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Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hibernate Hosts to Lower Cloud Spend

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Humair

I’ve written a few prior posts on Nutanix Clusters on AWS: Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Platform, Nutanix Clusters on AWS – Getting Started and on Nutanix Beam: Optimize Cost Across Public and Private Clouds with … Continue reading →

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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

Optimize Cost Across Public and Private Clouds with Nutanix Beam

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Humair

Nutanix Beam is a software as a service (SaaS) solution that provides cost spend visibility and optimization across multicloud environments and on-prem. Discussing with customers and playing around with Nutanix Beam for the past several weeks, I’ve been pretty impressed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, Business, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Microsoft, Nutanix, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing | Tagged AWS, AWS Reserved Instances, AWS Savings Plans, Azure, Beam, cloud, Cloud Cost Control, cloud cost governance, Cloud Cost Management, cloud cost optimization, Cloud Management, cloud optimization, Clusters, cost, Cost Governance, cost optimization, hybrid cloud, hybrid-cloud visibility, Multi-cloud, Multicloud, Multicloud Cost Governance, multicloud visibility, Nutanix, Nutanix Beam, Nutanix Cluster, Nutanix Clusters, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Xi Beam, on-prem, onprem, private cloud, public cloud, Reserved Instances, RI, SaaS, Savings Plans, Software as a service, visibility, Xi, Xi Beam | 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

CFD 5: VMware Cloud on AWS Technical Walkthrough – NSX Networking and Security

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Humair

Check-out the below video for the presentation I gave at Cloud Field Day 5 (CFD 5) on April 12th, 2019. In this presentation, I discuss VMware Cloud on AWS Networking and Security provided by NSX! You can also checkout the … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, AWS, Cloud Field Day 5, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Tech Events, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware Cloud on AWS | Tagged AWS, AWS Direct Connect, AWS DX, CFD, CFD 5, cloud, Cloud Field Day, Cloud Field Day 5, Connectivity, demo, Direct Connect, DX, IPSEC VPN, NSX, NSX-T, Operations, Route Based IPSEC VPN, SDDC, SDDC 1.7, Services, Tech Field Day, techfieldday.com, TGW, TGW attachment, Transit Gateway, Transit VPC, Virtual Private Cloud, VMC, VMC SDDC, vmware, VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Cloud on AWS SDDC, vPC, VPC attachment, VPN, VPN attachment | Leave a comment

VMware Cloud on AWS with Transit Gateway Demo [Video]

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Humair

At AWS re:Invent 2018 last November, AWS introduced a regional construct called Transit Gateway (TGW). AWS Transit Gateway allows customers to connect multiple Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) together easily. TGW can be seen as a hub and all the VPCs … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazon, AWS, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware | Tagged AWS, cloud, demo, NSX, Route Based IPSEC VPN, TGW, TGW attachment, Transit Gateway, Transit VPC, Virtual Private Cloud, vmware, VMware Cloud on AWS, vPC, VPC attachment, VPN, VPN attachment, VSAN, vSphere ESXi | Leave a comment

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