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VMware Tanzu Product Releases 
In this section, we will add releases information on Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry, Tanzu Platform for Kubernetes, Tanzu Data Services, and Tanzu Spring Essentials Products that are part of Tanzu Platform and Standalone solutions along with its release date and release notes. 

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VMware Tanzu Product Security Updates
Within the release notes there may be security or governance specific updates that are worth highlighting.  The Tanzu Security team reviews each release and summarizes security or governance specific highlights found within the release notes. 

Tanzu Security Team Disclaimer:
The summary below is a review of the above product release notes from a security and governance point of view and may not reflect specific security or governance requirements you may require. It also does not include all details from the release notes. Please review the full release notes for release details. 

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
VMware Tanzu GemFire

•         Tanzu GemFire 9.15.13 includes an update to Spring Framework that fixes the following security issue: CVE-2024-38809
•         Fixed an issue that caused a BufferUnderflowException during message deserialization.

Check out the troubleshooting Tips and Resolutions on various Tanzu Products. This section is a great resource for you to bookmark and quickly prevent issues before pushing applications to Production.

VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
VMware Tanzu Application Service (TAS)
Usage of nstar package on VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry – This KB aims to explain the usage of the nstar package in Diego cell and Isolation segments on VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry (TAS). 

VMware Tanzu Platform for Kubernetes
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Management Cluster (TKGm)
How to switch from cgroupv2 to cgroupv1 on TKGm 2.5 cluster – TKG cluster has been upgraded to 1.28.7 Photon 5 with cgroupv2 enabled. But workloads do not work well with cgroupv2 and need to run on a node with cgroupv1.

VMware Tanzu Data Solutions
Customer Success Story- Charles Schwab 
Charles Schwab Adopts PostgreSQL (With VMware Tanzu) – (Blog) PostgreSQL is also very easy to install and maintain.“Because it is simple, you have less operational cost”- Nataraj Hegde, Charles Schwab database engineering director.

VMware Tanzu Platform 
Series by Dan Baskette on Tanzu Platform
We have been exploring the four Golden Commands that are key to building a repeatable path to production. These commands—build, bind, deploy, and scale—along with their associated CLI tools, are integral to both Tanzu Platform runtimes: Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes

Part 1: Building a Solid Foundation: The Role of the Build Command in Tanzu Platform
Part 2: Harnessing the Bind Command: Streamlining Service Connections Across Tanzu Platform
Part 3: Automating Application Operations with the Deploy and Scale Commands in Tanzu Platform

Is “Cloud Native Security” Worth Paying For? – – (Blog) Michael Coté and Rita Manachi Securing cloud native environments can be overwhelming, especially if you’re building your own stack from the hot-pot bar of the CNCF landscape. Taking on a continuous and integrated security approach can help make this less daunting.

VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
What’s New with VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry – (Video) Nick Kuhn Explore Tanzu Platform’s new features boosting cloud-native app efficiency. See a GenAI Beta demo and discover how AI can transform your applications.

VMware Tanzu Application Catalog (TAC) 
Building Custom Container & Helm Chart Catalogs via API with Tanzu Application Catalog  – (Blog) Beltran Rueda Borrego Tanzu Application Catalog is designed such that you can easily use our open source tool charts-syncer to replicate your pre-curated catalog from one registry in a public environment to another registry in an offline or air-gapped environment. 

Tanzu Application Catalog – Mitigating Open Source Software Supply Chain Risks  – (Video) Brad Bock Tanzu Application Catalog Overview, How it works, Security focused Capabilities and live Demo etc. 

Spring Updates
Spring hours and A bootiful podcast both made to Top 12 Podcast list
Top 12 Podcasts for Java Developers in 2024 – Look at our amazing Developer Advocates @Joshua Long , @DaShaun Carter , and @Dan Vega being a part of the most influential podcasts for Java Developers! 

Cloud Foundry Weeklies Series  –  Subscribe  | RSS Feed
Cloud Foundry Weekly: Spring AI Zero to Hero: Ep 26 – (Video) Nicky Pike, Nick Kuhn Adib Saikali will join the show to run through his zero-to-hero session on Spring AI. This episode will be a great way to introduce you to Spring AI and sample application patterns that use GenAI, Spring, and Cloud Foundry.

Upcoming Events and Webinars sorted in Date order below for your convenience with relevant links and information for you to not miss these key happenings.

VMware Explore 2024 Announcement Roundup for those who missed

• Day 1: Spring Announcements Blog 
• Day 1: Tanzu AI Announcement Blog 
• Day 2: Cloud Foundry specific Announcements 
• Day 2: Data Announcements Blog 
• Day 2: K8s specific Announcement Blog 
• Day 2: Tanzu Platform Roundup Summary of Announcements Blog
  Tanzu Sessions at Explore

Check out last week’s Product Updates Section for all recordings of Explore sessions for all Tanzu Product Portfolio.

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Thanks and Regards,
Aruna Srinivasan (She/Her)
Client Services Consultant – Tanzu Customer Success