Delivering Applications in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments

From the public cloud, to the data center, and to the edge, enterprises are rethinking their networking and security strategies, priorities, technologies, and investment decisions to handle the unexpected. Traditional networks and security models have proved to be too rigid and have become blockers to address changes rapidly. The public cloud has quickly become the model to deliver this agility.

In this talk, we will examine networking and security technologies that are designed to operate with the network-as-code model of the public cloud and bring that flexibility to the private cloud. Enterprises are building and managing full stack networks with broad and deep visibility today and deploying security policies rapidly without any hardware dependencies.

In part one of this two-part session, we will discuss the networking and security aspects followed by part two which will cover application load balancing and application delivery services.

Presenters:
Umesh Mahajan - SVP/GM NSX Networking and Security (SDN) at VMware
Andrew Hrycaj - Principal Network Engineer at IHS Markit
Shiv Agarwal - VP, Cloud Management at VMware

Avi Networks, now part of VMware, has helped many enterprises speed up their migration to the public clouds including Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. Learn why customers, especially those with a multi-cloud strategy, are choosing VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (by Avi Networks) to drive end-to-end automation, simpler operations and deeper visibility for load balancing and web application firewall.

In this webinar, we will cover:

- An insight into modern software load balancer architecture
- A step-by-step guide to migrating applications to public clouds
- Best practices for automating enterprise-grade load balancing
- On-demand, elastic autoscaling of applications based on real-time analytics

This is the sequel to a two-part session. The automation and flexibility of the public cloud are important for digital business. In the aftermath of significant workplace disruption caused by the pandemic to the process of setting up and operating networks and deploying new applications, enterprises are looking for the same agility in their private clouds. How can IT respond to the pressure from their internal customers to deliver applications, with resilience, Day 0-N automation, and consistent services in any cloud. Hear from VMware customers and product experts who are addressing these challenges and transforming their networks to simplify operations, save costs, and deliver that “one-click” experience to application teams. In this session, we will explore the modern load balancing architecture that brings the simplicity of the public cloud to application delivery in any environment.

Multi-cloud is not a trend, it’s a reality. Applications are deployed anywhere across on-premises data centers and public clouds. Application services including load balancing, web application firewall (WAF) and analytics need to be infrastructure agnostic, portable to containers and fully automatable.

Businesses setting up virtual desktops and apps for remote employees need enterprise-grade, elastic load balancing to ensure great end user experience. Procuring and deploying expensive, appliance-based load balancers is not an option for many companies.

Learn how Avi Networks (acquired by VMware) offers multi-cloud load balancing for Horizon VDI including:

• Distributed load balancing including GSLB, WAF, DNS, and IPAM with simple central management.
• Analytics and visibility to end user and application performance
• Deploy in just a few hours in any data center or public cloud
• Scales elastically and on-demand to support new users dynamically

In this session you will be able to see a demonstration of the full suite of application services of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer (by Avi Networks) including Ingress Controller, enterprise-grade local and global load balancing, WAF, autoscaling, and application insights that simplify troubleshooting. You will also learn how to consolidate networking and security services for Kubernetes applications and deliver consistent networking services across multi-cloud environments.

Enterprises are adopting agile, cloud-native development methods and tools to create better production environments. Containers and Kubernetes are at the heart of this transformation, but such enterprise-scale transitions put the onus on IT operations. Learn how the networking and security stack can match the cloud-native automation, portability, and self-services of Kubernetes applications.

In this session, learn how to overcome common pitfalls when deploying production-ready container applications and ways to simplify the operational challenges of delivering secure and scalable, multi-cluster Kubernetes applications.

Join a panel discussion moderated by Chandra Sekar, Senior Director of Marketing, with VMware container networking experts - VP and Chief Architect Ranga Rajagopalan, Pere Monclus – VMware CTO of Networking and Security, Swapnil Hendre, Director of Solutions Engineering and Design to learn about agile system environments, and automation best practices to deliver load balancing and WAF for Kubernetes applications.

September 29 @ 9am PST

The Avi Networks (VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer) software-defined platform provides multi-cloud load balancing, web application firewall, application analytics, and container ingress services across on-premises data centers and any cloud. In a short demo, see how you can how you can address the challenges of overprovisioning and overpaying for active-standby appliance pairs, complicated iRules, and inelastic services with a centrally managed, distributed fabric of load balancers that enables one-click deployment, simplified operations, and easy application troubleshooting.

This session gives an overview of modern load balancing use cases. Every application requires load balancing to deliver a great end user experience. Whether enabling remote workers with VDI, or refreshing legacy load balancers, migrating to public cloud, deploying SDN, or developing Kubernetes apps, learn how the Avi Networks enterprise-grade load balancer from VMware delivers consistent application services in both VMware as well as any other environment. You will learn how to set up unique per-app / per-tenant load balancing services easily.

September 22 @ 9am PST

In this session, join us for a one-on-one interview which will explore how modern, cloud-scale load balancing can give businesses their digital advantage. You will hear firsthand about the journey to agile load balancing and application security.

Speakers:
Steve Allie, SE Director, VMware
Swapnil Hendre, Director, Solutions Engineering and Design, VMware

Are you tired of troubleshooting with TCPdump? The Avi Vantage Platform is here to help. Learn how you can abandon your decades-old CPU-intensive logging tools – and gain intuitive, real-time analytics, faster time-to-resolution, modern SSL encryption, and (most importantly) happy IT teams focused on delivering applications. 

During this webinar, learn:
- Why TCPdump should be your tool of last resort
- How headers compressed with HTTP/2, SSL leveraging PFS, and distributed systems have rendered certain tools useless
- How automation and visibility can help you troubleshoot more quickly
- How you can replace TCPdump with intelligent logs and analytics

In this webinar, we will re-introduce HA as an intertwined concept as well as some best practices - what if you can redesign HA with a modern load balancing platform?

With the acquisition of Avi Networks, VMware entered the load balancing market with an enterprise-grade, multi-cloud load balancing platform. VMware Horizon customers can now deliver virtual desktops and apps in record time across multiple sites in the SLED sector, whilst simplifying their operations. VMware recently launched the integrated Avi Networks and Horizon solution to help those in the SLED sector accelerate VDI deployments, simplify troubleshooting, and deliver great end-user experiences to government employees across any cloud.

In this webinar, you will learn to:

- Simplify your infrastructure and operations to deliver virtual desktops and apps to all SLED employees
- Troubleshoot end-user experience issues with point and click simplicity
- Eliminate costly over-provisioning of load balancers and save costs for VDI deployments
- Deploy load balancing consistently for virtual desktops in any cloud environment

Microsoft Azure is the public cloud environment preferred by many government agencies to deliver virtual desktops and apps. With Horizon Cloud, Avi Networks (now part of VMware) and Microsoft Azure, enterprises can set up infrastructure in just a few short hours and get scalable, turnkey VDI deployments to their remote employees.

In this webinar, see how the Avi Platform integrates with the Microsoft Azure cloud and Horizon Cloud to enable fast and efficient VDI services that can simplify your business continuity efforts.

2019 was an eventful year for load balancing. Avi Networks was acquired by VMware, who entered the application delivery controller (ADC) market with a software load balancer, web application firewall and container ingress solution. NGINX was acquired by F5 Networks, hoping to tap into the developer communities. We continue to see the rise of multi-cloud and microservices as the leading drivers behind changes in modern load balancing solutions.

In this webinar, we explore three technology areas:

1. A new perspective on “service chain” – how it helps integrate adjacent technologies with APIs to form a self-service portal
2. Implications of HTTP3 on the future – why it is interesting to the load balancing industry in particular
3. An early prediction on DNS over HTTPS (DoH) – why it can enhance the security, scale and resiliency of the internet