Introduction

Weren’t able to make it to VMworld? Want the inside scoop on all the hype? Join GreenPages’ CTO, Chris Ward, for his analysis and opinion on the key announcements from the Las Vegas and Barcelona events. He’ll provide a deep dive into VMware’s product roadmap and its overall strategy acknowledging that AWS, Azure, and Google are going to rule the public cloud. Plus, Chris will discuss the public cloud and hyperconverged trends that are on every IT professional’s radar.  

Topics Include:

  • Cloud Foundation & SDDC Manager: how it’s simplifying deployment & lifecycle management
  • VMware’s partnership with IBM SoftLayer enabling a hybrid approach
  • Cross-Cloud Architecture: VMware’s integration approach with public cloud providers 
  • Why VMware is increasing its NSX development 
  • Cross-Cloud Services: VMware’s SaaS service which imports data from AWS/Azure/Google 
  • Workspace ONE: VMware’s EUC solution and unified endpoint management 
  • What’s new with VMware Photon and container-based workloads
  • Exciting Updates to vSAN v6.2, including software encryption for data at rest