Virtual Stack

Virtual Stack podcast is back with its 34th episode! On this episode, I'm joined by Martijn Smit (Sr. Technical Marketing Architect at VMware) and we dive into the newest features of vRealize Network Insight, such as flow-based app discovery, support for VeloCloud SD-WAN, AWS, Azure and more.

Martijn's book, "vRealize Network Insight Cookbook" will be available very soon. You can follow his website networkinsightbook.com to get notified once it's out there. Besides that, you can follow Martijn on Twitter (@smitmartijn).

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On the 33rd episode of Virtual Stack, I'm joined by Dylan Shields (Software Engineer at Google) and we talk about his upcoming book called AWS Security. In our discussion, we touch on many points; such as the security governance on public clouds, security services on AWS, best practices for networking/VPC, IAM and continuous monitoring. Dylan's book will be published by Manning Publications in Autumn 2020. I have free eBook codes for this book and you'll get one if you're one of the first 5 people to share my LinkedIn and Twitter posts with your network. Besides that, you can use the code "podstack20" for a 40% discount on all Manning Publications products. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Links:

• Dylan's book: "AWS Security"
• AWS Well Architected Framework Whitepapers
• AWS Security Blog

On the 32nd episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Kenneth Reilly (CTO at LevelUP) and we talk about Low-Code Development.

Low-Code (often referred to as No-Code) development platforms provide an environment where programmers create their application software through graphical user interfaces and configuration instead of traditional computer programming. While this brings many benefits, especially speed and agility in prototyping and enabling a broader range of users with software development skills, some developers question if low-code is fit for large-scale or mission critical applications.

You can reach out to Kenneth on LinkedIn, Twitter and Medium.

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Links:

• What is Low-Code Development? - Kenneth's Medium article on Low-Code.
• Low-Code Development Platform - Wikipedia
• LevelUP - Company website

Digital Workspace is increasingly becoming a strategic IT priority for enterprises, since it's directly related to employee experience and productivity. On the other hand, security and privacy are becoming even more important in parallel with BYOD and mobile working.

On the 31st episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Adam Matthews, Digital Workspace Solution Engineer at VMware, and we discuss about Digital Workspace, employee experience and VMware's Workspace ONE solution.

You can reach out to Adam and follow his work on Twitter (@AdamPMatthews) and his blog.

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Links:

• VMware TestDrive: https://www.vmwdemo.com/
• https://whatisworkspaceone.com/
• https://techzone.vmware.com/
• https://blog.eucse.com/author/matthewsa/

Back in August 2019, Pat Gelsinger and Joe Beda were on stage at VMworld US to announce VMware Tanzu and Project Pacific, the products and solutions that are designed to change the way customers build, run and manage their Kubernetes based applications.

On the 30th episode of the Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Scott Lowe (Staff Kubernetes Architect at VMware, author, blogger and fellow podcaster) and we discuss about these recent announcements and check under the hood. Hope you enjoy the show.

You can reach out to Scott and follow his work on his blog and Twitter. Scott hosts a popular podcast called Full Stack Journey and he's also contributing to the KubeAcademy initiative.

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Links:

• Live announcement at VMworld US (33:00 - 43:00)
• Project Pacific product page
• VMware Tanzu product page
• Scott's author profile; the books that he authored and co-authored

Finding the perfect balance between work and life has always been a trouble, especially for those in the IT sector. IT and many other industries adore productivity, tie your work output to your salary and even your professional status. In the race of maintaining a good work output, we occasionally forget having interests outside of work, our families, relationships and hobbies, and this work-life imbalance often ends up with anxiety, stress, and even depression and burn-out. Joining me on the 29th episode of the podcast today is Amy Lewis (Director of NSX Product Marketing at VMware) and we talk about work-life balance in IT sector. Why it's so challenging to maintain it, what causes the imbalance and what are some tips, tricks and life-hacks that we can apply in our lives to maintain a healthy balance work and life. You can reach out to Amy via Twitter (@CommsNinja) and LinkedIn. She will be launching a new podcast with a group of four called Nerd Herd, so stay tuned for that. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Links: Cal Newport - Digital Minimalism OECD Better Life Index The State of Work Life Balance in 2019: What we learned from studying 185 million hours of working time Finding work life balance: Tips, techniques, and exercises for a more balanced life The Illusion of Multitasking Boosts Performance Best Places to Work 2020 - Employees Choice Cities for the Best Work-Life Balance 2019 Eisenhower Matrix

Analytics in the data centre can be challenge since many solutions tend to send extensive packet data and telemetry to disparate centralised engines, which can increase cost and complexity. NSX Intelligence is a new solution that has been announced with NSX-T 2.5 and it's designed to remediate this challenge. It is a distributed analytics engine that provides detailed application topology visualisation, automated security policy recommendations, continuous monitoring of every flow, and an audit trail of security policies.

On the 28th episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Dumlu Timuralp (NSX Lead Solution Engineer at VMware) and we talk about the new features announced on NSX-T 2.5, especially NSX Intelligence. You can reach out to Dumlu via LinkedIn and Twitter, and follow his work via Medium and Github.

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Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech.

Show Notes:

• 02:30 Intro
• 04:30 NSX Intelligence
• 20:45 New Security features on NSX-T 2.5
• 28:45 NSX Cloud enhancements
• 35:00 Closing notes

Links:

• NSX-T Data Center 2.5 Release Notes
• Using NSX Intelligence (NSX-T 2.5 Admin Guide)
• VMware Blogs - NSX-T 2.5 – A New Marker on the Innovation Timeline
• VMware Compatibility Guide (NSX-T)
• NSX-T 2.5 Layer 7 App-IDs
• VMworld 2019 session - Using VMware NSX Policy and Analytics to Address Key Challenges in Security (SAI3071BE)

On the 27th episode of the show, I'm joined by Stijn Vanveerdeghem, Senior Technical Product Manager at VMware. Distributed IPS/IDS (Intrusion Prevention and Detection System) on NSX-T was one of the biggest announcements at VMworld 2019 Europe. Stijn is the Technical Product Manager behind this feature and he took the time to explain us what VMware is bringing to the security market and what are the distinctive benefits that customers can gain from using this feature. You can reach out to Stijn via LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stijnvanv/). Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Show notes:

• 02:00 - Intro
• 04:45 - What did VMware announce in VMworld 2019 Europe?
• 07:50 - What is IPS/IDS and what is the difference between IDS/IPS and a Firewall and NGFW (Next-gen FW)
• 15:00 - Can you talk about the use cases for Distributed IDS?
• 21:00 - What additional benefits does VMware bring to the customer?
• 29:15 - Can you tell us a bit more about the Architecture?
• 35:30 - What are the NSX-T IPS/IDS signatures based on?
• 37:15 - What about the general availability?
• 38:30 - Closing notes

Links:

• VMworld 2019 Europe session: What's New with NSX-T Micro-Segmentation (SAI2565BE)(IPS/IDS is covered at the end)
• Official Product Page
• VMware Blog about the feature announcement

On the 26th episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Kelly Goolsby, Director of Enterprise Sales and Solution Architecture at Liquid Web and we talk about a variety of topics; cloud computing, hybrid-clouds, migrating to cloud and Liquid Web's services in this domain.

Liquid Web is a company focusing on managed hosting as well as managed VMware Private Clouds, and Kelly has a lot of experience with cloud use cases, cloud TCO and migration to cloud.

You can reach out to Kelly via Twitter (@kgool) and LinkedIn. Liquid Web's website is https://www.liquidweb.com. Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Show Notes:

• 04:30 - What trends do you see in cloud market today?
• 08:30 - Top 3 benefits of moving to cloud
• 12:00 - What are the main cloud use cases?
• 16:15 - What does Liquid Web do?
• 19:15 - What are the cost/TCO differences between hosted cloud and DIY private cloud?
• 23:00 - How do you migrate your on-prem workload to a hosted cloud solution?
• 26:30 - Any case studies of customers moving to cloud?
• 30:30 - Closing notes

On the 25th episode of Virtual Stack Podcast, I'm joined by Martijn Baecke, Cloud Management Technologist at VMware, and we discuss the Journey to Multi-cloud Management. We tried to fit this big topic in less than one hour and we touched on many points, such as the evolution towards SDDC and Private Clouds, the rise of Public Clouds, cloud native applications and finally the paradigm shift into multi-cloud.

The rise for multi-cloud is creating new needs, like consistent automation and operations, and we discuss what VMware offers to cover these needs.

You can reach out to Martijn via Twitter (@baecke) and his personal blog: http://thinkcloud.nl/ Virtual Stack is available on all major apps: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher and more. Hope you enjoy the show. As usual, feel free to share your feedback via Twitter (@emregirici), LinkedIn or virtualstack.tech. Links:

• Martijn's post on VMware Blogs: Journey Towards Multi-Cloud Management
• Martijn's Lightboard video: VMware Cloud Strategy with Martijn Baecke