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Virtually Speaking: The AI Reality Check with Dave Linthicum
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere right now. Every conference keynote, analyst report, and vendor announcement seems to promise massive transformation driven by AI. But how much of that promise is actually translating into real enterprise outcomes? In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, we sit down with cloud and AI industry analyst Dave Linthicum to talk about what’s really happening inside enterprise AI initiatives today.
Announcing VCF 9.1: Modern Private Cloud Built for Efficiency and Resilience
Infrastructure teams face a paradox: environments are growing more complex while budgets and headcount remain flat. VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.1 will address this head-on with innovations that improve efficiency, accelerate application delivery, and strengthen cyber resilience while maintaining operational simplicity. Over the past few years, the conversation around infrastructure has shifted.
VMware Data Services Manager – DBaaS Solution for Private Cloud
As part of our Virtually Speaking Advanced Services Series, we recently sat down to talk about VMware Data Services Manager (DSM) and how it brings true database-as-a-service (DBaaS) capabilities to the private cloud. Joining us for the conversation was Michael Gandy, Product Manager for DSM, along with co-host Jad El-Zein. The discussion covered everything from the growing operational burden of modern databases to how DSM is evolving into a core platform service within VMware Cloud Foundation.
Network Observability by Broadcom: End-to-End Visibility for Modern Distributed Applications
In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Advanced Services series, we take a closer look at Network Observability and how it helps organizations gain end-to-end visibility across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. John Nicholson and I are joined by Alec Pincman from Broadcom’s Network Observability group to talk about how traditional network monitoring has evolved, and why reactive tools like SNMP polling and pings are no longer enough for modern, distributed applications.
Automic Automation: Application-Aware Automation for the Private Cloud
In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Advanced Services Series, we take a closer look at Automic Automation and how it helps organizations automate the business processes that run across their private cloud environments. John Nicholson and I are joined by Dave Kellermanns from Broadcom’s Agile Operations division to talk about where Automic fits in, the kinds of workflows customers are automating today, and why the biggest automation wins often come from small, repetitive tasks.
Advanced Cyber Compliance: Security, Compliance, and Resilience for VCF
Cyber compliance is no longer a once-a-year exercise driven by audits and spreadsheets. For many organizations, it has become a daily operational requirement tied directly to business survival.
A Closer Look at VMware Cloud Foundation Advanced Services
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is widely recognized as the foundation for modern private cloud. What’s less widely understood is the growing portfolio of advanced services designed to extend VCF far beyond core infrastructure and solve some of the most pressing challenges customers face today. That gap in understanding is exactly why we’re launching a new Virtually Speaking podcast series dedicated to VCF Advanced Services.
Virtually Speaking Podcast: Explore Las Vegas 2025 Preview
Get ready for VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas! In this episode of Virtually Speaking, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson are joined by Brad Tompkins, Executive Director of VMUG, to preview what attendees can expect at this year’s event.
Virtually Speaking: What’s New with NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
This week on the Virtually Speaking Podcast, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sat down with networking experts Varun Santosh and Thomas Vignon to unpack what’s new with NSX in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0. The conversation dives into the evolution of networking in VCF, with a spotlight on Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)—a game-changing feature that brings public cloud-like networking to private cloud environments.
APIs, SDKs, and PowerCLI Enhancements in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson are joined by Broadcom Product Marketing Engineer Jatin Purohit, and Broadcom Product Manager Angel Petrov to explore what’s new with APIs, SDKs, and PowerCLI in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0. The discussion dives into major innovations designed to simplify automation and integration for VCF users, including: A unified VCF SDK (Python and Java) that consolidates previously separate component SDKs...
Virtually Speaking Podcast: Cloud Reset
In this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson sit down with Raakhee Mistry from the VMware Cloud Foundation team and field CTO Mitesh Pancholy to discuss why many organizations are hitting the reset button on their cloud strategies.
What's New in Data Services Manager
In this episode of Virtually Speaking, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson are joined by VMware legend Cormac Hogan to unpack everything you need to know about Data Services Manager (DSM). They explore how DSM delivers on-premises database services for platforms like PostgreSQL and MySQL—while solving a big problem for VI admins: database sprawl.
Virtually Speaking Podcast: What's New with vSphere in VCF 9.0
In this episode of Virtually Speaking, hosts Pete Flecha and John Nicholson are joined by Harshad Colte and Feidhlim O’Leary to break down the latest vSphere enhancements in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 They explore how vSphere is evolving to support both traditional VM workloads and modern container-based applications—all while improving operational efficiency, scalability, and security.
Virtually Speaking Podcast: vSAN in VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0
In this episode, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson are joined by Pete Koehler to dive into the latest vSAN innovations in VMware Cloud Foundation 9. They explore key updates like global deduplication, improved network traffic separation, vSAN-to-vSAN replication with VMware Live Recovery, and stretch cluster enhancements.
Exploring VMware Cloud Foundation
The Virtually Speaking Podcast is back with a brand-new 9-part series dedicated to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 (VCF 9) – the most significant evolution of VMware’s flagship private cloud platform to date. Hosted by Pete Flecha and John Nicholson, this series takes you behind the scenes with the product experts, engineers, and visionaries driving the VCF 9 transformation.
Virtually Speaking Podcast: vSAN 8 Update 3
The recent release of vSAN 8.0 Update 3 has three areas of focus: flexible topologies, agile data protection, and enhanced management. With the many options available for vSAN, customers can choose to deploy the best suited solution for their specific needs, especially when used with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). On this episode of the Virtually Speaking Podcast pete and John welcome Pete Koehler to discuss the details of this latest release.
Virtually Speaking Podcast: Top 5 vSAN Questions with Pete Koehler
With vSAN 8.0, VMware introduces Express Storage Architecture (ESA), a flexible storage architecture that harnesses the power of NVMe-based TLC flash devices. ESA is specifically designed to unlock the full potential of these advanced storage devices, enabling organizations to achieve higher levels of performance, scalability, and reliability. Pete Koehler is a Staff Technical Marketing Architect at VMware with a primary focus on vSAN.
Virtually Speaking: Azure VMware Solution
Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a Microsoft managed service built on Azure bare metal infrastructure and cloud verified by VMware. AVS is powered by VMware Cloud Foundation: vCenter Server, vSphere, vSAN, and NSX-T. Also included is VMware HCX, the Swiss army knife of workload mobility. Customers can securely extend their networks and migrate workloads from on-premises (vSphere 6.x -7.x) to AVS or between AVS private clouds in different regions using a combination of migration options.
vSpeaking Podcast: vSAN 8
The announcement of vSAN 8 with vSAN Express Storage Architecture TM represents a massive step forward in the capabilities of the solution and benefits to VMware customers. In this Virtually Speaking podcast Pete Flecha and John Nicholson welcome Staff Technical Marketing Architect Pete Koehler to discuss the ESA and other features in vSAN 8.
VMware Hyperconverged Infrastructure: The Answer to App Modernization
Today’s Diverse Applications Today’s unpredictable and competitive business landscape requires organizations to employ the best technology to keep up with ever-changing demands. The need for environments to scale quickly, be highly available, and respond rapidly has been accelerating the adoption of cloud-native applications. These cloud-native applications can run anywhere, evolve overnight, and scale rapidly.
VMware Leads the HCI Market in Q4, 2021 with Record-Breaking Revenue, According to IDC
VMware is excited to announce that it is the leading HCI software vendor for Q4 of 2021, according to the IDC Worldwide Converged Systems Tracker. Systems running VMware were reported to hold 39.3% of the market share and are the first HCI to surpass $1billion in revenue in a quarter.
What to Consider When Choosing Infrastructure for Cloud Native Applications
IT Infrastructure is Increasingly Distributed and Complex Infrastructure Administrators are dealing with unparalleled complexity. In recent years, organizations of all sizes and industry verticals have become more digital, putting pressure on IT to support new digital goods and services to customers, constituents, patients and more.
Running VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ on VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid
Whether you’re integrating multiple microservices or building a new streaming app, you’ll need a modern messaging and streaming service. RabbitMQ is one of the most popular open-source messaging and streaming brokers. Beloved by large enterprises and individual developers alike, RabbitMQ is lightweight and easy to deploy on premises and in the cloud, making it a perfect choice for a multi-cloud architecture. Tanzu RabbitMQ is an enhanced distribution of the open-source RabbitMQ.
VMware, Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software, 2021
We’re excited to announce that, for five consecutive reports, VMware has been named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software. This year, we have once again been recognized as furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision in the Leaders Quadrant. Source: Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Jeffrey Hewitt, Philip Dawson, Julia Palmer, Tony Harvey, 18 November 2021. This graphic was published by Gartner, Inc.
KubeFATE on VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu
The evolving landscape of data collection challenges the traditional Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing methods as worldwide data are increasingly in isolated islands. Likewise, data privacy and security regulations impose a significant burden of compliance to collect and use this data. Federated learning has emerged as a distributed learning paradigm for collaboration between enterprises to solve isolated data problems while addressing the critical issue of data privacy and data governance.
Operational "Air-gapping" in the Fight Against Ransomware
2 Key Elements of Operational Isolation / “Air-gapping” Recently, my colleague Sazzala Reddy wrote a blog about VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery’s Scale-out Cloud File System (SCFS), summarizing its inherent design and characteristics that enable rapid ransomware recovery.
vChat: VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery
The Cloud Platform Tech Zone Related Websites Visit these other VMware sites for additional resources and content. Communities | Customer Connect | VMware.com | Related Websites Visit these other VMware sites for additional resources and content. | Communities | Customer Connect | VMware.com This message will close in seconds
What's New at VMworld with DR-as-a-Service (DRaaS)
Reasons Why Customers are Adopting VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery It’s Day 1 of VMworld 2021 and we are expecting tens of thousands of attendees. Personally, this VMworld will be my 14th one — the energy and excitement never gets old.
Cloud Native Storage in vSAN 7 Update 3
We’re excited to announce the general availability of vSAN 7 Update 3, which delivers flexible, resilient, and future-ready infrastructure. vSAN provides a common operating model for edge, cloud, or core data center operations. We've enhanced the platform's durability, simplified operations, and visibility, and extended developer-ready infrastructure.
vSpeaking Podcast: What's New in vSAN 7 Update 3 | VMware
With more than 30,000 customers and over 80% of the Global 2000, vSAN continues to innovate. This week VMware announced the general availability of vSAN 7 Update 3, which delivers flexible, resilient, and future-ready infrastructure. vSAN provides a common operating model for edge, cloud, or core data center operations. They've enhanced the platform's durability, simplified operations, and visibility, and extended developer-ready infrastructure.
Rapid Ransomware Recovery Needs a New Type of Filesystem
Just Backup Copies Are Not Sufficient Anymore Every business needs backup copies for their primary datasets, and these copies are typically stored in a backup storage system. However, the most important reason to have backup copies is for recovery. In a disaster-recovery (DR) scenario, it is all about how fast the applications can be recovered. If you always have to rehydrate datasets from a backup storage system to a primary storage system before you can power on VMs, it just takes too long.
What’s New in VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery – 30-minute Recovery Point Objective (RPO) - VMware vSAN Virtual Blocks Blog
Choosing the Right DR Attributes for Your Applications When you are buying a car, you start with your needs list. Do you want great gas mileage, or zero to 60 miles / 96 km per hour in under 4 seconds, or seating for 7 passengers, or the cheapest way to get from point A to B? Usually though, rather than choosing based on just one, you look at a combination of attributes that will best meet your needs.
#StorageMinute – vSAN Data Encryption and Performance | Virtual Blocks
Welcome back to the #StorageMinute series, where you can depend on learning impactful facts about storage in one to two minutes. In a digital age, the rise of hackers and cybercriminals is constantly working to find new ways to exploit personal and confidential data. Data security is critical to public and private sectors organization. Administrators must secure data, and one way this is achieved is through data encryption. vSAN encryptions services encrypt everything in the vSAN datastore.
What’s New in VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery – Streamline Your DR Journey - VMware vSAN Virtual Blocks Blog
Streamline Your Disaster Recovery Disaster Recovery (DR) can feel daunting because there are many options and your organization’s viability depends on it. But with new resources and recent enhancements available for VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, we provide more ways to streamline your DR-as-a-service (DRaaS) adoption journey.
vSpeaking Ep. 184: Top Ten VMware Admin Tools
Out of the numerous tools VMware admins use to monitor, manage and optimize their virtual environments, which ones are the most popular? Pete Flecha, Senior Technical Marketing Architect at VMware, set out to discover the top 10 admin tools of 2021 by surveying the VMware community.
Reduce Your DR Carbon Footprint by 80%
Reduce Your DR Carbon Footprint by up to 80% (or more) with VMware Cloud DR (Co-authored with Heiko Dinger) Enabling Carbon-Efficient Digital Transformation Earlier this year, I shared how VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery can save 60% on the total cost of ownership (TCO) for disaster recovery (DR), which is a fantastic customer benefit.
vSpeaking Ep. 185: VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram
vSpeaking Podcast Ep. 185: VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram As you already know, VMware named Raghu Raghuram as our new CEO back in June 2021! What’s a better way to get to know him than having him as a guest on Virtually Speaking?! Raghu has a long history with VMware that began almost 20 years ago. He started his journey by overseeing ESX and vSphere, establishing his love for all VMware products, innovation and culture.
vSpeaking Podcast: VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram
The Cloud Platform Tech Zone Related Websites Visit these other VMware sites for additional resources and content. Communities | Customer Connect | VMware.com | Related Websites Visit these other VMware sites for additional resources and content. | Communities | Customer Connect | VMware.com This message will close in seconds July 23, 2021 Last month, VMware's board of directors named Raghu Raghuram as its new CEO.
#vSANChat Recap: VMware vSAN HCI Mesh
#vSANChat Recap: VMware vSAN HCI Mesh #vSANChats are back! In our most recent chat, we were joined by John Nicholson, Pete Flecha, and Stephanie Karic to answer common questions pertinent to VMware vSAN HCI Mesh and how it works. Dive in below for the full recap of our vSAN HCI Mesh #vSANChat. Q1: What exactly is vSAN HCI Mesh and when was it introduced? (Tweet Link) Pete: HCI Mesh is a software approach to disaggregation of compute and storage in vSAN.
vSAN Powered HCI Leads Q1 Market 2021 According to IDC
VMware vSAN Powered by HCI Leads the Market in Q1, 2021 According to IDC Once again, VMware vSAN powered Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) Systems lead the overall market for the Q1 of 2021, according to the IDC Worldwide Converged Systems Tracker. Despite a challenging first quarter, overall market revenues grew by 4.9% year over year, while VMware HCI revenue grew 40% faster than the overall market.
Backing up vSAN File Shares
Data is increasingly recognized as the most important asset of a business. As the amount of unstructured data steadily increases, management and protection can be a complex and costly process. vSAN native file services simplify unstructured file-based data management with support for SMB and NFS. vSAN 7 U2 extends its file service capabilities including support for stretched clusters, data-in-transit encryption, snapshots, and improved scale, performance, and efficiency.
vSpeaking Podcast Ep 183: Introducing VM Service
vSphere 7.0 U2a introduces the new VM Service and VM Operator. These two components work in unison on vSphere with Tanzu to offer Kubernetes users a VM provisioning workflow, never before seen on vSphere. This week on the Virtually Speaking Podcast we welcome Myles Gray to discuss Virtual Machine provisioning via Kubernetes with VM Provisioning.
How VMware Cloud DR Helps, Part 1
Ransomware Requires DRaaS Ransom “who,” “what,” where? I bet some of you might be thinking that, and if you are, you’re one of the lucky ones. If you don’t know anything about ransomware, it’s because you either haven’t been hit or were hit but don’t know it yet. Let’s be optimistic and assume you’re really lucky. Ransomware, in a nutshell, is a data loss threat that can block access to your data by encrypting or deleting it.
3 DR Challenges for Mid-sized Companies & Why Many Adopt DRaaS
3 DR Challenges for Mid-sized Companies, Why Many Adopt DRaaS, and What’s New on VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery Caught in the Middle Being “in the middle” is not easy. I remember my transitional middle school years, when I didn’t yet enjoy the freedoms of high school but gone were the simple joys of the elementary school playground.
Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series Faster HCI Cluster Deployment
Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series Deploys HCI Clusters 75% Faster Than Previous Release VMware vSAN has the industry’s largest hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) ecosystem, and we continue to innovate with our ecosystem partners to support our customers. We’re excited about the latest enhancement to Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series hyperconverged solution powered by VMware vSAN.
VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery
Last year VMware introduced VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery – a new VMware on-demand disaster recovery (DR) offering delivered as a simple easy-to-use SaaS solution with the benefits of cloud economics. Based on technology from VMware’s recent acquisition of Datrium, it enables IT and business continuity teams to resume critical business operations after a disaster event. This week on the Virtually Speaking Podcast we welcome Mark Chuang to discuss this latest addition to the VMware DR portfolio.
vSpeaking Podcast Ep 181: Ransomware and VMware Cloud DR
The number of ransomware attacks have spiked 350 percent since 2018. hospitals, schools, vaccine manufacturers and food supplies, and even local governments have all been victims of ransomware in the past year. Both a backup strategy and a plan to stop attacks from happening are critical for any business. This week we welcome Mike McLaughlin to discuss ransomware and how VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery can help mitigate outages and potential data loss.
Add VMware Cloud to Your Enterprise Fitness Regimen
Add VMware Cloud to Your Enterprise Fitness Regimen Make Your Apps Healthy Recently, I had my annual physical checkup. The good news is that I’ve been eating healthy, and so my overall vitals and test results looked good. But my doctor also asked about my exercise habits, and upon hearing my answer, she encouraged me to increase the number of exercise days per week. Her message was simple: The combination of eating healthy and exercising produces the best results.
vSAN Powered HCI Systems Leads Q4 2020, According to IDC
VMware vSAN Powered HCI Systems Leads the Market in Q4, 2020, According to IDC Once again, we’re excited that VMware vSAN powered HCI systems leads the overall market for the Q4 of 2020, according to the IDC Worldwide Converged Systems Tracker.
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