Yellow Bricks

by Duncan Epping

podcast

VMTN Podcast: Join in on the fun!

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This evening(well at least for us Europeans) there will be another edition of the VMTN Podcast. More and more people are joining the weekly podcast live(Live audio stream and chat) and more people are downloading it every single week, jump on board while you still can! This week John Troyer asked VMware’s Hemant Gaidhan to join us and talk about SQL Server workloads in a virtualized environment and of course best practices.

Hemant will be our guest on the VMware Communities Roundtable podcast tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1, at noon PDT / 3pm EDT.  I believe Europe and the US are now back in sync with respect to summer time, but you can always check a time zone calculator.

You can dial in, join the chat, and get streaming audio here. Your homework assignment is read Hemant’s paper and come with questions.

Virtualization Security Roundtable Podcast

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Most of you are familiar with the VMTN Podcasts by now which are hosted by VMware’s John Troyer. One of the regulars of the VMTN podcast, Edward Haletky (also known as Texiwill on VMTN and Twitter), formed a panel of experts on Security and will start a new podcast: The Virtualization Security Round Table Podcast. Those who listen to the VMTN Podcast know how passionate Edward is about security and virtualization so expect these weekly roundtables to be at least on the same level as the VMTN podcasts.

Info about the podcasts can be found on Edwards website:

Episode 1: First Panel Talkshoe on Thursday 15 January 2009 at 2:30 PM EST / 20:30 (CEST): http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/34217

Expect the following topics to be discussed in the near future:

  • Use of Virtualization in a DMZ.
  • Review of security lockdown standards/benchmarks and tools
  • Virtualization Security in shared and dedicated hosting environments
  • Providing VaaS (VMware as a Service) securely to SMBs for DR.
  • How virtualization security relates to cloud computing security
  • Top 3 security issues
  • Optimal Network configuration and design for security
  • How to accommodate small / medium and home businesses
  • Disaster recovery options – small, medium, large businesses
  • VLANs as a Security measure with vSwitch Security

If you’ve got ideas / topics for the roundtable hit Edward up on the VMTN forum or via Twitter. And off course it’s also possible to just drop your questions during the podcast on the Talkshoe chat. Mark the date in your agenda, every week on Thursday at 2:30 PM EST / 20:30 (CEST)!

Join the VMTN PodCast tonight!

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Drop by the Communities Roundtable Podcast tonight. It’s an open topic day, meaning we’ll talk about whatever we feel like. We’ll talk about whatever you feel like as well. Listen in and join the conversation or just drop your questions on the chat!