In this audio blog, Daniel Aguirre, VMware Security Engineer NSX gives us an overview of the new ransomware called WannaCry or Wanna Decryptor that is attacking Microsoft Windows computers on the Internet and within organizations through a service vulnerability SMB 1.0 reported by Microsoft in the bulletin MS17-010 since March 2017 and has been exploited through the exploit called Eternalblue to demand a rescue of the files through Bitcoins. Although it was accidentally stopped the propagation (Killswitch), already new variants of this Ransomware are observed. We will be addressing the measures recommended by VMware and how NSX helps in the detection, monitoring and blocking of malware with native tools like Endpoint Monitoring as well as integration with security partners and best practices to avoid being infected by this worm.

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VMware Unveils IoT Management Solution
– https://www.vmware.com/radius/vmware-unveils-iot-management-solution/
– https://blogs.vmware.com/pulseiot/2017/05/09/introducing-vmware-pulse-iot-center/

Dell EMC VDI Complete Solutions
– https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2017/05/dell-emc-vdi-complete-horizon.html
– http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2017/05/dell-emc-world-2017-vdi-completeready-bundle.html

Delivering Developer-Ready Infrastructure for Modern Application Development
– https://www.vmware.com/radius/dell-emc-world-developer-ready-infrastructure/
– https://blogs.vmware.com/cloudnative/microservices-meets-micro-segmentation-delivering-developer-ready-infrastructure-modern-application-development/

VMware & Google Extend Partnership to Accelerate Adoption of Chromebooks
– https://blogs.vmware.com/euc/2017/05/google-chromebooks-workspace-one.html

Dell & VMware Extend PC Management to the Firmware and BIOS
– http://blogs.air-watch.com/2017/05/dell-vmware-pc-management/#

Multiple announcements/blogs from DellEMC: https://blog.dellemc.com/en-us

On-demand General Session Keynotes: http://dellemcworld.com/live.htm#main=ondemand

Applications for the 2016 vExpert program are now open. This is the second and last chance to apply for vExpert in 2016. Applications will be accepted until July 1st at midnight PDT. The vExpert 2016 second half announcement will be on August 19th 2016. Current 2016 vExperts do not need to apply. 

The VMware vExpert program is VMware’s global evangelism and advocacy program. The program is designed to put VMware’s marketing resources towards your advocacy efforts. Promotion of your articles, exposure at our global events, co-op advertising, traffic analysis, and early access to beta programs and VMware’s roadmap.

Each year, we bring together in the vExpert Program the people who have made some of the most important contributions to the VMware community. These are the bloggers, book authors, VMUG leaders, speakers, tool builders, community leaders and general enthusiasts. They work as IT admins and architects for VMware customers, they act as trusted advisors and implementors for VMware partners or as independent consultants, and some work for VMware itself. All of them have the passion and enthusiasm for technology and applying technology to solve problems. They have contributed to the success of us all by sharing their knowledge and expertise over their days, nights, and weekends.

vExperts who participate in the program have access to private betas, free licenses, early access briefings, exclusive events, free access to VMworld conference materials online, exclusive vExpert parties at VMworld and other opportunities to interact with VMware product teams. They also get access to a private community and networking opportunities.

Evangelist Path
The Evangelist Path includes book authors, bloggers, tool builders, public speakers, VMTN contributors, and other IT professionals who share their knowledge and passion with others with the leverage of a personal public platform to reach many people. Employees of VMware can also apply via the Evangelist path. A VMware employee reference is recommended if your activities weren’t all in public or were in a language other than English.

Customer Path
The Customer Path is for leaders from VMware customer organizations. They have been internal champions in their organizations, or worked with VMware to build success stories, act as customer references, given public interviews, spoken at conferences, or were VMUG leaders. A VMware employee reference is recommended if your activities weren’t all in public.

VPN (VMware Partner Network) Path
The VPN Path is for employees of our partner companies who lead with passion and by example, who are committed to continuous learning through accreditations and certifications and to making their technical knowledge and expertise available to many. This can take shape of event participation, video, IP generation, as well as public speaking engagements. A VMware employee reference is required for VPN Path candidates.

Apply for vExpert 2015 Second Half

• Current 2016 vExperts do not need to apply.
• 2016 vExpert application: https://form.jotform.com/61374764816969
• Recommend a colleague to apply for 2016 vExpert: https://form.jotform.com/40285869039970 (They will still need to fill out the application)

Questions & Updates

For questions about the application process or the vExpert Program, please send email to  vexpert@vmware.com. Be sure to follow @vExpert for updates on the 2016 vExpert program.

Thank you to all who have participated in years past,
Corey Romero & the vExpert Team

Here are a few video interviews with our VMware team on theCUBE:

For more interviews and highlights, visit our YouTube playlist: VMware at EMC World

For photos from EMC World, browse: EMC World Facebook albums