In this vTechTalk we look at how as a consumer you can leverage the scale of the VMware vCloud Air Network for your cloud based disaster recovery needs. For further information go to cloudproviders.vmware.com
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vTechTalk: vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers
In this short video, we discuss the opportunities and benefits Service Providers have by leveraging the vCloud Architecture Toolkit (vCAT) for Service Providers Reference Architecture documentation. For further information go to cloudproviders.vmware.com
General Availability of VMware vCloud Director 8.20
Woohoo! The biggest release so far of VMware vCloud Director 8.20 is here. VMware announced today on the VMware blog site the release of version 8.20 of vCloud Director. This latest version is packed full of features and updates to help the ever growing vCloud Air Network Service Providers deploy enterprise grade public cloud offerings. So whats key about this release? Two important focus areas have been critical to this release being successful. These are: Full NSX Support – now allows NSX capabilities to be exposed and consumed in a multi-tenant, self-service fashion. Service providers have granular role-based access control (RBAC) over these capabilities, which enables them to carefully govern what their tenants can do. Adopt a vCenter – “Adopt a vCenter” enables vCloud Director 8.20 to discover resource pools in existing vCenters and “adopt” them into the vCloud Director management plane, without interruption or downtime. Service Providers deploying VMware vCloud Director […]
vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT SP)
Are you a service provider trying to build a service offering? Are you a service provider struggling to integrate all the different products on the market? Are you looking at all the different documentation and thinking am I ever going to be able to deploy this? VMware has two options for you, either print off the Stress Reduction Kit here: or read further and discover the vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT SP). This is a project close to my own heart. I was one of the original product owners back in vCAT v1, v2 and v3 days. Its been completely re-written and refreshed to give guidance and information for Service Providers delivering offerings within the vCloud Air Network. Want to know more? Keep reading or go straight to the vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT SP) page. vCloud Architecture Toolkit for Service Providers (vCAT SP) The […]
VMware VMworld vCloud Air must see sessions
Its coming! VMworld Barcelona is coming soon. So soon in fact it actually starts on Sunday. Wow, I can hardly believe it. Still feels like VMworld USA was last week. This will be my last VMworld Barcelona working in the vCloud Air public cloud business unit, before I transition over to my new role in the Cloud Service Provider BU. You can read about that in a seperate post. VMware vCloud Air has some awesome sessions this year and I would actively encourage all of you to see these sessions if you can get in. The highlighted sessions are based on vCloud Air’s core use case focus of Data Center Extension, Replacement and Disaster Recovery. These sessions range from 200 level through to 400 level advanced techincal. VMware VMworld vCloud Air must see sessions These are not the only vCloud Air sessions available for you to attend at VMworld, but […]