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EMPOWER 2019 is the annual meeting of VMware partners. Initially, it was part of a more global event - VMworld - a conference to get acquainted with the technological innovations of the IT giant (by the way, in our corporate blog some tools announced at past events). Last year, EMPOWER decided to hold the format of a separate event - this, according to , wanted a large number of partners. Along with the change in format, the volume of content has also increased.
There will be two streams - technological and marketing
The first is dedicated to VMware software solutions. Speakers will share their experience with public and hybrid clouds, software-defined networks, cloud security systems and container technologies (more on some of the topics below).
As part of the stream, master classes will be held on setting up a virtual IT infrastructure. Also, participants will be given the opportunity to take one VMware exam for the title of VCP - VMware Certified Professional for free.
As for the second stream, here VMware experts and invited speakers will talk about the IT giant's marketing strategies, ways to interact with customers, and demonstrate fresh tools whose task is to help partner companies grow their businesses and provide new services to customers.
Among the speakers are experts from VMware, Intel, CloudHealth and others. A special guest is also expected, whose name is still kept secret. All that is known is that he is a former technology editor at the Financial Times, now a technical consultant. The organizers promised to reveal all the cards later.
Learn more about what will be discussed
Administration of public, private and hybrid clouds. The speakers will talk about the new features of the tools for IaaS providers. One of these will be . She received a number of updates. For example, VMware added the ability to set thresholds for the load on virtual machines - while the system balances traffic on its own. We also expanded the possibilities for working with multi-tenant architecture. Special filters in the control panel allow administrators to better understand what is happening with individual infrastructure components.
Network virtualization. In particular, we will talk about . Last year, it was also updated: they added support for working in bare-metal and container environments. System administrators can now network applications regardless of their deployment method. Additionally, integration with containers increased the security of services.
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The technology stream speakers will also talk about working with the VMware NSX SD-WAN system, which automates the management of devices on the network. With its help, the administrator can distribute the same security policies to different cloud environments.
VMware experts will show you how to use updated tools to increase the security of networks in the data center of an IaaS provider and improve the quality of services provided. These solutions are already some foreign vendors.
Digital work environment. They will talk not only about solutions for cloud providers, but also about tools for their clients. For example, about is a cloud service that collects and analyzes data from applications and company networks. Based on this information, it determines which systems are working properly and which are not, and generates recommendations for administrators. At the same time, the system is able to independently prevent unauthorized access to the digital workspace. Workspace ONE tools have already been tested in several dozen American schools, automating security tasks.
In addition to Workspace ONE, the conference will discuss the VMware Horizon 7 Enterprise system and Oracle, SQL, SAP products. VMware specialists will conduct a master class on setting up these solutions in the IaaS provider's cloud.
What else to expect
Last year at VMware EMPOWER 2018, participants could visit 54 panels. This time their number has more than doubled. In addition to the topics indicated above, the conference program included presentations on data storage technologies (vSAN 6.7 and LiveOptics) and the Cloud Health service for administering public clouds and monitoring the resources they consume. Separate sections will be dedicated to the work of VMware Cloud Foundation.
The speakers will also touch upon the development of multi-cloud environments. This direction was actively discussed at the previous conference. Then they talked about technologies for administration, automation and security of multi-cloud environments.
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Source: habr.com