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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

vCloud Application Director deploys complex application topologies in an automated fashion, and includes integration with tools like Puppet and Chef. Kit shows tasks in vCenter Server that reflect the automation being done by NSX with regard to automatically creating load balancers, firewall rules, logical switches, etc.,

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Fountainhead: Converged Infrastructure Part 2.

Fountainhead

It highlights, albeit in a stylized fashion, just how many point-products an average-sized IT department is using. And I mean I/O components like NICs and HBAs, not to mention switches, load balancers and cables. Also remember that with few moving (physical) parts, you also have to purchase few software tools and licenses.