDDC
2:00pm	vSphere with Operations Management – Maximizing the Value of Virtualizaiton
2:30pm
3:00pm	Cloud Management for the SDDC
3:30pm
4:00pm	The VMware Cloud Evaluation
4:30pm
5:00pm	VMware Horizon Suite
5:30pm
Thursday, May 9
11:00am	vSphere with Operations Management – Maximizing the Value of Virtualizaiton
11:30am	Cloud Management for the SDDC
12:00pm	The VMware Cloud Evaluation
12:30pm	IT Resiliency with VMware – Better than Physical
1:00pm	VMware Horizon Suite
1:30pm
2:00pm	vSphere with Operations Management – Maximizing the Value of Virtualizaiton
2:30pm
3:00pm	Cloud Management for the SDDC
3:30pm	IT Resiliency with VMware – Better than Physical
4:00pm	The VMware Cloud Evaluation
4:30pm
5:00pm	VMware Horizon Suite
5:30pm

Community & Social Media Activities

Wednesday, May 8, 10 pm until:Tech Field Day’s Buzzword Bingo Bash! What could be more fun that coming out to apply all the terms you’ve used and abused during the week? Another event organized by the community, this is a crossover event for everybody attending either EMC World or Interop. Come on out and meet your fellow geeks who have been working on the other side of the Strip!

As you can see, it’s going to be a full week! Follow the #Interop hashtag for everything from everybody, @Interop for show news, @VMwareEvents for these VMware-related events, and connect with me at @jtroyer to say hi!

VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 230 – Live from Silicon Valley VMUG

Angelo Luciani — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:22:09 +0000

** Special Live Broadcast from the Silicon Valley VMware User Group – May 1, 2013 **

Hosts
John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer
Mike Gordon Laverick, VMware @Mike_Laverick

Guests
Manjeet Bavage, @Mantraaz Silicon Valley VMUG Leader
Ravi Venkatasubbaiah, @ravi_venk Silicon Valley VMUG Leader
Adam Zimman, VMware

News
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to unveil vCloud Hybrid Service May 21st
EMC World 2013 – IT Technology Conference
IT Conference and Expo | Interop Las Vegas 2013
Part 68: My vCloud Journey Journal – Installing vCloud Automation Center 5.1 (HomeLab)

Link to Audio Recording
Silicon Valley VMware User Group – May 1, 2013

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Record registrations & huge turnout #svvmug ROCKS #vmug

— Mantraaz (@Mantraaz) May 1, 2013

Over 540 attendees. Over 150 labs – Amazing event here in the Silicon valley #svvmug #vmug

— Mantraaz (@Mantraaz) May 1, 2013

Thanks to everyone who made the #svvmug a great success #VMUG

— Silicon Valley VMUG (@SVvmug) May 5, 2013

Looks like @lamw was here #svvmug twitter.com/alanrenouf/sta…

— Alan Renouf (@alanrenouf) May 1, 2013

Meet the new Mr & Mrs Laverick! twitter.com/Mike_Laverick/…

— Mike Laverick (@Mike_Laverick) May 5, 2013

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Everything VMware at #EMCWorld 2013

John Troyer — Mon, 06 May 2013 05:41:09 +0000

At EMC World 2013 this week? There will be plenty of VMware-oriented content about virtualization and cloud all across the show, but here are the sessions, booth theater schedule, and other events that the VMware team will be involved with.

General Session

Tuesday, May 7, 2:30-3:30pm
Pat Gelsinger, Chief Executive Officer, VMware
The Software-Defined Data Center: The Foundation for IT in the Mobile/Cloud Era

CIOs today are looking to data center and cloud innovations for new ways to deliver more value to their people and organizations through on-demand access to any application on any device. The Software-Defined Data Center expands the virtues of server virtualization to the entire data center—compute, networking, storage and management—providing a foundation for IT in the Mobile/Cloud era. By delivering infrastructure for cloud services to all devices, this new platform offers the path to IT-as-a-Service—providing efficiency, control and agility, without sacrificing choice. Please join Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, as he arms you with perspective on your role in this multi-year journey and outlines VMware’s technology strategy to radically simplify IT in this new era.

VMware Booth

You can find us at Booth #201 with a full set of informative activities. This year we’ll be offering a full Hands-On Lab experience with access to the full VMware labs, hosted in the cloud, that are available at VMworld and VMUGs around the world. A 13-seat theater with presenters from VMware and its partners give you insight into a variety of topics (schedule below). And demo stations at the booth include:

The Software Defined Data Center, featuring vCloud Suite, and including vSphere, vCloud Director, vCenter Operations Management Suite, and vFabric Application Director
Cloud Service Provisioning, featuring vCloud Automation Center, vCenter Orchestrator, and vFabric Application Director
Cloud Operations Management, featuring vCenter Operations Management Suite
The Platform for Workplace Mobility, featuring Horizon View, Horizon Mirage, and Horizon Workspace
Disaster Recovery and Data Protection, featuring vCenter Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Data Protection Advanced
Run Business Critical Applications on VMware with Confidence, featuring vSphere, vCenter Operations Manager, and vCenter Site Recovery Manager

Twitter Contest: What’s Your Path to the Cloud?

Grab a picture of yourself and a VBlock, tweet it out with the hashtag #ShowYourPath, and win. I’m not exactly sure what you’ll win, but it looks like a pair of nice in-ear headphones.

VMware Breakout Sessions

Session ID	Title	Speaker	Day	Start Time	End Time	Room
bof.15	Birds-of-a-Feather: Evolution of Storage Architecture & Benefits for Desktop Virtualization	Narasimha Krishnakumar	Wed	01:00 PM	02:00 PM	Palazzo G
vmware.02	VMware: Oracle Database Best Practices on VMware vSphere 5 .1 and EMC Storage	Kannan Mani	Thu	11:30 AM	12:30 PM	Palazzo L
vmware.02	VMware: Oracle Database Best Practices on VMware vSphere 5 .1 and EMC Storage	Kannan Mani	Wed	08:30 AM	09:30 AM	Delfino 4003
vmware.03	VMware: SAP on VMware Best Practices	Vas Mitra	Mon	04:00 PM	05:00 PM	Marcello 4401 A
vmware.03	VMware: SAP on VMware Best Practices	Vas Mitra	Wed	08:30 AM	09:30 AM	Palazzo B
vmware.06	VMware: Software Defined Datacenter & VMware vCloud Suite	Alberto Farronato	Wed	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Delfino 4003
vmware.06	VMware: Software Defined Datacenter & VMware vCloud Suite	Alberto Farronato	Mon	04:00 PM	05:00 PM	Palazzo L
vmware.08	VMware: vSphere 5.x Storage Enhancements & Improvements	Rawlinson Rivera	Tue	04:00 PM	05:00 PM	Palazzo J
vmware.08	VMware: vSphere 5.x Storage Enhancements & Improvements	Rawlinson Rivera	Wed	04:00 PM	05:00 PM	Marcello 4403
vmware.12	VMware: Simplifying & Automating Disaster Recovery with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager & EMC Storage Replication	Andrew Nelson	Wed	04:00 PM	05:00 PM	Palazzo K
vmware.12	VMware: Simplifying & Automating Disaster Recovery with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager & EMC Storage Replication	Andrew Nelson	Mon	11:30 AM	12:30 PM	Lando 4201 A
vmware.14	VMware: End-User Computing Vision for the Post-PC Era and VMware EUC Product Update	Scott Davis	Mon	01:00 PM	02:00 PM	Palazzo G
vmware.14	VMware: End-User Computing Vision for the Post-PC Era and VMware EUC Product Update	Scott Davis	Tue	05:30 PM	06:30 PM	Palazzo G
vmware.15	VMware: Quantifying the Business Value of Horizon View & Best Practices for Successful Deployment	Ridwan Huq	Tue	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Murano 3203
vmware.15	VMware: Quantifying the Business Value of Horizon View & Best Practices for Successful Deployment	Ridwan Huq	Wed	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Palazzo B
vmware.16	VMware: Desktops-as-a-Service with VMware View & EMC	Andre Leibovici	Thu	01:00 PM	02:00 PM	Palazzo D
vmware.16	VMware: Desktops-as-a-Service with VMware View & EMC	Andre Leibovici	Tue	11:30 AM	12:30 PM	Lando 4201 A
vmware.18	VMware: EMC and VMware’s Joint Cloud Management & Orchestration Solutions	Ramzi Nahas	Tue	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Murano 3201 A
vmware.18	VMware: EMC and VMware’s Joint Cloud Management & Orchestration Solutions	Ramzi Nahas	Thu	08:30 AM	09:30 AM	Palazzo E
vmware.19	VMware: VMware vSphere – How to Troubleshoot Virtual Performance	Mark Achtemichuk	Wed	02:30 PM	03:30 PM	Palazzo J
vmware.19	VMware: VMware vSphere – How to Troubleshoot Virtual Performance	Mark Achtemichuk	Thu	10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Palazzo O
vmware.21	VMware: IaaS with VMware vCloud Automation Center	Josh Gwyther	Mon	02:30 PM	03:30 PM	Marcello 4405
vmware.21	VMware: IaaS with VMware vCloud Automation Center	Josh Gwyther	Wed	11:30 AM	12:30 PM	Palazzo G

VMware Booth Theater Schedule

Come by the booth for the following presentations

Monday, May 6	Presentation Title	Company	Speaker
6:45 -7:00	SDDC	VMware	Chris Romano
7:00 – 7:30	ITaaS – EMC Global Services	EMC	Ted Newman
7:30 – 8:00	EMC & VMW Joint Management & Orchestration Offering	VMware	Ramzi Nahas
8:00 – 8:30	VPLEX – application Availability and BCDR	EMC	Ashish Palekar
8:30 – 9:00	BCA ORCL	VMware	Don Sullivan/Kannan Manni
Tuesday, May 7	10:00am – 5:00pm		Speaker
10:15 – 10:30	BCA SAP	VMware	Vas Mitra
10:30 – 11:00	FEDEX – Virtualization Journey	FEDEX	Chris Greer
11:00 – 11:30	ITaaS – EMC Global Services	EMC	Ted Newman
11:30 – 12:00	VCE – Vision Intelligent Operations	VCE	Jerry Mayfield
12:00 – 12:30	EMC ESA – VNX	EMC	Sooraj Prasannan (EMC)
12:30 – 1:00	EUC Horizon	VMware	Chris Romano
1:00 – 1:30	BCDR – IT Resiliency with VMware	VMware	Jeff Hunter
1:30 – 2:00	SAP	VMware	Richard Lichtenstein
2:00 – 2:30	SDDC	VMware	Chris Romano
2:30 – 3:00	EUC – Win Migration – EMC Services	EMC	Brandt Hummel
3:00 – 3:30	EMC & VMW Joint Management & Orchestration Offering	VMware	Ramzi Nahas
3:30 – 4:00	SAP	VMware	Richard Lichtenstein
4:00 – 4:30	Management & Orchestration Services	EMC	Travis Grant
4:30 – 5:00	SDDC	VMware	Tom Stephens
Wednesday, May 8	10:00am – 5:00pm		Speaker
10:00 – 10:30	SDDC	VMware	David Ward
10:30 – 11:00	EMC Services – ITaaS	EMC	Ted Newman
11:00 – 11:30	VCE – Vision Intelligent Operations	VCE	Jerry Mayfield
11:30 – 12:00	EMC ESA – VNX	EMC	Sooraj Prasannan (EMC)
12:00 – 12:30	VSPLEX Application Availability and BCRD	EMC	Ashish Palekar
12:30 – 1:00	EUC	VMware	Chris Romano
1:00 – 1:30	Management & Orchestration Services	EMC	Travis Grant
1:30 – 2:00	EUC – Win Migration – EMC Services	EMC	Brandt Hummel
2:00 – 2:30	FEDEX – Virtualization Journey	FEDEX	Chris Greer
2:30 – 3:00	BCA -ORCL	VMware	Kannan Manni
3:00 – 3:30
3:30 – 4:00	BCDR – IT Resiliency with VMware	VMware	Jeff Hunter
4:00 – 4:30	EMC & VMW Joint Management & Orchestration Offering	VMware	Ramzi Nahas
4:30 – 5:00	ITaaS – EMC Global Services	EMC	Ted Newman

Evening Community Activities

There’s a great list of community meetups and tweetups at EMC World 2013 here on the EMC Community Network, but I’d like to highlight:

Monday, May 6, 9:30-11:30 pm:Geek Whisperers Out Loud. Not an official event, but join Matthew Brender (EMC), Amy Lewis (Cisco), and me, John Troyer (VMware) for an informal non-sponsored Tweetup (BYOWallet). We podcast as The Geek Whisperers, a show about all things Social Media in Enterprise IT. Social is a part of all of our careers these days, and we’d love to hear what it means to you. Come out and say hi.
Tuesday, May 7, 8:00-10:00 pm: EMC Community Network Appreciation Event. If you’re a member of ECN, or if you’ve ever used this great community site to solve a problem, come on by the Zebra Lounge in the Palazzo.
Wednesday, May 8, 10 pm until:Tech Field Day’s Buzzword Bingo Bash! What could be more fun that coming out to apply all the terms you’ve used and abused during the week? Another event organized by the community, this is a crossover event for everybody attending either EMC World or Interop. Come on out and meet your fellow geeks who have been working on the other side of the Strip!

As you can see, it’s going to be a full week! Follow the #EMCWorld hashtag for everything from everybody, @EMCWorld for show news, @VMwareEvents for these VMware-related events, and connect with me at @jtroyer to say hi!

VMware Community Jive 5 Upgrade

Corey Romero — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:27:29 +0000

I’m excited to announce that starting Saturday May 4th we will be upgrading our VMware Community platform from Jive 4 to Jive 5. We will complete the upgrade on Sunday May 5th. Users will be able to use to communities but with limited functionality as the site will be in a read-only state.

VMware Communities – Just Some of the New Features and Customizations in Jive 5:

Full Width Layout (We created a dynamic template for better viewing)
My Communities Tab (This new tab lists all of the communities you are following for easy access to communities you commonly visit)
View Community Discussions Full Screen. Find the option under Username > Preferences > Place Content View Style (This removes the side bar to allow full screen view for discussion and document pages)
Community Navigation (Navigating the communities is now easier as we have exposed most of the communities at the top level of VMTN)
Mobile Support for iOS and Android devices. (All mobile devices have the option to use the mobile app or use the desktop view. Register your mobile device by going to Username > Preferences > Mobile > Add a device)
Enhanced Search (we have included YouTube, VMware KB, Tech Pubs into extended search results)
@mentioning all over the community, even in documents, comments, and discussion posts

Enjoy!

VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 229 – Network Virtualization, Spousetivities

Angelo Luciani — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:24:57 +0000

Hosts
John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer

Guests
Scott Lowe, VMware @scott_lowe
Crystal Lowe, Spousetivities @crystal_lowe

News
Silicon Valley VMUG User Conference – Wednesday, May 1, 2013
EMC World – May 6-9, 2013 at The Venetian
Pivotal has launched
New Community Competition – Are you the next Virtual Design Master?
Flipboard users – Three cool magazines – consider subscribing

Link to Audio Recording
Network Virtualization, Spousetivities

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Spousetivities – The fun side of technology conferences

VMworld Call for Papers Voting Is Now Open

VMworld Convince Your Boss Letter

VMware NSX Network Virtualization

VMware vCloud Networking and Security

[PDF] VMware vCloud Networking and Security

[PDF] VMware vCloud Networking and Security Overview

Martìn Casado – (Stanford, twitter, Grace Murray Hopper Award)

Bruce Davie – Office of the CTO Blog

Brad Hedlund – (blog, twitter)

vSoup Podcast – Bandwidth Envy with Greg Ferro #31. [From John: I do want to apologize to Greg and thank him for letting me use him as a straw man in this podcast. You should really listen to the entire vSoup podcast to get his take, rather than what I took away from it and used to start discussion on this podcast. Greg is the networking expert, after all.]

Last year, the number of virtual ports exceeded the number of physical posts

Key technologies to consider – OpenFlow, Open vSwitch, Overlay protocols – STT VXLAN, NVGRE, L2 vs L3, Routing vs Swtiching – Scott Lowe

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VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 228 – Windows XP 1-year support countdown

Angelo Luciani — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:47:50 +0000

Hosts
John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer
Mike Laverick, VMware @mike_laverick

Guests
John Obeto, Logikworx @johnobeto
Betty Junod, VMware

News
New Community Competition – Are you the next Virtual Design Master?
Canonical and VMware Collaborate to Enable OpenStack Clouds with VMware Technologies
Socialcast by VMware Advances Enterprise Social Networking With New Capabilities
Flipboard users – Three cool magazines – consider subscribing

Join us as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of VMworld US!

Link to Audio Recording
Windows XP 1-year support countdown

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Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 – Support Ends April 8, 2014

VMware Horizon Mirage

[PDF] Windows 7 Migration Using VMware Horizon Mirage

[PDF] ADAC e.V., Europe’s Largest Automobile Insurance Association, Completes Desktop Migration in 15 Days

Windows lifecycle fact sheet

[PDF] VMware Horizon Mirage 4.0 Reviewer’s Guide

Forrester: Windows 7 powering 21 percent of corporate desktops; XP still at 60 percent – Jun 17, 2011

VMware Horizon Mirage is a layered image management solution that separates the PC into logical layers which are owned and managed by either IT or the end user. Update IT-managed layers while maintaining end-user files and personalization. Snapshots and backups of layered desktop images enable quick recovery or rollback in case of failure.

VMware Mirage Architecture and Use Cases

Follow VMware Horizon Mirage on twitter @vmwaremirage

VMware ThinApp deep dive: Deployed vs. streaming execution modes

VMware Horizon Suite combines physical, virtual and mobile management

FREE eLearning VMware Horizon Mirage Fundamentals Now Available

VMware Horizon Mirage links

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vExpert 2013 deadline extended to April 22, 2013

John Troyer — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:52:38 +0000

We’re extending the vExpert 2013 application deadline to from tonight to April 22, 2013 at midnight PDT. More information on the vExpert Program is available at the original announcement: vExpert 2013 applications are now open.

Here is the vExpert 2013 application form.

We’d like to encourage first-time applicants to go ahead and put in an application. It just takes a few minutes to apply.

If you’re passionate about virtualization, cloud, and building the new software-defined data center, you’ve probably shown it in some way just by doing your job with passion. For some of us, that’s building out a blog to record our observations on a current project. For others, it’s speaking at a VMUG, leading a certification study group, or working with VMware as a reference customer. We want people in the vExpert Program who have given back to your colleagues and the community — however you do it. You don’t have to be a book author, you don’t have to be a famous speaker, and you don’t even have to be the smartest person you know. The vExpert Program is a great experience for the participants. Our job is to help you succeed in your career and to help you continue to contribute to the community.

If you know someone who you think should apply — someone who has contributed their expertise to others, who would enjoy hanging out with the most passionate pros in IT, and who we’d like to hang out with too! — then please use this vExpert Recommendation Form to reach out to them and encourage them to apply this year.

This deadline extension is not related to today’s terrible tragedy in Boston, but our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected.

VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 227 – Flings, View Pool Manager, VDI Calculator

Angelo Luciani — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:57:15 +0000

Hosts
John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer
Mike Laverick, VMware @mike_laverick

Guests
Dana Nourie, VMware @DanaNourie
Andre Leibovici, VMware @andreleibovici

News
VMworld 2013 Call for Papers is open – Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – Friday, April 12, 2013
vExpert 2013 applications are open – Deadline for applications is April 15, 2013, no its now April 22, 2013
US VMUG User Conference - Find one near you
Podcast – #185 – Becoming a VMworld Speaker [Tips]
vMUGGING Thoughts – Mike Laverick blog post
New Community Competition – Are you the next Virtual Design Master?
Xceedium Extends Xsuite for VMware
VMware director: ‘IT goals haven’t really changed over the last decade’
Flipboard users – Three cool magazines – consider subscribing

Link to Audio Recording
Flings, View Pool Manager, VDI Calculator

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VMware Flings – Our home for collaboration & innovation

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VMware Communities Roundtable Podcast – Show Notes 226 – vSphere Security Hardening Guide

Angelo Luciani — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:38:28 +0000

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John Mark Troyer, VMware @jtroyer

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Mike Foley, VMware @mikefoley

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vSphere Security Hardening Guide

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vSphere Security Hardening Report Script Updated for vSphere 5.1

vCenter 5.1 Pre-Install Check Script [VMware Fling]

Security Advisories, Certifications & Guides

I would encourage you to post your reply in the Security and Compliance Communities forum but if you have more sensitive concerns, send it to me at mfoley@vmware.com. The intent is to publish the final GA copy in two weeks with any changes/updates incorporated so get your inputs in as soon as possible!

[PDF] Public Draft (Revision B – Release Candidate) of the vSphere 5.1 Security Hardening Guide available

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Hey @jtroyer, I don’t think @mike_laverick and I are making it to the podcast tonight twitter.com/hansdeleenheer…

— Hans De Leenheer (@hansdeleenheer) April 3, 2013