To answer all of your questions about vSphere and AppDefense coming together to form vSphere Platinum, we hosted a vSphere Tweet Chat featuring our experts. From the team, Arjun Narang, AppDefense Sr. Product Manager, and Bob Plankers, VMware Technical Marketing Architect, joined us to share their valuable insights. We discussed what vSphere Platinum is and how its services deliver better security. But “no spoilers!” Check out the full chat recap:
Q1: In one sentence, what is vSphere Platinum with integrated App Defense?
Q2: We use a traditional security model and anti-virus software, so why would we need vSphere Platinum?
Q3: What about firewalls and micro-segmentation? Won’t they keep all the threats out of our data center? Why would we need vSphere Platinum?
Q4: What is the best use case for vSphere Platinum?
Q5: If we already use vSphere, is it possible to upgrade to vSphere Platinum?
Q6: Will AppDefense take up a lot of system resources on the VMs and hosts?
Q7: If compliance does not equal security, what would you recommend we run in the data center to achieve both compliance and security?
Q8: My company is interested in exploring #VMWonAWS as part of our move to hybrid cloud. How will vSphere Platinum help us with that?
Q9: Can you explain the importance of patching and updating passwords? How critical are they to the security of my business applications?
Q10: If vSphere Platinum were a movie, which one do you think would tell the story best?
A huge shout out to our experts, Arjun Narang (@arjunintech) and Bob Plankers (@plankers) and all the other participants. Stay tuned for our monthly expert chats, and join the conversation by using the #vSphereChat hashtag.
Have a specific topic you’d like to cover? Reach out and we’ll bring the topic to our experts for consideration. For now, we’ll see you in the Twittersphere!
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