The VMware OS Optimization Tool (OSOT), a VMware Fling, helps optimize the performance of Windows-based virtual desktops used with View in VMware Horizon 7, VMware Horizon Air Cloud-Hosted Desktops and Apps, and VMware Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode. The recently published update of the VMware Windows Operating System Optimization Tool Guide (OSOT Guide), which documents the use of the OSOT, includes several changes from the previous version of the guide.

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Hi folks and the 3rd time this week that I’m blogging some big news around the vRealize product suite. Our product team worked hard to ship new versions of products like vRealize Automation 7.1, vRealize Code Stream 2.1, vRealize Code Stream Management Pack for IT DevOps 2.1.1, vRealize Orchestrator 7.1 and many more! If you

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Big news for customers who are already using or planning to use our vRealize products! We launched a wide set of new versions of our vRealize products on the 23rd of August. If you haven’t seen what’s new, please visit the VMware.com/products website or have a log on our VMware blog. In my previous post

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VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) offers a simple but powerful path to deploying OpenStack clouds and is a clear win for developers. But what about the operations side?   Presenting at the 2016 OpenStack Summit, VMware’s Santhosh Sundararaman and Isa Berisha and Thomas McAteer of HedgeServ, the #1 provider of technical management services to the hedge […]

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VMworld 2016 is almost here,and there will be plenty ofnews and announcements to share at this important event in Las Vegas!Before you travel to Las Vegas, we wanted to let you know aboutone more event during the show - a special Open Source Meetup for the developer and IT-Professional audience. This is a free event

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  As the pace at which companies are moving to the public cloud continues to accelerate, service providers are evolving their cloud services strategy. Many are choosing to focus on delivering high-margin value-added services such as desktop and application management, patching, or help desk services in lieu of investing significant time and money deploying and […]

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The VSAN Assessment is a free SaaS based tool which gives you a comprehensive analysis of your vSphere environment andhighlights the value of VSAN if implemented. With the VSAN Assessment you can: Identify which VMs are a suitable candidate for VSAN – All Flash or Hybrid View Sizing and Hardware recommendations (# of servers, SSD)

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By: Pete McKenna, Blue Medora   The Blue Medora VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for PostgreSQL provides rich, detailed metrics about your PostgreSQL database environment within a few clicks. Database visibility is one of the most common reasons customers look to Blue Medora for monitoring solutions, so we’ll explore this information, as well as take

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Greetings from the VMware Security Response Center! Today we released VMSA-2016-0013 which documents a local privilege escalation in vRealize Automation (vRA) and VMware Identity Manager (vIDM) as well as a remote code execution in vRA. We thought we should go a little more in depth about the vulnerabilities themselves to better explain how they may […]

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By: Bekah Suttner, Blue Medora   Converged infrastructures have broad appeal to IT administrators, offering a single management console, components optimized for performance, simplified scalability, and more. Something that’s not always easy about converged infrastructure is monitoring. Using individual solutions for each component in your infrastructure can be inefficient, especially if those solutions are developed

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Guest Blog byGaetan Castelein, Cohesity If you’re up to speed with what VMware has done in the world of primary storage over the past few years, then you’ve heard of Virtual SAN, Virtual Volumes, and Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM). All these technologies work together to make your primary storage infinitely better. VVOLs and SPBM allow

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by Xisheng Zhang, VMware End-User Computing (EUC) staff engineer VMware Horizon FLEX allows companies to remotely control and manage virtual machines (VMs). The Horizon FLEX security policies are primarily for managing the virtual ports and controlling the flow of data in and out of the virtual desktop container, for instance blocking copy/paste, drag and drop […]

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Register Today forPEX @ VMworld in Las Vegas,Aug.28 - Sept.1, 2016 With Partner Exchange 2016 being just a few days away, this is your last chance to register for VMware’s main partner event. If you are already attending VMworld 2016 in Las Vegas, simply add Partner Exchange Pass for $395. If you are interested in […]

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VMworld 2016 is right around the corner, and this year’s list of IT thought leaders heading to Vegas to talk cloud is longer than the taxi line at McCarran Airport. From industry trends, to cutting edge technologies, to tips you can take home and use, VMworld 2016 has something for every IT professional. As part […]

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As we build out our real-time application delivery platform with VMware App Volumes, we are always thinking about what the next stop on the innovation train is going to look like. We want to keep delighting customers with features that continue to ease application delivery and lifecycle management in VMware Horizon, Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and […]

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By: Kevin Lees I know it’s hard to believe, but VMworld is upon us again. Where did the last year go? I know many of you were busy implementing, updating, extending, and managing your private cloud environment. Perhaps you’re busy implementing and getting comfortable working with NSX; busy realizing the great benefits software defined networking […]

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Partner Exchange US will be in Las Vegas, Aug. 27 & 28. You still have time to register… or for $395, add it to your VMworld 2016 US conference pass today. On Saturday, August 27th, take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to complete your most-critical VMware VSP and VTSP accreditations and certifications. On Sunday, August […]

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It’s almost time – VMworld US is less than a week away! Start your week off with a must-see session, VSAN Vision – The Future of HCI [STO9424-S]– presented by Lee Caswell, VP of Products, Storage and Availability BU and Christos Karamanolis, CTO, Storage and Availability BU. This session takes place Monday, August 29, from

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This month, we have a bunch of great new integrations, APIs, and feature enhancements. For those of you converted over to the new (v7) interface or preparing for the update, we’re continuing to release enhancements that end-users will definitely appreciate. Read more about it below.

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Join Our DevOps Experts at VMworld 2016 for Real-World Advice and Customer Stories to Improve the Agility and Velocity of Application Delivery Increasing the speed, quality and reliability of application delivery is, or should be, on the agenda of every IT organization this year. To help our customers build a strategy for this evolution, a […]

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As we prepare to get the latest labs out to you after VMworld, we want to make sure you are prepared for what’s to come. The process is similar to what we have done in year’s past and we will start rolling out a few labs after VMworld in Las Vegas, with the majority coming […]

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Here at VMware, we’ve set out to enable workplace mobility by delivering rich, immersive virtual workspaces powered by VMware Horizon and NVIDIA GRID vGPU technology. Today, we’re excited to share that NVIDIA is announcing the next wave of innovation with its latest release—bringing enterprise-grade management tools to market to provide IT granular insight into the […]

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