Home - cloud13.ch

Application Modernization and Multi-Cloud Portability with VMware Tanzu

Mar 22, 2021 | AWS, Azure, Carbon Black, Cloud Native Apps, Edge Computing, ESXi, Google Cloud, HCX, Networking, NSX, project pacific, Tanzu, VMC, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, vSphere

It was 2019 when VMware announced Tanzu and Project Pacific. A lot has happened since then and almost everyone is talking about application modernization nowadays. With my strong IT infrastructure background, I had to learn a lot of new things to survive initial conversations with application...

Data Center as a Service based on VMware Cloud Foundation

Feb 16, 2021 | AWS, Azure, Cloud Native Apps, Edge Computing, ESXi, Google Cloud, HCX, IoT, NSX, Tanzu, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, vSphere

IT organizations are looking for consistent operations, which is enabled by consistent infrastructure. Public cloud providers like AWS and Microsoft offer an extension of their cloud infrastructure and native services to the private cloud and edge, which is also known as Data Center as a Service....

How becoming a VMware vExpert changed my life

Dec 20, 2020 | vcdx, vExpert, VMware Certification

Most people think they are just like everyone else - I was also one of them. Let me share my story about becoming a vExpert and tell you, that this perception of "like everyone else" is wrong. I had to learn that as well. In 2012, I started to work for a small VMware Cloud Provider Partner (VCPP)...

Multi-Tenancy on VMware Cloud Foundation with vRealize Automation and Cloud Director

Nov 30, 2020 | AWS, Azure, Cloud Director, Google Cloud, NSX, Tanzu, VCPP, VMC, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, vSphere

In my article VMware Cloud Foundation And The Cloud Management Platform Simply Explained I wrote about why customers need a VMware Cloud Foundation technology stack and what a VMware cloud management platform is. One of the reasons and one of the essential characteristics of a cloud computing...

VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload – Agentless Protection for vSphere Workloads

Nov 26, 2020 | Carbon Black, ESXi, Horizon, Tanzu, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSphere

At VMworld 2020 VMware announced Carbon Black Cloud Workload (CBC Workload) as part of their intrinsic security approach. For me, this was the biggest and most important announcement from this year's VMworld. It is a new offering, which is relevant for every vSphere customer out there - even the...

Introduction to Alibaba Cloud VMware Solution (ACVS)

Nov 11, 2020 | Alibaba Cloud, HCX, Horizon, NSX, VCPP, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, vSphere

VMware's hybrid and multi-cloud strategy is to run their Cloud Foundation technology stack with vSphere, vSAN and NSX in any private or public cloud including edge locations. I already introduced VMC on AWS, Azure VMware Solution (AVS), Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) and now I would like to...

VMware Cloud Foundation And The Cloud Management Platform Simply Explained

Nov 3, 2020 | AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, HCX, NSX, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, vSphere

I think that it is pretty clear what VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is and what it does. And it is also clear to a lot of people how of where you could use VCF. But very few organizations and customers know why they should or could use Cloud Foundation and what its purpose is. This article will...

Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE)

Sep 17, 2020 | Citrix, Google Cloud, HCX, Horizon, NSX, VCPP, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud Foundation, vSAN, vSphere

In June 2020 VMware and Google made the announcement that Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) is generally available. Almost exactly one year ago, the market received the information that VMware's Cloud Foundation (vSphere, vSAN and NSX) stack will come to Google Cloud. With this milestone VMware is...