In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud technology, VMware has consistently been at the forefront, guiding businesses through their journey to modernize infrastructure and enhance security. The VMware Cloud Foundation team is delighted to announce VMware Cloud Foundation 5.2, a major release that signifies our commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions.

Blog reference: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/06/25/vmware-cloud-foundation-launch/

Host: Phil Sellers
Co-Host: Rob Campbell

Technology is the backbone of organizational strategies across various industries in today’s digital landscape. As companies strive to leverage emerging technologies like cloud-native apps and artificial intelligence, a modern IT infrastructure is crucial for success. However, investing in new technical solutions is not just an option, but a necessity for businesses to stay relevant and competitive. To achieve this, organizations must adopt a strategic approach to transformation that balances current operational needs with future growth, while also ensuring the efficient and effective implementation of new technologies.

Blog reference: https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/06/25/vmware-vsphere-foundation-launch-announcement/

Host: Phil Sellers
Co-Host: Rob Campbell
Co-Host: Nick Russo 

Meeting best practices and scaling applications for high-availability requires load balancers.  These devices run the internet and all of your services that you connect to every day.  Modern applications have new requirements for load balancers, including the ability to scale and deploy in multiple locations to support both scale and security.  In this podcast, Phil and Rizwan discuss VMware's NSX Advanced Load Balancer and the features it delivers for customers compared with traditional load balancers like F5, A10 and Netscaler.    

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphilip on Twitter)
Co-Host: Rizwan Shaihk 

Join Phil, Barry and Donovan live from The Hub hangout zone at VMware Explore to unpack the latest announcements and tech innovations released during the conference.  Recorded live from Las Vegas, this podcast discusses NSX+ and what is included in the new suite, vSAN Max, VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery and Intel processor collaboration with VMware.  

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphilip on Twitter)
Co-Host: Barry Browne
Co-Host: Donovan Linton

In part two of the discussion about vSphere 8 Core Storage enhancements, Barry and Phil go deeper in discussions about NVM over Fabric (NVEoF), VMFS and NFS enhancements that customers can benefit from in vSphere 8 GA and Update 1.   

Reference blog: https://core.vmware.com/resource/whats-new-vsphere-8-core-storage

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphil on Twitter)
Co-Host: Barry Browne
Co-Host: Rizwan Shaikh

Core storage for vSphere can make or break performance for you application.  As one of the big three - CPU, RAM and Storage - the innovations in storage can mean big performance increases to your applications, EUC and workloads.  In this episode, we explore what's new in vSphere 8 core storage for VMware Virtual Volumes or VVOLS. 

Reference blog: https://core.vmware.com/resource/whats-new-vsphere-8-core-storage

Host: Philip Sellers (@infraphilip)
Co-Host: Rizwan Shaihk
Co-Host: Donovan Linton

Continuing the discussion of new innovation in the version 8 releases, in this episode, Phil, Barry and Rizwan dive into the vSphere Distributed Storage Engine and  Data Processing Units (DPUs).  We answer the questions - What are DPU's?   Where did they come from?  What is their architecture?  Why should customers be interested in DPU's?  and more.  This episode focuses on futures and new capabilities that customers can begin testing for benefits for the future.  We all agree, our security peers should be listening to this episode! 

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphilip on Twitter)
Co-Host: Barry Browne
Co-Host: Rizwan Shaihk 

In this episode, Phil and Barry dive deeper into vSAN and the new Express Storage Architecture, a new feature of vSAN 8 introduced last year.  The Express Storage Architecture is a rewrite of vSAN meant to take advantage of the NVMe storage and the migration of storage from the SAS bus to PCI.  We discuss the differences between Original Storage Architecture and Express Storage Architecture along with the benefits that it brings and the new requirements it needs.  

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphilip on Twitter)
Co-Host: Barry Browne

In this episode, Phil and Barry talk about VMware Explore. Phil's is a old pro attending VMware's annual conference and Barry has never attended.  From labs, sessions, the expo hall of vendors, parties and events, get all the Pro Tips you need to survive and thrive at VMware Explore.  The event will be August 21-24, 2023, in Las Vegas at The Venetian/Palazzo and Sands Conference center.  

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphilip on Twitter)
Co-Host: Barry Browne

In this episode, Phil and Barry talk all about VSAN.  We start with a brief overview of what VSAN is in the VMware portfolio, how the traditional architecture works and a little about how the new Express Storage Architecture works.  We also answer questions about VSAN+ subscription licensing, what it brings to customers and how it benefits them.  From the Cloud Console with global inventory and other cloud-enabled management services, what can customers expect.  

Host: Phil Sellers (@infraphilip on Twitter)
Co-Host: Barry Browne