What’s New in the VMware vSphere 6.0 Platform.

whitePaper | October 12, 2022

During routine analysis of detection performance, we noticed a batch of processes that respected the same pattern in the process names. These names begin with sys, win or lib followed by a word that describes the functionality, such as bus, crt, temp, cache, init, and end in 32.exe. We later noticed that the .bat files and the downloaded payloads respect the same naming convention. Further investigation revealed the components are part of a monitoring application called SecondEye, developed in Iran and distributed legitimately via the developer’s website. We also found that some spyware components were already described in an article published by Blackpoint [1]. In the article, researchers drew attention to the dangers of legally distributed monitoring software with malicious behavior

whitePaper | August 12, 2022

The NetApp Virtual Desktop Service (VDS) orchestrates Remote Desktop Services (RDS) in major public clouds as well as on private clouds. VDS supports Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) on Microsoft Azure. VDS automates many tasks that must be performed after deployment of WVD or RDS, including setting up SMB file shares (for user profiles, shared data, and the user home drive), enabling Windows features, application and agent installation, firewall, and policies.

whitePaper | November 30, 2022

Globally, the number of employees permanently working remotely is expected to double in 20211. Multiple company workspaces have already gone virtual with many of their employees working from home for the long term. Enterprises now have increasing demand for secure VDI environments at scale to support the needs of an expanded and elastic remote workforce. This demand has catapulted VDI to an enterprise-class, tier 1 workload, on a par with SAP or Oracle. It is valued for its operational flexibility and increased security profile when compared to conventional desktop approaches. It organizations are advancing their VDI environments to enterprise class with hybrid/multi-cloud support, especially in light of the “new normal” of the global remote workforce.

whitePaper | February 23, 2022

Enterprise organizations are looking to embrace artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, in the past 12-18 months, many organizations are already well on their way down the AI path and most are struggling with how to operationalize it at production scale. They want to benefit from the game-changing and transformative benefits that can be realized from AI. A key component of embracing AI is arming data science teams with tools that enable timely success in achieving their AI goals.

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

VMware Aria Central was designed to provide single-source-of-truth visibility through a common object model for IT and app owners to drive greater business insights and innovation. It increases the productivity of technical teams by converging contextualized information across core management practices in a single interface for greater business agility. In addition, it delivers operational assurance to DevSecOps through the consistent application of governance and security policies that mitigate risk, all in a single platform.

whitePaper | December 22, 2021

These are unpredictable and unsettling times. Like all of you, I am watching events unfold in the global response to COVID-19, and I am doing what is best for my family, the Zscaler family, and Zscaler customers and partners. Zscaler’s mission is to provide secure, fast, and reliable access to applications, no matter where they are hosted, and no matter where users connect. Zscaler is playing a pivotal role for enterprises as they respond to the crisis: We have an obligation to help customers keep employees safe and productive as they work remotely.