In 2023, AI has been dominating much of the IT conversation. But Ransomware remains a key topic as it continues to threaten organizations of all sizes. As businesses strive to protect their critical data, Object First emerges as a game-changer with their Ootbi solution.

In this exclusive VMblog interview as part of our VMware Explore US 2023 coverage, we sit down with Anthony Cusimano, chief evangelist of Object First, to explore the innovative features of Ootbi and its role in providing simple, powerful, and affordable backup storage for Veeam customers.

Ransomware, Immutability and the Power of Object First Ootbi.

Anthony Cusimano provides valuable insights into the who, what and why of Object First's Ootbi. Built with a focus on simplicity, power, and affordability, Ootbi empowers Veeam customers to safeguard their data with ease. By combining advanced backup storage technology with ransomware-proof features, Ootbi ensures data integrity and protection, even in the face of sophisticated attacks. A key aspect of Ootbi is its immutability feature. By making backup data immutable, Object First prevents ransomware from tampering with or encrypting critical files. This ensures that organizations can recover their data securely, without falling prey to extortion. Anthony Cusimano dives into the technical details of how Ootbi achieves immutability, highlighting its effectiveness in thwarting ransomware attacks. And we take a look at how Object First partners with VMware and solves problems for VMware users and VMware implementations.

Stick around to the end for a demo.

Find out more at Object First's website: https://objectfirst.com

In this exclusive VMblog video interview, as part of our VMware Explore US 2023 coverage, we speak with Jason Smith, VP of Alliances and Product Marketing at Liquidware, an industry leader in digital workspace management solutions for Windows desktops.

Watch as we learn more about Liquidware's product line across the end-user computing (EUC) market. At VMware Explore, Liquidware will be launching their latest product, CommandCTRL. CommandCTRL is their brand new SaaS Real-time Remediation solution. This new product launch will be their main focus, but they will also be showcasing their other digital workspace management solutions, including FlexApp - application portability solution - Stratusphere UX - digital experience monitoring, analytics and diagnostics solution - and ProfileUnity - user experience monitoring solution. And they will also be demonstrating the latest UI of Stratusphere UX.

During this interview, Smith explores the Liquidware product line further, and explains how their solutions are unique and differentiated in the market. He also goes into detail about their partnerships with VMware and others and a few new announcements coming out at the show.

Don't miss this exclusive interview.

Make sure to visit Liquidware to learn more: https://www.liquidware.com/

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) customer-first approach is critical when it comes to solving customer needs. Hear from Joseph George, Global VP, Strategic Alliances Marketing at HPE, on how HPE works with customers to deliver solutions they want and how the company, VMware's 2023 Partner of the Year, works closely with VMware to deliver custom strategic solutions. HPE executives are optimistic about the possibilities of VMware cross-cloud managed services because they mesh so well with HPE GreenLake and hybrid cloud, making customers successful from the edge to the cloud.

Many HPE customers are standardized on VMware vSphere, Joseph George says. As many of these customers progress on their digital transformation journeys, HPE turns to solutions such as vSan Ready Nodes, part of a hyperconverged infrastructure solution. For customers wanting to delve farther into their hybrid cloud and multi-cloud solutions, HPE relies on VMware Cloud Foundations to fulfill their needs.

"It's about making things as frictionless as possible," Joseph George says. "... When it comes to VMware across cloud-managed services, it's one less thing for a customer to have to worry about. It lets them know that they can focus on their business while HPE and VMware enable their business."

One example of how HPE delivers value to its customers is HPE's customer Stelmet, which was going through the digital transformation phase and came to HPE looking to migrate its SAP instance to the new SAP S/4HANA instance with an HPE and VMware solution, Joseph George explains. With an HPE and VMware solution, Stelmet now has the process and efficiency in place for a successful migration, resulting in a 60% to 70% process improvement, data reduction of 10.6 terabytes and optimization in terms of process and orders.

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Get ahead of the game by reading this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Stratodesk, a pioneer of secure managed endpoints for modern workspaces.

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VMware Explore 2023 is back!  And this year, the show is moving to Vegas, taking place at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center, August 21-24, 2023.

Get ahead of the game by reading this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Brock Mowry, CTO at Tintri, a DDN® subsidiary and a leading provider of VM-aware AI-powered data management solutions.

Ready for VMware Explore 2023?  Are you attending the show?  If so, make sure to get Object First on your MUST SEE list.

VMware Explore 2023 is back!  And this year, the show is moving to Vegas, taking place at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center, August 21-24, 2023.

Get ahead of the game by reading this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Tony Liau, VP Product Marketing at Object First, the object storage backup appliance company delivering ransomware-proof out-of-the-box immutability.

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VMware Explore 2023 is back!  And this year, the show is moving to Vegas, taking place at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center, August 21-24, 2023.

Get ahead of the game by reading this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Tom Fenton, Technical Marketing Manager at ControlUp, an industry leader in Digital Employee Experience (DEX) management.  

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VMware Explore 2023 is back!  And this year, the show is moving to Vegas, taking place at the Venetian Convention and Expo Center, August 21-24, 2023.

Get ahead of the game by reading this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Joyce Arias, VP of Marketing at Tricerat, a leader of enterprise print management for even the most complex IT environments across any industry.