VMworld vSphere

A Guide to VMworld 2021 for Virtualization Pros

At VMworld 2021, we were thrilled to offer insightful programming to get the most from the VMware products you’re using. You’ll find the top 5 sessions for sys admins here, from product announcements to insights from practitioners, that can help you learn what’s new in familiar products, see how new products and features work, and get perspective on what the cloud will bring to virtualized data centers. Watch these sessions on-demand to enhance your partnership with VMware on your organization’s multi-cloud journey.  

1. How vSphere Is Redefining Infrastructure For Running Apps In the Multi-Cloud Era

Multi-cloud has transformed the way organizations manage next-generation applications. A host of innovative new technologies are becoming available, from silicon-based accelerators to high-speed interconnects to cloud-scale architectures. Attend this session to hear VMware thought leaders share how IT can enable cutting-edge innovation with vSphere.  

2. A Big Update on vRealize Operations

Give us 30 minutes and we will give you an update on VMware vRealize Operations you won’t forget. This is a can’t-miss session with updates on the premier cloud management tool. Get the latest on new capabilities for ease of use, time to value, troubleshooting, capacity and cost-efficiency, application monitoring, integrations, and more.

3. VMware Cloud Foundation Tips and Tricks from the Trenches

VMware Cloud Foundation makes a highly scalable infrastructure solution easy to deploy, but getting the details right is important. In this session, we take you through many of the common pitfalls and lesser-known features and offer some advice on how to make your infrastructure deployment a success from day 1. 

4. Get Started with vSphere with Tanzu

This session will introduce VMware vSphere admins to vSphere with VMware Tanzu. We will go over the requirements and set up a basic configuration so admins can deploy a VMware Tanzu Kubernetes cluster and application. This session will also cover the latest and greatest changes in vSphere with Tanzu configuration and management.

5. vSphere Admin’s Guide to Virtual AI Infrastructure for Modern Data Science

In this session, we will help data center admins bridge the gap between enterprise data center operations and the needs of modern data science, including AI application development, AI model training, and AI inferencing. You will learn how to best meet the needs of your data scientists by leveraging NVIDIA GPUs in a modern VMware environment to overcome difficult-to-manage siloes and common operational concerns. Utilizing the flexibility of a software-defined, GPU-enabled data center built on VMware vSphere 7, you will learn how to design, deploy, scale, operate and secure GPU-accelerated VMs to meet the varied demands of AI workloads. Join us as we help data center admins build AI infrastructure with ease, providing unmatched flexibility and agility to data scientists as they unlock new business value for the enterprise.

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