Unexplored Territory

In episode 024 we talk to Jad El-Zein, Technology Director in the Office of the CTO at VMware. Jad introduces us to Project Ensemble, now known as VMware Aria Hub, and explains how it enables you to manage all your multi-cloud entities. Jad also discusses various other brand new R&D projects in the multi-cloud management and automation space, this is a must-listen episode!Make sure to follow Jad on Twitter. Also, check the following resources Project Ensemble resources for more details on...

In episode 023 we talk to Richard Garsthagen, Director Cloud Business Development at Oracle. Our discussion was all about Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. What is unique about Oracle Cloud VMware Solution compared to other solutions? Why does Richard believe this is a platform everyone should consider when you are exploring public cloud offerings.Make sure to follow Richard on Twitter, and check his blog for regular articles on Oracle Cloud VMware Solution. Also, check the following resources Ri...

In episode 022 we talk to Michael Roy, Product Management at VMware responsible for VMware Workstation and Fusion. We discussed the history of VMware's desktop products, what was released over the past years, and more importantly, what will be released in the near future!Make sure to follow Michael on Twitter, and check the Workstation Blog or the Fusion Blog regularly as they often have great discounts and provide great insights into what has or will be released and will contain details on t...

In episode 021 we talk to Jason Massae, Tech Marketing Architect at VMware responsible for core storage (vVols, VMFS, NFS etc). We talk about the various features introduced in vSphere 7, like NVMe over Fabrics, vVols enhancements, and much more!Make sure to follow Jason on Twitter, and make sure to read his material on NVMeOF and vVols, also make sure to check his podcast with Cody Hostermann on all things storage!http://www.readsandwritespodcasthttps://core.vmware.com/resource/nvmeof-resour...

We have a very special episode today as VMware just announced vSphere+ and vSAN+, formerly known as Project Arctic. We invited Himanshu Singh to the podcast to give us a quick introduction and go over the most important aspects of this announcement. Himanshu discusses why vSphere+ is should be interesting for all customers from an operational perspective, how it brings cloud and developer services on-prem, and also how it will help with things like vCenter Server upgrades. Last but not least,...

In episode 019 we talk to Xunjia "Richard" Lu, Senior Staff Engineer at VMware responsible for the CPU and Memory scheduler. We talk about what NUMA is, why it is important for customers to understand the architecture, and what you need to take into consideration when deploying your workloads!Links to topics discussed and projects Richard worked on.L1TFNUMA Session Frank NUMA Session RichardNUMA Counters / commandline tools part 1NUMA commandline tools part 2 You can follow us on Tw...

In episode 018 we talk to Mazhar Memon, co-founder of Bitfusion and now Director R&D at VMware. We talk about why Mazhar decided to start a company (Bitfusion), what problems he was looking to solve, and how he is taking this to the next level at VMware with Project Radium.Links and topics discussed during the episode:Techcrunch demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3cAzt1PLBAIntro to Radium - https://octo.vmware.com/introducing-project-radium/IPUs and Radium - https://octo.vmware.com/v...

In episode 017 we talk to VMware CTO Joe Baguley. We talk about various topics like how Joe became the CTO of VMware, what the McLaren announcement means, why Joe is passionate about ESG, and much much more.Links, projects, and announcements mentioned during the episode:Tracing App blog McLaren AnnouncementDirk Gently's Holistic Detective AgencyMake sure to follow Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/JoeBaguley) to keep up to date with his adventures! You can follow us on Twitter for upda...

In episode 016 we talk to Dr. Wade Holmes, Security Solutions Global Lead at Google. Wade introduces Google Cloud VMware Engine and discusses various use cases with us, and highlights some of the operational differences between on-prem only and multi-cloud. Make sure to follow Wade on Twitter (https://twitter.com/wholmes) to keep up to date with his adventures!You can follow us on Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://twitter.com/UnexploredPod.Last, but not...

In episode 015 we talk to Keith Lee, Staff Technical Marketing Architect at VMware for Tanzu. Keith explains why customers are embarking on an application modernization journey, and we explore the VMware Tanzu portfolio with a focus on VMware Tanzu Application Platform.Make sure to follow Keith on Twitter (https://twitter.com/KeithRichardLee) to keep up to date with his adventures!You can follow us on Twitter for updates and news about upcoming episodes: https://twitter.com/UnexploredPod.Last...