Matt Jones

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The Gorilla Guide To…® Maximizing VMware vRealize Operations (Updated for 8.1 and Cloud!)

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It’s tough to keep up with the rapid evolution of vRealize Operations these days. Just when you think you have a handle on the latest and greatest, the new release drops – and there’s more to learn/know/see/do. App discovery integrations with vRealize Network Insight? Monitoring for “Kubernetes anywhere” – including Prometheus integration? Credential-less service discovery? Read more...

Kubernetes Monitoring with vRealize Operations: What, Why, and How

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Kubernetes has become a game-changing technology in the last few years, quickly evolving from an open-source project championed by a few cloud-native developers to an enterprise platform and the modern standard for agile application development. Kubernetes presents exciting new capabilities for organizations to ruthlessly automate the development, scaling, and management of new applications and deliver Read more...

vRealize Operations and Log Insight at VMworld

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  VMworld 2020 is the biggest VMworld yet, and our coverage of self-driving IT operations management is no exception. Join us September 29 – October 1, online and around the globe, to take advantage of this truly unique VMworld. Soak up all the announcements, sessions, labs, and more – for free – without covering even Read more...

Announcing 50% off vRealize and vCloud Suite Standard

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  No matter what your organization’s cloud strategy is, getting “cloud” right can be challenging. Unified visibility, capacity planning, performance and cost optimization, and speedy troubleshooting are musts in today’s hybrid cloud age.   For many customers, after “virtualization,” the first step towards a fully optimized cloud starts with self-driving operations management. Now, for a Read more...

Announcing vRealize Operations 8.2

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  We are extremely excited to announce the upcoming release of vRealize Operations 8.2 and vRealize Operations Cloud. And although vRealize Operations has been around for almost a decade, it’s pretty unbelievable to see how far we’ve come.   UPDATE – vRealize Operations 8.2 is now GA! Check out the technical deep-dive blog here, or Read more...

Announcing vRealize Log Insight 8.1

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Every minute, your organization’s infrastructure and applications generate a massive amount of logs. Those logs have all the information your IT org might need for real-time troubleshooting, airtight security, and strategic decision-making. However, trying to find the right data among those thousands – or even millions – of logs can be impossibly complex and time-consuming. Read more...

A Day in the Life of IT Operations

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Do you work in IT operations management? If so, do you ever feel like your job description should read “firefighter” sometimes? Maybe you’re struggling to stay ahead of the next crisis. Maybe you’ve read Gene Kim’s The Phoenix Project and thought the IT ops nightmares hit a little too close to home. Or maybe you’re Read more...

EMPOWER 2019 Europe – Recommended Self-Driving Operations Sessions

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EMPOWER 2019 (Europe) is just one week away! For VMware partners who sell, implement, deploy, or build on VMware solutions, EMPOWER is the #1 elite technical and sales training program for all things VMware. We’re really excited about the Self-Driving Operations sessions on the slate at EMPOWER this year. Learn how Self-Driving Operations solidifies VMware’s SDDC Read more...

EMPOWER 2019 Asia – Recommended Self-Driving Operations Sessions

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EMPOWER 2019 (Asia) is just one week away! For VMware partners who sell, implement, deploy, or build on VMware solutions, EMPOWER is the #1 elite technical and sales training program for all things VMware. We’re really excited about the Self-Driving Operations sessions on the slate at EMPOWER this year. Learn how Self-Driving Operations solidifies VMware’s SDDC Read more...

EMPOWER 2019 US – Recommended Self-Driving Operations Sessions

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EMPOWER 2019 (US) is just one week away! For VMware partners who sell, implement, deploy, or build on VMware solutions, EMPOWER is the #1 elite technical and sales training program for all things VMware. We’re really excited about the Self-Driving Operations sessions on the slate at EMPOWER this year. Learn how Self-Driving Operations solidifies VMware’s Read more...