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Best of VMworld 2016 US Award winners

Nick Martin

Editorial Director

10/11

Judges' Choice: Startup Spotlight 2016 winner

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Designer: Linda Koury

Judges did not accept nominations for the Startup Spotlight category, but had the option to recognize a newer company coming to market with an innovative product or approach. Judges considered all nominated products, as well as products on display at VMworld 2016 that were not nominated for the awards -- including products that have not yet been released.

Winner: StacksWare

What the judges said: "Provides real-time application use and licensing analytics to solve a cost problem that nobody knows they have."

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SearchVMware

Use affinity and anti-affinity rules to guide VM behavior

Design vSphere clusters with consistency in mind

With Packer, VM template creation is easy

SearchWindowsServer

Pester tests help pinpoint infrastructure issues

How to transfer FSMO roles with PowerShell

Azure AD Premium P1 vs. P2: Which is right for you?

SearchCloudComputing

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Use modern cloud security best practices

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