VMware NSX vSphere 6.1 Announced at VMWorld…

I’m pretty excited about this… NSX 6.1 Announcement

New features include:

DHCP Enhancements / DHCP Relay
Two stage ECMP support
L2 VPN (including VLAN trunking) from two different NSX edges between two different (stretched) data centers
Load balancing improvements: UDP & FTP load balancing is supported
Seamless integration with F5 firewalls
Enhancements to the NSX distributed firewall include: reject action, enhancements to troubleshoot and monitoring

For me personally, the ECMP support stands out as awesome! Enjoy!!

Hytrust Cloud Access Control

Just received this list of Hytrust sessions at VMWorld… Hytrust solutions are designed to provide granular security access and controls including NSX…

Check out http://www.hytrust.com

HyTrust VMWorld Breakout Session links:

SEC2296 – The Insider Threat and the Cloud: The Harsh Reality in the Wake of Recent Security Breaches: In this panel session (featuring VMware’s George Gerchow and HyTrust’s Eric Chiu), our industry experts will discuss the dynamics driving organizations to move to the cloud and how insider threats can be amplified in cloud environments if not addressed proactively.
Monday, Aug 25, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Science Experiments / Technology Evaluations

I’m a huge fan of science experiments – Testing both large and small changes to technology, people, and process as part of a strategy of continuous improvement.

Certainly there are formal methodologies that support this approach – Toyota’s Total Quality Management and others such as 6 Sigma. Formal methodologies are great, but science experiments don’t needed to be formal projects and they can certainly and should be performed daily by everyone both on a large and small scale…