VMware vSAN 6.6 launched – so What’s New?

Earlier this year it was announced that vSAN had grown to over 7000 customers since launch, which is a pretty decent number given the product went GA just over 3 years ago and we’re on the 6th iteration! What’s even more impressive is how quickly VMware are turning these updates around (almost every 6 months … Continue reading VMware vSAN 6.6 launched – so What’s New?

VMware sells off vCloud Air to OVH

Hmm.... so that was an interesting announcement from VMware last week!..... although if I'm honest it makes perfect sense! OVH Group announcing it's intent to acquire the vCloud Air Business from VMware: https://www.vmware.com/radius/vmware-cloud-air-evolves/ Last year when VMware announced their tie up with AWS - vCloud on AWS - many had already started wondering what that partnership would do … Continue reading VMware sells off vCloud Air to OVH

End of Availability of vSphere Data Protection

Wow.... ok..... so this was an interested announcement to receive. Whilst I kind of understand that VDP wasn't really deployed by the masses, it was still nice to be able to have a free backup solution if you were deploying a small VMware environment. The EoA of vSphere Data Protection pretty much means anyone wanting … Continue reading End of Availability of vSphere Data Protection