Virtualisation | Cloud | Strategy
Following on the migration theme just recently, I’ve had a lot of queries over the past month related to VMware HCX licensing, so thought I’d pull this post together for reference. Remind me what is HCX again? VMware Hybrid Cloud Extension (HCX), in its own words is: “an application mobility platform, simplifies application migration, rebalances […]
The impact of gravity on the cloud, what am I talking about now… Gravity is defined as “the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth”, that can be extrapolated onwards to state “or towards any other physical body having mass”. It’s a force that has shape everything in our universe. Which […]
We’ve spent years removing consumption silos, so why are they making a comeback under a cloud banner?
Cloud Migration Steps to Success The future for many services will be cloud hosting. Services that are now hosted on on-premises infrastructure, will be able to be rebuilt and consume cloud architectures in new and innovative ways outside of the traditional data center. Imagine you’re tasked with overseeing that development of business services, how do […]
Presenter – Martin Hosken Session expectations VMware Cloud Provider Vision and Strategy Managed Service Provider and VMware Cloud on AWS VMware Cloud on AWS technical deep-dive How can MSP consume this model
Having worn both my fingers and my laptop battery down trying to keep up with the previous sessions in the day, I didn’t live blog the general session. In brief, lots of numbers about how well the various product streams within VMware are performing. However, in my opinion the session really started to ‘sparkle’ when […]
VMware EMPOWER – Planning Your Migrations to VMware Cloud on AWS Session Presenter – Andrea Siviero, VMware Principal Architect Come and learn how to accelerate cloud migration without complex conversions and run you applications on VMware Cloud on AWS
It’s widely acknowledged that to understand the present, and to try and predict the future you must know and understand the past. The current data centre landscape is a complex place. Virtualisation of compute resources with VMware has been the de facto standard for over a decade. The move to software defined infrastructure has been […]
At VMworld this week VMware announced the VMware Cloud on AWS service. Providing an option for organisations to run applications across private, public and hybrid cloud environments utilising the familiar VMware vSphere tooling. Consisting of vSphere, NSX and vSAN to provide an SDDC built onto bare-metal AWS infrastructure. So what does that actually mean and how […]