From the editors Virtual Desk
Hi everyone well another week and another change to the newsletter format. I am trying something new from this week. Rather than having links to the articles I will be presenting the articles formatted by blogger. I feel that they provide me with everything for this newsletter and in an effort to give them more credit I hope this will work out well. The new system is simple. Instead of the usual sections you will find the blogger is the section with a link to their blog. Then below this is a summary of the last blog posts of interest. It is as easy as clicking on the bloggers link to go there and read more and maybe discover other interesting blogs not published. This will also streamline the newsletter content. There are some sections that will remain however as you will notice.
What blogs do you follow? I am always looking for new blogs to add so please email me your suggestions for the newsletter.
I would love to hear what you think of the new newsletter format. Hopefully it will be well received.
Best Wishes
Neil Isserow (Newsletter Editor)
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SECURITY-ADVISORIES -http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/
February 21, 2013 VMSA-2013-0003
VMSA-2013-0003
VMware vCenter Server, ESXi and ESX address an NFC Protocol memory corruption and third party library security issues.
PRESS-RELEASES -http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/
VMware Accelerates Healthcare Reform with New vCloud® Solution
February 27, 2013
Dell and VMware Deliver Converged Infrastructure Solution Optimized for Desktop Virtualization
February 27, 2013
Members of VMware Partner Community Awarded at VMware Partner Exchange 2013
TRAINING-SCHEDULE
VMware vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V5.1]
11-15 March
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VMware vSphere: What's New [V5.1]
14-15 March
http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?ui=www_edu&course=152063
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