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VMware announced the release of vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) 6.6.  vROps is VMware's popular Cloud and Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) monitoring and analytics solution. With VMware moving to a more agile development model for vROps, we have seen each dot release getting dropped quarterly, which is a huge improvement from vCOps days. The quarterly release cycle has also delivered major new features each time, besides the now expected  usability and stability  improvements. It looks like vROps 6.6 kept the momentum going with a major UI redesign, the addition of several new capabilities, and improvements to many existing features. Congrats to the product team on a job well done! Let's take a quick inventory of what's new and improved. Redesigned user interface provides a modern look and improved user experience New HTML5 user interface provides an easier and consistent experience. The Getting Started dashboard allows for quick navigation. Persona-based ...

Today is your last chance to vote for your favorite VMworld 2017 sessions. Please vote for mine and Joe Tietz , Eiad AlAqqad ,   Craig Risinger , and Howard Shoobe  sessions at  http://bit.ly/2oBq48C VMworld 2017 session catalog voting closes today Thursday, April 13 . Don't wait, vote now! Trisha Navarro and I have a session number 2562 in the catalog titled  Automate and Align vRealize Operations with Business Outcomes .

VMworld 2017 session catalog is now open for public voting. I have a session number 2562 in the catalog called Automate and Align vRealize Operations with Business Outcomes.  Please  vote for my submission  and sign-up for VMworld 2017 if have not already!

VMware just published my White Paper titled "Aligning vRealize Operations with Business Outcomes" on the Tech Papers site. Read it here . Over the past few years, I have been designing, deploying, and customizing vRealize Operations (vROps) Manager for many VMware customers. Working with different clients, I noticed a common theme emerge among various business and IT leaders. Many customers are looking for IT reporting that closely resembles their lines of business such as services, departments, applications, teams, and other logical business constructs.  Quantifying performance, utilization, and consumption at the logical business unit level is more important to business leaders than at the vSphere Cluster level.   This is because in today’s world, services, applications, and business units can span multiple infrastructures from private, through hybrid, to public.  Generally, IT reporting around business services has been dif...

VMware announced the release of vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) 6.5.  vROps is VMware's popular Cloud and Software Defined Datacenter (SDDC) monitoring and analytics solution.  This update includes the usual usability  improvements along with a 25% scalability improvement in the number of supported objects and metrics, as well as a new Extra Large node size.  One major new feature includes integration with VMware vRealize Business Manager for Cloud (vRBC). The  version also supports automated End-Point Operations (EPOps) Agent upgrades and many other advancements.  In addition to that, the vROps 6.5 upgrade process is 40% faster than in the past, especially with large multi-node deployments.

I'm honored to be awarded VMware vExpert for the 2nd time. Thank you everyone for reading my blog! The VMware vExpert program is VMware's global evangelism and advocacy program. The award is for individuals, not companies or VMware employees, who have significantly contributed to the community of VMware users over the past year. The VMware vExpert title is awarded on an annual basis to individuals for their commitment to sharing their knowledge and passion for VMware technology, above and beyond their job responsibilities. Announcement: https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/02/vexpert-2017-award-announcement.html vExpert Directory:   https://communities.vmware.com/vexpert.jspa   Other Resources: https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vexpert