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Announcing the ESXi-Arm Fling

Kit Colbert posted October 6, 2020

Today is an exciting day for us at VMware and I expect for many of you reading this post: the ESXi bits that run on Arm are now available for you to download and start playing with! Specifically, we’re excited to release the ESXi-Arm Fling. So what is ESXi-Arm? And what is a Fling? And Read more...

Announcing General Availability of vSphere 7 Update 1

Glen Simon posted October 6, 2020

On September 15 we announced the upcoming release of vSphere 7 Update 1. Today, I am excited to share that it is now generally available. If you missed our announcement webcast on September 15, no problem. You can watch a replay of the webcast “Up-Level to Developer-Ready Infrastructure” anytime you’d like. What’s new in vSphere 7 Update 1? vSphere 7 Update 1 introduces Read more...

In-Product Evaluation of vSphere with Tanzu

Nikitha Suryadevara posted October 6, 2020

We are incredibly excited to announce the availability of vSphere 7 Update 1! This is a jam–packed release that introduces vSphere with Tanzu, the fastest way to get started with Kubernetes workloads on your existing vSphere environment (no VCF or NSX needed). For the first time ever, you can try out the capabilities offered by vSphere with Tanzu for 60 days without ever leaving the Read more...

Join Us Live for Cybersecurity Awareness Month!

Bob Plankers posted October 2, 2020

Happy Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Since 2004, every October in the United States is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (and Fire Safety Month, too – test your smoke alarms!). So often, we are simply reacting to breaches, threats, and audit findings, but we don’t often stop to think about the proactive side to security. Having a month to Read more...

How do I Integrate VMware Cloud on Dell EMC into an Existing Data Center? (Part 3)

mherreras posted October 1, 2020

By Matt Herreras, Director, Technical Marketing for VMware Cloud on Dell EMC This blog is the third post in a three-part series leading up to VMworld 2020. The series has dealt with challenges and solutions for technology integration and workload migration. The first post set the stage with a customer scenario. In this scenario the Read more...

Announcing Project Monterey – Redefining Hybrid Cloud Architecture

Kit Colbert posted September 29, 2020

Last year at VMworld we announced Project Pacific, a rearchitecture of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to deeply integrate Kubernetes into the fabric of vSphere. Project Pacific quickly led to product releases closely integrated with our Tanzu portfolio – VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu and now vSphere with Tanzu – to provide a powerful and consistent Read more...

VMware vSphere 7 with NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPUs (MIG) for Machine Learning Applications

Justin Murray posted September 29, 2020

Part 1 of this set of blogs introduces the core concepts in the new Multi-Instance GPUs (MIG) software functionality. We used MIG in technical preview on the NVIDIA A-series GPUs on vSphere 7 in the VMware labs. The MIG functionality optimizes the sharing of a physical GPU by a set of VMs on a vSphere Read more...

What’s New In the Latest Release of VMware Cloud on Dell EMC – VMworld Edition

Ken Smith posted September 29, 2020

Since its announcement at VMworld 2018, VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, formerly known as Dimension, has matured into enterprise-optimized infrastructure as-a-Service solution that scales up in density and capacity and provides enterprises with a fully managed, on-premises solution built to handle advanced workloads and virtual desktop environments that they are responsible for today. The inclusiveness Read more...

VMware Design Studio Looking For Security Feedback

Bob Plankers posted September 24, 2020

Hey vSphere fans, just a few days to go until VMworld 2020. Over 100,000 people have signed up which is absolutely wonderful. If you’ve ever used a VMware product and thought “I really wish this worked differently” or “I wonder who picks what this stuff looks like” we’ve got an opportunity for you: the VMware Read more...

How do I Integrate VMware Cloud on Dell EMC into an Existing Data Center? (Part 2)

mherreras posted September 24, 2020

By Matt Herreras, Director, Technical Marketing for VMware Cloud on Dell EMC This post is the second in a three-part series leading up to VMworld 2020. The series will deal with challenges and solutions for technology integration and workload migration. The third and final post will complete the series. It will showcase VMware Cloud Read more...