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alucianiChevalier
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Nutanix Files Episode 4.1 - A Security StoryBlog

With unstructured data growing exponentially, securing shared storage is increasingly becoming difficult. It is an operational nightmare to identify datacenter weak points let alone predict the next threat. Ransomware attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated, surpassing firewalls and anti-virus software. Does this sound familiar? You plug one hole another opens, you update software, you train end users on how to detect suspicious files or emails but the threats keep coming. The rise of Ransomware in recent years has put companies on red alert. CIO’s are well aware of the impacts this can cause and nearly all would say that security is a top priority for their business.The impacts from Ransomware are staggering:A Cybersecurity Ventures article in 2021 showed that from 2015 to 2021 the damages from Ransomware grew over 57x, from $325M to over $20B. (“Global Ransomware Damage Costs Predicted To Exceed $265 Billion By 2031”)  Sophos reports that on average the cost of recovering fr

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Convert Your Cluster to AHV and Configure Leap for Disaster RecoveryBlog

On my previous blog (Link) I showed you how to build a metro availability. Now I want to "upgrade" both clusters to AHV and enable data protection with the help of Leap to achieve an RPO of zero (0).This blog post are two posts combined. First is the in-place conversion of ESX to AHV and the second is how to enable and configure Leap.ConversionBefore we can change the hypervisor to AHV there are a couple of requirements/things to remember:NGT tools must be installed in each VM: This makes sure we can boot the guest vm's after conversion. Each host must have a uplink NIC team. LACP based load balancing is not supported: So make sure this is turned off on the dSwitch (and on the physical switch). HA and DRS should be enabled; DR activities will be paused during conversion.As my setup is not changed/optimized, I need to change some settings. My vSwitch0 has the following configuration:This will give the following error: "external vswitch vSwitch0 does not have homogeneous uplinks" during

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The Storage of the Cloud but in Your DatacenterBlog

Independent industry reports tell us that the Global Datasphere [1] – the summation of all globally stored digital data – will grow to 175 zettabytes (ZB) by 2025. To give an idea of that kind of scale, the recent increase in interconnectedness of all things means the average household already fills over 300 iPhones (32 GB) in a year! At that kind of scale and growth, the usual file and block storage paradigms become too unwieldy in terms of management and performance. Object storage is built for hyper-scale and can handle the ever-growing unstructured data mix of social media, video, audio, log files, sensor data, and emails.Objects are stored as constituent pieces of data, essentially a flat list of objects that make up the file. Any relevant metadata is stored with the object and a custom identifier (UUID) is provided, rather than a filename. Objects use the Amazon S3™ storage APIs. This is the de-facto standard for object storage data transfer.  Access objects through “GET” and “PU

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Latest features expand capabilities for data lakesBlog

The Nutanix Objects™ storage solution brings the ability to separate compute and storage in big data distributed applications, allowing you to independently scale each of the individual layers in both your on-premises and cloud datacenters. As part of the Nutanix Unified Storage™ portfolio, Objects form a centralized repository for all unstructured and semi-structured data contained within your data lake.A key value proposition of Nutanix Objects is to scale capacity as needed so you can start small and then grow capacity on demand. It’s a cost-efficient approach where you pay only for the storage you actually need. Data lake management is also efficiently streamlined with the Nutanix Cloud Manager™ (NCM) console , which monitors the processing, analysis, and reporting of your Objects cluster infrastructure. This functionality makes an on-premises data lake built on Nutanix Objects an efficient solution for any size company.Improved Time-To-Value for Analytics WorkloadsWhen we look at

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Modernize Your Database with Cloud Simplicity—Part 2Blog

SKALE DB: Powered by HCL and NutanixEnterprises increasingly face database challenges, including rising DB management costs, time-consuming manual DB tasks like provisioning and patching, lack of resource utilization visibility, inability to scale on demand, and a non-existent user experience. To address these challenges, SKALE DB employs best practices, automation, and standardization to simplify database procurement, deployment, monitoring, management, operations, and chargeback.This blog is part 2 of a 2-part series on SKALE DB, explaining the SKALE DB value proposition in depth. Part 1 provides an introduction to SKALE DB. You can also download a combined PDF here.This post was authored by Tobias Ternstrom, VP/GM Databases, Nutanix and Gaurav Sharma, Director & Head – Product Management Group, Hybrid Cloud Business Unit, HCL TechnologiesSKALE DB enables organizations to transform database operations with a secure, scalable, and cloud-ready DBaaS platform, enabled with AI-driven

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Modernize Your Database with Cloud Simplicity—Part 1Blog

SKALE DB: Powered by HCL and NutanixEnterprises increasingly face database challenges, including rising DB management costs, time-consuming manual DB tasks like provisioning and patching, lack of resource utilization visibility, inability to scale on demand, and a non-existent user experience. To address these challenges, SKALE DB employs best practices, automation, and standardization to simplify database procurement, deployment, monitoring, management, operations, and chargeback.This blog is part 1 of a 2-part series on SKALE DB. Part 1 provides an introduction to SKALE DB, exploring how HCL and Nutanix technology combine to deliver this unique service. Part 2 explores the SKALE DB value proposition in depth. You can also download a combined PDF.This post was authored by Tobias Ternstrom, VP/GM Databases, Nutanix and Gaurav Sharma, Director & Head – Product Management Group, Hybrid Cloud Business Unit, HCL TechnologiesData is an essential ingredient for digital transformation tod

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Nutanix Ansible Certified Collection for NCP Expands the Red Hat EcosystemBlog

This post was co-authored by Patrick Campbell, Sr Strategic Marketing Engineer, Nutanix and Cody Richard, Global Partner Solutions Architect, Red HatNearly a year ago, Red Hat and Nutanix announced a strategic partnership to help customers leverage a full stack platform for any hybrid cloud workflow that includes server virtualization and containerization using Kubernetes. As leaders in our respective offerings, Red Hat and Nutanix strive to provide our customers with industry leading open source Kubernetes orchestration and management, a hybrid cloud platform, and a proven Linux distribution.Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat OpenShift are certified to run on the Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV), enterprise virtualization deployed on the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP). The relationship continues to grow with this recent addition of the Red Hat Ansible Certified Content Collection for Nutanix NCP, building momentum for customers of both Red Hat and Nutanix.Why Ansible, Why Nutanix?As

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Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying Nutanix Metro AvailabilityBlog

With Nutanix Metro Availability you can achieve a RPO of zero (0). This blog post will explain how to set this up.First let me explain my lab:I have two Nutanix clusters (Cluster-1 and Cluster-2) fresh foundationed with AOS 5.20.3.5 and ESX 7.0 U2. DNS and NTP are configured, and I created Storage Containers with the following names (all this is done on BOTH clusters, except the vCLS containers):METRO_1-2 This is for guest vm's running on Cluster-1 which are synced to Cluster-2; Set the advertised capacity to the real capacity; METRO_2-1 This is for guest vm's running on Cluster-2 which are synced to Cluster-1; Set the advertised capacity to the real capacity; vCLS-1 (Only on Cluster-1) This is for the vCLS virtual machine created by vCenter; vCLS-2 (Only on Cluster-2) This is for the vCLS virtual machine created by vCenter. The three containers. Screenshot is from Cluster-2. On Cluster-1 there is a vCLS-1For metro availability you need to have both Nutanix clusters in the same VM

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bharadsabnisNutanix Employee
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Understanding Layer 2 Stretch in Nutanix DRaaSBlog

In the Nutanix® DRaaS Infrastructure, there is a tenant cluster and a production VPC for each customer. Generally, customers will have production VMs running on the On-prem cluster. Customers connect their On-prem environment with the Nutanix DRaaS VPC using an IPSec tunnel, which is used by the DRaaS workflow for replicating On-prem production data. During a Disaster Recovery (DR) situation or while running DR Tests, customers would want to failover their VMs from On-prem to a cluster in the DRaaS service.When this happens, usually all VMs in one subnet of an On-prem network (e.g., 192.168.10.0/24) are failed over to the DRaaS service. If the customer chooses to preserve the IP, VMs in the DRaaS service come up with the same IPs as On-prem (e.g., 192.168.10.0/24 network). In such DR situations, customers can certainly choose only certain critical VMs to be replicated, but in those cases, on-prem VMs cannot communicate with VMs in the DR target.WHY, you may wonder?The reason behind thi

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yangzhi.zhaoNutanix Employee
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Nutanix Frame + ServiceNow Step-by-Step Integration!Blog

Nutanix and ServiceNow have built a strong partnership over the years, and the collaboration continues as we look to deliver even more benefits for our mutual customers! One example of this is to see just how easy it is to integrate the Nutanix Frame Desktop-as-a-Service with the ServiceNow workflow solution to easily onboard and provision apps and desktops to new users!PrerequisitesThird-Party Identity Provider (supported by Nutanix Frame and ServiceNow)Note: For the purposes of this demo, we will be leveraging Okta as our Identity Provider - but you can use your supported identity provider of choice in a very similar approach. Install and configure the Okta Spoke within your ServiceNow instance (requires an IntegrationHub subscription). Detailed instructions available here. Nutanix Frame Subscription with one or more Organizations, Accounts, and Launchpads configured.Okta Spoke available in the ServiceNow StoreSummaryIn this demo, we have created two separate Frame Accounts for our u

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What it means to be a Nutanix Technology Champion in 2022Blog

Being accepted onto the NTC program for 2022 is the culmination of four years of working with the technology that has quite literally been life changing for me. I know that might sound clichéd, but those who know me well, know that six years ago I had truly fallen out of love with the world of IT, a world that had been my (work) life from the age of nineteen. I had been too long in a stagnant environment! I was bored, I felt couped up in stuffy offices, and needed a change, so I enrolled with the Open University here in the UK to read Environmental Science with a view to a complete career change.A New StartThen four and a half years ago I moved to a new role with a new employer, I became aware of Nutanix and became a customer. As a technology, it made me sit up and take notice, but more than that, as a community of people I was exposed to - Nutanix employees, their partners, and their customers – there was a buzz I hadn’t experienced for too long! I’m not ashamed to say that I found my

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Nutanix Files 4.0 New Features: Smart DR EnhancementsBlog

Introduced with the Nutanix Files™ release 3.8, Smart DR brought share-level replication between active file server instances for disaster recovery. If you’re not yet familiar with Smart DR, you can get an overview of the feature and its benefits here. Shortly after its initial release, Nutanix introduced 1-minute replication interval support with the Files 3.8.1 release. The recent Files release 4.0 further enhances Smart DR with scalability improvements and self-service restore (SSR) integration.ScalabilitySmart DR allows for file server share replication regardless of the storage density of the physical nodes, but Smart DR did come with the limitation of supporting up to 25 shares for replication. Files 4.0 increases this limit to replicating up to 100 shares between file servers. Replication is supported down to 1-minute replication intervals for up to 25 shares. The remaining shares can support down to 10-minute intervals.SSR InteroperabilityNutanix Files has long supported SSR sn

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mmcgheeNutanix Employee
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Nutanix Files 4.0 New Features: Performance ImprovementsBlog

The Nutanix Files™storage solution introduces new enhancements in its newest 4.0 release that improve client performance, enhance file server compute efficiency, and deliver a consistent experience in mixed environments.  We’ve also done some scalability testing we’re excited to share.Improving Synchronous Random Write Performance CPU Scheduling with NFS Flow Control with Nutanix Volumes Pushing the Performance EnvelopeImproving Synchronous Random Write PerformanceTo help take advantage of storage class memory technologies like Intel’s Optane® product line, Nutanix Files 4.0 creates separate high speed log devices placed on the fastest storage tier of the Nutanix cluster. Each file system associated with a share will include log devices either on initial creation or upon upgrade to Files 4.0. Use of the high speed log has shown to improve sustained synchronous random write performance. Synchronous writes are required when setting SMB shares to be continuously available (CA.)  CPU Sched

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aluciani
alucianiChevalier
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Nutanix Community Blog: 2021 Top 5 Blog PostsBlog

We continue our countdown to 2022, with a recap of the top 5 community blogs based on pageviews. We covered a wide variety of topics, with the intention of informing, inspiring and providing instruction on our latest products and developments. So with that here are the top 5 most viewed community blogs.1️⃣Make your Mark in 2022 and Become a Nutanix Technology ChampionThis program recognizes Nutanix hybrid multicloud experts for their ongoing and consistent external contributions to the community and industry. Nutanix Technology Champions are our advocates and technology ambassadors who influence change with practical advice and bold ideas.2️⃣File Auditing and Analytics for your Nutanix Files Enterprise CloudFrom enterprise applications to the internet of things (IoT), the number of connected devices which produce data is growing at a staggering rate. Business Insider forecasts that by 2020 more than 24 billion internet-connected devices will be installed around the globe. It’s no wonde

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Nutanix Community Podcast: 2021 Top 5 Popular EpisodesBlog

2021 is coming to an end and I wanted to highlight some of our most popular podcast episodes. This gives me insights into what is top of mind for our community in terms of topics. If you have some downtime, consider re-listening to an episode. Thank you to all our podcast listeners who have continued to listen week after week.Let me know if there is a topic you are interested in and I can work on getting an expert to share their thoughts for 2022. Also if you are interested in joining me and Dwayne on the podcast, let me know and we can make that happen.So with that here are the top 5 popular episodes for 2021.1️⃣ NVIDIA GPUs and Benefits for EUCThis week on the podcast I chat with regular Kees Baggerman and Aditya Kaul. We chat about a topic that has been very hot in the last year or so end user computing and in particular NVIDIA GPUs and benefits for EUC.2️⃣ Nutanix + Red Hat NewsThis week my co-host Dwayne Lessner chats with Luke Congdon from our product management team to talk abou

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ayushkapoorNutanix Employee
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Configuring Policies and Rerouting Internet/VM Traffic from Virtual Appliance on Xi to On-Prem FirewallBlog

Administrators need to create policies on Xi to allow the traffic for the floating IP and reroute policies to reroute traffic through the vPAN.If the requested floating IP was 206.80.155.166, which was assigned to the management interface of the PAN 10.250.0.2, you would need to open the traffic for this IP or subnet to go out to the internet. You would need to create a policy that has a higher priority PBR rule (higher value of priority rule takes the precedence); however, you would need to give this new policy a higher priority number than our reroute policy. This policy will be created for the internal subnet 10.250.0.0/24 and not for the floating IP itself.To create a policy:Go to Explore > Virtual private clouds > Production > Policies. Select Create Policies.You would need to create policies in both directions (i.e. from the Internet to the 10.250.0.0/24 subnet to allow the traffic, and from 10.250.0.0/24 to the Internet to allow the traffic) as seen in the following scr

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ayushkapoor
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ayushkapoorNutanix Employee
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Deploying a Palo Alto Networks Virtual Appliance on XiBlog

Uploading an image to XiLog in to the Xi portal and upload the VM-Series kernel-based VM(KVM) qcow2 image. (This image should be available on the Palo Alto website). Select Explore > Images, then select Add Image. Select Image File, then + Add File. Add the VM-Series KVM image from your computer and select Save.NOTE: If you are unable to upload the image from your computer, use the URL method and provide the image URL to upload the image.Creating Subnets on XiTwo VPCs (Production and Test) are available by default in the Xi Cloud Services portal. You can’t add new VPCs in Xi Cloud Services, but you can create virtual subnets in the VPCs for hosting VMs, and configure policies to secure them. You can update the VPCs to specify settings such as DNS and DHCP.Nutanix will create subnets in the production VPC, since post-failover (Planned/Unplanned) VMs are brought up in production VPC. However, if you need a subnet dedicated for a virtual firewall, you would need to create a subnet by f

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ayushkapoorNutanix Employee
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Palo Alto Networks Appliance Deployment RecommendationsBlog

Nutanix customers can set up a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection to connect their on-prem datacenter or remote user device to Xi Cloud Services using a Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewall. A VPN solution enables secure communication between your on-prem Prism Central instance and the production Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in Xi Cloud Services for replication, and allows users to access the applications running in the cloud.This blog will cover the following topics:Internet traffic path from a VM running on Xi for a single legged vPAN design Configuring policies and rerouting Internet/VM traffic from a Palo Alto Networks VM-Series virtual appliance on Xi to an on-prem Palo Alto Networks firewallDesignNutanix recommends the following design for the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series virtual appliance:A single-legged design with one inside interface and one management interface. The management interface can have a public IP assigned to it if you need to manage the firewall by us

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alucianiChevalier
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Nutanix Community Podcast: Log4j Security VulnerabilityBlog

With log4j in the news, I thought we would bring on a couple of security and networking folks from Nutanix to talk about it. This week we have Eric Hammersley and Jason Burns who will give you some insight into how we are managing the log4j vulnerability. Flow Microsegmentation Test Drive Flow Tech TopX: Datacenter Security with Flow Security Advisory: Apache log4j2 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) Security AdvisoriesIf you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on Twitter and if you haven't already done so, make sure you are subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or Google 

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Welcome to the 2022 Nutanix Technology Champions (NTC)Blog

I am delighted to share our list of Nutanix Technology Champions (NTC) for 2022. This group of IT professionals are from every cloud, application and technology group. Their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and expertise help their organizations and the virtualization community to challenge the status quo.COVID has continued to make our lives challenging, but these NTCs continued in the face of unprecedented uncertainty, delivering the applications and services their companies, and clients need.Although remote, they continued to mentor and encourage others showcasing what being part of a community is all about.I'm looking forward to another exciting year and learning from many of you. Take the time to get to know one another and congratulate each other on social media, use the hashtag #Nutanix.One more thing - What can I do if I did not make the list this year? Don't worry things don't end here. Connect with me on the community site @aluciani  and let's work together in getting you po

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laura_jordanaNutanix Employee
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Set Up An Approval Workflow in Test DriveBlog

The Nutanix X-Play™ tool is a simple low-code/no-code automation feature built into the Nutanix Prism® management controller that helps you automate routine operations and tasks, and provides the ability to auto-remediate issues that may occur.Using the X-Play tool, you can define a set of actions or a series of actions (called a “playbook”) based on a trigger, such as an event, alert, or an incoming webhook. For example, you can set up a playbook so when an alert about a VM’s memory being constrained is detected, the playbook can automatically add a specified amount of memory to the VM.But what if you didn’t want this to automatically happen, but rather you wanted to route through an approval workflow so that an admin would have to approve the change before the memory was added? In this video, we give you a walkthrough how to set up an integrated automation process with ServiceNow describing exactly this.With the latest Test Drive update, you can set up a similar flow using our demo t

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alucianiChevalier
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Nutanix Community Podcast: Running Nutanix on NutanixBlog

This week on the podcast Dwayne chats with Matt Slotten, who has done some really impressive work with moving a portion of our test drive environment on-prem. Think of it as Nutanix running on Nutanix! Dwayne and Matt dive deep into what was involved, what were some of the challenges and the surprising results. Oh and there is an interesting French fry story that both Dwayne and Matt share.Nutanix Test Drive Watch on-demand .NEXT sessions Nutanix community blog Nutanix user groupsIf you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on Twitter and if you haven't already done so, make sure you are subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or Google

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alucianiChevalier
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Nutanix Community Podcast: Cybersecurity Fireside Chat Theresa PaytonBlog

Today we join Theresa Payton, former White House CIO, Leading Cybersecurity Expert and CEO & Author, Fortalice Solutions, and Monica Kumar, SVP Marketing and Cloud at Nutanix. The pair unpack potential cyber threats on both the public and private sector. This is part of our look back series at .NEXT 2021.Watch on-demand .NEXT sessions Nutanix community blog Nutanix user groups Security Operations, Monitoring, and PlanningIf you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on Twitter and if you haven't already done so, make sure you are subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or Google

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Nutanix Community Podcast: Mythbusters: Cloud edition “Go to the cloud”Blog

This week we join Join Wendy Pfeiffer, Chief information officer for Nutanix, as she quizzes a distinguished .Next panel on the myths around cloud technology. Can employees operate as effectively from home as they did in the office? Is cyber security a bigger concern on the public cloud or on-prem? This is part of our look back series at .NEXT 2021.Watch on-demand .NEXT sessions Nutanix community blog Nutanix user groupsIf you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on Twitter and if you haven't already done so, make sure you are subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or Google

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alucianiChevalier
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Nutanix Community Podcast: Cloud Innovations and Hybrid MulticloudBlog

We continue our look back at our .NEXT user conference and Today we join Thomas Cornely, SVP Product Portfolio , as he addresses the vision of making cloud complexity invisible. Saveen Pakala, VP Product Management,, talks elastic disaster recovery and Finally Anindo Sengupta, Sr Director Product Management as he discusses the customers experience with the Unified Hybrid Multicloud. Watch on-demand .NEXT sessions 6 .NEXT Breakout Speakers You Don’t Want to Miss! Rethinking Storage For A Data Centric World Building an Agile Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Infrastructure with Solutions from Nutanix and IntelIf you have any questions feel free to reach out to me on Twitter and if you haven't already done so, make sure you are subscribed to the show wherever you consume podcasts.Subscribe to the podcast using iTunes, Spotify or Google

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