VMblog

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Alois Reitbauer, Chief Product Officer at Dynatrace. The Dynatrace unified software intelligence platform combines broad and deep observability and continuous runtime application security with the most advanced AIOps to provide answers and intelligent automation from data at enormous scale. This enables innovators to modernize and automate cloud operations, deliver software faster and more securely, and ensure flawless digital experiences. In this video, Alois Reitbauer provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Reitbauer provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Reitbauer also talks about new announcements being made at KubeCon. And then, find out what big themes and trends Dynatrace expects for 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Dynatrace by visiting: https://www.dynatrace.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:29 - Introducing Alois Reitbauer, Chief Product Officer at Dynatrace 0:46 - Background overview of Dynatrace 1:43 - How does Dynatrace fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 4:03 - What specific problems does Dynatrace solve? 7:52 - Getting a deeper dive into Dynatrace's technology. 10:29 - What makes the solution unique. 12:15 - New announcements being made 13:17 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 15:36 - Demo of Dynatrace 25:23 - Wrap up

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Ronak Rahman, Developer Relations Manager at Quali. Quali provides the leading platform for Environments-as-a-Service. Global 2000 enterprises rely on Quali’s infrastructure automation and control plane platform to support the continuous delivery of application software at scale. Quali delivers greater control and visibility over infrastructure, so businesses can increase engineering productivity and velocity, understand and manage cloud costs, optimize infrastructure utilization and mitigate risk. In this video, Ronak Rahman provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Rahman provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Rahman also talks about a new announcement being made at KubeCon, get a sneak peek. And then, find out what big themes and trends Quali expects for 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Quali by visiting: https://www.quali.com Get a free trial: https://www.quali.com/start-trial/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:30​ - Introducing Ronak Rahman, Developer Relations Manager at Quali 0:49 - Background overview of Quali 2:18 - How does Quali fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 4:13 - What specific problems does Quali solve? 6:35 - Getting a deeper dive into Quali's technology. And what makes them unique. 10:51 - New announcements being made 12:21 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 14:57 - Demo of Quali Torque 20:02 - Wrap up

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Daniel Bryant, Head of Developer Relations, Ambassador Labs. Ambassador Labs, the cloud native developer experience leader, enables developers to code, ship, and run applications faster and easier than ever. Maker of top Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) open source projects, including Emissary-ingress and Telepresence, Ambassador Labs delivers a developer control plane for Kubernetes that integrates the development, deployment, and production infrastructure for developers and organizations worldwide. In this video, Daniel Bryant provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Bryant provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Bryant also talks about new announcements being made at KubeCon. And then, find out what big themes and trends Ambassador Labs expects for 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Ambassador Labs by visiting: https://www.getambassador.io Join their Slack channel: a8r.io/slack Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:30 - Introducing Daniel Bryant, Head of Developer Relations, Ambassador Labs 0:50 - Background overview of Ambassador Labs 1:39 - How does Ambassador Labs fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 3:15 - What specific problems does Ambassador Labs solve? 5:35 - Getting a deeper dive into Ambassador Labs' technology. And what makes them unique. 8:56 - New announcements being made 11:19 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 13:53 - Demo of Ambassador Labs 20:25 - Wrap up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Shahar Fogel, CEO at Rookout, a cloud-native debugging and live data collection platform, which allows software engineers to instantly access the code-level data they need in order to troubleshoot and understand complex, modern applications. Watch this video interview as we look at Rookout's current positioning, from "debugging" to a focus on "developer-first observability." Rookout's core offering to date has been the ability to debug complex applications in production. Debugging in customer's production environments is highly sensitive and complex -- find out how Rookout accomplishes this. Rookout has announced a new line of IDE plugins. Developers spend a lot of time coding in their IDEs, so this seems like a no-brainer. Fogel explores why they decided to launch this now and what additional benefits it will provide developers that they didn't have before. Fogel also discusses how the new IDE plugins work with the core Rookout web platform. What about tools for debugging Kubernetes, what's on the market? And is it more difficult to debug than your average application given the complexity? Fogel answers, and also talks about how Rookout can help. Learn more about Rookout: https://www.rookout.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro with Shahar Fogel, CEO at Rookout 0:24 - Overview of Rookout from "debugging" to "developer-first observability" 02:01 - Debugging in customer's production environments 03:51 - Announcing a new line of IDE plugins. 05:44 - How do the new IDE plugins work with the core Rookout web platform? 08:13 - Are there good tools for debugging Kubernetes on the market? 10:38 - Wrap up

As part of our #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon 2022 coverage, VMblog visited with Saad Malik, CTO of Spectro Cloud. Spectro Cloud enables organizations to deploy and manage Kubernetes in production, at scale. Its Palette enterprise Kubernetes management platform gives IT Operations and DevOps engineering teams effortless control of the full Kubernetes lifecycle even across multiple clouds, data centers, bare metal and edge environments. Ops teams are empowered to support their developers with curated Kubernetes stacks and tools based on their specific needs, with granular governance and enterprise-grade security. In this video, Saad Malik provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they fit within the ecosystem being discussed at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022. Learn more about the types of problems that they solve for users, and any specific use cases. Listen in as Malik provides a run down of the company's technology offerings, what it does, and what makes it unique and differentiated. Malik also talks about new announcements being made at KubeCon. And then, find out what big themes and trends Spectro Cloud expects for 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Spectro Cloud by visiting: https://www.spectrocloud.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:30 - Introducing Saad Malik, CTO of Spectro Cloud 0:46 - Background overview of Spectro Cloud 1:48 - How does Spectro Cloud fit within the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon ecosystem? 2:57 - What specific problems does Spectro Cloud solve? 4:08 - New offering - Palette Edge Technology 6:13 - New announcements being made 7:59 - Discussion of big themes and trends in 2023 9:20 - Demo of Spectro Cloud 14:27 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #virtualization, #cloudcomputing and End User Computing (#EUC)? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics like these to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Nico Zieck, the Director of Technology & Solutions at Liquit. With Liquit, companies gain maximum control over their application landscape and data flows. Liquit applications give quick and easy access to all possible applications, legacy or cloud based. Liquit Workspace provides employees with an easy to use work environment where they can access all applications and information they need, anytime, anyplace, and on every device. Watch and learn as Zieck provides a quick overview of Liquit and explains where their solution lives within the end user computing ecosystem and what it looks like. Listen as Zieck explores the benefits that their solution provides to a business, and the problems they are solving for their clients. Hear how they differentiate themselves from the competition. Watch and learn more about Liquit's Smart Icon Technology. And see it in action, as Zieck provides a demo of their solution. Learn more about Liquit at their Website: https://www.liquit.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Welcome Nico Zieck, the Director of Technology & Solutions of Liquit 0:34 - Overview of Liquit 1:15 - Where does Liquit live in the End User Computing ecosystem? 1:55 - What are the top benefits to choosing Liquit? 3:34​ - Specific problems being solved. 5:38 - Differentiated in the marketplace 7:01 - Explaining Liquit Smart Icon Technology 9:23 - Demo 19:20 - Wrap Up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #virtualization, #cloudcomputing and End User Computing (#EUC)? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics like these to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Orest Lesyuk, Solutions Engineer at StarWind. StarWind is a virtualization pioneer focused on delivering Software-Defined Storage and Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions designed to build high-performing, flexible, and resilient IT infrastructures for Enterprise ROBO, SMB & Edge. Watch and learn as Lesyuk provides a quick overview of StarWind. Listen as Lesyuk explains and defines the differences between public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud. Find out where he stands on the debate between public vs. private cloud, as he explores the benefits to selecting one over the other. He also describes where the industry is headed over the next couple of years. Thinking about the desktop, Lesyuk was also asked if VDI is still important, or has IT moved on? And he also talks about the challenges businesses face today with regard to virtualization and cloud computing. Diving into the StarWind solution a bit deeper, we take a look at where they fit within the virtualization, cloud and EUC ecosystem, and explore the top benefits to businesses when choosing their solution. And before we end, we find out what StarWind is working on next. Learn more about StarWind at their Website: https://www.starwindsoftware.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Orest Lesyuk, Solutions Engineer at StarWind 0:31 - Overview and history of StarWind 2:00 - Exploring and defining public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud 4:15 - Where is the industry headed? What's happening with cloud? 5:22​ - Public vs. Private cloud debate. What are the benefits? 7:27 - Is VDI still important? Or have we moved on? 8:45 - Biggest challenges facing companies with regard to virtualization and cloud computing. 10:38 - Where does the StarWind solution live in the virtualization/cloud ecosystem? 12:11 - What are the top benefits to choosing StarWind? 14:44 - What are the new technologies being worked on at StarWind? 16:45 - Wrap Up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #security and #networking. Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Denny LeCompte, the CEO of Portnox. Portnox offers cloud-native network and endpoint security essentials that enable agile, resource-constrained IT teams to proactively address today's most pressing security challenges: the rapid expansion of enterprise networks, the proliferation of connected device types, and the increased sophistication of cyberattacks. Organizations are leveraging Portnox’s security products to enforce powerful network access, endpoint risk monitoring and remediation policies to strengthen their organizational security posture. By eliminating the need for any on-premises footprint common among traditional information security systems, Portnox allows companies to deploy, scale, enforce and maintain these critical security policies with ease. Watch and learn as LeCompte provides a quick overview on Portnox and where the company is headed into 2023. What kind of specific problems are being solved by Portnox? And what are some of the things that make Portnox and their Cloud solution unique? And how is the company different from its competitors? Why would a company choose Portnox? LeCompte provides answers to all of those questions. LeCompte also explains how Portnox fits into a zero trust security model. Stick around to the end for a demo. Or try it for yourself: https://www.portnox.com/demo/ Learn more about Portnox at their Website: https://www.portnox.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Introducing Denny LeCompte, the CEO of Portnox 0:32 - Background on Portnox 2:17 - Specific problems being solved by Portnox 5:27 - What makes the Portnox Cloud unique? 8:29 - How to try Portnox Cloud before purchasing 9:28 - How is Portnox different from the competition? 11:41 - How does Portnox fit into a Zero Trust security model? - "Deny by default" 14:28 - Demo 17:40 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #virtualization, #cloudcomputing and End User Computing (#EUC)? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics like these to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Jason Mattox, the CTO of Liquidware. Liquidware is a leader in digital workspace management solutions for Windows desktops. The company’s products encompass all facets of management to ensure the ultimate user experience across all workspaces – physical, virtual, DaaS or in the cloud. Enterprises across the globe utilize Liquidware solutions to dramatically decrease time spent managing desktops, while delivering increased security, flexibility and scalability. Supported platforms include Microsoft physical, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), and RDS desktops, Citrix Desktops, VMware Horizon, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Nutanix Frame. Watch and learn as Mattox provides a quick overview of Liquidware. And find out how they enable organizations with their desktop workload transition to the cloud. Listen as Mattox talks about work from anywhere and remote work becoming the norm. And since the pandemic, hybrid workspaces have become more prevalent. With it come new challenges, and Mattox explains how Liquidware helps to solve those challenges. Liquidware is platform agnostic. But what's happening in the industry? Which platforms are becoming more dominant? Which platform stands out? Liquidware also announced a brand new Beta product called CommandCTRL while at VMware Explore. This is a brand new SaaS product for the company. Watch as Mattox provides more info about this new offering and shares a great demo to see it in action! Learn more about Liquidware at their Website: https://www.liquidware.com Sign up for the CommandCTRL Beta: https://www.liquidware.com/command-ctrl-beta Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Introducing Jason Mattox, the CTO of Liquidware 0:31 - Overview and history of Liquidware 1:31 - Transition of desktop workloads to the cloud 3:30 - Challenges with work from anywhere 4:45​ - Is hybrid workspaces growing? What does it look like? 6:52 - Liquidware is platform agnostic. What's happening with the platforms? 8:47 - New product announced at VMware Explore - CommandCTRL Beta 11:15 - Demo of CommandCTRL 21:24 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #security and cyberthreats? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Neil Riva, Principal Product Manager at JumpCloud. JumpCloud helps IT teams Make (Remote) Work Happen by centralizing management of user identities and devices, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt Zero Trust security models. Watch and learn as Riva provides a quick overview on JumpCloud and where it is headed. And he covers a directory approach and why its best. Riva discusses the recent cyberattack problem plaguing IT, and what the climate of continuous risk means for security leaders as well as MSP partners. COVID has also been a challenge on this front, and Riva describes the security impacts that came about because of the pandemic, with a focus on networking, remote work, and internet usage. Hear how Riva explains how his company is uniquely positioned to help "Make Remote Work Happen." And if organizations are doing enough to combat cyberthreats. Learn more about JumpCloud at their Website: https://jumpcloud.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:16​ - Introducing Neil Riva, Principal Product Manager at JumpCloud 0:44 - Background on JumpCoud 1:35 - How and why of JumpCloud's use of a directory approach 4:10 - Climate of continuous risk for security leaders and MSP partners 5:30 - Security impacts on networking, remote work and internet usage 6:55 - Are organizations doing enough to combat cyberthreats 8:04 - Make Remote Work Happen 9:18 - Demo 13:57 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #security and vulnerability management? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Ben Skelly, Solution Evangelist and Head of Growth at Vicarius. Vicarius develops an autonomous vulnerability remediation platform to help security teams protect their assets against software exploitation. Consolidating vulnerability assessment, prioritization, and remediation, Vicarius strengthens cyber hygiene and proactively reduces risk. Watch and learn as Skelly provides a quick overview on Vicarius and where it is headed. He also discusses the elements of a mature vulnerability management program. Find out how Vicarius differentiates themselves in the market, and why someone would choose their solution over another. And what are the key features of the solution that people should be most aware of? Hear how Skelly answers the question, "Do I really need to invest in security?" And he provides tools and tips for the smaller enterprises, or those teams operating on a shoe-string budget, to stay secure. Learn more about Vicarius at their Website: https://www.vicarius.io Vicarius security community: https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Introducing Ben Skelly, Solution Evangelist and Head of Growth at Vicarius 0:32 - Background look at Vicarius 2:36 - Vicarius differentiators from competitors 5:30 - Elements of a mature vulnerability management program 7:43 - Do I really need to invest in security? 9:19 - Tools or tips for smaller companies to stay secure 11:12 - Security and vulnerability management trends 13:22 - More at risk, small or large companies? 14:33 - Key features of Vicarius to be aware of 16:11 - Wrap up

In this episode of the VMblog Expert Video Interview Series, we are joined by Zane Bond, Head of Product Management at Keeper Security, a leading provider of zero-trust, zero-knowledge and FedRAMP Authorized cybersecurity software. Watch this video interview and get a quick overview of Keeper Security. And find out more about their recent release of Keeper Connection Manager and how it fits within Keeper's other password product offerings. Learn about some of the use cases and real-world applications for Keeper Connection Manager, and, how it is different from existing remote access solutions. And stick around as Bond shows a quick demo of what Keeper Connection Manager is all about. Learn more about Keeper Security: https://www.keepersecurity.com Learn more about Keeper Connection Manager: https://bit.ly/3BAt9JQ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00 - Intro with Zane Bond of Keeper Security 0:25 - Overview of Keeper Security 02:16 - Learn about Keeper Connection Manager (KCM) 05:27 - How does KCM fit with other Keeper products 08:59 - Core Use Cases for KCM 12:33 - How KCM is different from remote access solutions 13:57 - Product Demo 19:23 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #kubernetes, #devops and #containers? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, over the next few months, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Patrick Bergstrom, the Chief Technology Officer at StormForge. StormForge brings together world-class data scientists and software engineers to enable businesses to drive breakthrough IT and operations efficiency. The StormForge Platform is set apart by its unwavering focus on building AI-powered software products that are designed to help people, not replace them. The StormForge Platform uses enterprise grade performance testing coupled with machine learning to drive major application performance gains and cost reductions in complex environments. Watch and learn as Bergstrom provides a quick overview on StormForge and explores how they fit within the Kubernetes market, including containers as a technology and devops as an IT discipline. And find out what key focus areas the company is focused on as we head into 2023. Thinking about Kubernetes management for DevOps and production workloads, Bergstrom explores how his company defines and approaches Kubernetes management. And how his company differentiates itself in the market. We also dig into some of the trends around Kubernetes automation and ML-based resource optimization. And what the future of Kubernetes looks like. Stick around until the end to see a demo to learn even more. Learn more about StormForge at their Website: https://www.stormforge.io Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Introducing Patrick Bergstrom, the Chief Technology Officer at StormForge 0:35 - Background look at StormForge and how it fits within the Kubernetes market 4:47 - Key focus areas for StormForge in 2022 and beyond 5:46 - Defining Kubernetes management for DevOps and production workloads 10:16​ - Trends around Kubernetes automation and ML-based resource optimization 14:00 - StormForge differentiators, what sets them apart 17:40 - What does the future of Kubernetes environments look like? 20:59 - Demo 31:13 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #virtualization, #cloudcomputing and End User Computing (#EUC)? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, over the next few months, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics like these to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Dennis Colar, Director of Strategic Alliances & Channel Development at Parallels. Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform solutions that make it simple for businesses and individuals to use and access the applications and files they need on any device or operating system. Parallels helps customers leverage the best technology out there, whether it’s Windows, Mac, ChromeOS, iOS, Android, or the cloud. Parallels solves complex engineering and user-experience problems by making it simple and cost-effective for businesses and individual customers to use applications anywhere, anytime. Watch and learn as Colar provides a quick overview of Parallels RAS (Remote Application Server) and how its evolved since it was first launched. And find out what sets Parallels RAS apart from other virtualization / remote access solutions on the market. We also ask if the rise in remote and hybrid work has increased the demand for virtualization and cloud computing solutions, and if so, how does Parallels RAS help meet this demand? Colar also digs into security. Learn how Parallels RAS enhances data security. And find out more about "Zero trust", and it relates to Parallels RAS. And what are the differences between Parallels RAS and a VPN? Or Microsoft RDS? And how does the Parallels RAS licensing work? And stick around for a demo! Learn more about Parallels and Parallels RAS at their Website: https://www.parallels.com/products/ras/remote-application-server/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Introducing Dennis Colar, Director of Strategic Alliances & Channel Development at Parallels 0:32 - Overview of Parallels RAS (Remote Application Server) and its evolution 2:06 - What sets Parallels RAS apart? 3:09 - The rise in remote and hybrid work and how Parallels RAS helps 5:16​ - How Parallels RAS enhances data security 7:38 - "Zero trust", and how it relates to Parallels RAS 9:38 - Differences between Parallels RAS and a VPN 12:17 - Differences between Parallels RAS and Microsoft RDS 14:10 - Licensing and how it works 18:13 - Demo 30:11 - Wrap up

Are you interested in learning more about topics like #security and #devops? Here's your chance to do just that. The VMblog Mega Series is the perfect series for you! As part of the Mega Series, over the next few months, you'll hear from a number of industry experts and leaders across multiple topics to help you make important decisions within your own organization. In this episode, VMblog is joined by industry expert, Bruno Kurtic, the Founding Chief Strategy Officer at Sumo Logic. Sumo Logic empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Through its SaaS analytics platform, Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable and secure cloud-native applications. The Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform helps practitioners and developers ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. They provide customers with powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. Watch and learn as Kurtic provides a quick overview on Sumo Logic and explores the company's journey over the last decade. He also discusses the concept of reliability, and how it is reflected in the enterprise IT environment. We also discuss how digital transformation and new cyberattacks are changing the way enterprises protect against threats, and, he explains the climate of continuous risk and what that means for security leaders. We also talk about data privacy and data security, are they two separate missions with two separate objectives? And how about COVID, how did it impact IT and security? We also get into the idea behind cloud vs. on-premises. Is on-prem still a reality? Are things staying on the cloud? Is it growing and expanding? Or are things coming back locally? Learn more about Sumo Logic at their Website: https://www.sumologic.com And read Kurtic's blog post about COVID impacting IT and security: https://www.sumologic.com/blog/continuous-intelligence-covid-19-it-security/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ 2022 Mega Series: https://events.vmblog.com/mega-series-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:17​ - Introducing Bruno Kurtic, the Founding Chief Strategy Officer at Sumo Logic 0:39 - Background look at Sumo Logic's journey 2:55 - How is reliability reflected in the enterprise IT environment? 5:18​ - Digital transformation and new cyberattacks, and protecting against threats 8:12 - Cloud vs On-Premises 10:45 - Climate of continuous risk 14:18 - Data privacy and data security 16:20 - Impact of COVID on IT and Security? 19:42 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Jason Kotsaftis, Global Alliances Director at NetApp. NetApp is a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company that empowers organizations to lead with data in the age of accelerated digital transformation. The company provides systems, software, and cloud services that enable them to run their applications optimally from data center to cloud, whether they are developing in the cloud, moving to the cloud, or creating their own cloudlike experiences on premises. With solutions that perform across diverse environments, NetApp helps organizations build their own data fabric and securely deliver the right data, services, and applications to the right people—anytime, anywhere. In this video, Kotsaftis provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. And hear about key new technologies they are working on with VMware being announced at the show for the first time. Watch and learn as Kotsaftis offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about NetApp by visiting: https://www.netapp.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:22​ - Introducing Jason Kotsaftis, Global Alliances Director at NetApp 0:41 - Background overview of NetApp 1:13 - How does NetApp partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 3:42 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 7:01 - Getting a deeper dive into NetApp technology, and what makes them unique or different. 9:54 - Big picture themes and trends heading into 2023 11:58 - Demo of NetApp 14:16 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Samit Halvadia, Chief Technology Officer at Rimo3. Rimo3 provides unattended automation to test application readiness for Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 365, and Azure Virtual Desktop, as well as identifying MSIX and Multi-session suitability. By leveraging automation to collect application insights, Rimo3 helps IT organizations speed the time to delivery and minimize risk in deploying security updates and ongoing changes in desktop and server environments, across physical, virtual, and cloud workspaces. In this video, Halvadia provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Halvadia offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Rimo3 by visiting: https://www.rimo3.com/ Rimo3 videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_3GBeAti_KjoYWcgQK_Aw Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:21​ - Introducing Samit Halvadia, Chief Technology Officer at Rimo3 1:00 - Background overview of Rimo3 2:50 - How does Rimo3 partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 6:55 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 8:45 - Getting a deeper dive into Rimo3 technology, and what makes them unique or different. 13:31 - Exploring recent Rimo3 announcements. 15:15 - Big picture themes and trends heading into 2023 18:19 - Demo of Rimo3 25:04 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Cody Hosterman, Director of Product Management - Cloud at Pure Storage. Pure Storage uncomplicates #datastorage, forever. Pure delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure’s commitment to providing true storage as-a-service gives customers the agility to meet changing data needs at speed and scale, whether they are deploying traditional workloads, modern applications, containers, or more. In this video, Hosterman provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Hosterman offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Pure Storage by visiting: https://www.purestorage.com Support site: https://support.purestorage.com/ Pure Storage Community and Slack: https://code.purestorage.com/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:21​ - Introducing Cody Hosterman, Director of Product Management - Cloud at Pure Storage 0:50 - Background overview of Pure Storage 1:43 - How does Pure Storage partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 4:00 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 5:32 - Getting a deeper dive into Pure Storage technology, and what makes them unique or different. 12:05 - Exploring recent announcements that have been made. 14:34 - Big picture themes and trends for 2022 and 2023 18:51 - Demo of Pure Storage 23:43 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Phil Trickovic, SVP at Tintri. Tintri, a wholly owned subsidiary of DataDirect Networks (DDN), delivers unique outcomes in Enterprise data centers. Tintri’s AI-enabled intelligent infrastructure learns your environment to drive automation. Analytical insights help you simplify and accelerate your operations and empower data-driven business insights. In this video, Trickovic provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Trickovic offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo from Brock Mowry to learn more. Learn more about Tintri by visiting: https://tintri.com/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:21​ - Introducing Phil Trickovic, SVP at Tintri 0:38 - Background overview of Tintri 1:02 - How does Tintri partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 1:36 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 2:51 - Getting a deeper dive into Tintri's technology, and what makes them unique or different. 4:46 - Exploring recent Tintri announcements. 5:47 - Big picture themes and trends heading into 2023 6:56 - Demo of Tintri with Brock Mowry 10:53 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Joe D'Angelo, Director of Product Management of InfoScale at Veritas. Veritas is a leader in multi-cloud #datamanagement. Customers rely on Veritas to help ensure the protection, recoverability, and compliance of their data. Veritas has a reputation for reliability at scale, which delivers the resilience its customers need against the disruptions threatened by cyberattacks, like ransomware. In this video, D'Angelo provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as D'Angelo offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into and throughout 2023. D'Angelo also talks about the company's recent announcements as well as his speaking session at VMware Explore. Learn more about Veritas by visiting: https://www.veritas.com/ Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:22​ - Introducing Joe D'Angelo, Director of Product Management, InfoScale at Veritas 0:40 - Background overview of Veritas 1:18 - How does Veritas partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 2:06 - What types of problems does Veritas solve for VMware users? 3:08 - Getting a deeper dive into Veritas technology, and what makes them unique or different. 4:43 - Exploring recent announcements that have been made. 5:29 - Describing one of Veritas' speaking sessions at VMware Explore 6:16 - Big picture themes and trends for 2022 and 2023 7:22 - Wrap up

As part of our VMware Explore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Daniel Valdivia, engineer at MinIO. MinIO is pioneering high performance, Kubernetes-native object storage for the multi-cloud. The software-defined, Amazon S3-compatible object storage system is used by more than half of the Fortune 500. In this video, Valdivia provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Valdivia offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out in 2022 and 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about MinIO by visiting: https://min.io Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:21​ - Introducing Daniel Valdivia, engineer at MinIO 0:38 - Background overview of MinIO 1:17 - How do you partner with or work with VMware and the ecosystem? 2:09 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 3:53 - What makes you unique or differentiated in the market? 6:03 - Recent announcements being made. 6:58 - Big picture themes and trends for 2022 and 2023 8:04 - Demo of MinIO 13:29 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Chris Rogers, Technology Evangelist at Zerto. Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, empowers customers to run an always-on business by simplifying the protection, recovery, and mobility of on-premises and cloud applications. Zerto’s cloud data management and protection platform eliminates the risks and complexity of modernization and cloud adoption across private, public, and hybrid deployments. The simple, software-only platform uses continuous data protection at scale to converge disaster recovery, backup, and data mobility. In this video, Rogers provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Rogers offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about Zerto by visiting: https://www.zerto.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:22​ - Introducing Chris Rogers, Technology Evangelist at Zerto 0:41 - Background overview of Zerto 1:35 - How does Zerto partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 2:40 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 4:28 - Getting a deeper dive into Zerto technology, and what makes them unique or different. 6:41 - Exploring recent Zerto announcements and releases over the last 12 months. 7:52 - Big picture themes and trends heading into 2023 9:23 - Demo of Zerto 19:17 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Jason Smith, VP of Alliances and Product Marketing at Liquidware. Liquidware is a leader in digital workspace management solutions for Windows desktops. The company’s products encompass all facets of management to ensure the ultimate user experience across all workspaces – physical, virtual, DaaS or in the cloud. Enterprises across the globe utilize Liquidware solutions to dramatically decrease time spent managing desktops, while delivering increased security, flexibility and scalability. Supported platforms include Microsoft physical, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), and RDS desktops, Citrix Desktops, VMware Horizon, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Nutanix Frame. In this video, Smith provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Smith offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. See new features never before seen and a sneak peek at a brand new product called CommandCTRL. Learn more about Liquidware by visiting: https://www.liquidware.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:21​ - Introducing Jason Smith, VP of Alliances and Product Marketing at Liquidware 0:43 - Background overview of Liquidware 1:49 - How does Liquidware partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 4:31 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 7:11 - Getting a deeper dive into Liquidware technology, and what makes them unique or different. 14:47 - Liquidware bringing a lot of new technology updates to VMware Explore 16:19 - Get a $50 Expo Hall pass, see Liquidware and its partners 17:35 - Big picture themes and trends heading into 2023 19:53 - Demo of Liquidware 25:40 - Wrap up

As part of our #VMwareExplore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Henning Volkmer, President & CEO of ezeep by ThinPrint. The company is delivering the future of printing. With ezeep, printing is dramatically simplified, enabling any device to print to any printer - whether with the ezeep printer driver for PC or Mac or via app for smartphones and tablets. ezeep customers can lower the infrastructure demands on their printer setups in branch offices worldwide thanks to ezeep, as well as drastically simplify their administrative operations. With this, the total costs for deploying printers becomes significantly reduced. In this video, Volkmer provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Volkmer offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out into 2023. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about ezeep by visiting: https://www.ezeep.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:22​ - Introducing Henning Volkmer, President & CEO of ezeep by ThinPrint 0:46 - Background overview of ezeep 2:33 - How does ezeep partner with VMware and fit within the ecosystem? 4:05 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 6:31 - Getting a deeper dive into ezeep technology, and what makes them unique or different. 9:04 - Showcasing 2 years of solutions while away from trade shows. 10:06 - Big picture themes and trends heading into 2023 12:25 - Demo of ezeep 21:25 - Wrap up

As part of our VMware Explore 2022 coverage, VMblog visits with Simon Townsend, Chief Marketing Officer at IGEL. IGEL has the solution for fully managed, secure endpoint access to any digital workspace that gives IT teams strong control and end-users the freedom to work as they wish in a hybrid world. Enabling choice of any cloud, from any device, anywhere, IGEL unlocks a collaborative and productive end user computing experience while solving the common security and management challenges required to compete and win in today’s world of hybrid work. In this video, Townsend provides a quick overview of the company, and then goes into more detail on how they partner with VMware and its ecosystem. Find out what they specifically provide a VMware shop or VMware implementation, and what problems they solve for them. Watch and learn as Townsend offers a great rundown of the company's technology, what they do, and what makes them unique and different in an otherwise crowded market. And find out what big trends and themes they see playing out in 2022 and 2023. Find out how IGEL is partnering with VMware and Microsoft, and how they are helping to extend the Anywhere Workspace and enabling Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS). Townsend also talks about a great IGEL campaign called "Why Compromise," currently being run with their partners, LG, Lenovo, and ControlUp. You'll want to take part in this campaign if you can. Stick around until the end and watch a demo to learn more. Learn more about IGEL by visiting: https://www.igel.com Why Compromise campaign: https://igel.com/whycompromise IGEL DISRUPT: https://disrupteuc.com Don't forget to watch, read and follow VMblog: Website: https://vmblog.com​ VMware Explore Coverage: https://events.vmblog.com/vmware-explore-2022.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmblog​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmblog​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VMblogcom/ Jump straight in: ↪️ 0:00​ - Intro 0:21​ - Introducing Simon Townsend, CMO at IGEL 0:44 - Background overview of IGEL 1:42 - What problems do you solve for VMware users? 5:46 - Double click on the technology, and what makes you unique or different? 10:05 - How do you partner with VMware and Microsoft? How do you extend Anywhere Workspace and DaaS? 12:33 - Learn about the IGEL, Lenovo, LG and ControlUp campaign "Why Compromise?" 17:03 - Big picture themes and trends for 2022 and 2023 22:01 - Demo of IGEL 28:05 - Wrap up