VMware announces vRealize Operations 8.0 announced during VMworld US. This new tech-preview release which will be demoed during VMworld, but the product itself will ship Q3/Q4 2019. The product has new support for Workload optimization for VMware VSAN. It is “re-sync” aware as well. They’ve added the VMware Cloud on AWS, so you’re able to […]
VMware vRealize Network Insight 5.0 Announced!
VMware is announcing a new update with vRealize Network Insight 5.0. Again, this is a new major release coming up, which they just announced during VMworld 2019 US. The product has matured and opens to multi-cloud environments and also NSX-V and NSX-T environments. The previous 4.2 release has brought for example Zoom-In feature to visualize […]
VMware NSX-T 2.5 Announce
VMware announces NSX-T 2.5 during VMworld 2019 US. It is another big release for VMware with this popular product which becomes more and more mainstream. The shift from NSX-V to NSX-T has started with the 2.4 release (our detailed post about 2.4 release is here) and the introduction of a new set of wizards allowing […]
What is VMware Test Drive?
VMware allows you to test products in different ways. The most common is to download a trial version of the software and install it in your lab or use the bits to create a nested environment in your lab using your desktop computer and VMware Workstation (or Player) software. However, there is also a new […]
PerfOps Data Platform – Introducing FlexBalancer
PerfOps is a SaaS platform that offers a complete set of tools to optimize and analyze your internet infrastructure. It is a young startup which provides smart data and monitoring services via an innovative and cost-effective product. In this post, we will introduce PerfOps Data Platform and their new FlexBalancer. They have recently announced a […]
Homelab for cheap with new AMD CPUs?
Homelabs were always great for learning IT and virtualization. Back in a day, you had to chose the right Motherboard, CPU, memory, and storage, and put it all together, to hope to have almost production “beast” at home. Nowadays, with cloud, we see fewer folks building homelabs because the cloud allows you to build a […]
Top 3 Free Software from StarWind
StarWind software has been around for a very long time. Over the years, they’ve always kept some of their software and utilities free to download and use. In this post, we’ll list Top 3 Free Software from StarWind where some of them might be useful in your environment. As an IT admin, I always like […]
Nakivo Backup and Replication 9.0 Beta – Download Now
Nakivo is one of the data protection vendors who are very active in what they do. They are pushing often new releases to stay up to date with the latest VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments, but they also add new features with every release. With the latest beta, they step into the backup of […]
Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4b – What to expect?
We’ll soon have a new release of Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4b, which is an update of Veeam’s flagship software. The update is currently tested and will be available in a few weeks after full regression testing cycles. You’ll be able to upgrade your existing Veeam backup server or deploy the latest version […]
Altaro Backup for Office 365 Now Available
Altaro Backup for Office 365 was recently released, allowing you to backup Office 365 Mailboxes and items. The Software as a service product (SaaS) is a subscription-based service includes backups, storage, 24/7 support and access to a central management console where you manage your backup and restore operations. You don’t need to install anything locally […]