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Connecting Clouds

jelzein@vmware.com — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:06:49 GMT

For those organizations on the journey of transforming their datacenters to meet the demand of a modern IT consumption model, it’s easy to envision what cloud euphoria could/should look like. That’s mostly because vision is quite cheap

Heterogeneous Foundations for Cloud: Simply Overrated

jelzein@vmware.com — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:26:11 GMT

Let me start by making a statement that you may or may not agree with – being heterogeneous is often a problem in need of a solution…not a strategy. Allow me to explain… I spend a lot of time discussing VMware’s vCloud

Transform IT With Cloud: GovConnection.com Podcast

jelzein@vmware.com — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:28:11 GMT

I recently had an opportunity to record a Podcast with one of VMware's valued channel partners, GovConnection.com. During the Podcast I addressed several questions regarding the adoption of cloud infrastructures in the Federal Government.

Gov't Agencies Taking the Cloud Journey - AFCEA Belvoir Cloud Panel

jelzein@vmware.com — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:33:44 GMT

This week I had the distinct pleasure of joining a panel of cloud industry experts for the AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days conference at Washington National Harbor's Gaylord Resort to discuss the hot topics of cloud computing in front of hundreds of

vCloud Networking: Using vShield Edge for Firewall & Routing (without NAT)

jelzein@vmware.com — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:16:47 GMT

The Challenge: You are providing cloud services for a tenant using vCloud Director (obviously!) and want to provide a dedicated [routed] subnet and firewall services that are managed by the tenant admins. Apps deployed in this cloud will be

Are you ready for Cloud?

jelzein@vmware.com — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:33:04 GMT

Are you ready for all that is cloud?? VMware recently released a cloud self-assessment questionnaire that walks you through your organization's readiness in the following categories (from the site): Strategy – Aligning business

Why Cloud for Existing Apps?

jelzein@vmware.com — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:02:58 GMT

The value proposition for a "green fields" cloud is reasonably clear — building new environment within vCloud's framework helps enterprises add all the wonderful things above while streamlining:
Security – Integration and

vCloud Branding Tidbit: Restoring the Default Logo

jelzein@vmware.com — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:06:30 GMT

vCloud Director 1.0's user interface provides very basic branding capabilities help make your vCD installation look and feel more like "Your Cloud". Customizations include naming your cloud, adding a custom logo, changing the default theme, and

Managing vCloud Resource Accounts

jelzein@vmware.com — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:54:20 GMT

Using dedicated resource accounts to authenticate server and network services has been a best practice for as long as I’ve been in IT. This guideline adds security, interoperability, and governance to your deployed applications, independent of

0 to Cloud in 6 Posts, Part 5: Delivering ITaaS with vCloud Director

jelzein@vmware.com — Tue, 24 May 2011 03:03:54 GMT

Post 5 of 6: Delivering IT as a Service with vCloud Director Building your cloud infrastructure is only half the battle. Let’s just assume the notion of ‘cloud’ is now defined and well aligned with your business requirements,

Installing vCloud Director 1 of 2: Prerequisites

jelzein@vmware.com — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:28:27 GMT

There's a right way and a wrong way to install VMware's vCloud Director (vCD). Identifying the wrong way is quite simple -- it just won't work. There's actually a lot more to that -- caveats, best practices, redundancy, add-ons -- which I will cover in

VMware Launches Horizon App Manager

jelzein@vmware.com — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:51:07 GMT

VMware announced the phase-1 launch of it's long-awaited Horizon App Manager today. Is it kosher to call it vHAM? Horizon App Manager (also code-named Horizon) provides application delivery to users through an intuitive dashboard user interface and

0 to Cloud in 6 Posts, Part 4: xBlock- Designing a Repeatable Architecture

jelzein@vmware.com — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:54:17 GMT

Post 4 of 6: xBlock- Designing a Repeatable Architecture I have lost count of how many pre-integrated infrastructure offerings are now available through the various software, network, storage, and compute partnerships out there – all

0 to Cloud in 6 Posts, Part 3: Hardware - choosing your infrastructure

jelzein@vmware.com — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:45:34 GMT

Post 3 of 6: Hardware - choosing your infrastructure Okay, let’s talk hardware. Choosing the right hardware and technologies are essential for the success of your cloud. This post covers the fundamentals of hardware selection for your

0 to Cloud in 6 Posts, Part 2: Getting Started - defining a success criteria

jelzein@vmware.com — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:55:32 GMT

Post 2 of 6: Getting Started - defining a success criteria Next topic in this series is one that can make or break your journey to the cloud -- defining what you will consider a “great success!” when all is said and done it is