#VMworld US 2018 Announcements

The following announcements where made at VMworld US 2018 this week.

In a nutshell:

• VMware vSphere Platinum Edition – includes AppDefense (and VMConAWS credits for 5+ CPU purchases).
• VMware vSphere 6.7 Update 1 released (including vSAN 6.7 Update 1).
• VMware vRealize Automation 7.5 released.
• VMware vRealize Operations 7.0 released.
• VMware vRealize Log Insight 4.7 released.
• VMware vRealize Network Insight 3.9 released.
• VMware NSX-T Data Center 2.3 released.
• VMware Cloud Foundation 3.0 released.
• VMware Pulse IoT Center 2.0 released.
• Amazon RDS will be available to run on vSphere.
• VMware Cloud on AWS is available in Sydney, Australia. AWS EBS integration is also supported.
• VMware Cloud Assembly – a new VMC offering that provides multi-cloud provisioning services.
• VMware Cloud Secure State – multi-cloud governance and compliance service.
• VMware Cloud Wavefront enhancements – can monitor 100K containers and can monitor serverless applications.
• Tech Preview: vSphere ESXi will be supported on 64-bit ARM processors – this will be necessary for IoT/Edge use-cases.
• Tech Preview: Project Dimension is the VMware SDDC offered as a SaaS service. Great fit for IoT/Edge use-cases.
• Tech Preview: Project Magna – the AI based “self-driving” data center.
• Tech Preview: Project Concord – VMware’s blockchain offering.
• Dell Factory Services partnership – Workspace ONE is preinstalled for customers at the factory.
• Workspace ONE predictive patching.
• Tech Preview: Workspace ONE Trust Network – API framework that allows 3rd party solutions to integrate into Workspace ONE.
• Intent to acquire CloudHealth Technologies – which will be folded into their VMC portfolio.
• VMware Skyline is GA.