Cloud Insiders

Application transformation, containers, Docker, Kubernetes – how are these enabling busineses?

In this episode, Elton Stoneman (Docker architect, Pluralsight author, Microsoft MVP) takes us on a journey of understanding on what application transformation and containers are, how Docker is enabling containerisation. the key use cases and tips on getting started.

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Handy resources

Book: Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches

Podcast: Tech Focus on Docker

Blog: Introduction to Containers

Blog: Containers: The death of Virtual Machines?

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The networking and security challenges of the modern enterprise are evolving fast, but are enterprises keeping on top of the threats? How can solutions like VMware NSX help enterprises to protect their networks? Looking ahead, what do those at the forefront of the IT industry think the future has in store for networking and security?  These points and more are covered in this podcast, featuring Xtravirt CEO Gavin Jolliffe and VMware Director of Sales, Networking and Security (UK&I) Ian Jenkins.

01:33 - The VMware NSX journey

03:33 - Challenges and opportunities of NSX

05:20 - How are businesses adapting to new security tools?

07:58 - Understanding the perimeter

09:00 - Hardening the interior – hotel or castle?

11:28 - The move from NSX-V to NSX-T

14:18 - Is NSX the universal ubiquitous aggregator?

15:25 - Balancing progress with the traditional

16:54 - Adapting the organisational structure

19:00 - Where next for NSX?

22:04 - Impact of NSX on cloud-native applications

24:10 - Market adoption of NSX

27:57 - Applying NSX and achieving the benefits

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Break out of the data centre and into the cloud with VMware's latest Network Virtualisation offering NSX-T.

Also known as VMware NSX Data Center, NSX-T delivers virtualised networking and security entirely in software making it a key pillar of the SDDC. 

In this Tech Focus episode, Cloud Insiders host Stuart Robinson and Xtravirt Senior Consultant Graham Smith discuss what NSX-T is, the key use cases and what it means for the future of the data centre.

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Data back up and protection is essential to an organisation and ensures data is always available and managed. But once backed up, how confident are you that it can be restored?

In this episode we talk to Xtravirt Senior Consultant and Veeam Vanguard James Kilby about the importance of data back-up, protection and availability, why it should be high on the agenda, data legislation (GDPR) and what Veeam offer in the marketplace.

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IT has become an essential part of business and driving business success. In order to ensure effective IT operations and management, IT teams need to keep their finger on the pulse - this is where monitoring comes in.

In this episode, Aylin Sali, CTO and Co-founder of Runecast and Xtravirt senior consultant, Simon Eady discuss why monitoring is a fundamental aspect of IT, the use cases and share tips for getting started 

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How do you know if your infrastructure is working if you’re not monitoring it?

This podcast is a Tech Focus on VMware vRealize® Operations™ - VMware’s operations management and monitoring product. In this episode, Xtravirt Senior Consultant Simon Eady. chats to Cloud Insiders host Stuart Robinson about IT infrastructure management and monitoring and why organisations shouldn’t underestimate it’s importance, after all it could save your bacon. Simon also talks to us about VMware vROps, what it is and how it works and how it can make a difference to effective monitoring.

Links:

https://vrealize.vmware.com/sample-exchange/

https://marketplace.vmware.com/vsx/

https://docs.vmware.com/

https://labs.hol.vmware.com/HOL/catalogs/catalog/1212

https://www.youtube.com/user/vmwaretv/videos

Read more about the importance of IT infrastructure monitoring in Simon's blog

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In this Cloud Insiders episode, a Tech Focus on Docker - a tool designed to make it easier to create, deploy and run applications by using containers. 

Find out what containers are, why organisations are using them and why Docker is the most popular platform for developers, with Cloud Insiders host Stuart Robinson and Xtravirt Senior Consultant Paul Kennard .

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