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Corporate IaaS: a selection of news, case studies and thematic guides

Today we have collected for you a digest of fresh publications from our blog about IaaS . Here you will find articles with reviews of new products and recent events, guides for working with virtual infrastructure and materials on how cloud technologies work in practice.


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What's new?





We show in what format the technology is discussed. Let us tell you what the essence of the new proposals for cloud providers from VMware is, and what products the company presented at the conference. The most interesting reports from VMworld are here .
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Let us discuss the improvements of the August version of PowerCLI: the process of deploying a virtual machine, specifying an ISO image in the library, and other experimental parameters and functions.




Let us see what the benefits of new client capabilities are: defining granular security policies, distributing traffic using a pool of servers, and others. Determine which roles are now available for tenants, how to create them and what to do with them.




The article introduces the vCloud Availability disaster recovery tool. Let's tell about its On-premise-components and components of a public cloud.




We will tell about the product and discuss its functionality. Let us see what is offered in the distribution , and how the additional developer tool VMware HTML Client SDK is useful.




In the article we will talk about the all-flash-system NetApp AFF A300. Unpack it and see what is included in the package, estimate the characteristics of this storage system.



Guides and recommendations





We present a step-by-step algorithm for exporting to vCloud Director: we will show and tell you how to export a virtual machine during operation.




In this article, we will discuss the opinion of the head of Crisp Research, Carlo Welten, on the four main requirements for upgrading storage systems. How to use them, consider the example of NetApp All Flash FAS.




Let's talk about how to assign the task of resource allocation to automation. We will understand why you need a Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) load balancing tool, how it works and what metrics it uses. We will tell you what to look for when choosing an IaaS supplier.




Let's discuss why we need to determine the size of virtual machines in advance, what needs to be tested and how. Let's evaluate the advantages of horizontal and vertical scaling and talk about how to configure memory without losing performance.




According to a Trustwave survey, 94% of data leaks are caused by weak passwords and poor remote access protection. Recall the basic rules of information security. We are talking about what to consider when switching to a two-factor authentication system.




Let's talk about how to transfer business-critical applications to the cloud, and what difficulties may arise. Let us tell you about VMware tools.




In this article we will discuss what a storage policy is, what it consists of, as it is associated with virtual machine disks. Let's talk about what benefits the client receives.




Let us see what requirements the IaaS provider must comply with in order to place state information systems in the cloud.

Consider the levels and classes of information security. Find out who will be responsible, and how is the certification of the cloud provider.




Continuing the conversation about how to simplify working with the cloud, in this article we will look at five PowerCLI cmdlets in practice. We will show and tell you how to move a virtual machine from one host to another, and find out on which host it is running. Explain how to create virtual machines and export features.



Cloud solutions in practice





In March 2014, the Russian government approved a plan for the phased implementation of BIM. The article will tell you what BIM is and what tasks it solves in construction. We give a list of free and paid BIM-solutions and explain how they differ from each other. Let's talk about implementing BIM in the cloud and discuss the approach to designing OpenBIM.




In the article we will talk about what tasks the City-call company solves using cloud technologies. Find out what the organization does and how it chose the cloud provider.




How does photogrammetry relate to cloud technologies and how does cloud services affect agricultural performance? Let us examine these and other issues.




Let's see how the service works, and what tools it implements. Let us evaluate the pros and cons and determine the benefits of such a decision.




The security of your data depends on your knowledge of hacking methods and methods of protection. We study the problem on the experience of European colleagues and answer the questions: how do data protect in Europe and in what direction do information protection technologies of Russian companies develop?




In this article we will tell you what SAP HANA is and which zones are involved in the network configuration of the complex. We show how to configure SAP HANA for a virtual data center. Separately, consider the configuration of VMware NSX.




If you collect animal behavioral data in time, various cataclysms will not come as a surprise. Let's tell how cloud technologies are used here.



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