Highlights
SpringOne 2020
Join us September 2–3 for SpringOne, our annual cloud native conference that brings together the developers, cloud engineers, and tech leaders that get apps into production. This year’s event is all online and all free!
Just starting out with cloud native apps? Or want to advance to the next level? Attend SpringOne and surf across five content tracks (spanning cloud native platforms, architecture, app modernization, and everything in between), boost your skills with interactive workshops, and connect with other innovators that build and deliver the modern apps that run the world.
The IT Academy & VMworld 2020
- Please Join IT Academy at VMworld Tune in to: Smarter to the Future Learn how you can be part of the next generation of digital talent. Register for Session ETPD2198 September 29-October 1, 2020 On demand.
- Thank you VMUG for your amazing partnership. The LATAM chapter is especially busy. We’ve connected with VMUG members in Nicaragua, Brazil and next up is Panama, Guatemala and Mexico. Many members teach at universities, so this is an absolute symbiotic relationship. Let’s keep building our virtuous circle.
IndusInd Bank + VMware: Success Story
VMware solutions enable digital transformation for a bank, enabling it to offer better services to customers. Learn more about their success!
Product Updates
Take the Skyline #TechforGood Treasure Hunt Challenge!
VMware Skyline customers: join the Skyline #TechforGood Treasure Hunt running through mid-October. To take part, log into Skyline Advisor and complete the weekly Treasure Hunt tasks. We’ll draw random winners from weekly participants to each win $150 to donate to their cause of choice. Follow @VMwareSkyline for all the details. Don’t have Skyline yet? Go here to download! Click here to access the VMware Skyline Twitter profile.
Go from “virtualized” to “cloud-ready” with 50% off vRealize Suite Standard
No matter what your organization’s cloud strategy is, getting “cloud” right can be challenging. Unified visibility, capacity planning, performance and cost optimization, and speedy troubleshooting are musts in today’s hybrid cloud age.
After virtualization, the first step towards a fully optimized cloud starts with self-driving operations management. Start today with 50% off vRealize Management to optimize your private or hybrid cloud environments!
Advancing from VMware NSX for vSphere to NSX-T
We introduced VMware NSX to the market over seven years ago. The platform has helped thousands of customers worldwide transform their network and bring the public cloud experience on-premises. This resulted in higher levels of automation and insight, which, in turn, saved time and money. However, as customers continued to drive new use cases and requirements, we wanted to ensure NSX was completely future-ready; hence NSX-T was born.
NSX-T is the next generation of network virtualization and security platform with a complete L2-L7 suite of services, delivering switching, routing, firewalling, analytics, and load balancing entirely in software. The platform enables a wide range of use-cases in intrinsic security, networking and security for multi-cloud and modern apps, and network automation.
New Features for RDS on VMware are Live!
In addition to Read Replicas for MySQL and PostgreSQL that went live end of June, Reserved Instances and Always-On availability feature for SQL Server are now live in GA for RDS on VMware. RDS on VMware is a fully managed database as a service, that automates administrative tasks for on-premise databases in VMware vSphere environments.
Customers can use Read Replica functionality for RDS on VMware to promote scalability and business durability by creating one or more read-only copies of a database instance within the same Custom Availability Zone (or in VMware’s terminology, a vSphere Cluster).
Updates made to the source database will be asynchronously copied to the Read Replica instances. Customers can further boost database durability by leveraging the Always-On Availability Groups feature for SQL Server which maximizes the availability of a set of user databases for an enterprise.
To learn more watch our joint webinar held in March with AWS, or reach out to us at mailto:[email protected]
VMware Tanzu Mission Control Now Integrates with VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront
VMware Tanzu Mission Control now integrates with VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront. With this integration, we are unifying the forces of centralized multicluster Kubernetes management and full-stack Kubernetes observability and analytics, making Kubernetes management more efficient while giving developers more flexibility and autonomy. Learn more here!
What’s New with VMware Cloud on AWS
With 30 major and minor updates since inception of the service, VMware Cloud on AWS is launching new features and capabilities every month to help you seamlessly migrate, extend, modernize and protect your IT environment.
In this webinar, we’ll show you:
- A quick overview of VMware Cloud on AWS
- Exciting new capabilities in the service and supported solutions with latest news and announcements
- Value and benefits these features bring to you
Introducing vRealize Automation Cloud Add-On for VMware Cloud on AWS customers
Existing VMware Cloud on AWS customers have another Add-On service within their SDDC portal. The new Add-On tile provides a 45 day trial of vRealize Automation Cloud!
When you activate the vRealize Automation Add-On here are just a few of the benefits:
- Predefined Blueprints and Cloud Setup as well as Governance via Lease Time Policy
- Self-Service Catalog for Hybrid Cloud
- Consumption of SDDC Storage and Network Policies and Objects
- DevOps for Hybrid-Cloud via Code Stream Features
- Prebuilt constructs for easy IaaS consumption and Day 2 Management
Upgrading Container Capabilities on VMware Cloud Marketplace: Downloads, Enhanced Security and More
Discover how we’re supporting Helm charts, why we’ve made tarballs for containers and Helm charts downloadable, and how we’ve dialed security up a notch in this latest update to the VMware Cloud Marketplace. Also, take a sneak peek at upcoming features!
Professional Development
Certification Insight: Badges and Certifications Working Together
Learn more about how VMware certifications and badges work together to prove expertise of skill and how their individual purpose and scope serve your unique learning journey.
vSAN Expertise: 7 New Features Field Discussion
Don’t miss VLZ’s upcoming live event on September 9. Within the feature-packed release of vSphere 7, a new version of vSAN 7 has been introduced. Aimed at modern architectures and use cases, find out about the enhancements to the Cloud Native storage feature and experience a design/operational whiteboard walkthrough of the new vSAN Files services capability.
VMware Tanzu and Pivotal Training Courses Now Available
Get the skills you need to accelerate application modernization. VMware Education Services is pleased to announce new Tanzu and Pivotal training courses that can transform your applications and skills. We offer specialized training by job role from developer through IT operations. Learn more about our latest Tanzu courses and Pivotal Labs training solutions. Please contact your assigned Americas Learning Specialist for additional information.
VMware News
New podcast episode: Running Oracle Workloads on VMware Cloud on AWS
While running business-critical applications in the cloud, cloud services need to meet some of the key requirements.
In this episode, VMware experts have talked about how VMware Cloud on AWS helps customers run their Business Critical Applications- specifically Oracle workloads in the cloud. They have also talked about the new strategic partnership with Oracle, key use cases and Oracle solutions that customers can run on VMware Cloud on AWS, licensing costs involved and much more.
New Promotions from Americas Education Services
Enroll in any VMware Education Services Fast Track or qualifying On Demand course, receive TWO FREE certification exam vouchers toward earning your VMware Certified Professional (VCP) designation.
This is great way for you to improve skills and advance career success. Get the details here for this special promotion!
Events
VMUG + VMware Odyssey
Join VMUG and VMware Odyssey™ by Hands-on Labs for an engaging and challenging way to showcase your expertise across the VMware portfolio. Our next event is scheduled for September 9th. Check out the VMUG website for more information!
VMworld 2020: Ready, set, schedule.
Now it’s your move. Session scheduling goes live September 1.
Customize your experience by reserving your favorite sessions and speakers to make the most out of your time. With 900 sessions and counting, VMworld 2020 is a can’t-miss online event offering global insights like never before. Act quickly, as some sessions (including our fun and entertainment) have limited capacity.
VMware & Atos Future Ready Webinar
Join VMware Chief Customer Officer, Sumit Dhawan, in this VMware and Atos Future Ready Webinar on September 9, 2020, a virtual event for anyone looking to turn lockdown’s fast-tracked IT investments into long-term business advantage. Are you future ready?
Thought Leadership
New Quarterly Series: VMware Multi-Cloud Briefing
VMware’s first Multi-Cloud Briefing with insights from VMware’s executive cloud leadership team is now available on-demand. Discussion Topics Include:
- Multi-Cloud Strategy: Hear the latest advancements in our cloud platform and ecosystem.
- Driving Business Value: Understand how VMware can help your business reduce costs, streamline operations and ensure that all data and applications remain secure and protected in any cloud.
- Voice of the Customer: Learn how our customers and partners have accelerated their businesses with the cloud.
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