Highlights
Customer Spotlight: Digital Transformation and Remote Work for the Public Sector
Allowing staff to work remotely is a policy that Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale enabled for the first time by delivering virtual desktops and apps with the agile operations of Horizon 7. Watch their success story video here.
Care to Share Your Knowledge
We know VMUG folks are smart. Would you like to help others with your knowledge? IT Academy is VMware’s public-private partnership with academic institutions. Through it we train instructors to teach entry-level skills and help prepare students to join the digital transformation.
If you are interested in:
- Conducting a webinar in your area of expertise
- Providing coaching or mentorship
- Serving on a panel
— please click here for more details.
Podcast: Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Plus on VMware Cloud on AWS
This podcast episode talks about how you can deploy, scale and manage containerized workloads on VMware Cloud on AWS with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Plus. Listen now.
Thought Leadership
Using the Hands-On Labs to be A Force for Good
As many of you may already know, VMware just released the VMware Appliance for Folding @ Home Fling last week and you can check out this blog post “A Force for Good: VMware Appliance for Folding @ Home” by Amanda Blevins for all the details.
As everyone is wrapped up in their own personal quarantine, we want to show you how we in the Hands-On Labs are pushing the limits of our hardware to help the Folding @Home program understand protein folding, the diseases that result from protein misfolding and aggregation, and novel computational ways to develop new drugs in general. Click here!
VMware Cloud Marketplace: Empowering Customers Through Their Cloud Adoption Journey
With more organizations on the march to cloud than ever, new issues present themselves – and cloud marketplaces are emerging as a solution to many of these challenges. In this webinar wrap-up, three cloud experts share their views on how cloud marketplaces are redefining the journey to cloud. Post webinar blog post here.
Rapidly respond to business continuity challenges with VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware is actively monitoring the ongoing developments of the COVID-19 outbreak and we are doing everything we can to support our extended VMware family- employees, customers and partners. Read more here.
Education Services
Online Training That Can Help You Now
VMware is dedicated to protecting and assisting you during these unprecedented times. With that mission in mind – to support our customers who are dealing with business disruptions and ensure the safety of our employees, partners and customers – all scheduled in-person trainings will now be enabled in a virtual (live online) format. Learn more here!
Product Updates
VMware Cloud on AWS Quickstart
Whether you need to quickly scale resources to enable major growth initiatives or move disaster recovery to the cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS has got you covered. Learn how you can get started today with VMware Cloud on AWS using a fast and simple self-service onboarding option.
Professional Development
New KubeAcademy Courses
KubeAcademy just released a new, hands-on, beginner level course—Hands-On with Containers and Kubernetes. During the hands-on activity, you’ll walk through how to build a container image for an application, push the image to a container registry, and deploy the application to a Kubernetes cluster.
Remote Exam Testing Is Here!
VMware Certification is pleased to announce that remote proctoring of its exams, delivered by Pearson VUE, will be available here starting April 20, 2020.
Events
vForum Online: Now More Than Ever
Amid the COVID response, many VMUG members work on the front lines in industries such as healthcare, medical research, manufacturing, and law enforcement. Others have deployed VDI systems, scrambled to help office workers prepare for a lengthy work–from–home stay, or implemented new technology to keep a connected office.
All of these are ways tech is being used for the good of the global community working to keep economies going and paychecks going to a workforce that needs it. This new work environment requires everyone to stay current and connected. You can do both during vForum Online on May 13th. Click here.
VMware News
A Guide to Hosting Your Own Virtual Hands-on Labs Event
Given the circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, most physical in-person events have been converted to online events. This post will give you a few suggestions for creative ways to engage customers with Hands-on Labs.
Make Sure You’re Getting Maximum Value from Skyline!
So, you’ve installed proactive support with VMware Skyline … now what? Check out our new Skyline “Day 2” video series to learn how to use the full breadth of Skyline features and functionality.
Apps Modernization in a Multi-Cloud World
VMware marked a new chapter announcing a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to help customers modernize their applications and infrastructure. The highlights included the newly expanded VMware Tanzu portfolio for modern applications and VMware Cloud Foundation 4 with Tanzu.
This automated, turnkey hybrid cloud platform – that now supports both traditional VM-based and container-based applications – features the new VMware Cloud Foundation Services using Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, and the new VMware vSphere 7 to drive developer productivity. Access launch event videos on PartnerTV.
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