Browsing Posts published in September, 2012

Reading Time: < 1 minute DataCore Software, specialized in offering Storage Virtualization software and provider of premier storage hypervisor, has announced the availability of SANsymphony™-V Disk Migration Suite. This product permit a non disruptive data continuity services during the time of data center relocations, VM moves, System Refreshes and Storage migrations. These are the periods, when the data centers are prone to downtime related to storage. SANSymphony offers non-stop business operations in order to keep the critical users and applications running undisturbed. The license, with duration of 30 days, is designed to handle LUN to ma maximum size of 16TB. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes Everybody that has attend at least at one VMworld, or at a VMware Partner Exchange, event probably know what is a Hands on Labs (HoL) and probably has run at least a lab. HoL are probably one of the best reason to attend at this kind of event (and also this year were really good) because you can make practice on VMware technologies, and also (in the recent years) are well designed to be scenario oriented (and usually scenarios could be really close to the real world). The HoL infrastructure is really cool (and a […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here some useful resources: My Flickr album My post about VMworld VMware NOW Keynote at VMworld 2012 VMworld 2012 “What Happened” Tech Talk post Thoughts from VMworld 2012 (San Francisco) – DZone News Some VMworld 2012 sessions (full length) available for free on YouTube VMware HOL Online – Public Beta Registration is now Open!

Reading Time: 2 minutes Now that the VMworld US 2012 is over, I can can summarize what I’ve liked and what not in this big event. The best moments and aspects where: Networking with other people is (IMHO) the main reason to attend at this kind of event. Was a pleasure and an honor know new people and see again old friends. VMware Office of the CTO event: great event with a lot of great people. HoL Backstage: amazing and really interesting know how are made the HoL and also find how products are fit together (nice see that […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes During the first day of the VMworld US, VMware has updated (and changed) its certifications page by adding more certifications (some available soon) and by defining two new certification paths. For the new certifications there isn’t too much to say, some where expected from several months (like the VCAP-DT), other are quite new and related with the new certifications paths (see Certification Roadmap) that will be basically four: Datacenter Virtualization (DV) that already exist and it’s completed Cloud End Using Computing (previous know at DT path) Cloud Application Platform Except the last path that is […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes During the VMworld US 2012 several new VMware products has been announced, starting from the VMware Cloud Suite 5.1 announce (from the first keynote) and the End User Computing vision (from the second keynote). The new Cloud Suite will introduce several improvements and new features (for a complete list see: Technical Whitepaper: What’s New in VMware vSphere 5.1 – Platform), some already discussed: The vSphere Web Client Enhanced vMotion VM replication in vSphere 5.1 (without SRM) VDP: the new backup product Networking and Security improvements No more vRAM entitlement (also for vSphere 5.0) Changes in prices and edition’s included […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute VMworld keynotes where three this edition: Monday, August 27: Paul Maritz has shared how VMware is helping customers and partners thrive in the Cloud era and has also introduced Pat Gelsinger. New release products has been announced has also the dead of the vSphere 5 vRAM Entitlement. Then Steve Herrod has discuss and introduced the technology at the heart of the software defined datacenter. Watch Mondays General Session Tuesday, August 28: Steve Herrod introduce the End User Computing vision of VMware with also a great demo with Vittorio Viarengo. Then VMware partners take the stage to […]

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