Cloud Insiders

In this episode, Cloud Insiders host Stuart Robinson talks to Xtravirt Senior Consultant Steve Wood about VMware® AppDefense - a datacentre endpoint security product that protects applications running in virtualised environments.

Listen in to find out what AppDefense is, how it works, how it can be deployed and what it means for the security of IT infrastructure.

Steve has also put together a demo on deploying AppDefense, which you can view by going to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1i5VBPyyeo&t=

This episode was recorded before the release of VMware's vSphere Platinum which as Steve alludes to in this episode now includes AppDefense.

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In this podcast, Paul Davey and Sam Perrin from Xtravirt’s Cloud Automation Practice discuss automation, sharing their insight and learnings from having worked on dozens of automation projects.

This episode outlines:

• What is automation?
• The common reasons businesses are automating business processes.
• Some of tools being used in automation – from Puppet and Chef for configuration management to HashiCorp’s options for provisioning, security and the running of applications.
• The need for businesses to take a business logic first approach to automation projects.
• Some common mistakes to avoid.
• How Xtravirt have designed workshops and best practice methodologies to ensure automation projects stay on track and deliver the business outcomes they were intended to.

To find out more about Xtravirt’s Cloud Automation Practice, please contact:

Sam Perrin - Sam_Perrin

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In this episode of Cloud Insiders Tech Focus, we are looking at the VMware OS Optimization Tool with Xtravirt's Curtis Brown. Find out how you could be saving time and optimizing with this free tool. A product of a VMware fling, this is essential for the toolkit of any EUC specialists or any one that finds themselves deploying desktops on a regular basis.

Listen as Curtis us leads us through the uses, features and specs of the VMware OS Optimization tool.

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In this podcast episode, Xtravirt Senior Consultant Matthew Tupper shares some of his learnings from helping many organisations to better manage their PKI environment. 

Tune in to find out:

• What is public key infrastructure and how does it work?
• What are some common mistakes organisations are making in relation to PKI and how can you avoid making them too?
• And, finally, Matthew suggests a best practice approach to PKI and shares some top tips for effective Certificate Management.

Matthew Tupper is a Senior Consultant at Xtravirt and has been with Xtravirt for 8 years. He is a self-confessed fan of the minutiae and one of his specialist subjects is Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).

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In this special Tech Focus podcast from Cloud Insiders, we speak to Jonathan Medd, co-creator of PowervRA – a PowerShell module for managing VMware vRealize automation. Jonathan created this tool, because in his role as a consultant, he kept encountering the need for just such a tool, but found one didn’t exist, so set about creating one. Available from github.com and powershellgallery.com the tool has been downloaded thousands of times and user feedback is helping steer ongoing improvements.

Tune in to find out more about PowervRA - what it is, why it’s useful and what you need to get up and running.

Find out more about PowervRA on Twitter @PowervRAModule, or search for PowervRA on powershellgallery.com or GitHub

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In this episode of Cloud Insiders, we are joined by Senior Systems Engineer, Michael Armstrong and Xtravirt Senior Consultant, Steve Wood, to revisit the topic of NSX. Our guests explore the developments and improvements seen over the last few years including the key features of the latest NSX 6.4 release and VMware’s AppDefence product, including what it is and how it can work with NSX to secure a customer’s datacentre.

Michael and Steve also address what NSX Cloud is, how NSX-T differs from NSX-V, the key steps to ensuring a successful implementation, as well as where the future is heading for NSX.

Topics covered:

• What have been the key developments and improvements of NSX over the last few years?
• How can VMware AppDefence integrate with NSX to secure a customer’s data centre?
• What are the key steps to ensuring a successful NSX implementation?
• Where is the future heading?

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In the latest episode of Cloud Insiders, VP of Product and Alliances Marketing for Druva, Dave Packer joins Solutions Architect, Alex Galbraith for an interesting discussion around Data Management as a Service (DMaaS). Our guests explore how DMaaS relates to data protection, data governance and data intelligence, as well as the ways in which organisations are addressing the protection of data in the cloud.

Dave and Alex also address the industry drivers pushing organisations to look at the ways in which they are managing their data including the implications of GDPR; the industry trends such as an ever-increasing mobile workforce, as well as what Druva is doing within the data management space to support organisations.

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In this episode of Cloud Insiders, we are joined by Hitachi Vantara’s Cloud & Data Mobility Solutions Practice Lead, Rob Rowe and Xtravirt Lead Consultant, Curtis Brown, who discuss their thoughts and experience of Hybrid Cloud. Our guests identify the benefits of adopting hybrid cloud and the solutions available, what the term Edge Computing refers to and how it fits into the hybrid model.

Rob and Curtis also address the key steps to implementing hybrid cloud successfully, how Hitachi Vantara are helping customers within the hybrid space, as well as where the future is heading.

Topics covered include:

• What is Hybrid Cloud?
• How are customers benefitting from adopting Hybrid Cloud solutions?
• What does the term ‘Edge Computing’ refer to?
• What is Hitachi Vantara doing within this space?
• Where is the future heading for Hybrid Cloud?

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Join us for the latest episode of Cloud Insiders, where we welcome Senior Systems Engineer for Morpheus Data, James Smith and Senior Consultant at Xtravirt, Simon Eady for an interesting discussion around Cloud Application Management. In this episode, our guests address what Cloud Application Management actually is and how it relates to PaaS (Platform as a Service), as well as how it compares with traditional methods of cloud management.

 James and Simon discuss the industry drivers for adopting Cloud Application Management solutions, and the increased demand to move application workloads to the cloud, as well as what Morpheus Data are doing within this space.

 Topics covered:

 What does the area of Cloud Application Management encompass?

• How does Cloud Application Management relate to PaaS?
• What are the key steps to adopting a cloud management solution?
• What are Morpheus Data doing within this space?
• Where is the future heading for Cloud Application Management?

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