Martijn Smit

Martijn is a proud Dutchman (stroopwafels!) and has spent around 16 years as an IT professional, mostly focused on network operations. Going from web hosting help desk operator, to server support, to third line networking engineer, to data center consultant. He has been with VMware for 4 years. He spent 2,5 years as an NSBU SE in the Benelux and is now a Technical Marketing Architect for vRealize Network Insight.

Recent Posts

Integrating vRealize Network Insight with VMware HCX

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vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) and VMware HCX are a match made in migration-heaven. Use vRNI to discover and lay boundaries around the applications, plan out the migration, and determine the impact of network performance. Then HCX comes in and takes the application boundaries, groups them into migration waves to migrate multiple applications simultaneously, without impact. Read more...

Importing Recommended Firewall Rules from vRealize Network Insight into VMware Cloud on AWS

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vRealize Network Insight has been an instrumental tool in helping customers migrate to the cloud. Organisations have been using vRealize Network Insight to plan out their migrations and make sure the network requirements are met, and no unexpected network performance degradation happens. Another area where vRealize Network Insight helps with migrations is the security planner. Read more...

The Remote Worker Pinboard in vRealize Network Insight

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By: Karthic Kumar In my previous blog post, Monitoring Network Performance for Remote Workers, we saw how the vRealize Network Insight Remote Worker pinboard could help VDI admins monitor the VDI environment. In this blog post, we will go step-by-step to create this VDI pinboard and customize it further. vRealize Network Insight is a comprehensive Read more...

Monitoring Network Performance for Remote Workers

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By: Karthic Kumar Thanks to VMware vSphere, VMware NSX, and VMware Horizon VDI solutions, which made remote work possible from anywhere and helping organizations continue their business amidst the “New Normal “situation. Almost everyone is working from home now; it is a new challenge every organization is facing, keeping the infrastructure healthy, and meeting the Read more...

Managing PCI Compliance with vRealize Network Insight

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By: Brien M. Posey Companies that accept credit card payments are required to comply with a set of regulations collectively known as the Payment Card Industry Security Standard, or PCI. The PCI regulations establish requirements for how organizations must protect cardholder data, and what those organizations must do to keep their networks secure. From an Read more...

Network & Security Operations Demo for VMware Cloud on AWS

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VMware vRealize Network Insight has deep insight into what’s happening on VMware Cloud on AWS. Everything from traffic analytics, to hybrid cloud connectivity, to event & change history, to capacity management…I could keep going. Below is a demo video of the capabilities of vRealize Network Insight for VMware Cloud on AWS. Here are a few Read more...

Understanding Network Topology in a Multi-Cloud Environment

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By Joep Piscaer Multi-cloud is often talked about as if it’s a deliberately chosen and executed strategy—something you think about, design for, and then execute. The reality is often vastly different. Cloud usage grows organically, across both the number of services used, as well as the per-service spend. For many organizations, this means running the Read more...

Now Available: vRealize Network Insight Cookbook!

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I’m very excited to announce that the vRealize Network Insight Cookbook is now available! After one year of research and writing, 51.142 words, 280 pages, and 107 draft versions later, it’s here! Whether you’re a beginner with vRealize Network Insight or a pro, the Cookbook will have content you can put to use. Expect a Read more...