Druva Webcast: Protect Your Hybrid Workloads on VMware

Topic: It’s no secret that managing the backup and restore of your virtual machines on-premises and in the cloud is unnecessarily complex. Managing multiple vendors and disparate solutions not only increases your costs and degrades visibility, but it also puts your organization’s critical data at risk.

Luckily, there’s a better way with an all-in-one, cloud-native solution.

Join our webinar and learn how Druva can solve your VMware data protection challenges, including:
• Reducing your overall storage footprint by consolidating your data
• Streamlining data management and protection, reducing costs by up to 60%
• Meeting your RTO and RPO requirements for better business continuity
• Leveraging enterprise cloud backup for instant disaster recovery

Speaker: Seyi Verma, Director of Product Marketing, Druva

Seyi Verma is a Director of Product Marketing at Druva. He has over 16 years of experience in product management and marketing, driving initiatives around product launches and strategy for both hardware and software. At Druva, he leads product marketing for Phoenix, the company’s data protection and management solution for physical and virtual infrastructure.

All live attendees who opt-in to share their information with the Sponsor will be entered into a drawing to win one of four (4) $100 Amazon Gift Cards.

Thursday, February 21, 2019
1:00-2:00 PM (CT)

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Illumio Webcast: Using Micro-Segmentation to Secure Your Hybrid Multi-Cloud Environment

Topic: Virtualization has freed organizations from physical machine constraints while increasing the utilization of existing assets—but at a price. Using virtualization technologies like ESXi and vSAN, VMware customers can deploy applications in a hybrid multi-cloud environment. While this has created opportunities, it has also brought challenges around securing virtual assets and distributed data sources, as well as increasing compliance demands for applications under regulatory mandates. With the rise of hybrid multi-cloud architectures, micro-segmentation is fast becoming a foundational layer of security architecture to help protect against unauthorized lateral movement and access to high-value assets. When implemented correctly, micro-segmentation offers the security ESXi and vSAN users need while providing tremendous application visibility.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:
• Why you need micro-segmentation and how it works
• How customers are using it to solve problems and protect their assets in virtualized ESXi and vSAN environments
• 5 steps to implementing a micro-segmentation strategy for your data center and public cloud

All live attendees who opt-in to share their information with the Sponsor will be entered into a drawing to win an $100 Amazon Gift Card.

Speaker: Faraz Aladin, Product Marketing Director, Illumio
As Illumio’s Product Marketing Director, Faraz Aladin is a Technical Product Marketing leader responsible for Product Marketing missions as well as technical evangelism. Having worked with customers across various segments and industry verticals, he is well versed in how customers successfully leverage technology to drive business outcomes. His subject matter expertise spans Networking & Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center Architectures, Security and Collaboration technologies. With over 25 years of industry experience, Faraz spent a major portion of his professional career at Cisco across various business units and roles before joining vArmour as Product Management and Marketing lead.

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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NetApp Webcast: Building a VMware Private Cloud with NetApp HCI

Topic: Your users need you to be more responsive, but when your hardware is keeping you from responding quickly, you look like the big roadblock. With development teams reminding you every day that they can get resources from the public cloud immediately, you are pressured to bridge the gap. VMware Private Cloud for NetApp HCI delivers a win-win option by enabling public cloud-like self-service via vRealize Suite that can drive dynamic usage of infrastructure resources including NSX on NetApp HCI, a flexible yet performant and scalable hybrid cloud infrastructure. HCI is the fastest growing infrastructure market segment and it is no wonder with its typical administrative advantages. However, NetApp HCI also gives you enterprise features you need like multi-tenancy, independent scaling of resources for real world workload optimization and application performance guarantees. Come to this session to learn how to build a VMware's modern private cloud feature set on top of NetApp HCI that delivers users with easy, predictable results at cloud speed and IT with complete configuration, monitoring, and bill-back capabilities.

Key Takeaways:
• Integrate cloud services for the future with an elastic infrastructure for hybrid clouds that supports your dynamic business.
• Tackle new challenges by accelerating new services with a private cloud that allows end users to consume IT resource through on-demand, self-service methods.
• How to build a self-service portal to supply permanent or transient virtualization resources including compute, storage and network

All live attendees who opt-in to share their information with the Sponsor will be entered into a drawing to win an $100 Amazon Gift Card.

Speaker: Andy Banta,  Principal Virtualization Architect, NetApp SolidFire

Andy is currently a Principal Virtualization Architect at NetApp SolidFire, focusing on VMware integration and Virtual Volumes. Andy was a part of the Virtual Volumes development team at SoldiFire. Prior to SolidFire, he was the iSCSI Tech Lead at VMware, and authored a patent on VMware cache technology. He's also been on the engineering teams at DataGravity and Sun Microsystems. Andy has presented at numerous industry conferences, such as VMworld, NetApp Insight, SNIA and Flash Memory Summit. as well as several VMUGs and other local events. Outside of work, and enjoys racing cars, hiking and wines. Find him on twitter at @andybanta.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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Cisco Webcast: Cisco Data Center is Anywhere the Data Is

Topic: With the explosion of applications, connected devices and multiple clouds, data centers need to adapt and evolve. We get it. Cisco Data Center is continuing to innovate, introducing new technologies to break down silos and extend the data center architecture to wherever the data is. Specifically, Cisco enables digital enterprises to securely follow their apps and data anywhere across the multicloud and edge with unique innovations to its data center architecture. From ESXi to Horizon on software defined Cisco UCS, Cisco HyperFlex, Cisco vSAN ReadyNodes, Cisco Nexus Switching and Intuitive networking, we have more ways to deliver VMware core technologies for the data center and for virtual client computing than anyone! Join this informative session to learn more.

All live attendees who opt-in to share their information with the Sponsor will be entered into a drawing to win an $250 AMEX Gift Card.

Speaker: Mike Brennan Product Manager, Virtual Client Computing and Graphics Solutions

Mike is currently the Product Manager and Technical Marketing Manager for Cisco Systems End User Computing and Graphics Solutions. Mike joined Cisco in 2011 after spending 15+ years in the desktop and application virtualization space as consultant, architect and principal. He is passionate about the evolving end user computing industry and the technology driving it. Mike lives in Melbourne, Florida with his beautiful wife. He has three children and 8 amazing grandchildren.

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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Veeam Webcast: Gambling with Your Cloud Data? Five Ways to Make Sure You’re Not at Risk

Topic: The growth of data and compliance requirements require longer-term data retention – driving the need for scalable, lower-cost data storage solutions. But regardless of the platform — in the cloud or on premises — your applications and data are your responsibility. Veeam offers customers leveraging VMware Cloud on AWS the ability to deploy the same proven solutions simply, efficiently and seamlessly — protecting workloads across all clouds while allowing customers the ability to leverage their existing investments in VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) technologies.

Join Dustin Albertson, Solutions Architect, and Matt Lloyd, Sr. Manager Global Alliances, at Veeam as they address critical elements to consider when backing up or recovering workloads regardless of where they reside, including in VMware Cloud on AWS, to help your business:
• Deploy a flexible, integrated and secure infrastructure that seamlessly extends to hybrid cloud environments while maintaining the ability to restore entire VMs, individual files and application items in minutes
• Perform self-service backups out of VMware Cloud on AWS
• Replicate VMware Cloud on AWS workloads to and from VMware-based data centers
• Deploy cross-cloud data management for multi-cloud environments
• And more!

All live attendees who opt-in to share their information with the Sponsor will be entered into a drawing to win 1 of 3 $100 Amazon Gift Cards.

Speaker: Dustin Albertson, Solutions Architect, Veeam
Matt Lloyd, Sr. Manager Global Alliances, Veeam

Dustin Albertson (VCAP-CIA, VMCE, AWS-TP) is the Senior Cloud Solutions Architect for the Global Alliance Architecture group at Veeam Software and based in South Carolina, USA. Dustin is an active member of the virtualization and Service Provider communities. Dustin’s career started in telecom before focusing on virtualization and cloud technologies. His main areas of expertise are VMware, Cloud and Networking, with a strong focus on Cloud Service Providers and Public Clouds.

Matt Lloyd is a Senior Global Alliance Manager at Veeam Software and based near Chicago, IL. Currently, he supports partnerships with Dell, VMware, and other strategic alliance partners. Matt's experience includes planning, designing, and implementing solutions for virtual environments, working with channel partners, and sales; with virtualization being the central theme throughout his career.

Thursday, March 7, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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VMUG Virtual March Event Sneak Peek!

Topic: VMware Cloud on AWS, the first hand experience...

Brian Kirsch sits down with Paul Bryant to talk about his experiences with VMware Cloud on AWS. In this interview we’ll get to hear first hand what it’s like to extend your on-premise infrastructure, we’ll talk about what lives up to the hype and what might not. What things you will absolutely want to know going in and a few of the gotcha’s that you might not expect. And we’ll learn if the agility and extension of VMware Cloud on AWS from you're on-premise data center to the cloud is really as smooth as we want it to be.

Speakers: Brian Kirsch, M. Ed., Instructor, MATC
Paul Bryant, Global Virtualization Architect, Brink’s Inc.

Brian Kirsch is an IT Architect and Instructor at Milwaukee Area Technical College, focusing primarily on the virtualization and storage environments. He has been in information technology for over 25 years from Healthcare to Fortune 500 financial companies and has worked with VMware products for more than 15 years. Kirsch holds multiple certifications from VMware, CommVault, Broacade, Microsoft and Dell EMC, previously he sat on the VMUG Board of Directors helping to guide and shape the user community. Kirsch is also an author for multiple IT publications and has over 250 published articles and eBooks.

Paul Bryant joined Brink's Inc as an information technology professional with experience in design, implementation, optimization and troubleshooting of complex enterprise solutions. He has vast knowledge of Dell EMC, Nutanix, VMware, cloud, and other evolving technologies and has worked in a variety of global 500 companies as a consultant previously to joining the Brink's team. Paul has become a world wide subject matter expert in VMware cloud on AWS, VMware Site Recovery Manager, and VMware vSAN. He consistently dedicates his time to increasing knowledge, acquiring technical skills and achieving certifications while looking for solutions to increase productivity, reduce cost, and continue to evolve the technologies of Brink's.

Monday, March 11, 2019
12:00-12:45 PM (CT)

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Professional Development Webcast Series (Part 1 of 3): Leading Change: Thriving in the 21st Century

Topic: After death and taxes, change is probably the only other certainty in American society. The unprecedented changes that have occurred during the last decade will not only continue in the future, but managerial and behavioral theorists believe they will continue with even greater speed. The ability to anticipate change, create a change plan, overcome resistance to change, and implement change programs effectively and efficiently are essential skills for senior leaders and department managers.

Key Takeaways:
• Develop strategies, techniques, skills and tools necessary to manage change effectively
• Understand the nature of the change process
• Assist in achieving buy-in from employees for change programs
• Develop the skills to anticipate change
• Bring creativity and imagination to the solution of new and challenging change issues

Speaker: Debra Zabloudil, President, CEO and founder of the Learning Studio.

Debra Zabloudil serves as the President, CEO and founder of the Learning Studio, which serves the association and corporate communities in a variety of consulting, thought leadership and training needs.
On a day to day basis, Debra and her team can be found traveling the globe, producing educational content for leaders in hundreds of different industries or professions, running consulting projects for professional and trade associations and speaking, facilitating and designing workshops and learning labs for customers, members and staffs of organizations worldwide. Debra is a frequent speaker and writer on all topics related to adult education and how to create high quality, and profitable, education offerings for members. Debra works regularly with a number of well-known organizations such as The Young Presidents Organization (YPO), International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, The American Hospital Association, the American Planning Association, The Association Forum and more.
Debra is a Certified Association Executive and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is also an Association Forum John T. Thiel award winner, a PCMA “Best in Class” speaker and a graduate of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.

Thursday, March 21, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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Professional Development Webcast Series (Part 2 of 3): Disruption 2.0: How Not to Get Hit by the Oncoming Train

Topic: Consider this. Right now, three teenagers are in a garage or local coffee shop or university library, finding a way to disrupt YOUR industry. Ridiculous? Think again. We all know about the disruption of Airbnb, Snapchat and Uber, but there are new disruptors that have become part of the 2018 landscape. Bitcoin, blockchain, AI and other game-changers are larger than life forces today and we need to prepare our members and customers. Are you prepared? This timely session will discuss many of the newest disruptions and how they affect us all. Understand how to identify a potential disruption early on, helping your team prepare, strategize and act. Finally, learn how to create a culture with your internal team, board and others to assure that you are prepared for whatever disruption is next.

Key Takeaways:
• Understand how to spot a disruption before it takes root in your industry
• Look at disruption in an all new way, and be able understand current disruption and how it may affect you and your team
• Develop a more complete understanding of the critical conversation to have within your organization allowing you to stay ahead of disruption, rather falling behind.

Speaker: Debra Zabloudil, President, CEO and founder of the Learning Studio.

Debra Zabloudil serves as the President, CEO and founder of the Learning Studio, which serves the association and corporate communities in a variety of consulting, thought leadership and training needs.
On a day to day basis, Debra and her team can be found traveling the globe, producing educational content for leaders in hundreds of different industries or professions, running consulting projects for professional and trade associations and speaking, facilitating and designing workshops and learning labs for customers, members and staffs of organizations worldwide. Debra is a frequent speaker and writer on all topics related to adult education and how to create high quality, and profitable, education offerings for members. Debra works regularly with a number of well-known organizations such as The Young Presidents Organization (YPO), International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, The American Hospital Association, the American Planning Association, The Association Forum and more.
Debra is a Certified Association Executive and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is also an Association Forum John T. Thiel award winner, a PCMA “Best in Class” speaker and a graduate of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.

Thursday, April 11, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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Professional Development Webcast Series (Part 3 of 3): The Case for Innovation

Topic: In today’s workplace, creativity and innovation is not an option - it is, and will continue to be, a business imperative. Leaders are constantly being confronted with new problems, new projects and new issues that, by definition, require new answers. The ability to see new — as well as old — problems, projects, and issues in a fresh, imaginative way is vital for individuals at all levels in an organization. Innovation plays a fundamental role in our thought processes, leadership practices, problem solving and decision-making. This course will help you understand how to keep innovation alive in your company and department.

Key Takeaways:
• Increase efficiency and effectiveness by bringing innovation into the workplace dialogue
• Use creative techniques for problem solving and decision making
• Understand how you might overcome the personal, organizational, and environmental impediments to innovation

Speaker: Debra Zabloudil, President, CEO and founder of the Learning Studio.

Debra Zabloudil serves as the President, CEO and founder of the Learning Studio, which serves the association and corporate communities in a variety of consulting, thought leadership and training needs.
On a day to day basis, Debra and her team can be found traveling the globe, producing educational content for leaders in hundreds of different industries or professions, running consulting projects for professional and trade associations and speaking, facilitating and designing workshops and learning labs for customers, members and staffs of organizations worldwide. Debra is a frequent speaker and writer on all topics related to adult education and how to create high quality, and profitable, education offerings for members. Debra works regularly with a number of well-known organizations such as The Young Presidents Organization (YPO), International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, The American Hospital Association, the American Planning Association, The Association Forum and more.
Debra is a Certified Association Executive and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is also an Association Forum John T. Thiel award winner, a PCMA “Best in Class” speaker and a graduate of the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute.

Thursday, May 9, 2019
12:00-1:00 PM (CT)

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