DFW HUGS & DFW VMUG Movie Event May 6th!

Posted on April 26, 2022 by wmichel

Two Better Than One!

Come join us to network, learn and have fun!

The DFW HashiCorp User Group & VMware User Group Leadership Teams have joined together to host this blockbuster Movie Event For You!

DFW HUGS & DFW VMUG Movie Event

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”

“Click Here to watch the trailer!

Dallas Fort Worth HashiCorp User Group

Two different teams, so please register on your respective User Group site.

Please Click Here for the DFW HUGS or the Logo to REGISTER NOW!

Dallas Fort Worth VMware User Group

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Please Click Here for the DFW VMUG or the Logo to REGISTER NOW!

Agenda

TimeSessionPresenter
9:00 AMWelcome and HousekeepingHUGS/VMUG Leaders
9:20 AMVMware Sponsor  – Talk TBDVMware Speaker
10:10 AMHashicorp – Talk TBDHashiCorp Speaker #1 
11:00 AM10-minute Break
11:10 AMHashicorp – Talk TBD HashiCorp Speaker #2 
11:45 AMCommunity Talk and GIVEAWAYS!Community Speaker – HUGS/VMUG Leaders
12:00 PMLunch –  Announcements, Open Discussion, and Networking HUGS/VMUG Leaders
1:00 PMMovie – Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
4:00 PMvSocial – TBD

Primary Venue — Studio Movie Grill

4800 TX-121, The Colony, TX 75056

Thanks to our Featured Sponsor

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Why go to VMware Explore?

Posted on May 26, 2023 by wmichel

VMware Explore or Bust!

That is how I feel about VMware Explore. It is great to be doing in-person events, and VMware Explore should be on top of your list to attend in 2023. The venue is in Las Vegas this year, so more affordable to attend and is a good value in this economy. VMware Explore is a great place to network, learn, and have fun. Fostering career growth and helping me to be a better IT Profession overall.

Let me share some of the VMware Explorer benefits I have experienced that helped me to grow in the vCommunity and spread my wings professionally.

VMware Explore:

This picture is from the VMware Explorer vExpert Party in 2016 at “The Mob Museum” in Las Vegas.

This VMware Explorer 2017 VMware Code picture reflects the great spirit of career growth, lifelong friendships, the power of vCommunity, and global networking — my adopted Brazillian family.

Since I am a DFW VMUG Leader, after coming back from the 2019 VMware Explorer VMware Code Hackathons, Hands-on-Lab, and Odyssey Events this inspired me so much that I had to run my own DFW VMUG local hackathon, reflected in the picture below.

I was honored and thrilled to get an invitation to attend VMware Explore Tech Field Day Extra and then invited later to be a Tech Field Day Cloud Delegate. This picture is from Tech Field Day Extra.

One of my favorite VMware Explore experiences was the opportunity to meet Pat!   Meeting the man, the legend, the great communicator Patrick P. Gelsinger was a perk of being a vExpert as he attended the VMware Explore vExpert Party when he was CEO of VMware.

It has been a fun ride, “Living the dream!” I hope to see you at VMware Explore 2023 in Las Vegas! Please ping me on Twitter @wmichel to say hi or in person if you see a large, jolly fellow walking around wearing a black Brazilian gaucho hat!

Looking forward to this year’s keynotes, speakers, and sessions — I love the opportunities to ask your questions directly to IT industry leaders and authors. There is so much to learn and so much to do. The Keynotes can be inspiring, and you have a front-row seat to new announcements, new technologies, new solutions, roadmaps, and so much more. The great speaker content and awesome sessions of your choosing can prepare and help educate you on topics of importance to you and they are recorded. The VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas Content Catalog will be available on June 6, 2023, and Session scheduling will be available on July 11.


Sign up today and be sure to take advantage of early-bird pricing before it ends on May 30.

REGISTER

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Unexplored Territory Ep. 045 | The Value of VMUG

Posted on May 19, 2023 by wmichel

@DFWVMUG Check out this podcast!

Unexplored Territory Ep. 045 | The Value of VMUG

In #045, the team jumps into the value of joining the VMware User Group ( @myvmug ) with @pduggal2018 @erickubla @Joris_Adriaanse and @vGonzilla Listen now 🎧

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A Memorable Blend: Exploring Las Vegas and…

Posted on May 19, 2023 by wmichel

Make sure to mark your calendars for VMware Explore 2023 in Las Vegas!

A Memorable Blend: Exploring Las Vegas and…

​ Welcome to the pulsating epicenter of entertainment, Las Vegas, where the glitz, glamour, and sheer exhilaration will make your heart race like never before. While attending the VMware Explore […]

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Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud…

Posted on February 18, 2022 by wmichel

Announcing General Availability of VMware Cloud…

The VMware Cloud Foundation team is proud to announce general availability of VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4, bringing forward the latest innovations in full stack Hyperconverged Infrastructure as a Hybrid Cloud Platform. The Bill of Materials for VMware Cloud Foundation 4.4 includes […]

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VMware Wins Gold at 2022 Cybersecurity…

Posted on February 18, 2022 by wmichel

We’re proud to announce that @VMware has won across 9 categories at the 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, demonstrating the company’s security innovation and commitment to keeping customers safe from cyberattacks.

VMware Wins Gold at 2022 Cybersecurity…

VMware has won across nine categories at the 2022 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, demonstrating the company’s security innovation and commitment to keeping customers safe from cyberattacks.

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What is IntSights?

Posted on August 6, 2021 by wmichel

“Cybersecurity is a new area where equality will exist to allow intelligence to succeed.”

―Ian R. McAndrew, PhD

IntSights Cyber Threat Intelligence and External Threat Protection is a cybersecurity suite.  

The following three topics will help us to understand IntSights capabilities at a high level.

1) Intelligence-driven security provider

2) Delivers rapid and accurate cyber threat intelligence

3) Incident mitigation

Intelligence-driven security provider

Insights is a security provider that can provide business-critical threat intelligence to small business and medium enterprise customers. Today security leaders and teams can be inundated and need help analyzing large volumes of security data and logs. IntSights allows for the automation, correlation and provides the intelligence to identify critical cyber threats that can negatively impact a business security posture.

Deliver rapid and accurate cyber threat intelligence

By providing quality monitoring and alerting is key for rapid and timely responses to cyberthreats. Insights improve security by minimizing the noise and false positives. IntSights unique and intelligent data mining algorithms quickly identify, analyze and prioritize threats that are harmful to the business.

Incident mitigation

IntSights enhances the cybersecurity posture by improving resilience and mitigating risks. Protecting against data leakage, compromising account credentials, phishing protection, and exposure of critical infrastructure resources and vulnerabilities.

Summary

IntSights provides enterprise-grade external threat intelligence capabilities that lower security costs and minimizes security risks. It improves cybersecurity protection that scales to meet business-critical demands.

IntSights – External Threat Intelligence – Threat Intelligence Platform overview

Social Medias and Link-o-Rama

For more information check out:

Twitter – @IntSights

Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/company/intsights/

Home Page – https://intsights.com/

Blogs – https://intsights.com/blog/

Youtube – https://youtu.be/f95sMylY7dE

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WooHoo! DFW VMUG 8/13 – Movie Event “Free Guy!”

Posted on August 2, 2021 by wmichel

“Live for today and let tomorrow come later.”

Come learn, network and have fun!

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Join the DFW VMUG today!

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the Dallas-Fort Worth VMUG Movie Event #2 taking place August 13th, with limited seating available following the State and Local COVID procedures. Registration is open and available to all VMUG members. 

REGISTER NOW!

This is a great opportunity to meet with your peers to ask questions, discuss trends, best practices, and the latest technology!

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AGENDA

09:00 am.     Welcome, Housekeeping and Introductions (Start Simulcast)

09:15 am.     Speaker #1 – TBA

10:00 am.     Speaker #2 – TBA

10:45 am.     15 min break

11:00 am.     Speaker #3 – TBA

11:45 am.     Q&A / Closing Remarks / End Simulcast

12:00 pm.     Lunch / Peer connections / Giveaways!                         

01:00 pm.     Movie: “Free Guy”

04:00 pm.      vSocial – Please plan on attending our awesome vBeers right after the movie!

NOTE: You MUST RSVP to attend.  No walk-ups will be allowed at this LIVE event.  With that consideration, please ONLY REGISTER for this event if you expect to attend in person.  We have very limited seating and will be adhering to our regional COVID safety recommendations.  Masks are encouraged but NOT REQUIRED at the time of this invitation.

Event Location:
Studio Movie Grill
4800 Texas Hwy 121, The Colony, TX 75056


THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR!

#VMUG
#DFWVMUG​​​​
#SMG

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Morpheus at Cloud Field Day 11 (#CFD11) – Day 3

Posted on June 28, 2021 by wmichel

“Cloud is about how you do computing, not where you do computing.”

–Paul Maritz, Former VMware CEO

This June I was honored to selected as one of the Cloud Field Day Delegates for CFD11. First I want to say thank you to Stephen Foskett and all of the Tech Field Day Crew for allowing me the opportunity to network, learn, and have fun!

Even though this was a virtual event it was a good bonding experience with the other delegates and the sponsors provided thought-provoking talks.   Thank you to all the delegates and #CFD11 sponsors for the live interactive sessions and enlightening my cloud journey.

If you have never attended Cloud Field Day and want to be a future delegate please check out “Become a Field Day Delegate”.  Also if looking to present as a sponsor please check out  “Sponsor Tech Field Day – Tech Field Day”.   

Morpheus Data Cloud Field Day 11

All of the talks were excellent and this is just a  highlight on Morpheus Data,  “Manage Hybrid Clouds and Modernize Apps”.  The Morpheus Cloud Management Platform (CMP) simplifies self-provisioning provides automation and orchestration, and now includes the cost management.  The Morpheus presenters were  Adam Hicks, Brad Parks, David Estes, Martez Reed, and you can find their presentations at “Morpheus Data Presents at Cloud Field Day 11”.

The Morpheus cloud management automation and orchestration provides simplicity’s for the various deployment models for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.  The Morpheus products and services enable faster go-to-market enablement and provide visibility to help reduce cloud costs.  The following diagram reflects the echo system and some of the popular key integrations and applications:

Morpheus does a good job of integrating the best of breed 3rd party software and creating a powerful but simple workflow for automation, orchestration and cost visualization.  Check out this Morpheus, Self-Service Case Study to better understand how they use persona-based approach for solutions – How did AstraZeneca take provisioning time from days to minutes? 

Morpheus is really good at bridging the gaps to help automate, orchestrate, and for discovery.  They support and integrate very well with Terraform and have their own Morpheus Terraform Provider.

In summary, Morpheus roots are in automation and orchestration, and the tool does an awesome job in enabling enterprise self-service provisioning.  The most exciting part for me is they added cost management as part of their holistic solution.  The beauty of Morpheus is it provides the glue for workflows and simplifies automation management while eliminating complexities and a plethora of disjoint automation software sprawl. 

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WooHoo! Cloud Field Day 10!

Posted on March 7, 2021 by wmichel

‘Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.’

–Benjamin Franklin

Please join us for #CFD10 to network, learn and have fun!

I am excited and honored to been have selected as a delegate panelist attending Cloud Field Day 10!

The Cloud Field Day 10 streaming video will be broadcast live on 2021 March 10-12. Join us for the entire broadcast or feel free to pick and choose. Go to Cloud Field Day 10 to see the presentation calendar to select the sessions of interest. Please participate and ask questions using twitter #CFD10.

What is Cloud Field Day?

Cloud Field Day is one of the programs hosted by Tech Field Day

“Cloud Field Day focuses on the impact of cloud on enterprise IT. Cloud Field Day brings together the best independent thought leaders in enterprise cloud to discuss pressing issues and technology advancements with key companies in the space.”

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