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06/17/2026

Identity Security in VMware Cloud Foundation: Beyond Authentication

Identity is the foundation of security in . Modern environments rely on federated identity providers, role-based access controls, privileged access management, and NSX to secure both infrastructure and workloads.

Our new article by Alex Samoylenko for explores how IAM, PAM, and principles work together to reduce the attack surface, eliminate standing privileges, and improve visibility across the entire software-defined data center. Read more here:

Learn how to secure VMware Cloud Foundation with IAM, PAM, and Zero Trust using federated SSO, RBAC, JIT access, secret rotation, NSX DFW, and auditing.

06/16/2026

FOG Project: Enterprise Imaging Without Enterprise Licensing

Managing hundreds of does not necessarily require expensive deployment suites.
Learn from our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for how helps SMBs and mid-size organizations streamline workstation deployment, reduce administrative overhead, and standardize across , , and environments. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1c6

06/16/2026

Create a hyperconverged environment with StarWind VSAN

Pacific Academy, a Canada-based K-12 private educational institution, relied on three unsupported VMware hosts connected to an aging, unsupported SAN, creating operational risk and high maintenance overhead. The institution needed a cost-effective software-defined storage solution to eliminate dependency on legacy SAN hardware and ensure high availability. By deploying Virtual SAN ( ), Pacific Academy replaces an unsupported and SAN-based environment, achieves a simplified, architecture with improved performance, reduced complexity, and estimated lifecycle cost savings of $20,000-$30,000. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1c3

06/12/2026

Diagnosing AI Performance Problems at the Storage Layer

Low , extended checkpoint times, saturated , and excessive data loader wait times are often indicators of storage-side constraints. Without visibility into these metrics, teams risk addressing symptoms instead of root causes.
Learn from our new article by Ivan Ishchenko for how to detect, measure, and mitigate across training and inference environments. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1c0

06/12/2026

06/11/2026

Enterprise Storage Design in the Age of Ransomware

has become a critical component of strategy. , isolated recovery environments, , and recovery testing are now essential parts of planning.
Learn from our latest article by Michael Rakitin for how modern organizations are designing storage environments that not only deliver performance and availability, but also support rapid recovery when cyber incidents occur. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1bx

06/11/2026

Build a hyperconverged infrastructure with StarWind

Newton County Water & Sewerage Authority (NCWSA), a U.S.-based public utility, operated a and -based infrastructure with multiple physical and virtual servers but lacked redundancy at both the host and storage levels. The organization required a cost-effective infrastructure solution that could provide (HA) and simplify management. By deploying HCI Appliance ( ), NCWSA consolidates compute and storage resources into an HA platform and creates a redundant hyperconverged environment, thus improving service continuity for critical municipal operations. Read more here:

Learn how Newton County Water & Sewerage Authority (NCWSA) achieved high availability and infrastructure redundancy with StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA).

06/09/2026

Stateful vs Stateless: An Infrastructure Perspective

State is one of the most important factors affecting application scalability, availability, and recovery. While can scale horizontally with minimal operational overhead, introduce requirements around persistent storage, replication, , , and data consistency.
Our new article by Dmytro Malynka for examines the differences between stateful and stateless applications, including deployments vs , databases, message brokers, caching platforms, and modern cloud-native architectures. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1br

06/09/2026

Deploy a hyperconverged infrastructure with StarWind

Herman’s Supply Company, a distributor of roofing materials and accessories, operated a fragmented, hardware-centric infrastructure with standalone servers across multiple sites, leading to high operational costs and complex management. The company needed a platform capable of consolidating compute and storage, simplifying management, and reducing hardware dependency. By deploying HCI Appliance ( ), Herman’s Supply Company builds a two-node hyperconverged cluster with integrated storage and , enables centralized management and optimized performance, and cuts IT operational costs. Read more here: https://starwind.com/s/1bo

06/05/2026

PowerShell 7.6 Released: Upgrade Now or Wait?

remains one of the most important automation platforms in modern infrastructure operations. The new 7.6 LTS release introduces a number of practical enhancements that administrators will notice immediately, especially when working with large inventories, REST APIs, DSC, and parallel ex*****on.
Our new article by Vladan Seget, a virtualization expert, for provides a technical overview of the release, highlights potential breaking changes, and walks through installation and upgrade procedures for and hosts. Read more here:

Learn what's new in PowerShell 7.6 LTS, why it matters for datacenter admins, and how to install or upgrade it on Windows Server and Linux.