In the digital age, everyone is responsible for the organization’s overall security.  DevSecOps brings together the disciplines of DevOps, Cloud and now Security toward a common goal of distributing security decisions with agility and scale.  At VMworld Europe, you will network, learn and practice the industry’s latest technology with industry insiders, experts and your fellow co-workers and peers.

We’ve put together a list of VMware’s networking and security business unit’s top sessions, hands-on-labs and keynote sessions that you can’t miss!

For security-specific sessions please refer to our Security Blog.

Networking and Security Showcase Keynotes at VMworld Europe

Showcase Keynote: Networking and Security for the Cloud Era 

  •  Tuesday, 5 November, 13:00 – 14:00 (CET/GMT+2)
  • Speaker: Tom Gillis (@_TomGillis), SVP and GM, Networking and Security,

Showcase Keynote: Intrinsic Security – How Your VMware Infrastructure Can Turn the Tide in Cybersecurity [SEC3412KE]

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 15:30- 16:30
  • Speakers: Tom Corn, SVP Security Products, VMware, Shawn Bass, VP & CTO EUC, VMware

 Cloud Networking Sessions at VMworld Europe

Tuesday, 5 November, 2019

 Edge to Hybrid Cloud, the Network Matters [CNET3628BES]

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 11:00 – 12:00
  • Speakers: Amit Pandey, VP, Head of NSX Service, VMware and Bob Ghaffari, General Manager, Intel

 Network Virtualization and NSX-T – A Technical Overview [CNET1582BE]

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 11:00 – 12:00
  • Presenters: Francois Tallet, Technical Product Manager, VMware and Luca Morelli, Lead Systems Engineer, VMware

 Virtual Networking Across Data Centers and Clouds with NSX [CNET2650BE]

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 14:00 – 15:00
  • Presenters: Nikhil Kelshikar, VP NSX Product Management, VMware and Umesh Mahajan, SVP, NSX, VMware

 Introduction to Container Networking with NSX-T [CNET2604BE]

  • Tuesday, 5 November 5, 14:00 – 15:00
  • Presenter: Pooja Patel, Director, NSX Technical Product Management, VMware

 NSX Service Mesh: The Link to Federate and Secure a Multi-Cloud Future [CNET2741BE]

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 14:00 – 15:00
  • Speakers: Andrew Babakian, Principal Architect, VMware and Pere Monclus, CTO Network and Security BU, VMware

 Wednesday, November 6, 2019

 The Virtual Cloud Network: Software is Everywhere – Is Your Network Ready for the Future [CNET2868BE]

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 11:00 – 12:00
  • Speaker: Yves Hertoghs, Principal Systems Engineer, VMware, Pere Monclus, CTO Network and Security BU, VMware, Antoine Deleporte, Senior Systems Engineer, VMware, André Devillars, IT Infrastructure chief Architect, Michelin

NSX-T Design for Multi-Site Networking and Disaster Recovery [CNET1334BE]

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 13:00 – 14:30
  • Speaker: Dimitri Desmidt, Senior Technical Product Manager, VMware

 NSX-T Deep Dive: Kubernetes Networking [CNET1270BE]

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 15:30 – 16:30
  • Speakers: Ali Al Idrees, Lead EMEA SDDC Architect, VMware and Yasen Simeonov, Senior Technical Product Manager, VMware

 VMware Cloud with NSX on AWS, Dell EMC, and AWS Outposts [CNET2067BE]

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019: 17:00 – 18:00
  • Speaker: Vyenkatesh Deshpande, Sr. Product Line Manager, VMware

 NSX Cloud Deployment and Architecture Deep Dive [CNET1365BE]

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019: 17:00 – 18:00
  • Speakers: Amol Tipnis, Senior Technical Product Manager NSX, VMware and Percy Wadia, Director, Product Management VMware

 Thursday, 7 November, 2019

 VMware Cloud on AWS: NSX-T Networking and Security Deep Dive [CNET1219BE]

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019: 10:30 – 11:30
  • Speakers: Humair Ahmed, Senior Technical Product Manager – NSX in VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware and James Devine, SA, AWS

Transitioning from NSX for vSphere to NSX-T [CNET1498BE]

  • Thursday, 7 November, 12:00 – 1:00
  • Speakers: Andrew Voltmer, Director of Product Management, NSX, VMware and Ben Fairclough, Lead Infrastructure Architect, William Hill

 Next-Generation Reference Design with NSX-T Part 1 [CNET2061BE]

  • Thursday, 7 November, 12:00 – 1:00
  • Speaker: Nimish Desai, Director, VMware

 Next-Generation Reference Design with NSX-T Part 2 [CNET2068BE]

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019: 13:30 to 14:30
  • Speaker: Nimish Desai, Director, VMware

Deep Automation and Self-Service for Application Delivery [CNET3672BE]

  • Thursday, 7 November, 13:30 – 14:30
  • Speaker: Gaurav Rastogi, Director R&D, VMware

Hands-on-Labs at VMworld Europe

Our product leads and engineers worked double shifts to bring you the latest software and labs so that you can get hands-on-experience with the tech. Here’s a list of the expert-led cloud networking labs:

  • VMware NSX-T: Getting Started
  • VMware NSX for vSphere – Getting Started
  • Network Insight and vRealize Network Insight – Getting Started
  • NSX Cloud Consistent Networking and Security across Enterprise, AWS & Azure
  • Integrating Kubernetes with VMware NSX-T Data Center

Sign up for our expert-led and self-paced Cloud Networking labs before spots fill up!

Operationalizing NSX-T Workshop at VMworld Europe

Now that you’ve set up NSX in your environment, what’s next? Learn how to run NSX for Day 0, Day 1 and Day 2 operations during our workshop.

Sign up now for the Operationalizing NSX-T Workshop (CNET2519TE). The workshop will be on Monday, 4 November, 13:00 – 17:00.

In the workshop we’ll cover:

  • A 300-level technical deep-dive on a typical topology deployment
  • Learn about security postures
  • How to monitor and troubleshoot NSX
  • Operationalize micro-segmentation across on-premises and public clouds

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