Abstract :
It is autumn 2012...The VMware Infrastructure ...3, 4 editions virtualised crucial components of IT environment, i.e. computing (CPU, RAM), networking and storage. However, an important element was overlooked. Which one? A user. There was no mechanism built in into V13/V14 that would support administrator in gaining effectively the skills of implementing solutions advised by manufacturer, the so-called recommendations (ldquobest practicerdquo, etc.). Either, the high level of userpsilas skills (primarily, administratorpsilas ones) were not trated as a valuable resource of LAN infrastructure that could be (should be) used, while a ldquosurplusrdquo could be virtualised for a common good of the society (local and/or global), concentrated around the enterprise-class infrastructure virtualisation technology. The latest edition, V15 betam brings also an important change in this respect in the form of a new module, VMware Usering, which is directed in the current version (i.e. beta version) first of all towards security hardening, i.e. the linguistic inference has been accomplished by a method of fuzzy control basing on the knowledge-base built on the recommendation of V15 beta manufacturer. The VMware Usering is a set of tools, stimulating users to take up actions being consistent with manufacturerpsilas recommendations (VMware user hardening) and virtualising (optionally for administrators with HIGH FUZZY rating) the competence resource of advanced users (VMware user competence sharing). The rise of a resistance level of IT infrastructure to increasing threats of Internet security is also a manufacturepsilas own interest, therefore one can expect in the near future a popularisation of VMware usering-class solutions as an important tool supporting an average internet surfer in his/her solitary struggle against crackers at the level of 8th OSI model layer.
