VMware vCloud Air OnDemand Beta – Sign up now
At VMworld this week, VMware announced the Beta of the new VMware vCloud Air OnDemand offering. VMware vCloud Air OnDemand Beta VMware vCloud Air OnDemand is the new pay-as-you-go offering that will allow consumers to pay for what they use and simply charge it to their credit cards. This model provides a very simple and effective way to spin up new workloads and applications quickly and easily, without the need to raise purchase orders. The beta is open to anyone to register, and then people will be selected based on qualification and notified. You can read more about the press release on VMware vCloud Air OnDemand beta here Sign up now! To sign up for the beta follow this link: http://vcloud.vmware.com/service-offering/core-compute-services/ondemand
VMworld 2014 Must See Cloud sessions
As we get ever closer to VMworld, the usual Must See session lists are coming out in the blogosphere. I don’t want to replicate the work that those people have already done, so I would recommend reading Duncan Epping’s list over at Yellow-Bricks. Its the most interesting list I have seen so far. Read it here. I already published my session list a while back, so if you want to see what I am presenting specifically please click here. I wont be plugging my own sessions here, you can decide if you want to attend them. So whats the purpose of this article then? Well, as most people know now, I am working in the cloud services business unit at VMware. I wanted to highlight some cool sessions that if your interested in what you can do with clouds, are worth attending. These sessions really show the value and the […]
Leverage multiple Cloud Storage Tiers
Over the past few months I have been working on a number of projects within the vCloud Hybrid Service. One of these projects has been working with Storage Tiers in the cloud. Recently vCloud Hybrid Service launched new tier of storage Standard Storage. Offering multiple storage tiers is a critical part of delivering cloud services to consumers who needed different levels of service. Multiple Cloud Storage Tiers I wanted to link to a couple of articles over on the VMware vCloud blog that I think are important to read and understand when considering how to architect your cloud workloads. VMware vCloud Hybrid Service Standard Storage Tier Mix and Match Storage Tiers The two articles above really demonstrate the power of how you can architect your workloads to leverage different cost models, based on your requirements for performance vs cost, and how simple it is to implement these deployments into Infrastructure […]
North East VMUG – England
North East VMUG Thursday 7th August will be the first North East VMUG in England to be held at the International Center for Life in Newcastle. The VMUGs are a really great way to meet with your peers, interact and learn about all things virtual. The highlights listed on the VMUG website are: EUC Round Table PernixData Presentation Community Presentation – Duncan Simpson Community Presentation – James Rankin vCloud Hybrid Service – Richard Munro Lunch, Raffle, and vBeers Read more about the day by clicking here. Unfortunately I wont be able to attend this VMUG even though my name is on the agenda. However, Richard Munro who is the UK vCloud Hybrid Service Chief Technologist will be attending and talking all things vCHS. Of course, the main attraction has to be Frank Denneman. You have to take the opportunity to talk to Frank and learn about Pernix Data. Its not […]