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• VMware Explore 2023 news and conference coverage

  This year’s VMware Explore conference ran from Aug. 21 to 24. Read the latest news and announcements about and from the event, including the Best of VMware Explore Awards.  Continue Reading

• VMworld 2021 news and conference coverage

  This year's VMworld conference ran virtually from Oct. 5 through Oct. 7. Read the latest news and announcements about and from the event, including the Best of VMworld Awards.  Continue Reading

• The key VMware acquisitions and announcements in 2019

  In 2019, VMware acquired Intrinsic, Carbon Black and others as it branched into new markets. It also improved its well-established virtualization line and introduced new products.  Continue Reading

• Understand VMware disaster recovery from start to finish

  To craft a good DR plan for your VMware environment, prepare for possible issues ahead of time. Devise a strategy with your knowledge of disaster recovery best practices and tools.  Continue Reading

• VMware cloud services span several partnerships, integrations

  VMware stakes a bigger claim in the cloud market with VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware on Azure and VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, in addition to cloud management and multi-cloud tools.  Continue Reading

• The ins and outs of VMware security products and features

  Application control, anomaly detection and VM encryption are some of the ways VMware incorporates security in products such as NSX, AppDefense, vSAN, vSphere and ESXi.  Continue Reading

• The essential guide to VMware NSX SDN technology

  NSX is leading VMware's transition from server virtualization to network virtualization. Read about the features and future of VMware NSX software-defined networking.  Continue Reading

• Enable VMware automation with these top tools and techniques

  Virtualized infrastructures are more complex than ever before. Automation enables IT staff to do more in less time and focus on demanding projects rather than routine tasks.  Continue Reading

• Choose the right VMware certification to boost your career

  With so many VMware certification levels and specialization tracks, it's easy to get in over your head. Fortunately, this expert advice can help steer you straight.  Continue Reading

• Avoiding downtime with VMware Fault Tolerance and High Availability

  This guide delves into two of vSphere's key uptime features, High Availability and Fault Tolerance, how they keep the business running and how they differ.  Continue Reading

• How to choose the right VMware type-2 hypervisor

  This guide can help decide which of VMware's hosted hypervisors best fits the needs of your data center environment.  Continue Reading

• The VMware infrastructure monitoring encyclopedia

  This infrastructure monitoring guide can help administrators maintain the health of their vSphere and vCloud environments.  Continue Reading