Category Archives: Networking

Speaking at Upcoming Webinar – Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Humair

I’ll be speaking at an upcoming Cloudflare Webinar – Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways! Only 14 days left. Click here to register and have a chance to win a A $300 VISA e-Gift Card!

Posted in Applications, Cloudflare, Cloudflare Webinars, DApps, Networking, Tech Events, Technology, Web Development, Web3 | Tagged ahmed, Cloudflare, Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway, Cloudflare IPFS Gateway, Cloudflare Web3, Cloudflare Web3 Gateways, Cloudflare Web3 Webinar, Cloudflare Webinar, Ethereum, Ethereum Gateway, humair, Humair Ahmed, IPFS, IPFS Gateway, Web 3.0, Web3, Web3 Gateways, Webinar | Leave a comment

Web3, DApps, and Cloudflare IPFS and Ethereum Gateways

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Humair

One of the interesting areas I’ve been reading-up and working on past few months has been Web3. Web3 can be viewed as a new iteration of the Web incorporating technologies that exhibit characteristics of decentralization, trustlessness, immutability, inherent verification, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Cloudflare, IPFS, Web Development, Web3 | Tagged Cloudflare, Cloudflare Web3, Cloudflare Web3 Gateways, Dapp, Dapps, Decentralized Apps, Distributed Apps, distributed web, dweb, Ethereum, Ethereum Gateway, InterPlanetary File System, IPFS, IPFS Gateway, Web3, Web3 Gateway | 7 Comments

Nutanix Beam – Chargeback and Tracking Spend Across Clouds

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Humair

My prior post on Nutanix Beam, Optimize Cost Across Public and Private Clouds with Nutanix Beam, provided a brief intro and described some of the basic functionality of Beam and how it can be used to define a cost control … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, AWS, AWS, Business, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Microsoft, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AWS, Azure, Beam, business unit, chargeback, cloud, Cloud Cost Control, cloud cost governance, Cloud Cost Management, cloud cost optimization, Cloud Management, cloud optimization, cost, cost analytics, cost center, Cost Governance, cost optimization, hybrid cloud, hybrid-cloud visibility, Multi-cloud, Multicloud, Multicloud Cost Governance, multicloud visibility, Nutanix, Nutanix Beam, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Xi Beam, on-prem, onprem, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Software as a service, visibility, Xi, Xi Beam | Leave a comment

Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Getting Started

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Humair

Nutanix Clusters on AWS is available globally across 20 geographic regions and 61 availability zones. See the Nutanix Clusters website for the most up-to-date information. In my prior post, I discussed the availability of Nutanix Clusters on AWS, use cases, … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Network Architecture, Networking, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AHV, AHV hypervisor, Amazon Web Services, AOS, AWS, AWS EC2 bare metal hosts, AWS IAM, AWS IAM role, Azure, Billing Widget, cloud, cloud bursting, cloud migration, cloud strategy, CloudFormation, CloudFormation Template, Clusters, Clusters portal, DA, Disaster Avoidance, Disaster Recovery, DR, EC2, EC2 bare metal hosts, Flow, HCI, hybrid cloud, hybrid cloud strategy, hypervisor, IAM role, Microsoft Azure, Move, Multicloud, multicloud cloud strategy, MyNutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AHV hypervisor, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Cloud, Nutanix CloudFormation template, Nutanix Clusters, Nutanix Clusters Billing, Nutanix Clusters Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Getting Started, Nutanix Clusters on AWS portal, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix HCI, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Move, Nutanix multicloud, Nutanix Prism, Prism, VDI | Leave a comment

Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Platform

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Humair

Starting from last Tuesday, August 11th, 2020, Nutanix Clusters, similar to what many customers have in on-prem data centers, can now be deployed on the AWS Cloud globally – 20 regions, 61 availability zones and counting. Super cool. In this … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Network Architecture, Networking, Nuatnix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Security, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AHV, AHV hypervisor, Amazon Web Services, AOS, AWS, AWS EC2 bare metal hosts, Azure, cloud, cloud bursting, cloud migration, cloud strategy, Clusters, Clusters portal, DA, Disaster Avoidance, Disaster Recovery, DR, EC2, EC2 bare metal hosts, Flow, HCI, hybrid cloud, hybrid cloud strategy, hypervisor, Microsoft Azure, Move, Multicloud, multicloud cloud strategy, Nutanix, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AHV hypervisor, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Cloud, Nutanix Clusters, Nutanix Clusters Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS, Nutanix Clusters on AWS Free Trial, Nutanix Clusters on AWS portal, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix HCI, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Move, Nutanix multicloud, Nutanix Prism, Prism, VDI | Leave a comment

First Impression – Using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Humair

What is my first impression of using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)? Short answer – very easy to use, even for a first time user, and intuitive design with well thought-out integrations with other Nutanix products; love the one-click feature/service … Continue reading →

Posted in Hyper-converged infrastructure, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Nuatnix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Security, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged Acropolis Operating System, AHV, AOS, Calm, Categories, Category, Controller VM, CVM, Disaster Recovery, Flow, Flow Isolation Policy, Flow Micro-segmentation, Flow Microsegmentation, Flow Security Policies, HCI, hyper-converged infrastructure, hypervisor, Karbon, Leap, micro-segmentation, microsegmentation, Networks, Nuatnix One-Click, Nutanix, Nutanix Acropolis Operating System, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Calm, Nutanix Categories, Nutanix Category, Nutanix Controller VM, Nutanix CVM, Nutanix Disaster Recovery, Nutanix Flow, Nutanix Flow Isolation Policy, Nutanix Flow Security Policies, Nutanix HCI platform, Nutanix Hypervisor, Nutanix Karbon, Nutanix Leap, Nutanix Micro-segmentation, Nutanix Microsegmentation, Nutanix Networks, Nutanix Objects, Nutanix Prism, Nutanix SDS, Nutanix Security, Nutanix Software Defined Storage, Nutanix Storage Container, Nutanix Storage Containers, Nutanix Subnets, Nutanix VMs, Nutanix Xi Cloud Services, Objects, Prism, Prism Central, Prism Element, SDS, security, Security Policies, software defined storage, Storage Container, Storage Containers, Subnets, virtual machines, vms, Xi Cloud Services | Leave a comment

VMworld 2019 Sessions – VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Humair

VMworld 2019 was my fifth year presenting at both the US and Europe VMworlds. Presenting at VMworld has always been something I look forward to every year, and this year was no exception. Like usual, this year, my calendar for … Continue reading →

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Second VMware Press Book Published – My Thoughts and Tips

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Humair

Yes, above is the very first official print I received for approval. This is my second VMware Press book, this time co-authored with Gilles Chekroun and Nico Vibert. Caught a few slight print errors last minute and sending back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, AWS, AWS, Business, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Tech Events, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMworld 2019 | Tagged ahmed, Author, Author Humair Ahmed, AWS, Book signing, Buy VMware Press book, cloud, cloud book, Free book, humair, Humair Ahmed, multi-site, multi-site book, Multisite, multisite book, networking, networking security, NSX, NSX Networking and Security, security, vmware, VMware book signing, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security, VMware Cloud on AWS NSX Networking and Security, VMware NSX Multi-site Solutions and Cross-vCenter NSX Design, VMware NSX Multi-site Solutions and Cross-vCenter NSX Design: Day 1 Guide, VMware Press, VMworld, VMworld 2019 | Leave a comment

VMware Cloud on AWS: NSX Networking and Security eBook

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Humair

Check out my latest book co-authored with my colleagues Gilles Chekroun and Nico Vibert on VMware NSX networking and security in VMware Cloud on AWS. Thank you Tom Gillis, Senior Vice President/General Manager, Networking and Security Business Unit for writing … Continue reading →

Posted in AWS, AWS, Business, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Tech Events, Technology, Technology, VMware, VMware, VMworld 2019 | Tagged ahmed, Amazon Web Services, AWS, cloud, cloud networking, cloud security, ebook, humair, Humair Ahmed, hybrid cloud, networking, NSX, NSX Cloud, NSX ebook, NSX-T, NSX-T ebook, security, VMC, vmware, VMware Cloud, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS ebook | 1 Comment

VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC 1.7: New NSX Features

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Humair

The latest version of VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC (SDDC Version 1.7) was released recently and is being rolled out to customers. In this post, I’ll discuss the new NSX Networking and Security features. Looking at the features released in VMware Cloud … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, AWS, AWS, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware | Tagged AWS, AWS Direct Connect, AWS DX, Connectivity, Direct Connect, DX, IPSEC VPN, NSX, NSX-T, Operations, Route Based IPSEC VPN, SDDC, SDDC 1.7, Services, VMC, VMC SDDC, vmware, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC, VPN | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Networking

Speaking at Upcoming Webinar – Introduction to Cloudflare Web3 Gateways

Web3, DApps, and Cloudflare IPFS and Ethereum Gateways

First Impression – Using Nutanix’s HCI and Hypervisor (AHV)

VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC 1.7: New NSX Features

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