My Top 10 Sessions For VMworld 2021
- Kolawole Olowoporoku
- Sep 26, 2021
- 4 min read
It's that time of the year again. It's Time for VMworld 2021. This year I'll be focusing Mostly on Multi-Cloud and Automation.
Below are Ten session's you shouldn't miss.
In this session, you will see all the great capabilities that have been released this year within vRealize Automation and vRealize Automation Cloud. We will also discuss what's coming in the future with vRealize Automation.
Products
VMware vRealize Automation / vRealize Automation Cloud
Speakers
Karl Fultz
Yujiang Sun
This Session Details the Update coming to vRealize Operations Manager 8.6.
Products
VMware vRealize Operations / vRealize Operations Cloud
VMware vRealize Log Insight / vRealize Log Insight Cloud
Speakers
Matt Bradford
Peter Haagenson
In this session, we will focus on key operational optimization techniques for public cloud infrastructure. You will also learn how Cloud Health by VMware integrates with VMware vRealize Operations and vRealize Automation to provide visibility into your multi-cloud environment for seamless app deployment, monitoring and cost optimization.
Products
CloudHealth by VMware
CloudHealth Secure State
VMware vRealize Automation / vRealize Automation Cloud
VMware vRealize Cloud Management
VMware vRealize Operations / vRealize Operations Cloud
Speakers
Tim George
Shrivatsa Upadhye
Learn how VMware vRealize Automation Cloud integrates with Azure VMware Solution, Google Cloud VMware Engine, and Oracle Cloud VMware Solution, and their differences and considerations for running VMware deployments.
Products:
Azure VMware Solution
Google Cloud VMware Engine
VMware Cloud on AWS
VMware vCenter Server
VMware vRealize Automation / vRealize Automation Cloud
VMware vRealize Cloud Management
VMware vRealize Cloud Universal
VMware vRealize Suite
VMware vSphere
Speakers
Francisco Hernandez
In this session, we will talk through how SaltStack began as a basement side project and developed into a global phenomenon. Get an overview of open source monetization and how a free idea can translate into revenue. Hear about the development of a company from a basement dream into a key component of the VMware Cloud strategy. We will also discuss how certain areas do and don’t develop into profitable products and companies. Find out why not being profitable can sometimes be a path to riches for founders, and why open source can be monetized in many ways.
Products:
VMware vRealize Automation / vRealize Automation Cloud
VMware vRealize Network Insight / vRealize Network Insight Cloud
VMware vRealize Orchestrator
Speakers
Thomas Hatch
For enterprises navigating a hybrid world, knowing when to move workloads into and out of cloud environments is a common challenge, and a misstep can easily lead to increased risk, complexity or cost. Success with modernization must be secure, make economic sense, allow for choice and control in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, and support business objectives. Based on insights gained from transforming thousands of workloads and applications, we will share real-world examples of cloud done right, common red flags to watch for, and key strategic considerations to ensure success of incorporating cloud into your business model.
Speakers
Ilya Joel-Pitcher
Products
VMware vRealize Suite
Platform neutrality plays a crucial role for enterprises that embrace an open and flexible architecture strategy. Join the experts from both VMware and Red Hat for this panel session as they discuss topics on key integrations, long-term support and the joint operators of Red Hat OpenShift on the VMware vSphere platform.
Products
VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware vSphere
Speakers
Edward Whitty
Andrew Sullivan
Dean Lewis
Stu Miniman
Are your development teams asking for environments to run containers or Kubernetes? Do you want to up-level your profile to a platform or DevOps engineer? This session will walk through what Kubernetes is and its architecture, and how it combines infrastructure primitives (compute, network and storage) to build API-driven application deployments. Find out how to leverage your existing VMware vSphere or software-defined data center (SDDC) environments to build Kubernetes clusters.
Speakers
Boskey Savla
Products
VMware Tanzu
This talk is primarily focused on VMware Administrator. We will take a look at automating various day 1 as well as day 2 activities performed by VMware administrators using Ansible. With the 2.0.0 release of the Ansible VMware REST collection, administrators can automate the latest vCenter 7 features like Content Library, OVF deployment from Content Library, and Appliance management, etc. We will demonstrate how one can automate these activities with simplicity and ease.
Products
VMware vSphere
Speakers
Abhijeet Kasurde
DevOps, SecOps, GitOps, infrastructure as code, continuous this and that—are they all just abstract buzzwords? Is it just a way to keep a handful full-stack developers happy, or are there lessons the rest of us can learn and put into practice? If you don't know your declarative from imperative, or the difference between mutability and idempotency, then this is the session for you. Gain strategic and practical insights on how you can apply the principles of DevSecOps and improve the reliability, security and efficiency of your infrastructure.
Products
VMware vRealize Automation / vRealize Automation Cloud
VMware vSphere
Speakers
Lefteris Marakas
Sam McGeown
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