This is a guest post from IDC Analyst Brad Casemore. Modern applications are more distributed than ever before, deployed variously across on-premises data centers, public clouds (IaaS), private clouds, and edge locations, and sometimes delivered as SaaS. While the primacy of these data-centric applications is undeniable and will only grow with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), a failure to ensure the modernization of underlying network infrastructure can compromise and constrain an organization’s application-driven digital strategies.  Needs of today  Network modernization, e ..read more

By now, you’ve probably heard about why you should automate network management. Not only does automation save time and effort, but it also reduces risk. As Gartner notes, for instance, organizations that automate about 70 percent of their network change management operations will see a 50 percent reduction in outages. They’ll also cut in half the time it takes to roll out new services. The bigger question many teams face surrounding network automation, however, is how to automate. With so many tools on the market that promise to help automate networking and security, which solution is the best ..read more

With the release of PowerCLI 12.6, a new module VMware.Sdk.Nsx.Policy was added to provide PowerShell binding for NSX Policy Manager APIs. This new module is auto generated from the NSX Policy API spec exposing all the features related to policy objects in NSX. The module also exposes cmdlets to Create/Edit/Delete NSX objects. This blog explains the use of PowerCLI NSX module, goes through all the different ways new cmdlets can be found and shows how to view documentation on the cmdlets with examples. Navigating the new cmdlets Along with the cmdlets to connect, disconnect and modify the NSX o ..read more

In 2022, nearly 77% of technology professionals see the need for improvement in their data center network automation strategies. Despite years of predictions about applications and data migrating to the public cloud, a consensus has been that data centers remain the indispensable core of any digital infrastructure. While the public cloud has a vital role to play and it continues to grow, enterprises and service providers continue to rely on data centers to power their operations. To remain relevant in a cloud-centric world, data centers must modernize – needing scalable, efficient, a ..read more

VMware Network Automation combines the modern microservices architecture of vRealize with VMware NSX network virtualization to enable rapid application rollout. The solution automates VMware NSX via VMware vRealize Automation to deliver complete workload lifecycle automation through networking, compute, and security services that make it simple to template, provision, and update complete environments. That, in turn, enables businesses to accelerate application delivery and drive overall agility. The latest iterations of vRealize Automation native integration with NSX-T features include multip ..read more

Enterprises are growing increasingly dependent on modern distributed applications to innovate and respond quickly to new market challenges.  As applications grow in significance, the end-user experience of the application has become a key differentiator for most businesses.  Understanding what kind of application performance the end-users experience, optimizing the infrastructure, and quickly identifying the source of any issues has become extremely critical. The Modern Network framework puts the end-user experience at the forefront.  It helps our customers provide the public cl ..read more

Organizations today constantly seek greater agility and speed in their IT operations. They’re looking to seize market advantage by innovating with new technology and quickly responding to shifting market trends. Meanwhile, IT teams seek higher levels of simplicity and automation – and more efficient allocation of limited resources – in order to support these larger business goals. Why Businesses Need Network Automation A major roadblock many organizations face in the drive for efficiency is that their enterprise network is far more difficult to manage than ever before. Distributed workloads an ..read more

According to the Gartner blog post, 2019 Network Resolution: Invest in Network Automation, the top network resolution of 2019 was network automation. This isn’t surprising since traditional automation of networking and security has always been a challenge due to the cumbersome processes, lack of governance, and limited or non-existent management tools. Organizations that automate more than 70% of their network change activities will reduce the number of outages by at least 50% and deliver services to their business constituents 50% faster VMware NSX-T Data Center solves this by enabling rapi ..read more

The speed and agility delivered by fast-moving cloud technologies and modern application architectures have become central to digital business transformation efforts.  There is an emerging realization that IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) teams cannot continue to rely on proprietary, bespoke, and expensive hardware to perform data center functions like networking, security, and load balancing.  These functions can be performed more efficiently at scale with distributed software running on x86 hardware while also achieving reduced complexity and cost. VMware is excited ..read more

Come see VMware and the NSX team at SpringOne Platform in Austin, TX from October 7-11 in booth T1! Why Attend SpringOne Platform? SpringOne Platform is Pivotal’s annual conference for developers, IT operators and leaders, platform managers, and anyone else that wants to be part of one of the most vibrant software development communities in the world. Developers use Spring to build and run millions of mission-critical applications that organizations rely on every day. It enables developers to build software quickly, securely, and globally with modern distributed platform technol ..read more