It’s that time of the year. VMworld Europe is rapidly heading for us and the schedule builder has been opened! If you’re going to VMworld for technical training and are planning on visiting breakout sessions, keep the list below in mind. I’ve laid out my picks when it comes to Networking & Security related (NSX Data Center & SD-WAN, Network Insight, and AppDefense).

These picks are based on the presenters and knowing they have a good story and some inside knowledge that they’re going to be awesome. For instance, Accelerate App Security and Availability with vRealize Network Insight [SAI2555BE] is going to be off the chain!

Yes, this is a lot and yes, some are overlapping. You can watch the ones that you & I missed when the recordings come online. You definitely need to experience SAI2555BE in real life though. 😉

Can’t Miss

The Future of Networking and Security with VMware NSX [NET1285BE]
Bruce Davie, CTO, APJ, VMware
Tuesday, Nov 06, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The NSX Keynote: Building the Network of the Future with the Virtual Cloud Network [NS3729KE]
Tom Gillis, SVP/GM of NSBU
Tuesday, Nov 06, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Technical Sessions

Favs

Introduction to vRealize Network Insight [NET2764BE]
Karl Fultz, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, VMware
Waleed Akl, Lead Systems Engineer, VMware
Manishkumar Singh, Airtel
Tuesday, Nov 06, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

NSX-T Data Center Architecture and Benefits [NET1537BE]
Pooja Patel, Director, Technical Product Management, VMware
Wednesday, Nov 07, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

NSX Portfolio

Introduction to NSX Cloud [NET1516BE]
Percy Wadia, Director, Product Management, VMware
Tuesday, Nov 06, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Zero to 60 in Two Seconds with VMware NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud [BRE2167BE]
Kangwarn Chinthammit, Director, Solution Architecture, VMware
Wednesday, Nov 07, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Introduction to Container Networking and Security with NSX-T Data Center [NET2068BE]
Sai Chaitanya, Senior Manager Product Management, VMware
Wednesday, Nov 07, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Virtual Cloud Network End-to-End Demo: Powered by NSX [NET2701BE]
Nick Furman, Technical Marketing Engineer, VMware
Jacob Rapp, Director, Technical Product Management, VMware
Wednesday, Nov 07, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Security

Introduction to NSX Data Center for Security [SAI2026BE]
Alex Berger, Product Marketing, Networking and Security, VMware
Tuesday, Nov 06, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Context-Aware Micro-Segmentation with NSX Data Center [SAI2077BE]
Stijn Vanveerdeghem, Senior Technical Product Manager, VMware
Tuesday, Nov 06, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Introduction to VMware AppDefense [SAI3217BE]
Nolan Karpinski, Senior Product Manager, VMware
Kevin Young, Senior Systems Engineer, Ceridian
Wednesday, Nov 07, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Simplify Security [SAI3243BE]
Vijay Ganti, Head of Product and ML/AI Research, VMware
Scott McKinnon, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Consistent Network and Security Policy from Data Center to Cloud with NSX [NET2916BE]
Catherine Fan, Group Product Line Manager, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Deep Dives

Favs

Accelerate App Security and Availability with vRealize Network Insight [SAI2555BE]
Martijn Smit, Senior Networking & Security Specialist SE, VMware (look mom, it’s me!)
Sajan Liyon, Product Line Manager, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

vRealize Network Insight Deep Dive [NET1879BE]
Karl Fultz, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, VMware
Abhijit Sharma, Senior Staff, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Design & Implementation

Multi-Site Networking and Security with NSX Data Center [NET1536BE]
Andrew Babakian, Principal Systems Engineer, VMware
Devyani Pisolkar, Senior Product Marketing Manager, VMware
Tuesday, Nov 06, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Logical Routing Deep Dive on NSX-T Data Center [NET1127BE]
Pooja Patel, Director, Technical Product Management, VMware
Amit Aneja, Technical Product Manager, VMware
Wednesday, Nov 07, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

N-VDS: The next generation switch architecture with VMware NSX Data Center [NET1742BE]
Francois Tallet, Technical Product Manager, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Day 2 Operations

Advanced Troubleshooting for the VMware NSX Distributed Firewall [EDU7505E]
Tim Burkard, Senior Technical Trainer, VMware
Tuesday, Nov 06, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Advanced NSX Data Center: Demystifying the VTEP, MAC, and ARP Tables [NET1106BE]
Tim Burkard, Senior Technical Trainer, VMware
JF Couturier, Lead NSX SE, VMware
Wednesday, Nov 07, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

NSX-PowerOps: Day2 Ops, NSX Health, Security, and Automated Documentation [NET1642BE]
Hammad Alam, Lead Solutions Architect – Networking and Security, VMware
Puneet Chawla, Solution Architect – NSBU, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Day 2 Automation of NSX Data Center Using vRealize Suite [NET1723BE]
Scott Goodman, Product Marketing Manager, VMware
Yasen Simeonov, Technical Product Manager, VMware
Thursday, Nov 08, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.



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