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VMware Database Resource List

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I’ve said it before that the Universe speaks to you in three’s.  I got asked for info about VMware and Databases twice today, so I’m posting the list of resources I collected expecting the third request in the next few days…

VMware Resources Portals for Virtualizing Databases

Virtualizing Databases Specific Info

vFabric Database Solutions

There are other areas where VMware is working on database related solutions which most people still don’t realize:

  • vFabric in-memory data solutions: GemFire is a in-memory massively scalable object based data fabric and SQLFire is an in-memory distributed SQL database.
  • vFabric Data Directory is a Database as a Service (DBaaS) deployment and management solution.

My Cloud Newsletter for March

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So actually this is the Your Cloud Newsletter that I create for my private clients, but my english minor half had to play with the wording in the title.  So much good stuff in this month’s edition that I decided to redact the private stuff and share the rest with you!

VMworld 2012

Have you budgeted for VMworld 2012 yet? Seems like no matter how early we tell everyone about VMworld, people tend to get the green light and register just weeks before the event…and then can’t get into the sessions they want.  So make sure you start your planning now!

  • VMworld San Francisco: August 27-30, 2012
  • VMworld Barcelona: October 9-11, 2012

And here’s a ROI message incase your need to convince your boss.

vExpert Nominations Open

Is one of your co-workers a VMware Guru? Are they so dedicated to their Guru status that they blog about it after work? Then help make their Guru status official by nominating them to be a 2012 vExpert.

Latest Happenings from VMware

vSphere 5.0 Update 1 (ESXi and vCenter) Now Available!

Other Recent Releases (with links to Release Notes)

vCOPS has been getting lots of attention lately for the vSphere specfic dashboards available in 5.0. Here are some interesting tid-bits related to this dashboard:

Microsoft Licensing is an ongoing discussion within the VMware Community.  Emma (aka LadyLicensing) has a great blog where she posts on this topic for the wider IT community.  There have also been some great discussions recently regarding MS Licensing for Desktop as a Service (DaaS).

New Flings available from the VMware Labs…

  • Cloud Cleaner Cleans up your vCloud Environment
  • Auto Deploy GUI is a vSphere plugin for the Auto Deploy component
  • InventorySnapshot allows you to “snapshot” a given vCenter inventory configuration and reproduce it
  • Onyx serves as a proxy between vSphere Client and vCenter Server to translate communication into PowerShell
  • vBenchmark allows you to measure key datacenter operational and efficiency metrics

VMware Forum 2012 is a free full day event where you will hear VMware, Industry Experts, and IT Professionals discuss virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions as well as get a chance to network with your peers.  Below are some of the sessions:

  • Online Forum on April 12
  • Dallas, TX on May 2
  • Boston, MA on May 15
  • Washington, DC on June 19
  • Raleigh, NC on July 19

Check the VMware Forum 2012 website for full schedule and to register for one of these events.

VMware Customer Support Days

Have you attended a Customer Support Day yet?  If not, you’re missing a golden opportunity to learn from our Global Support Services (GSS) experts!

Upcoming Support Days:

  • April 4, 2012: New York, Manhattan
  • May 22 – May 23, 2012: Palo Alto (Customer and joint Support Day with Cisco, NetApp and VMware)
  • May 31, 2012 (Tentative): Virtual Support Day
  • July 29, 2012: Dallas
  • October 3, 2012: Boston

More dates, both in US and Internationally, are being planned. Please check the website regularly for updates and to register for an event.

VMworld 2011 Recap

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I was a bit bummed that things didn’t work out for me to attend VMworld this year, but that’s what happens when you have two immovable competing priorities — family visiting over the holidays against industry events.  However, I was able to peel myself away from some client licensing issues, travel planning, and evening house scraping/painting to put together a racap newsletter for my clients. Reposting general details here on the blog as well (and yes, that pun was intended).

Many thanks go out to a few peers of mine from VMware who helped me pull this information together and proof read the final copy!

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For most, Summer is now officially over.  The kids are back in school and VMworld Las Vegas is history.  

But in this case, what happened in Vegas isn’t staying in Vegas…we wanted to provide a quick summary of key announcements from and about the show.  If you weren’t able to attend this year, I encourage you to mark your calendars for next year:  VMworld 2012 is scheduled for August 27 – 30 in San Francisco, CA  (we’ve officially out grown Vegas!).

VMworld 2011 Overview

Even with Hurricane Irene trying to dampen our spirits, VMworld attracted a record number of 19,000+ customers, partners, press and analysts, and 250 sponsors and exhibitors signifying major interest from the IT industry in cloud computing and the next generation of IT. There are now over 86,000 VMware Certified Professionals in 146 countries and over 800,000 vSphere administrators worldwide.

The VMworld Hands on Labs again set records.  This year the labs were run on a geographically distributed Public Cloud hosted in Switch (US-West), Terremark (US-East) and in COLT (Europe-East), all powered by vSphere 5.0 and vCloud Director 1.5.  Some quick lab stats:

  • 480 lab seats were avaialble for a total of 50 hours (24,000 lab seat hours)
  • VMworld First: labs included partner labs from Cisco, EMC and NetApp
  • Total of 13,415 labs were taken
  • Total of 148,138 virtual machines were deployed (that’s 1.215 VMs/second!)
  • 3 attendees finished all 27 Hands on Labs!
  • Best of all…VMworld Hands On Labs will be going public in 2012…

Project Octopus will leverage data sync technology from VMware Zimbra and Mozy to enable enterprise-grade collaboration and information/data sharing. Additionally, Project Octopus will offer easy integration with VMware Horizon, VMware View and Project AppBlast to create a secure enterprise cloud service. These two projects promise to dramatically simplify the access and sharing of information across people and mobile devices, contributing to the Connected Enterprise.

Project AppBlast will provide the universal delivery of any application, including Windows-based applications, to any device supporting HTML5, enabling instant remote access to applications without the heavy footprint of the underlying operating system.

Horizon Mobile (formally MVP) to deliver virtual desktops to mobile devices and enable a new class of dual persona mobile devices. Mobile Virtualization for the Enterprise.

Want to see what you missed?

Below are key announcements in each of the VMware Focus Areas with links to the full press release for each announcement.

End User Computing 

VMware Announces New Products and Services for the Post-PC Era

VMware View 5 to deliver new levels of innovation and simplicity with protocol enhancements, advanced 3D graphics, scalable unified communications and integrated persona management.

VMware Horizon extends benefits of cloud-based application management to virtualized Windows applications and connected mobile workspaces.

Symantec and VMware Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Desktop-as-a-Service Solutions

VMware Announces New Strategic Partnership with Samsung to Virtualize Mobile Devices

VMware and Mitel to Bring Unified Communications and Collaboration to Desktop Virtualization

Socialcast Delivers Secure, Real-Time Collaboration to the Extended Enterprise

 

Application Platform

VMware Introduces New Platform for Enterprise Database as a Service

New VMware vFabric Data Director Will Help Control Database Sprawl, Accelerate Application Development with Self-Service Database Operations and Improve Data Center Efficiency

VMware Delivers Micro Cloud Foundry, Bringing the Industry’s First Open PaaS   Directly to any Developers’ Mac or PC

Free, downloadable PaaS lets developers build cloud applications locally and explore the latest developer technologies.

The Micro Cloud Foundry beta as a free download is immediately available.

Cloud Infrastructure

New VMware vCloud Offerings Accelerate Journey to the Enterprise Hybrid Cloud

vCloud Director and vCloud Connector 1.5 Simplify Access and Management

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5 to Power Disaster Recovery to the Cloud Services

VMware and Cisco Collaborate on Cloud Innovation

Expanding on a strategic relationship and engineering collaboration that spans more than four years, the companies, in conjunction with industry partners, unveiled a breakthrough in network virtualization (VXLAN) that will broaden the mobility range of virtual machines across multiple datacentres and cloud environments.

The companies also announced enhancements to several desktop virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions designed to boost scalability, security and performance.

VMware vCloud Powered Program Gains Traction with Service Provider Ecosystem, Delivering Customers a Broad Array of Public Clouds Compatible with VMware Platform

VMware Acquires PacketMotion to Augment Security Offerings

On August 26th, VMware announced the acquisition of PacketMotion. PacketMotion is focused on delivering user activity context for network segmentation and data access monitoring and recently introduced the PacketSentry Virtual Probe, which is optimized to efficiently monitor and enforce identity based network access controls in VMware vSphere.

vShield 5 introduced sensitive data discovery and intrusion detection capabilities. These capabilities give us the what and the how of this equation (the sensitive data and its location). PacketMotion can provide the who (who is accessing it).

The combination presents an opportunity to make it possible for customers to automate security and compliance policies in a completely business-driven language.